inaudible this is matthew cappucci capturing the situation on the coast on cape cod earlier, and being knocked over by the conditions. safe back at home he explained to me how bad this storm is. this storm is a pretty nasty one, it explosively intensified. think of a storm is like a vacuum cleaner, it sucked in so much air very quickly, it went from virtually nothing on the weather map to a hurricane force low system with a 130 kilometre an hour wind gust in about 2k hours time, really going into that in just one day s time, really impressive stuff. one of the most interesting elements of this was the rapidity with which the snow came down, upwards of ten centimetres an hour at times. boston s logan international airport saw about 60 centimetres worth of snow, their snowiest january day on record. matthew, it is not unusual
a nine year old boy later died in hospital. and in aberdeen, in north east scotland, emergency services were called at 10:30 this morning to the place where this tree had fallen but, sadly, a 60 year old woman had died. gusts of 85mph were recorded on the aberdeenshire coast. at one point, more than 80,000 homes in scotland were without power and transport was disrupted. a second storm, storm corrie, is now on its way, expected to bring further high winds, especially to northern scotland tomorrow. catriona renton, bbc news. us media say one of the biggest stars in world sport, the american football quarterback tom brady, is expected to announce his retirement after
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along the coast, battered by strong winds, flood warnings have been issued as the storm moves northwards. with frigid, potentially life threatening temperatures overnight, officials are urging people to stay indoors until the storm passes. this is what is the dangerousness we are talking about, we re expecting temperatures in the single digits tonight and into tomorrow morning, and this is when frostbite kicks in. look at how serious that can be. so, take this very seriously. the worst of the snowfall is almost over but the dangers posed by the extreme conditions will linger, with a huge cleanup operation likely to last several days. peter bowes, bbc news. one of the areas worst affected by the storm is cape cod in massachusetts, where some meteorologists have been to measure the weather.
gusts of 85mph were recorded on the aberdeenshire coast. at one point, more than 80,000 homes in scotland were without power and transport was disrupted. a second storm, storm corrie, is now on its way, expected to bring further high winds, especially to northern scotland tomorrow. catriona renton, bbc news. it s thought that 1.3 million people in the uk are living with long covid, and hundreds of thousands of them experience breathlessness. traditional lung scans often appear to be normal though. but researchers in oxford are using a different technique in a clinical trial which does show problems in these patients lungs. they hope that understanding the problem will lead to better treatment options. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns explains. flo van diemen van thor was never one for just sitting down inside, but she says long covid has been a horror show.