Tonight bonechilling cold temperatures are giving tens of millions of americans little to celebrate this new years day. An arctic blast thats not just dangerous. Its deadly. Parts of 35 states are under wind chill advisories or warnings with record chill from nebraska to new york. Theres little relief in sight. Tomorrows temperatures again expected to stay well below average across much of the u. S. We begin tonight with nbcs blake mccoy in chicago. Reporter a bitter freeze gripping the country. Its unbearable. I feel it every second in my bones. Reporter now, turning deadly with at least five suspected coldweather deaths, the latest in detroit where a man was found frozen in front of a church. This as dangerous whiteout conditions caused a massive pileup in michigan. An indiana woman had to be rescued after her car plunged into an icy pond trapping her as it sank. Overnight it was the coldest ball drop in a hundred years, just 9 new yorks times square. Were freezing, and we had no ide
Unprecedented in its districtive power. Nearly 2 million homes at this hour and businesses are already without power across south florida. And unfortunately, the worst is yet to come. Lets get to sam champion. Hes in miami. Our our nbc news weather contributor. Sam, youve been there now for days. What are we seeing in miami . Because thats sort of the eastern side of the storm . Reporter hi, kate. Yeah, well, since is this storm made landfall at about 7 30 this morning in the keys, weve been in a constant area of Tropical Storm force winds with hurricaneforce gusts. And it is going to continue. As weve been saying for the last few hours, these are the moments, these are the next few hours that south florida residents are truly on their own. There are no First Responders to get to them. And there are no repair crews to correct the damage. We do have Power Outages. Huge Power Outages, more than 1 million across florida at this point. Weve got live power lines down because no one can get
Other. Tonight we have Team Coverage, meteorologist Melissa Magee has the latest on the storms path but we will begin with brian taff in naples in the eye of the storm is passing, brian. Reporter walter and sarah this has been a absolutely surreal hour or two hours, here in naples florida right now. Forgive me as lie around as i stay out of the path of flying debris. We just passed through eye wall, the strongest wins of what was a category three hurricane. We clock the wind of a gust of 142 miles an hour. That is stunning. Wind speed by any measure. Things have incredibly calmed down, from that point, in just the last five minutes. That is how quickly this storm is moving. Five minutes ago we could not see those trees behind me, and now as clear as day. Jason, come on out here survey some of the destruction. From what we have seen in just the last, couple of hours, of these incredible, wind speed, that building behind us is part of its roofies torn off. Jason, go ahead, look down. Tho
The face. And in miami tonight, some neighborhoods under water. Streets disappearing amid the storm surge. Construction cranes crashing down. And tonight, new images of the storms first strike. The devastation in key west. Millions across the state without power. A dark and difficult night ahead. World news tonight begins now. Good evening from naples florida tonight. Were glad youre back with us here. This is what they speak of, the backside of the hurricane. We saw it here just a short time ago. Hurricane irma was right over the city, were now seeing bands of rain and heavy winds that come afterward. The highest wind gusts, not far from here, 140 miles per hour. The monster storm still churning. Millions of Americans Still in its path after the sun goes down. Not long ago, we were on the air with matt gutman when it hit right here. Hurricane irma barreling through naples with tremendous force. The highest wind gusts to hit so far, 142 miles per hour, right here at the naples airport.
Holly. Latest. Holly. tiffany thanks holly. We will check back with you through out the morning. james good morning and thanks for joining us. Im james fletcher. tiffany and im Tiffany Mcelroy. Mcelroy. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. James James James the devastation is enormous in florida after irma. To help get the state back on its feet. There are several rescue teams from the bay area there now. tiffany kron 4s Justine Waldman tells us what. And how they are doing in florida. The brunt of the brutal storm has passedand the rescue and Recovery Efforts are about to begin. Members of oaklandbased california urban search and rescue task force 4,made it to florida just in time. Sot bridges are closed, one closed right behind me fortunate to get through right before it happenedover the phone, battalion chief robert lipp tells kron 4 news. The team arrived sunday and spent the night at the Or