sense of how powerful mother nature is. karen maginnis, thank you so much. we move on to the united kingdom where prime minister david cameron is promising to work to bolster flood defenses there. this comes as communities across the uk struggle to recover from unprecedented flooding. both scotland and wales saw their wettest december on record. the rainfall will continue through the weekend, but by monday, the country will finally see some relief. in turkey, a major winter storm dumped heavy snow across parts of that country. one city along the black satisfy coast picked up about 92 centimeters of snow. about 36 inches of snow. the storm also dropped about 37 meet ners istanbul or about 14 inches. hundreds of flights were canceled and schools closed in many cities. more snow and rain is expected into next week. you are watching cnn newsroom and still ahead, dozens of syrian refugees are
since 1880. the land masses, the warmest ever. these red dots mean below average. the blue dots meaning above average. zooming into the u.s., the southeast actually so below average temperatures. the northeast for 2010, above average. i know when you look at this winter, that doesn t seem all that right but certainly folks in florida, for florida, december was the coldest december on record. globally, we were warm. hot as a matter of fact, the u.s., at least right now is certainly in the deep freeze. t.j. and kiran, back up to you. rob, we appreciate you as always, buddy. we ll continue to check in with you. that s right. meanwhile, we re going to check in with christine romans right now. good news if you re an investor if you have any money left after 2010, right? two-year highs. it is safe to look at your stock portfolio, boys and girls. it s safe to open up the
affiliate kttv just filed this report. reporter: we are soaked to the bone in los angeles, we are not used to this stuff. six straight days of rain so far. it is the wettest december on record. a lot of problems here in los angeles. power outages, this is certainly a familiar sight, downed trees, this is a 50-foot tree in ra seed today, came down and did some damage, took out phone service to the area. fortunately no one was hurt, but the ground completely saturated. we are in los angeles we received about 5 1/2 inches of rain since friday. might not seem like a lot to most folks but that s a third of what we get for an entire year. and meteorologists are telling us the worst is yet to come. two more waves coming through here the most powerful one coming some time tonight and certainly folks in the burn areas are preparing to evacuate. they are on high alert. and we are all holding our breath here till thursday, that s when we are supposed to