mass from st peter s. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. more than 1.5 million american households and businesses are without electricity, and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because anything can happen at any moment, and you ve got to be on your toes. some places like new york have
after a monster winter storm clashes many of people in its path. hundreds of people are likely still trapped in their vehicles. one of them is an 85-year-old grandmother stuck with her son. they have been turning the car on and off to have heat and save gas. a life-threatening blizzard banning travel and declaring a state of emergency. sub vero temperatures are covering huge swaths of the country more than 100 people people remain under windchill alerts. nearly 2 million are without power. a power grid operator is now asking residents to reducing their power. people traveling home for christmas have been met with frustration. road travel in some areas is dangerous, if not impossible. today alone, 2,000 flights have been canceled. almost 5,000 have been delayed. carlos suarez is in atlanta. let s begin with cnn s polo sandoval in hard-hit buffalo, new york. in buffalo, they know snee. this is what they do. when they say it s bad, it s clearly bad. as we can see, it s pretty bl
place for 24 counties in the storm s path, and is urging people across the state to start getting ready. we have team coverage tracking tropical storm ian. cnn s carlos suarez is covering storm preparations and meteorologist allison chinchar is in the weather center. you have a new update from the national weather center? we did. a good look now, sunlight for several hours, what this storm looks like on visible satellite. it s starting to come together. you see signs that the storm is beginning to strengthen even though the winds haven t jumped all that much. sustained winds 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. we have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica, but hurricane watches for the cayman islands and the reason for that is we anticipate this storm is expected to strengthen to at least a category 1, possibly even a category 2 hurricane by the time it crosses over the cayman islands. then it will strengthen even more as it is making its way towards
to personally thank them. the same heroes are about to lose their job by the end of the year thanks to the president s own vaccine mandate. the president has a body week ahead, he and the first lady will be in puerto rico amidfallout of hurricane fiona, which hit two weeks ago and left behind a lot of damage. 100,000 people without power this morning. the president vowed to give puerto rico what they need. we owe puerto rico a hell of a lot more than they have gotten, we cannot tire, whatever it takes, i mean it, whatever it takes. the president will be back in did sheing c tonight and off to florida on wednesday to meet with officials oversees damage from hurricane ian. among those he spoke with technician second class zach loze, who is about to beic canned out of the guard over refusal to comply with the covid-19 mandate. reporters are asking kamala harris to clarify remarks she made when she suggested hurricane relief should be handed out based on witty. it appears s
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