Hollywoods big night. Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. As we come on the air tonight, nearly 100 million americans. There is no escaping the wrath of this winter. Take a look right behind me a thick coating of ice covering roads and trees. And in in tennessee, a state of emergency tonight. In alabama, watch this. That pickup truck no match for those icy roads and to the north, that beautiful blanket of snow at the white house later turning to rain, a dangerous mix. And behind this storm, an arctic blast striking denver tonight set to reach all of the way across the country. That forecast in a moment. First, abcs linzie janis starting us off from monterey, tennessee. Reporter overnight, more than threequarters of an inch of ice in some parts of illinois, vehicle after vehicle spinning out today. Extreme weather wreaking havoc in 18 states. Traffic snarled to practically a standstill on washington, d. C. Area highways. This driver says it took him
Could approach 20 below zero. And because of all this cold weather, a lot of kids will be out of school once again tomorrow. And we can expect even more closings and delays as the night goes on. And if all that wasnt bad enough the snow is falling again, as the temperatures struggle to stay above zero. Also developing right now, a woman was hit and killed at an intersection in Fairfax County. Police are looking for the person who hit her. Were going to get to that developing story in a minute. First up we begin with the cold. Really cold. Shomari stone will join us in a bit. We report on how people are dealing with all of this. But first, Doug Kammerer this arctic blast is something we dont normally see this late in the season right, doug . No as a matter of fact doreen if we do set a record today, it will be a record in the metro d. C. Area. The old record 8. I think well get down to 6. Thats the first time we have set a cold record in the month of february in a hundred years 1970 rat
Noon. Your high today is going to be 24 degrees. Well probable be on that between 3 and 4 oclock this afternoon. Gets milder tomorrow afternoon. Karen ill have details on that coming up in that accuweather 7day. All right, dave. Yesterday mornings humongous tanker truck fire is still affecting traffic this morning and we can see the flames that were shooting up as the action cam and chopper 6 looked up ahead in pennsauken, new jersey. And these are the ramps connecting 90 eastbound with 130 that are still being impacted right now. Traffic is being diverted onto union avenue. You want to expect these delays coming off of the betsy ross bridge. Stick to 73 southbound instead to avoid the problems right now in Pennsauken Camden county dealing with that fire from yesterday. On the big picture right now overall your speeds are looking pretty good on the big picture. In kensington weve got a building fire going on so watch for it on front street near dauphin. You may want to use second or th
Im annemarie green. We begin with the weather and another morning of dangerous cold across much of the country. Much of the east will feel more like the arctic. Record temperatures are expected to topple in many areas as temps and windchills are expected to fall to Single Digits and below. Don champion is here in new york, one of the places thats expected to set a mark for a new low temperature. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. It is so cold that several states have canceled or delayed classes yet again today. The cold air is even sending a shiver to people as far south as florida. Not only can you feel the deep freeze gripping parts of the nation, you can also see it. This giant sixstory icicle formed on a building in boston. Now the arctic air is taking aim at longstanding records in the city and beyond where many states could experience the coldest morning of the season. In the chicago area these nuns sought salvation themselves as temperatures dipped to 7 below
Hollywoods big night. Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. As we come on the air tonight, nearly 100 million americans. There is no escaping the wrath of this winter. Take a look right behind me a thick coating of ice covering roads and trees. And in in tennessee, a state of emergency tonight. In alabama, watch this. That pickup truck no match for those icy roads and to the north, that beautiful blanket of snow at the white house later turning to rain, a dangerous mix. And behind this storm, an arctic blast striking denver tonight set to reach all of the way across the country. That forecast in a moment. First, abcs linzie janis starting us off from monterey, tennessee. Reporter overnight, more than threequarters of an inch of ice in some parts of illinois, vehicle after vehicle spinning out today. Extreme weather wreaking havoc in 18 states. Traffic snarled to practically a standstill on washington, d. C. Area highways. This driver says it took him