clear, but it s not. where that portion, where it shows pavement, is actually a sheet of ice. it s very slick. reporter: in the south, torrential downpours and flooding in tuscaloosa, alabama. some streets underwater in atlanta. parts of the region could get up to six inches of rain as the system moves through. and david, we saw all of those problems in d.c. airports. now, we re getting hit more here in new york. we re talking about more than 1,600 flights canceled and delayed. that number is only growing, david. and as you point out, not done with this yet. gio, thank you. let s get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, tracking this storm and then the next one. hey, ginger. reporter: hey, david. thanks to this storm, minneapolis has now had their snowiest february on record. and we are not done with february. we re not done with this storm. look at the map there. you can see the radar showing the snow moving through new england, including boston. new york here, we ve got the
it would be business as usual. yeah. it s interesting to see how different cities handle things. reporter: there are winter weather advisories and storm warnings in effect in dozens of cities and states from the plains to the midwest, the great lakes, the mid-atlantic and the northeast from eastern dakotas right to the big apple. even las vegas got snow from this storm system. it s affecting rail travel, of course, in many parts of the country. the worst impact is probably on the roads with the low visibility, the slippery icy conditions leading to countless fender benders. officials warning of fallen trees urging people to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. this storm did help minneapolis st. paul set a record, dana, for the snowiest february on record. it s still snowing there as far as we know. still snowing here. dana: that s saying something
now. if we look back at the temperatures in the gulf of mexico back in the winter when i wrote that story, the water temperature in the gulf of mexico never fell below 73 degrees. texas and luouisiana had their warmest winters on record. new orleans also had its warmest february on record. so there was just abnormal warmth in the gulf coast states back in the winter. the warm water persisted in the gulf of mexico leading up to hurricane harvey. you need that fuel. you need that warm water in the gulf of mexico to power these storms, and we saw that explosive intensification of harvey as it approached the texas coast. obviously the warm water spurred by climate change played a role here. of course there s natural variability. we ve had hurricanes hit the gulf coast for decades. i think there s ooh combination. i think global warming intensified the storm some.
kentucky senator rand paul who has just won the conservative political action conference s presidential straw poll. the third year in a row with just under 26% of the vote. wisconsin governor scott walker came in second with 21%. just confirmed, it s been a record-breaking month for city of denver which has gotten 22.4 inches of snow, the snowiest february on record. now back to caught on camera welcome back to caught on camera. i m contessa brewer. it s not unusual for a suspect to flee from police, but it s not always a well thought out plan. you re about to meet two suspects who make downright foolish attempts to escape from authorities, and another guy who goes to extremes to turn himself in. a suspect leaps to escape police custody. not so unusual until you realize he is leaping out of a moving