weather without factoring in windchill. in minnesota, those windchills will drop to a historic 70 degrees below zero. in ponce ford, minnesota, and the state patrol reporting 153 crashes. this multicar pileup in michigan left parts of some cars under tractor trailers. and blowing snow reduced visibility in buffalo to near zero. state offices closed in michigan and wisconsin. u.s. postal service delivery suspended in all or parts of ten states. schools in much of the region are closed. check before you head out, if you don t have to head out, well, stay inside. a live look here at lake michigan from chicago, frozen over. amtrak cancelling all service to and from chicago today. city officials there adding 500 shelter beds for the homeless.
it was about an hour and a half. you see the ice in the middle. how cold is cold? i will hand this to you. it is january. i know you are saying it is supposed to be help. i will get all weather nerdy on you. it s called the polar vortex. it is now gripping 2/3 of the country. we are talking the coldest temperatures and at least 20 years. in some places records will be broken. look at the pictures. lake michigan, frozen over. a freighter called in to break up the thick sheets of ice here. millions of people are feeling this icy air. looking ahead to wednesday,
coming to chicago. and the next photo we re looking at fire island, new york, that s a place a lot of people like to vacation in the summer. this time of year, frozen over. there s a lot of wind in that area blowing that water right onto that bench there freezing it over completely. it kind of looks like a cold seat there. lots of icicles. and the next picture we re looking at it s a little closer to home for me. it s a place that i recognize. take a look. there s a snow man in the yard and it says, yeah, no school on monday. we know that governor dayton canceled class on monday for all schools in minnesota. all around the state because of the expected cold temperatures. my dad tom took that picture. that s in our neighborhood. i grew up in a suburb of minneapolis, and yeah, they got kind of creative with the snow man there. you have to enjoy it and make your way through it with a sense of humor and a smile if you can. yeah. the kids will be having a snow day there on monday and ma
soldiers in the syrian city of olelepo, according to syrian tv who described it as terrorist attacks. 350 people have been killed vaas syria in an escalating assault by government forces. country ha haest hit by europe s deadly cold snap, but across europe, hundreds are dead, people are snowed in and cars are stranded to the roadsides and even the danyu river is partially frozen, keeping many vessels stuck in port. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m dina dos santos. and good morning from cnn hong kong. you re watching world business today. the top stories this happy friday, the 10th of february. must try harder. eu ministers say greece s bailout deal is not good enough. almost a year after a deadly earthquake, the new zealand city of christchurch now looks to asia to help finance its rebuilding. and in a densely populated city like hong kong, space can be a luxury, but as flats get