at all and getting those whiteout conditions. while they are experiencin that here, this is a massive storm. you heard what folks are going through out in the buffalo area they are in a historic blizzar which they are dealing with. there is a travel ban in effec there. new york is dealing with historic or dramatic flooding. you are dealing with these temperatures which have dropped. east of the rockies, they ar dealing with frigi temperatures the temperature i am experiencing here is a storm that is knocking out power a it makes its way through the country. we know that in tennessee, for example, they re dealing wit rolling blackouts. the nashville mayor asked th tennessee titans not to play they postponed their nfl gam which is slated for a noon local time because of th rolling blackouts that are happening there. we know that games are takin place despite the temperatures despite the conditions just across the lake from here
bridge, the bridge, the condui between buffalo and canada let s go back to that one. look at that, everyone you don t even know if there i black ice underneath that. it s very well - there is certainly going to be a level of ice we can barely see those toll booths or inspection booths of sorts. it is scary out there. good advice to stay off th roads if you can let me tell you, it s, christmas eve people want to see their families do so safely stay warm. i will see you again soon. let s bring in meteorologist angie last man let s talk about the status of the storm. when is this thing going away? yeah, it s been a long haul event, alex. we ve seen this continue t move across the country, eventually making it to th east coast it really left cold air in its wake, not to mention the sno that you see shaq talkin about. let s talk about those locations. those were the hardest hit whe
blanketing the eastern two thirds of the country. at least 20 people have died and winter storms you can see on this map from the national weather service you see it right there how the blast of arctic air are causin so - power outages are adding insul to injury. more than 1 million households are without electricity. many are unable to heat thei homes. blizzard conditions in the great lakes region have shut down the peace bridge, a major crossing between the u.s. an canada it has left hundreds of driver stranded in their cars the buffalo area bore the brun of it at this hour this was a very, very bad night in our community this might turn out to be th worst storm in our communities history, surpassing the fame
blizzard of 77 ex veracity there are likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles including individuals who trie to drive out in the late night hours last night the problem is in the hardes hit areas up to two thirds o emergency response vehicles ar stuck fire, ambulance, police. in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency servic available. please don t call either the 9-1-1 or the 858 snow number unless it is a life-threatenin situation. that is horrible righ there. also, the airports in buffal and milwaukee are closed airports in salt lake city akron, erie county, an burlington, vermont ar deicing. 5700 flights were canceled friday in efforts to get ahead of the storm more than 1000 were canceled today. there s a lot to talk about. we have several report covering the storm as it sweep across the states and linger