The number of infected growing by the day, while a vaccine is said to be years away. And blizzard in the heartland. A storm dumping snow from kansas to michigan. Another 31 million bracing for severe storms in the south. Al is tracking both systems. Well get the longerrange forecast live from punxsutawney today, groundhogs day. Tuesday, february 2nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. As they say we got out of dodge right in time. Not dodge, but sioux city, iowa. The snow came in after the caucuses ended last night. We had a wonderful time out in iowa yesterday with the good people there. As you can see, theyre dealing with a big snowstorm. Al is s ing to tell us more e about that in a second. Disappoint. On the republican side, it was ted cruzs night, fueled by record turnout. The texas senator topped donald trump. Marco rubio hard on
Roads clear up. Bria jenna, now you know im from texas so i personally understand what joshua and ivan are going through. Im tossing it back to you in studio, live in sioux city. Bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna ter work be sure to drink lolo of hot chocolate. Hopefully the weather clears up soon. Weather clears up soon. Jenna blizzardlike conditions disrupted flights at Des Moines International airport today. This, as airport officials were bracing for the mass exodus of members of the media and visitors for the iowa caucuses. While many flights were on time, five Early Morning flights were canceled to cities including chicago and denver. That left more than 500 passengers trying to rebook later today weve been planning fofoquite sometime with our airport tenants, with the rental car agencies; with thesa; the airlines themselves to ask them to upgrade, give us additional seats in des moines to get this glut of people out of here. Foley reminds passengers to show up 90 minutes ahead of your
Delivery schedules. And tests their patience. Blizzard brings national attention. No, ive never been to sioux city before. We had a great time in iowa and a great showing. And. Marco rubio rides the victory wave to New Hampshire. Even though he came in third in iowa. Jenna good evening andthank tonight and im Jenna Rehnstrom the blizzard hitting siouxland has all but shut down the area, closings from schools and businesses have been pouring into the newsroom here but siouxland businesses arent the only ones that have to put a halt on things, after earlier today, part of interstate 29 in south dakota was closed, officials citing dangerous driivng conditions. Abc9s jess plue got to speak to some Truck Drivers who had to make an impromptu stops during their delivery. While most are avoiding the blizzard by staying indoors, some have to brave the terrible weather to keep business moving as usual. But how can you keep business moving Cross Country when an interstate is closed . I spoke to s
Worked all day to make sure the roads were clear. And one iowa man has a unique way to clean up after a heavy snowfall hits the state. Stay tuned to meet him. Plus. Ill show you a few high tech ways to stay alert when your child is facing Cyber Bullying these stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas the blizzard hitting siouxland has all but shut the blizzard hitting siouxland has all but shut down the area, closings from schools and businesses have been pouring into the newsroom here since monday. But siouxland businesses arent the only ones that have to put a halt on things, part of interstate 29 in south dakota was closed yesterday. With officials citing dangerous driivng conditions. Abc9 News Reporter jess plue got to speak to Truck Drivers who had to make impromptu stops during their delivery. Ive never run into a road closure before, says craig vine craig vine along with many other literally stuck when the state departments of transportation and Public Safety closed dow
News starts now. Lukas the blizzard shut down many parts blizzard warnings covering the area through the middle of the day. The radar shows that the falling snow is pinwheeling out of the region. Visibility right now remains fairly poor at 5 miles or less. The dayplanner reveals temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s today. Your full forecast closing a number of local businesses and highways. The snow even garnered attention from those in other parts of the state. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell brings explains. Um, well actually were from the quad cities, says countryman. Kent countryman is from davenport, iowa and he says afteteseeing weather warnings about a a izzard hitting the siouxland area. Kent decided he would be travelling across the state to Company Clean up the white stuff in sioux city. Went ahead and called sharp landscaping here. And i asked him with the size of a storm that was coming in could they use any help and he said, definitely. Come this way, so we uh loaded