there are winter storms and then there s this, an historic co coast-to-coast arctic blast packing the power of a category 2 hurricane and whether it s blinding snow or subzero temperatures just about everyone out there is feeling it. more than 200 million americans right now under winter warnings or advisories and looking at that map, the more purple you see, the colder it is. and the timing of this is simply terrible. holiday travel where it s even possible is a mess as you would guess. thousands of flights are canceled right now and you can forget about driving in a lot of parts of the country. in new york the snow and flooding are so bad all n nonessential travel is banned right now and in rhode island, massive waves hammering the coast. street flooding there a big concern. and blizzard conditions are also making for some white knuckle driving in ohio and cleveland. it s going to feel like minus 27 all day. and in the south, well, that s where you ll find a lot of ice and
there are winter storms and then there s this, an historic co coast-to-coast arctic blast packing the power of a category 2 hurricane and whether it s blinding snow or subzero temperatures just about everyone out there is feeling it. more than 200 million americans right now under winter warnings or advisories and looking at that map, the more purple you see, the colder it is. and the timing of this is simply terrible. holiday travel where it s even possible is a mess as you would guess. thousands of flights are canceled right now and you can forget about driving in a lot of parts of the country. in new york the snow and flooding are so bad all n nonessential travel is banned right now and in rhode island, massive waves hammering the coast. street flooding there a big concern. and blizzard conditions are also making for some white knuckle driving in ohio and cleveland. it s going to feel like minus 27 all day. and in the south, well, that s
part of the phase. moving forward now the issue will be flooding on the roads. the good sign, at least in moore, i did not see any flooding so far, but we did have to go through oklahoma city, and that s when we saw more severe weather. as i look out the window now we are driving west of oklahoma city towards el reno, and i see the light flashing, the lightning strikes flashing in the sky. we drove through a severe seemed like we were underneath it and visibility was very, very about 20 feet in front of our car, so we had white knuckle driving going through that. and the skies at least for now from our vantage point where we are west of the city now, in oklahoma city, it seems the rain had stopped for now. it picks up every now and then. no telling what happens next. but the sun, as you mention, vict victor, the sun is waiting to
controversial decision he s made there. but first, the upper midwest is the next target for the winter storm which dumped more than a foot and a half of snow in kansas. watches and warnings are posted from nebraska to north carolina as this storm dumps snow and ice across a wide region. our coverage begins with abc s ginger zee in the middle of it all in topeka, kansas. reporter: halted in the heartland. the monster snowstorm made for white knuckle driving from cars being pushed and pulled to this car up in flames after revving the engine trying to get up a hill in kansas. inside the storm, it looked like this. and sounded like that. there we go. thunder snow. highways were shut down from missouri to kansas. just got out of control, lost control due to the weather conditions. scary? scary, yes, it is. reporter: ice was an issue in parts of arkansas and missouri, where freezing rain made travel dangerous. at the storm s peak, snow fell at an amazing rate.
there. but first, the upper midwest is the next target for the winter storm which dumped more than a foot and a half of snow in kansas. watches and warnings are posted from nebraska to north carolina as this storm dumps snow and ice across a wide region. our coverage begins with abc s ginger zee in the middle of it all in topeka, kansas. reporter: halted in the heartland. the monster snowstorm made for white knuckle driving from cars being pushed and pulled to this car up in flames after revving the engine trying to get up a hill in kansas. inside the storm, it looked like this. and sounded like that. there we go. thunder snow. highways were shut down from missouri to kansas. just got out of control, lost control due to the weather conditions. scary? scary, yes, it is. reporter: ice was an issue in parts of arkansas and missouri, where freezing rain made travel dangerous. at the storm s peak, snow fell