in friday s fighting, a russian missile destroyed a vital supply bridge into the city. bakhmut has seen intense fighting for weeks, as russia tries to claim a victory in eastern ukraine. cnn s melissa bell joins us now from kyiv. melissa, where do things stand? reporter: well, we ve just been hearing from the british ministry of defense, saying that they understand that ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure. that s what we re hearing from the ground, with one soldier on the ground telling us that they were essentially outmanned four to one. and this has been the story for the last few weeks. so russian forces sending in more and more men to try and take every trench, every defensive line, at huge cost to themselves, first and foremost. there is also ukrainians, will there is a lack of ammunition compared to what the russians have, and they are trying to capture bakhmut, but yes, for the time being, this town still stands with his four and a half thousand civilians
maine, new hampshire and massachusetts. we re finally starting to see things subside at this point. a lot of these areas have picked up a foot or more of snow. it s the snow combined with the wind, making travel very difficult. this wind could trigger more trees coming down and an increase of power outages and we already have plenty of those across that region. now we move from the east coast to the west coast where our next system is beginning to take shape. we re starting to see rain and snow showers across areas of washington state, oregon and northern california. that s going to not only spread south into central california, but also inland. a lot of those intermountain west states are also going to pick up considerable amounts of snow, maybe not necessarily today, but certainly over the next 48 hours. that s why you ve got the weather advisories for several states. it s going to be waves of rain and snow coming in for these areas. the highest amounts are really going to
still, wow, this is the craziest thing i ve ever been involved in. wow indeed. more than 20 million people are now under high wind alerts in the mid atlantic, northeast and western u.s. and this morning, more than a million customers are still without power. cnn meteorologist alison chinchar is tracking all of it for us. it just seems like there is no stopping these very drastic extreme weather systems. it has been a very busy past 24 hours. you are correct, fred. again, look at all of these dots. that represents some type of severe weather reported just in the last 24 hours. both of those were damaging winds. we had tornado and hail reports as well. here is a at where the system is now. the good news is the severe component of the storm is no longer. what we are left with now is snow and very gusty winds. the combination of the two is triggering very low visibility. making travel very difficult. especially across new england. here s a look at where we have the heaviest snow stil
maine, new hampshire and massachusetts. we re finally starting to see things subside at this point. a lot of these areas have picked up a foot or more of snow. it s the snow combined with the wind, making travel very difficult. this wind could trigger more trees coming down and an increase of power outages and we already have plenty of those across that region. now we move from the east coast to the west coast where our next system is beginning to take shape. we re starting to see rain and snow showers across areas of washington state, oregon and northern california. that s going to not only spread south into central california, but also inland. a lot of those intermountain west states are also going to pick up considerable amounts of snow, maybe not necessarily today, but certainly over the next 48 hours. that s why you ve got the
we are experiencing record-breaking cold with arctic air spawning some of the lowest temperatures in decades. janice dean is in the fox extreme weather center tracking weather. hi, shannon. yes, all of the northeast airports are going to experience delays. especially philadelphia and new york right now. several hours worth of delays. freezing rain advisory still in and around the d.c. area. up towards boston and even maine where some of the precipitation is freezing on contact with the ground. and making travel very difficult and then we have winter weather advisories across the ohio river valley and we could see 6 to 12 inches of snow from the missouri valley all the way up to the great lakes and, of course, the cold is what everyone is talking about. these are current temperatures, below zero with the windchill, though, we could feel as far as far down as minus 50, minus 60 degrees. there is your windchill. minus 35 in rapid city. minus 28 in minneapolis. and you can see the wind