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first, let s check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. when do we expect the storm to let up? yeah, i think maybe by christmas day the store may begin to ease up. it is just a nasty, deadly, dangerous storm that has developed across much of the country now making its way through the plains, the great lakes and headed to the east and the south. all those cold temperatures pouring in across the u.s. now. it s 15 degrees in atlanta right now is 9 degrees in nashville, 11 in dc 15 degrees in new york. so very cold weather popping up around much of the u.s. now and then it s just going to get worse. i think over the next 24 hours, especially along the northeast to go along with that. we ve seen gust now 50 in some 70 mile an hour gust, blizzard conditions. people getting trapped on some of the roads with some of the heavy snow to as much as a foot coming down lake effect snow in the buffalo area and look at those wind chills. -20 -30 degrees. but even then atlanta r
effect snow there. some blizzard conditions and then use have some heavy rain along the east coast. even some flooding along the coastline. there. temperatures just unbelievably cold. these are the current temperatures right now and you throw in the gusty winds and it feels more like -30 -40 degrees across the northern plains right now continue. see those cold temperatures and what we call a flash freeze. we ve as the cold front has made ihs way through. we watch the temperatures drop a good 30 to 40 degrees in about 9 to 10 minutes in many spots. you can imagine how cold it gets in a hurry there. so you re looking 5 degrees right now in syracuse. you ve got to one degrees as you head to court williamsport. still a 26 in boston now, but that colder air is moving in from the south. all that cold air continuing across the south. of course, we ve got more than a million people without power. now, cold conditions settling in below 0 temperatures for tonight. dangerous cold all ac