we are now waiting to hear back. governor newsom declared a state of emergency in 13 counties to help with cast relief. again, storms have blasted san bernardino county about 60 miles east of los angeles, tracking trapping some of these residents as they wait for crews to plow the heavy snow now blocking their roadways. we know that this is an exceptionally tough time for those that are still stranded on the mountain. yesterday we were finally able to rescue many from their homes. however, many are still stranded. reporter: authorities say some of those to residents could be trapped on the mountains in that area for at least another week. that area could get up to 2-3 inches of snow tomorrow. eric? eric: just amazing. christina, thank you. arthel? arthel: yeah, eric, it really is amazing. take a look at, a powerful winter storm blasting more than a cousin states from the great lakes to the northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds. fox weather multimedia journalist mitti hic
van! we will turn to robert ray at a balmy negative seven in chicago. robert, he got the better assignment between you and mitti hicks. yes, i feel privileged to have the better assignment, just to the south of minneapolis here in chi-town. negative seven, negative eight. merry christmas from the windy city, and you can see the snow on the ground here. it s fluffy. they didn t get a ton, because that s really not the story. the story is the temperatures in the winds. the bike path is cleared, you can see the roads looking pretty good this morning. but with the windchill, and we look at some of this video from last night of the snow coming in. with the windchill, negative 35 degrees here. we may not hit zero today as buses are going by and vehicles are dropping off goods. commuters trying to make it around last night. doing last-minute shopping. trying to be in the holiday spirit is much as they can and
80 miles an hour. live team coverage on this unprecedented storm this morning. robert ray is live on chicago fully begin with fox weather multimedia s mitti hicks. carley: you poor thing! good morning, guys. you can absolutely feel it. if it s one thing about the people here in minnesota, when it comes to winter, they are pretty tough. but when you walk outside, this is the kind of weather that just humbles you. it punches him in the face. as you just mentioned, it is currently negative 11 degrees. but when you factor in that windchill it feels like negative 30 degrees, and there are some areas here in the twin cities that will feel more like negative 40 degrees today. if you hear those numbers and you re saying to yourself, that s exactly what it feels like outside. they are urging people to stay off the roads today and it s mainly because we have several
list hoping they get power back. yeah, over a million people. it s especially dangerous because the winds are up, crews can t get out to make the repairs and you have this crashing in, which is that bitter arctic air. anita: perfect storm there. thanks, ian, for the live update. appreciate it. for more on this story and so much more, download the fox weather app or stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. now let s go to mitti hicks from fox weather live in minneapolis. looks beautiful, mitti but i m sure your very cold. what is the latest from minneapolis? anita, i can tell you that looks are deceiving. just listening to ian, all i can think of is that this bomb cyclone is just not playing fair. it has made a grand entrance that a lot of us can feel across the country. at least 68 million americans currentsly experiencing subzero temperatures. half of the country experiencing below freezing temperatures.