but anything we can do just to get there is what we re going to do. a once in a generation bomb cyclone is actually causing temperatures to plummet. on the us networks, there s talk of little else. the term bomb cyclone describes a drop in pressure of 2a millibars in 2a hours. whatever you call it, the risks are clear. exacerbated by the strong desire to travel at this time of year. the roads are freezing, the roads are going to be like an ice skating rink and your tires cannot handle this and that lends itself to a great possibility of pile ups, they can be dangerous, people can get stranded. the storm is expected to last through the weekend. after the years of covid, millions of americans face another disrupted christmas. mark poloncarz is chief
exacerbated by the strong desire to travel at this time of year. the roads are freezing, the roads are going to be like an ice skating rink and your tires cannot handle this and that lends itself to a great possibility of pile ups, they can be dangerous, people can get stranded. the storm is expected to last through the weekend. after the years of covid, millions of americans face another disrupted christmas. earlier, i spoke to patricia jaggernauth who is a weather expert based in toronto, and i asked herjust how bad it was. i ve got to tell you, it is chilly out here. when you see my eyes start to water it is bone chilling. the story was this winter storm, this cold front would be invading this area, this is toronto right here, where winds are now very blustery. the snow, for the most part,
pile-ups. at least 12 people have died so far because of the his oric winter weather. the intense weather bringing frigid temperatures and hurricane-portion winds to parts of the country. griff: yeah. 200 million americans remain under winter weather warnings or advisories, more than 1 million customers are without power as much as the country faces single-digit temperatures. participants of the middle parts of the midwest are even colder than mars. pushing into chicago as the hair temperature hovers around 0. todd: more than 8,000 flights already delayed so far morning with more than 3500 cancellations. hose numbers expected to increase throughout the morning. the remnants of the storm are expected to stick around into next week. fox weather correspondent robert ray on the ground in georgia with the very latest. robert. reporter: good morning from the northeastern suburbs, sitting around 7 degrees with the wind it feels like it s about -8 or 9 degrees.
morning, right? fox weather alert meanwhile and decades old records falling as fast as the snow from new england down to nashville. middle tennessee seeing single digit temperatures and as much as nine inches of snow in some areas. nashville breaking a record going back 45 years. their neighbor to the north kentucky getting socked just as hard. icy roadways are leading to pile-ups, a crash on i-64 happened yesterday, involving as many as 100 cars seen there, according to local law enforcement. john: to the north, upstate new york, buffalo came within a half inch of a record in january. three inches an hour, leading to almost whiteout conditions. and connecticut, just imagine the drivers white knuckle grip during the terrifying spins, sailing off down the street. it did eventually come to a
country. when a system that stretched from texas, all the way up to maine, this is mild. 0r stretched from texas, all the way up to maine, this is mild. or so many people across the country and temperatures are lingering so the ice cannot melt. how well prepared our communities and the authorities that serve them? that serve them? yes, authorities have declared that serve them? yes, authorities have declared states that serve them? yes, authorities have declared states of that serve them? yes, authorities l have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm in many cases. they were anticipating issues, trying to get ahead of them and for the most part it seems to have worked. roadways are a big problem across the country. the national guard in indiana had to deploy to help people that were stranded. there were also major pile ups and hundreds of car crashes, a 16 car pile up in memphis. authorities have been responding as best they can. one of the big concerns was another poss