Continue through seven a m the warm air will start reporting to the storm system so as we go through the morning into the afternoon will start to see some wet snow changing over to rain all the right along the interstate ninety looking at snow and sleet as well. Also some freezing rain the temperatures up into the forties. Were looking at everything the changeover to rain as we go to the afternoon hours to have some the snowfall totals time things out a little bit more to have the seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes from our eden sank to a spokeswoman for the dot says it will have trucks ready to roll to treat and clear roads as needed crews will not be doing any kind of pre treatment of the roadways thats because theyre still a solution on the ground that the dot put down for the Winter Weather we had on friday the dot is remind people keep an eye out for icy patches and take your time while youre out there driving and we will be following things throughout the night to
People dead. Temperatures some 25 to 45 degrees below normal all forcing tens of millions of people into the deep freeze. Were also keeping an eye on twin cyclones that have made landfall in australia. Thousands of people have been evacuated. Im joined now by the commander of state operations for queensland who joins us via skype there. What can you tell us about the damage thats left over so far by these cyclones . Good morning, george. Yes, weve had a category 5, which is our highest category cyclone cross the Central Queensland coast this morning, and its caused significant damage to some of the coastal communities in that area. And what about as these cyclones move inland what can you tell us about preparations as people you know, brace for whats expected . Certainly. We were prepared for the cyclone. We had a number of evacuation centers. Hundreds of people evacuated the low lying areas, because it wasnt just the cyclone. We also had a storm surge and very heavy rain. So a lot of