to bundle up wearing coats, gloves and more yesterday after a few hours with no heat. some schools canceled classes and things are finally starting to get back to normal at denver s airport where hundreds of flights were delayed leaving passengers stranded for hours. the pacific northwest is bracing for more rain, snow and damaging winds. after a storm left tens of thousands without electricity or heat. snapped trees, toppled power lines in seattle forcing schools and businesses to close. the power may not be fully restored until tomorrow. the storm system pushes east, the temperatures are going to drop minute by minute. it s a polar cold snap reminiscent of january. jim dickey tracking it all. good morning, jim. good morning, reena and t.j. the arctic cold holding strong here. the bull s-eye across the front range of the rockies. minus 5 in bismarck. minus 7 this morning in denver. that smashes the old record of minus 3 set in 1916.
grass. this same storm system claimed 16 lives in arkansas, as you can recall, from yesterday. it happened just as the sun went down a tornado ripped through the area and people ran for shelter. it was huge. it was one of the biggest that i ve seen. not that i ve seen that many. yeah, it was just a huge, black cloud. and then it just popped back up real quick and in about a minute it was over and i came outside. what you see is what we have. this video shows homes and businesses ripped from their foundations, snapped trees in downtown vilonia. it s the powerful storm to hit the area so far this year. at this hour, an intense search is under way.
waves, snapped trees, and caused plenty of wrecks on the roads. more than a hundred crashes in l.a. county alone, including this big rig. and the worst may be yet to come. here in glendora, they are bracing for mudslides. last month, these hills were on fire. the fire killed off the plants that glue the earth to the hillside. so you bring on the rain, and you could see a tsunami of thick rocky mud. landslides can travel at speeds up to 35 miles an hour. in 1969, a mudslides wiped out 160 homes here in glendora. scary stuff. you never know. since your home could be gone. the unknown. this home might not be here. if you see pictures from 1969, all of the homes here, you can see the facia and roof, and that s it. what can they do to protect themselves? not much. throughout these neighborhoods, they are installing concrete
morning commuters in a tangle of toppled trucks, snapped trees, and downed power lines. high winds are delaying repairs for the hundreds of thousands left in the dark. in louisville, tornado sirens blared, and at chicago s o hare airport tempers flared. my next flight is after nine hours. reporter: high winds canceled hundreds of flights at the midwest s major hub and delayed hundreds more. as this historic storm and its misery move east. the wind has moved through here, but the trouble is far from over. these storm-force winds are expected to do damage from illinois through new york. over the next 24 hours.