Mena. Im frances rivera. A deadly arctic blast is gripping the country from coast to coast. Tens of millions of americans are shivering in record low temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills. Drone video captures growing chunks of ice floating along the Mighty Mississippi river. In georgia the iconic mountain at a complete stand still with ie ice sickles forming there. The bitter cold being blamed for a number of deaths. Nbcs blake mccoy has the latest from chicago. Oh, my gosh reporter 19 degrees and snowing in buffalo. Look at that. Reporter a massive pile up is snarling interstate 90. A forebodeing look with a major snowstorm set to move up the east coast. Look at the truck. Reporter much of the country sits under the brute grip of a deep freeze responsible for 14 deaths. Chicago the 5th day in a row of below zero temperatures. Its no way around it. I dont think you can prepare. Reporter more than half the u. S. Population, 200 million americans, saw temperatures below freezing
Perr oakmo live where you live, this is abc7 news. A look tonight at live doppler 7. You can see some green in the bay area and a very welcome sight in the sierra, snow, and more rain and snow is still on the way, too. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im diane in for alma daetz. You may need some patients. Our sutro tower camera, it is relatively calm now. Tomorrow may be different. Lets get to meteorologist sandhya patel. Hi there, sandhya. Lets get to doppler 7. I want to show you where the rain is. It is primarily in the south bay now. The showers have pushed south ward between san jose, evergreen, eden veil. You will notice street level radar there. It is wet. Santa cruz mountains getting their share of light rain now. Well show you what it looks like on the peninsula from skyline boulevard across 280. Its still rain, but check out what has been happening over mount saint helene a. That pick is a mix of rain and snow. This is a cold system and the second part of this storm is still
Radar there. It is wet. Santa cruz mountains getting their share of light rain now. Well show you what it looks like on the peninsula from skyline boulevard across 280. Its still rain, but check out what has been happening over mount saint helene a. That pick is a mix of rain and snow. This is a cold system and the second part of this storm is still coming as it moves down pwere going to be seeing not only rain, but the potential for snow between 3,000 to 3500 feet. This is a level one system, a light system on our storm impact scale through tomorrow. Watch out for dangerous surf. Additional tenth to a third of an inch is expected and thats not the only storm im tracking. Look at these other level one systems. Well take a closer look coming right up. Diane . Speaking of the snow. New at 11 00, protecting the power grid. The California Public Utilities Commission, in light of the 2013 shooting at the metcalf station in san jose, we reported that to you at the time. Abc7 News Reporter Ka
Perr oakmo live where you live, this is abc7 news. A look tonight at live doppler 7. You can see some green in the bay area and a very welcome sight in the sierra, snow, and more rain and snow is still on the way, too. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im diane in for alma daetz. You may need some patients. Our sutro tower camera, it is relatively calm now. Tomorrow may be different. Lets get to meteorologist sandhya patel. Hi there, sandhya. Lets get to doppler 7. I want to show you where the rain is. It is primarily in the south bay now. The showers have pushed south ward between san jose, evergreen, eden veil. You will notice street level radar there. It is wet. Santa cruz mountains getting their share of light rain now. Well show you what it looks like on the peninsula from skyline boulevard across 280. Its still rain, but check o what has been happening over mount saint helene a. That pick is a mix of rain and snow. This is a cold system and the second part of this storm is still c
Biggest political events a mustattend for democrats considering a president ial run. Now senator ernsts roast and ride looks to be just as important for Republican White House hopefuls. In fact it was one of gop president ial candidate rick perrys First Campaign stops after making his second white house bid official this week. Perry rode into the event on a motorcycle with his own Group Raising Money for a foundation that provides service dogs to wounded veterans. I spoke to rick perry just as the raucous roast and ride was coming to an end and i asked the former Texas Governor about Hillary Clintons claim that he and other republicans were trying to curb Voting Rights. Well i think its way outside the norm of ridiculous if you want to know the truth of the matter to call out the people of the state of texas because thats what she did. I just happened the governor who signed that legislation. I support it. But the vast majority of the people of the state of texas support that. So you k