homes in the carolinas and outer banks almost none. at last report, more than 40,000 home, however, still don t have power. but that can be fixed, thank god. north carolina national guardsmen are out in the hardest hit towns on security patrol. they re also out surveying the damage as well. chad myers got the good assignment, the warm and dry one in the cnn weather center with all the equipment that tell us what s happening and where it s going. joe johns, not so good, he gets the outer banks. i ll start with you, chad. we were really concerned that this was going to do a whole lot of damage. it didn t, but what s still ahead? i think it could have had it hit a more populated area. atlantic beach didn t get lucky. neither did okracoke, and the sound, and then the water had to rush back up.
all of the stuff in the freezer is good and solid. and turn up the heat a little because that will be off for a long time make sure you find friends if it does go off that they still have heat. there will be people two weeks from today that still don t have power. you knock down that many power lines, no will matter where you bring mutual aid in, you can t bring the power lines up. we like to get mutual aid from south carolina and north carolina. they need their power lines. then a snowstorm. d.c., richmond, philadelphia. d.c. could have a foot of snow by friday night. where are they going put that? this is one of those times i hope you re wrong. i hope you re wrong. thank you. we ll talk in a little bit. give us an update. . coming up two little girls vanished about 40 years ago, disappeared without a trace. now they have a possible break in the case, the clues that
out. blizzard conditions making those roads obviously really dangerous at the end of the day. and to make matters worse, thousands of people from maine to michigan and eastern canada still don t have power. after last weekend s big ice storm, that s a long time to be without power. especially in these temperatures. they re trying to keep everybody warm. so, you know, a lot of people have plans. they go out and enjoy something. having a few drinks. they want to get out and celebrate. to celebrate the new year. let s check in with alexandra steel for a look at the forec t forecast. who is dealing with what? hi, everyone. good morning. this is really where it s the worst. wind chill warnings. we re going to see and field wind chills today up to about 50 degrees below zero. currently in fargo and minot, walking out the door on this sunday morning, it s like 30 degrees below zero. that s what it feels like. so we re going to see the winds abate. the temperatures will come up. certai
robbery. call 1-800-call-fbi. and marijuana dealers in colorado can t wait for new year s day. january 1st they actually can start legally selling pot. many picked up their state licenses to sell this week. last year voters approved legalized recreational pot for those over 21. washington is the only state to legalize recreational 345ir juan so far. more than 40,000 people are still without power in the wake of extreme weather across the u.s. and southern canada. michigan has it the worst. more than 46,000 still in the dark there. and in canada, more than 43,000 still don t have power. overall, this is a big improvement from about 15 hours ago, i guess, when more than 127,000 were in the dark. the problem is those without power are in the coldest part of the country right now.
welcome back. here s some of the stories making news around the world right now. toronto dealing with one of the worst ice storms in that city s history. that i can a look what it looked like on sunday. hundreds of trees caved because of the weight of the ice. you can see it there. more than 250,000 people, they lost electricity as freezing rain brought power lines down. 200,000 still don t have power. toronto s mayor rob ford, he s been in the news a lot lately for smoking crack cocaine you right recall. he s weighing in on all this saying he decided not to declare a state of emergency. we believe that the worst weather is over. we were concerned last night with the high winds and freezing temperatures. that did not happen. shelters are up and running.