abc s neal karlinsky is in sacramento tonight. reporter: tonight, california can t catch a break, from drought to drenching, including water rescues on swollen creeks. the fire hose of rain taking aim at northern california with a vengeance. late today, police recommending evacuations near modesta where flood waters are rising. scattered landslides have blocked roads as soaked hillsides give way. more than 100 flights canceled. in wine country, near nappa, this huge drain letting water out of the nearly full lake, and this weekend at least five people killed in southern california. a storm dumping up to 10 inches in some areas. the sinkhole swallowing one. then watch. it s going. there it goes. reporter: two cars. this fire truck falling off the edge of a crumbling freeway like a child s toy. fortunately, no one was inside. to the north at the oroville dam, the site of a near emergency a week ago, new
forget about the gold, silver and bronze. in pennsylvania it s all about the copper. power crews working across the state to clear tree branches loaded down with ice to restore electricity to thousands of customers still in the dark after the latest winter storm. more than 750,000 lost power across the keystone state. dozens of travellers are stranded for a second day today in airports up and down the east coast and into the midwest the storm dumping as much as a foot of snow. and from baltimore to boston, it grounded more than 3,000 flights yesterday. already today, more than 1500 flights are either delayed or canceled. north dakota authorities are investigating whether a woman found dead at home with an empty propane tank may have died from the extreme cold. propane is in critically short supply all across the northern border. in minnesota, a plea has gone out to farmers with excess propane to sell it back to distributors. farmers use propane to dry corn during the rainy season.
lake-effect snow for parts of the great lakes. and the new year is expected to get off to a snowy start. two weather systems will converge in the northeast on the first day of 2014. in parts of the i-95 corridor, it could be the coldest temperatures in years. some estimate have the storm dumping as much as six inches in new york and ten inches in the boston area. streets will be busies with we go through the afternoon hours. of course, this is just setting the stage for a bigger system as we roll into the second half of the week. of course, temperatures in the teens tonight. but this is just the beginning. we will see temperatures plummet as we got into the second half of the week. be sure to tune in tonight for cnn, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. anderson cooper and kathy griffin welcome in the knew
minnesota and north dakota saturday. the arctic blast is also triggering heavy lake-effect snow for parts of the great lakes. and the new year is expected to get off to a snowy start. two weather systems converge on the first day of 2014. one model suggests that new england and parts of the i-95 corridor could get hit by a powerful nor easter, packing heavy snow and bone-chilling temps that could be the cold nest years. some estimates have the storm dumping as much as 6 inches in new york and 10 inches in the boston area. why it will be cold in times square, this is not going to be the coldest spot. a lot of areas in the country feeling temperatures 20 and 30 degrees below zero with the wind chill. it will be very cold, the cold air that s in the north will move to the northeast over the next couple of days. and you can see temperatures are just going to plummet. we ll be in the single digits across much of the north as we
and the new year is expected to get off to a snowy start. two weather systems converge on the northeast on the first day of 2014. one model suggests that new england and parts of the i-95 corridor could get hit by a powerful nor easter, packing heavy snow and bone-chilling temps that could be the cold coldest in years. some estimates have the storm dumping as much as 6 inches in new york and 10 inches in the boston area. guys, it is going to be cold. the northern plains are cold, around the great lakes and here in the northeast, this is just the beginning. temperatures will feel like the teens as that ball drops tonight and it is only going to get colder from here. look at those temperatures in the north. those are current wind chills. as we go through the next three days, single digits across the northern plains, detroit 17 by friday. and then that cold air travels to the northeast. look at new york city s high on friday. 17 and we ll be in the 20s in