so we drove to omaha, nebraska and got on a flight there, then dc. delayed in dc, and now we re here. the snow storms are forecast to ease in the next few hours, but the dangerously cold temperatures are expected to last the weekend. many people are reluctantly giving up their plans for the first family christmas since the covid pandemic began. sancha berg, bbc news. let s stay with the us weatherfor a moment. the one person taking social media by, well, storm is mark woodley. he s a sports reporter for a tv station in iowa, but last night was sent out at short notice to report on just how cold it was and he wasn t that happy about it. let s see what happened. mark, how are you feeling out there? again, the same way i felt about eight minutes ago, when you asked me that same question. i normally do sports. everything is cancelled here for the next couple of days. so what better time to ask
is a state of emergency. we ve had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures, and everything that mother nature could wallop at us this weekend. to make things worse, the winter storm has caused coastal flooding on the eastern seaboard in newjersey and new england. travelling by air has been hugely impacted as well. the storm has stretched for nearly 2000 miles, meaning there s been thousands of flight cancellations with hundreds more on christmas eve. many people have been trying to take their chances to get home. our whole airport is shut down, so we drove to omaha, nebraska. got on a flight there. then dc, delayed in dc. the storm is expected to last another day yet with temperatures easing, but it s left americans facing another disrupted christmas after the pandemic ruined the last one.
many people have been trying to take their chances to get home. our whole airport is shut down, so we drove to omaha, nebraska. got on a flight there. then dc, delayed in dc. the storm is expected to last another day yet with temperatures easing, but it s left americans facing another disrupted christmas after the pandemic ruined the last one. one of the worst places to be hit by this storm is upstate new york. buffalo airport has seen 28 inches of snow since the storm began on friday morning, bringing the city to a standstill and forcing the local authorites to impose a county wide driving ban. let s get more from buffalo, joining us now is the erie county executive, mark poloncarz. good to have you with us. reading comments earlier from york county sheriff office that said this is pretty much been a category three
to make things worse, the winter storm has caused coastal flooding on the eastern seaboard in newjersey and new england. travelling by air has been hugely impacted as well. the storm has stretched for nearly 2000 miles, meaning there s been thousands of flight cancellations with hundreds more on christmas eve. many people have been trying to take their chances to get home. our whole airport is shut down, so we drove to omaha, nebraska. got on a flight there. then dc, delayed in dc. the storm is expected to last another day yet with temperatures easing, but it s left americans facing another disrupted christmas after the pandemic ruined the last one. darsha dodge is a journalist at south dakota s rapid cityjournal. she s travelled to the pine ridge reservation in south dakota, to deliver firewood to residents who have resorted to burning clothes and furniture
could wallop at us this weekend. to make things worse, the winter storm has caused coastal flooding on the eastern seaboard in newjersey and new england. travelling by air has been hugely impacted as well. the storm has stretched for nearly 2000 miles, meaning there s been thousands of flight cancellations with hundreds more on christmas eve. many people have been trying to take their chances to get home. our whole airport is shut down, so we drove to omaha, nebraska. got on a flight there. then dc, delayed in dc. the storm is expected to last another day yet with temperatures easing, but it s left americans facing another disrupted christmas after the pandemic ruined the last one. anne marie provost is a journalist at the newspaper le devoir . she s been telling me just how bad things are in montreal, canada.