The wind chill and the worst is still yet to come. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Code blues are in effect across the region tonight as those temperatures fall. Scott williams tracking the tumbling temperatures courtesy of this arctic blast. Fill us in, scott. Thats certainly right, chris and dawn. Right now that arctic boundary still to the north and west but out ahead of it weve seen a coating of snow across philadelphia into south jersey as well as delaware. That disturbance moving out to sea but take a look off to the north and west. More snow squalls and behind this arctic front some of the coldest air weve seen in quite some time. Thats because the polar vortex that air is moving right down from canada toward the philadelphia area over the next several days. A live look right now at the Philadelphia International airport. 23 degrees. But look at the wind chill. It already feels like 15 in philadelphia. So 23 right now in philadelphia. 19 degrees in pittsburgh.
Nearly 2,000 people rescued by the National Guard. Rivers at recordbreaking levels rising over their banks. Dylan will tell us when the rain will finally let up. One captured, one on the run. Convicts escape three days ago, is back behind bars, caught overnight. This Morning Police say his accomplice is very dangerous criminal, is still on the loose. And what a shot. A neckandneck college game between the uconn huskies and cincinnati bearcats coming down to one incredible shot. This is good if it goes. Holy cow are you kidding me . That basket sending the game into a fourth overtime. Uconn fans everywhere are celebrating the win which may help accepted them to the big dance, today, march 12, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. What a shot, indeed. How about those uconn huskies. I love it. I said this remind me of i thin
Conditions. His boat found capsized, friends and family now fearing for his life and the search under way at is hour. Go go high in the sky the College Students going headtohead for a recordbreaking battle of cornhole. Who will win one of the most popular games as the schools get ready for the huge football playoffs. Go big or go home good morning, america. Great to have world news tonight anchor dav muir with us once again. Alwa a pleasure and we ha breaking news to begin with on good morning america. That manhunt for the wealthy teen, ethan couch, on the run with his mom after allegedly violating probation for a deadly drundriving accident. Hes transformed his look there and now detained in mexico. Well have the latest coming up. Also breaking, the weather and that rough morning for millions of americans preparing from wcvb in boston. What a mess. The midwest, as well, reeling from that deadly flash flooding and rob is in missouri right no this whole system m moving eastward, as well
Well have the latest coming up. But also breaking this morning, the weather. And that rough morning for millions of amamicans preparing for a messy commute, pictures from our affiliate wcvb in boston this morning. What a mess. The midwest, as well, reelinin from that deadad flash flooding and rob is in missouou right now. This whole system moving eastward, as well. It is, indeed, david. The mississippi and tributaries rising, as well. The rainfall has stopped but the residents of this town have built this levee with heavy equipment and dozens of residents, volunteering to fill these sandbags in the hopes of saving their town when the river rises and crests later this week. Blizzard conditions, combining with record rainfall and floods, claiming dozens of lives as the Deadly Midwest storm barrels towards the northeast this morning. In missouri four visiting soldiers stationed at a local military base dead after their car swept away in this flooded dozens of volunteers are n n scrambling
For the pub public for help. If you have any information, they are urging to you call the Police Department or the crimestoppers hot line if you would like to remain anonymous. 70238555 55. Back to you. A metro officer pursuing a suspect crashed his cruiser into a wall at a school at 11 00 this morning at Clark High School after a suspect ran from officers and then went into the Campus Parking lot. So in an attempt to catch up to the suspect, an officer lost control of his car and you see the result there. Crashed right into a fence near the tennis courts. Fortunately, nobody got hurt. That suspect is still on the loose and the search continues. Tragedy on our streets. Just before the new year when two people were killed after a car rolls over on the i15 near craig. Witnesses say a nissan 370z was speeding down the interstate dwrer and and barrier and rolled over to the opposite side of the root and burst into flames. The driver and passenger both from las vegas died at the scene. Stat