rescue efforts in the twin cities, as firefighters had to be rotated in and out of the front lines of this raging apartment fire. >> our nozzles have a tendency to freeze up if we don't keep flowing water. >> reporter: in upstate new york, lake-effect snow is the story, more than two feet of the white stuff on the ground already. >> it was hard on the businesses last night because people had reservations to go out to new year's eve and couldn't get out. >> reporter: the deep freeze will have large parts of the country feeling temps well below zero. >> too cold. >> too cold. >> reporter: if you think that's cold take a trip north to winnipeg, canada, the temps hovered around 40 below zero, colder than the surface of mars. >> this storm is something else. >> reporter: it sure is something else, fred. the biggest problem, transportation. the roads very difficult to keep clear because it keeps snowing. they keep clearing them but it keeps come down and then air travel to over 1,000 flights canceled at o'hare, expect more today.