And take a look at this. In north carolina, a restaurant worker used a blow torch to melt ice from the sidewalks. The governor there has declared a state of emergency as more snow is expected this weekend. Angela Even Orlando International Airport is feeling the impact of the snow. Because of the problems right now in the midatlantic and northeast, 77 flights were cancelled and 100 more flights were delayed. The best advice for travelers is to check ahead, and if your flight is cancelled, don t bother coming to the airport, just rebook on line, and if need be, stay put. We spoke with a guy who said his coworkers are doing exactly that. Michael stocks a lot of people going to charlotte, new york, so they re staying an extra day. Greg and had no problems keeping the hotel rooms . Michael stocks no, we had extra rooms already. Angela the length of the air travel issues will depend on the strength of the storm. And remember, you can track the Severe Weather from the palm of your hand. Chec
Of snow an hour, district officials are making main roads and snow emergency routes their priority. lorenzo miller, ddot driver get off the streets, be safe, let us handle our business. Air travel has been challenging. A United Airlines plane skidded off the runway at ohare in chicago. No one was injured but other airports in the east are suspending service as a precaution. Along the jersey shore, its not the snow but a lunar high tide that has residents worried about coastal flooding. While new yorkers are bracing for up to a foot of snow. David Bryfman park slope resident im an australian guy buying salt because im scared of the blizzard. Officials say 50 Million People are in the storms path. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington Craig Boswell so far there have been 5 weather related deaths from the storm. paul joncich are people wednesdays debacle after just an inch of snow on wednesday. Craig Boswell paul joncich the snow is causing a storm of its own on social media. Instagram and
In tallahassee, not really a surprise. That is not a political statement, by the way. Let s night, we did see some colder weather. No flakes today though. Just cold wind. It is not fun though along the mid atlantic, eastern seaboard. Over today and tomorrow, conditions will improve into tomorrow. With the wind, we are feeling like 42 degrees. That is the windchill. That will continue to be an issue for us over the weekend, or at least until tomorrow morning. 41 degrees in ocala. 51 and melbourne. Make their way across the peninsula. That will stay in place until around 9 00 this morning. In your day planner, clouds and early afternoon. Clear up, and temperatures will drop. The windchill will make it feel like it is in the 40 s all day long. Plan on having a coat. If you are going to be outside, maybe even some gloves. As we work across the peninsula, we see a lot of locations are not going to be that much warmer. Freezing conditions overnight. Coming up. Cara the direct hit from that s
Mauricio Marin its a sight hard to forget. The pepcon explosion in 1988 killed two people and injured more than 300 people. Chemical catastrophes like that is something Clark County Fire Department hazmat coordinator Richard Brenner works to prevent. Richard Brenner hazmat coordinator clark county fire. Dept. it created a huge mess for clark county and henderson. It affected the whole Southern Nevada area. Mauricio Marin according to the center for effective government. At least 15 facilities that use chemicals across the valley pose a big risk to the surrounding community. One of them is reddy ice las vegas. They use large amounts of ammonia to keep things cold in their facility. Amanda Starbuck center for effective government why they are so dangerous is because they store hdyro ammonia used as refregeriate. This is a deadly toxic gas it can spread several miles from its source if its a major release. Mauricio Marin the company is required to abide by strict rules and regulations. Bu
Up. There is no tonight in northwest florida. The wind is cranking up the colder air is pouring in, and we have enough moisture that we are seeing the white. Those are snow flurries west of tallahassee by about 40 to five 50 miles. That air is cold over the relatively warm gulf of mexico waters, there is no stuff for us. Plenty of cold air on the way. We have freeze watches for marion and flagler counties. These will become freeze warnings, likely expanded southward. I will show you why and show you some wind chills both saturday and sunday straight ahead. Jim thank you. Our Team Coverage continues now with wesh 2 s matt lupoli live at Orlando International with the latest on how the storm is affecting travel there, matt. Matt with several major hubs orlando today. That is why airlines and airport representatives say the best travel plans should check on them. Absolutely, our daughter was concerned, she was like are we going to be ok today . We were like, we are not going to be cancele