And his wealth. This is tuesday, december 29th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this tuesday. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Were going to get started with the winter weather. Winter just kicked in about a week ago. It has been brutal though. Severe weather in so many parts of the country. Snow, sleet, freezing rain making travel treacherous across the upper midwest and great lakes. Many of those areas already have several inches of snow and are expecting more this morning. Tens of thousands of people without power. With more, heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter the midwest is in a blinding weather bullseye. In iowa, visibility is near zero. Drivers in des moines are sling off icy slick pavement on interstate 80. Those managing to stay on the road, and the plows, are fighting heavy snow. Wichita looks like an icy junkyard. People off in the ditch. A couple just stuck on the side of the road. Reporter in oklahoma, the governor has declared a state of
Tailgating tradition. Good tuesday morning, everyone. After recordbreaking december warmth, the first major winter storm battering several states right now. Absolutely. Lets get right to the radar. That massive system stretching from wisconsin to maine bringing everything from snow to ice to heavy downpours. This is the scene right now overnight outside of boston. The snow and ice snarling traffic and delaying flights on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. All this after the same system spawned deadly tornadoes in texas. Abcs megan hughes has the latest. Reporter after an unusually warm december, the first snow falls in massachusetts this morning. Ice melt and shovels fly off the shelves. It was kind of like black fridayish. Reporter in new york state, plow trucks are ready. First storm of the year. Theres a lot of accidents. Hopefully theyll be very minor. Reporter weather around the country has given them a preview from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous condition
First storm of the year. Theres a lot of accidents. Hopefully theyll be very minor. Reporter weather around the country has given them a preview from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous conditions in wisconsin to floods in missouri where the states death toll climbed into the double digits. A snowdrift in new mexico trapped betty and Jimmy Anderson in their car for 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. My wife, she was just shivering and shaking so i got into the passenger seat t cause the drivers seat was full of snow from us trying to dig out so we cuddled up together. Reporter air travelers also had nothing to do but wait. Ive been stranded now in the airport for 50 hours. Reporter almost 3,000 Flights Canceled across the United States yesterday according to flight tracking service, flight aware. The weather system spawned more tornadoes bringing terror to florida and arkansas. Drive. Get on the gas and go. Thats it. Thats a tornado. Reporter whilelean
After recordbreaking december warmth, the first major winter storm battering several states right now. Absolutely. Lets get right to the radar. That massive system stretching from wisconsin to maine bringing everything from snow to ice to heavy downpours. This is the scene right now overnight outside of boston. The snow and ice snarling traffic and delaying flights on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. All this after the same system spawned deadly tornadoes in texas. Abcs megan hughes has the latest. Reporter after an unusually warm december, the first snow falls in massachusetts this morning. Ice melt and shovels fly off the shelves. It was kind of like black fridayish. Reporter in new york state, plow trucks are ready. First storm of the year. Theres a lot of accidents. Hopefully theyll be very minor. Reporter weather around the country has given them a preview from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous conditions in wisconsin to floods in missouri where the states
After recordbreaking december warmth, the first major winter storm battering several states right now. Absolutely. Lets get right to the radar. That massive system stretching from wisconsin to maine bringing everything from snow to ice to heavy downpours. This is the scene right now overnight outside of boston. The snow and ice snarling traffic and delaying flights on one of the busiest travel eks of the year. All this after r the same system spawned deadly tornadoes in texas. Abcs megan hughes has the latest. Reporter after an unusually warm december, the first snow falls in massachusetts this morning. Ice me and shovels fly off the shelves. It s kind of like black fridayish. Reporter in new york state, plow trucks are ready. First storm of the year. Theres a lot of accidents. Hopefully theyll be very minor. Reporter weather around the country has given them a preview from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous conditions in wisconsin to floods in missouri where the states deat