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january, the blizzard of 78 being one of them. 23.8 inches of snow, second to the blizzard in 2015. and this morning, it is cold. that fresh snow pack on the ground, temperatures in many areas, the cities aren t too bad, but 15 in boston and 21 in new york but we have a lot of negative numbers in new england and it s cold back to pittsburgh, cold in the midwest. it s chilly all the way down through the carolinas and how about florida this weekend? it continues to be chilly. fort pierce at 30 degrees and order at 36 and we do have some freeze warnings and that whole falling iguanas thing that you will see a lot about on social media during the day today. we will recover in florida, nutionly in the 60s and 70s. nicely in the 60s and 70s. chilly in the northeast. a winter storm heading for the middle of the country, 17 million people already under winter storm watches and this one is going to be a decent snowstorm for our friends in the midwest. kansas city, st. louis, chicago, detroit
florida where they could break up to 14 records. kim, i ll end on this. this is a thing, falling iguanas take place when temperatures get this place. they are cold-blooded animals, hibernate, and fall from the trees. they re not dead, but this is a thing that maybe our viewers would be interested in. i m trying not to laugh. it is a serious it is a serious thing. but thanks for flagging that. derek van dam, thanks so much. and do stay tuned. later in the hour, we ll look at what bomb cyclones are with an atmospheric researcher. so stay tuned for that. the u.n. security council is set to meet monday to discuss the looming threat of a possible russian invasion into ukraine. diplomats are hoping russia will explain why it has amassed the biggest military buildup since the cold war. the uk will also press for answers, when british prime minister boris johnson speaks this week with russian leader vladimir putin. the uk on saturday announced it s considering offering a major military
preparation there has been, what the drainage systems are like. and the infrastructure. and so this sort of tells us that we can become more resilient, as long as we know what to expect and, as i say, these increases in the extremes are what goes along with the global climate change,humans. we ll have to leave it there. thank you so much for your expertise, kevin trenberth, really appreciate it. well, go out and enjoy the snow? and not easy in atlanta, but for many of our viewers, they ll have to do that. thanks again. you re welcome. well, the snow may have stopped falling, except in northern maine and the canadian mar maritimes, but conditions are still dangerous. windchills are plunging to 20 degrees below zero in some places and officials are encouraging people to stay home as crews work to dig out and clean up. it is truly one for the record
temperatures are creating windchills of 10 to 20 degrees below zero in some areas, including very chilly in florida where temperatures dropped so low the national weather service in miami warned about falling iguanas. take a look at those pictures right there. once the temperature drops below 45, the reptile goes into this dormant state and they are not dead. just temporarily stunned until they are able to warm up. unfortunately that means they can fall from trees and that s exactly what happens all the time. meteorologist tom sader joining me. that is so creepy, but that s what happens. it is. iguanas falling from the skies. yep. and some of them are pretty good in size, too. it s going to happen again tonight. another iguana alert. look at the numbers across the florida peninsula. in miami, they had their coldest morning in ten years.