They dont the leaves there all winter long. The problems will percolate across the country. Our friends at the Weather Channel are out. As far as the arctic invasion goes. Its next. Right now 6 Million People under the warnings. All the way from michigan to montana. We had reports of four six inches of know. Were watching some of the heavy snow bands. Its funny minneapolis set up on the edge of the heavy snow. South of town has hardly gotten anything. North already reporting 4 inches on the ground. Theres a heavy band on the city upward about a foot of snow expected. This is the first snow of the season. Imagine getting a foot with the first one. Thats why everyone is worried about what the rest of winter will look like. Here comes the cold plunge. It will make the next two weeks different. Usually we get cold outbreaks. Here it is shown by the blue and purple it. Takes us through the week anded weekend. Look by the hudson bay. Here comes round two the beginning of next week. This arti
Good evening. And we want to get underway tonight here with a big change on the way. What were about to witness happens every year, but not usually this early and not usually all at once. Here is our nation now. And heres what happens by the Early Morning hours of thursday. Very few parts of the lower 48 will be left unaffected as a sudden crush of cold air blows down from the north, envelopes much of our country. Theyre getting a preview tonight in minnesota where the snow scenes are positively midwinter. And its where we begin our coverage tonight with meteorologist dylan dreyer in forest lake, minnesota. Reporter blinding snow, gusty winds, and freezing temperatures barrelled into the upper midwest today. Snow piled up quickly in minnesota. This was forest lake yesterday and forest lake at the same time today. Police responded to more than 600 crashes as temperatures dropped, turning roads into sheets of ice. This snow will be followed by brutally cold arctic air surging in from the
Good morning to you from washington. This is the daily rundown. We begin with some breaking news. A horrific story were learning more about from nigeria. According to the associated press, police say a suicide bomber reportedly dressed as a student there detonated explosives inside a school. That happened this morning, killing, as we understand it, at least 47 students. The blast occurred as children gathered for an assembly. It was at their school in the northeastern city of potiskum. According to one witness, the explosives were hidden in a school backpack. According to officials, all of the victims appear to be between 11 and 20 years of age. While no group is taking responsibilitily say they suspect boko haram is to blame. The radical Islamist Group has attacked schools before, going after schools teaching what it regards as western curriculum. We have reporters in africa trying to gather more information. As they do, as it develops, we will bring all of that to you. We turn to chi
Of the street im standing on is rock bridge road called that because the name of the span that crossed this lake, the forest lake was the rock bridge but the bridge is gone from the rain and dam upstream, that was tough. If a car came down the street, it would plunge into the lake. The rain has stopped for now but people understandably remain on edge. The deluge was sudden and intense. When this road collapsed in South Carolina, sheriffs deputies put up barricades so no one would drive on the road but for some reason a man driving with a female companion did and this is what happened. The county sheriff is jim mathews. It was mostly submerged but a piece of the vehicle where she was able to get above the water and stay alive and breathe. Reporter rescuers got to the car. The driver was upside down as flood waters continued to rise and the woman had her window open and closer to rescuers that worked to grab her. They were able to get her out. I think she was holding on to one of the whe
Day and in the overnight hours. This weather system has according to the governor closed 550 roads and bridges, prompted 270 calls for help to the department of Public Safety and sent close to a thousand people to shelters. The irony here with flooding neck high, look at the street sign, the most dire need in this state according to the governor is for water. Why . Treatment systems. They have been overwhelmed. The main thing we have seen is everybody is requesting water. Especially in the midlands area. They are without water in a lot of places. So we are going to be setting up. A lot of people have tried to go to store thes to buy it. We are setting up water distribution sites. This is the third day of rescues now. In South Carolina braces for what is to come, let me show you what the state has endured in the last 48 hours. In desperate need of rescue, the flood weary are finding help from swift water rescue teams, National Guardsman, Good Samaritans and their neighbors. Our concentr