Tonight bonechilling cold temperatures are giving tens of millions of americans little to celebrate this new years day. An arctic blast thats not just dangerous. Its deadly. Parts of 35 states are under wind chill advisories or warnings with record chill from nebraska to new york. Theres little relief in sight. Tomorrows temperatures again expected to stay well below average across much of the u. S. We begin tonight with nbcs blake mccoy in chicago. Reporter a bitter freeze gripping the country. Its unbearable. I feel it every second in my bones. Reporter now, turning deadly with at least five suspected coldweather deaths, the latest in detroit where a man was found frozen in front of a church. This as dangerous whiteout conditions caused a massive pileup in michigan. An indiana woman had to be rescued after her car plunged into an icy pond trapping her as it sank. Overnight it was the coldest ball drop in a hundred years, just 9 new yorks times square. Were freezing, and we had no ide
Trying to restore the situation. Plus a 92yearold war veteran dead after his house caught fire this morning. And tonight we hear from his family. And President Trump returns to washington facing a new crisis overseas in the new year. Well, where else do we begin tonight but with the cold blast of arctic air still gripping all of us in this new year . If you can believe it, doug said its going to get even worse in the tenday forecast. So lets get right to him in the storm center with more on tomorrow morning. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Kind of hard to believe, leon. I think we may get above freezing on wednesday, but then we come crashing back down, and boy, it gets even colder. Right now its just frigid. The big deal, its still the wind. The wind. Take a look at the flag blowing out there in the wind. Weve got winds that are gusting over 20 Miles Per Hour at this hour. Take a look at the current wind gusts. 22 Miles Per Hour in d. C. , 18 every once in a while the gu
At pennsylvania lanning where temperatures are frigid so its going to be cold enough everywhere for snow. It has been. Its 15 in philadelphia. Four in the poconos. 13 in reading. It feels like its blow zeros in many of these locations. Four below in lancaster. One below in atlantic city. How about 14 degree below zero in the poconos right now. So overnight tonight, temperatures in the single numbers. But for the most part all the wind chills are going below zero even in philadelphia. So this area of low pressure this noreaster develops to the north of the bahamas by tomorr tomorrow. Wednesday, thursday intensifies and moves up the eastern see bore. So theres a good chance we can be seeing some snow out of this. How much its still determined by the track of this storm well know much more tomorrow. Bone chilling cold, bitter wind chills next couple of days for sure and well continue to track that noreaster talk more about the timing of this coming up in just a few minutes. Lucy. Bot too