them. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than three thousand flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades with wind blasts taking it even as low as minus 55 celsius in places. more than half the population is under weather warnings or advisories and seasonal travel is badly disrupted. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, has the latest. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm. two days before christmas, two thirds of the country are now under extreme winter weather alerts stretching from here on the canadian border all the way to florida. on airport runways planes have been replaced by de icing trucks. we re out here, period. i mean, we ll be out him until it stops snowing, really. ..leading to thousands of cancelled flights with the city of chicago the worst hit.
be counted as covid 19 debts here but not be counted as covid 19 debts here but not included in the official stats~ a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than 3000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades with wind blasts taking it even as low as minus 55 celsius in places. more than half the population is under weather warnings or advisories and seasonal travel is badly disrupted. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. let s stay with this story and talk now to the chief meteorologist at accuweather, jonathan porter. thank you so much forjoining us. you must forecast her fair share of weather emergencies over the years and how does this particular storm compare? and how does this particular storm com rare? , ., and how does this particular storm com-are? , ., .,
a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than 3,000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades with wind blasts taking it even as low as minus 55 celsius in places. more than half the population is under weather warnings or advisories and seasonal travel is badly disrupted. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, has the latest. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm. two days before christmas, two thirds of the country are now under extreme winter weather alerts stretching from here on the canadian border all the way to florida. 0n airport runways, planes have been replaced by de icing trucks. we re out here, period. i mean, we ll be out him until it
strikes going on for months, it ll be all these strikes going on for months. i thought the tipping point would come when the health worker when the health unions threatened to go on strike. those strikes have happened now. more strikes are planned next month. i think the next tipping point will be next month because as well as all these health strikes next month, we could potentially have fire fighters and control room workers on strike. we could have teachers on strike. we could have junior doctors on strike, you know, it s not beyond the realms of possibility that we could be looking at a million workers on strike next year. and if that isn t a tipping point, then i genuinely don t know what is. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states and forced the cancellation of more than 3000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades with wind blasts taking it as low as minus 55 celsius in pl
recently been released. this evening, the area remains tense. many in the kurdish community here accusing the french government of failing to protect them. hugh schofield reporting. millions of homes across north america are without electricity because of a powerful winter storm battering the country. people in the united states and canada have been sheltering from plunging temperatures, fierce winds, and heavy snow. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades with wind blasts taking it as low as minus 55 celsius in places. more than half the population is under weather alerts or advisories and seasonal travel is badly disrupted. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, has the latest. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm.