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Welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. 26 states are under a federal winter warning thanks to a brutal arctic blast sweeping the nation. The freezing weather system is found in the north and south polls. A weather phenomenon known as the polar vortex is driving down temperatures to 30, 40, 50 degrees below zero. The satellite image makes a third of the country look like a sheet of ice. It looks bad from the picture, but its worse on the ground. Diane eastabrook braves the elements in chicago. Minus 15 on the thermometer. A frigid day in chicago was not fit for man or beast. Maryboth bundled up herself and blondie. She is wearing two layers and a boot on each foot. Does she mind coming out on this. Not as much as she minds getting dressed. A weekend store blanketed chicago with a food of snow, indiana too. Temporarily shutting down the interstate. Emergency crews rescued 600 stranded motorists in illinois. Governor pat quinn called in the guards. State of emergencies were calle ....
A lifethreatening arctic air mass called the polar vortex stretches from the dakotas to the atlantic, to florida to maine. Chicago set a record yesterday at minus 60 degrees. The Historic School has caused schools to close. Some 30,000 homes and business are without power in indiana. And there are sub freezing windchills from coast to coast, amtrak is working to clear three of et cetera passenger trains, they got stopped by blowing and drifting snow in northcentral illinois. More than 500 passengers are on board. The passengers have heat and they have food. Melting snow and rock salt caused a transformer to short out here in new york. Yesterdays high in the city was 54 degrees. Todays high just 10 degrees. Marlie hall is here in new york with that. And good morning, marley. Reporter good morning, annemarie. We havent seen temperatures like this in 20 years, and this morning, millions of americans are coping with the brutal cold. ....
Are calling it the polar vortex. And it is on the move. 140 million americans facing windchills below zero degrees. Breaking records from chicago to tulsa. So, how low will the temperatures go . And how long will it last . Our abc news extreme weather team is out in the deep freeze across the country tonight. And abc meteorologist ginger zee starts us off with the big picture. Diane, that big picture is a wiktdly cold one. Here in new york city, we drop to the Single Digits by tomorrow morning. And look at that. The width of this cold. All the way from the northern rockies, to iowa, through the gulf coast. And even miami will get cold tonight. Life threatening, school closing, recordbreaking cold. Thats incredibly cold air in western iowa. Youve got brutal cold everywhere you go. Its going to feel like 20, 25 degrees below zero. Reporter the scenes from our sub zero nation are stunning tonight. From zero visibility in michigan to t ....
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Deputy Editor of the daily express, michael booker, and the author and journalist, rachel shabi. Welcome to both of you. First, lets ta ke welcome to both of you. First, lets take a quick look at some of the top stories in the pages of the papers. The i reports that tens of thousands of British Travellers are making a desperate scramble to get back from france to beat the quarantine deadline that begins in the next few hours. The daily mail says the new rules will cause thousands of children to miss the start of the school year. According to the guardian, uk government ministers brought forward the imposition of quarantine measures by 2a hours, after scotland, wales and Northern Ireland all pushed for an earlier deadline. Th ....