Weather and Flood Warnings this morning then do get in touch. If youre a man who works part time, then wed love to hear from you this morning. Are you part time through choice or because you cant find full time work . Well be talking about that later. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today the armys on standby to help evacuate communities along the east coast where a tidal surge is expected to hit. The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe Flood Warnings, meaning there is a danger to life. 29 schools in scotland have been closed following the wintry weather. Andy moore reports. All along the east coast, floodgates have been closed in preparation for the storm surge. Gale force winds are combining with high tides to threaten coastal defences. Injaywick, in essex, there is a severe Flood Warning, meaning a risk to life. The Emergency Services
now, crews are already prepositioned from florida and canada as well, just sitting here waiting to go out and fix these lines, but it could be a little while until the winds die down. they can t take their bucket trucks up if the wind is still going, and so, as the temperature plunges, we re dropping through the teens right now, heading to single digits overnight. that s going to be brutally cold for people who don t have power if they get their power through electrical means, and then also, whenever you deal with a storm like this, whether it s a hurricane or a blizzard, when people lose power, if they have generators, public officials really worry about people using those generators improperly, not venting them, and then having some sort of carbon monoxide poisoning so that s something we ll be watching out here. clean-up will take days, but they ve got the equipment to do it, and they re already trying to get some of this snow up as it continues to fall here, yasmin. hey, chris, j
millions. a nasty mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow. cooorado, temperature plunges to arctic levels. denver s airport reporting a record low yesterday of minus 5 and now, the cold looks like it will stick around for a while. elisa is live in denver and how does it feel? oh, it feels a little bit cold, bill. the forecast to go above freezing until tuesday, wednesday next week, but the good news for those folks in denver is that it s 7 degrees now. you were here earlier where we were standing, it was negative 20. that s what it felt like. and that is actually a very dangerous cold because before you know it, if you re standing out here too long, the onset of frostbitcan begin and you don t even realize it s happening and that can cause permanent tissue damage if not treated. we talked to an emergency room doctor who says they have been seeing patients for exposure to the cold. for example, one teenager who