Blizzard Trifecta News Today

That gets stuck along the side of the road. >> reporter: a blizzard trifecta of biting winds and lake-effect snow, which happens when bitter cold air passes over a body of water. the cold air sucks up and drops over land as snow. a massive snowstorm on the heels of a nationwide deep freeze. >> i couldnt last much longer out here. >> reporter: all 50 states recorded temps below freezing on tuesday. >> im really, really freezing and im not really prepared for this. >> reporter: in new jersey, live...

This has been the scene here in buffalo ever since the warning went into effect monday evening. were seeing about 15 inches of snow right now. and this has really beenen epic -- been an epic event in buffalo because its the first blizzard warning here since 1993. overnight, the bitter cold temps and how longing winds creating whiteout conditions over our nations snow belts. gusts of 40 miles an hour, snow piling up the rate of 2 inches an hour. police forced to use snow mobiles to rescue strande...