100 million americans are under windchill alerts as bitter cold stretches from canada to the mexico border and in oregon, 160,000 people have no power after a powerful winter storm. windchill temperatures were well below zero. let s go to elise in the cnn weather center. a lot of light and dark purple there. i know that that is not a good sign during the winter. it may look pretty, but it s not good. no, we ve got temperatures that are below zero and the windchills are even colder than that. these are current look at temperatures right now. 11 degrees below zero in minot. in bismarck in the dakotas and 40 degrees below zero. this morning, they bottomed out at 60 to 70 degrees below zero. incredibly dangerous cold. that s why the windchill warnings are diving into the central plains here. you have the alerts from border to border.
than 20 years in prison. she plans to appeal her husband s conviction. and despite whatever obstacles she faces, she is not backing down. this weekend s powerful winter storm on east coast has left behind bone chilling temperatures of record snowfall in some areas. a view from space showing extensive snow from north carolina all the way to maine. thousands without power due to strong winds from this bomb cyclone. the bitter cold stretches down to florida. where millions are under a freeze alert. meteorologist joins me now. it was quite a it was cold enough here in atlanta. thank you very much. it was plenty cold. and pretty impressive storm system. when you consider the height of it we had 5,000 flights cancelled. around the u.s.