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Unmanned submarine equipped with soap for a to help with the search. across america the new year is being ushered in by brutally cold weather. not even california and the southwest are escaping it. abcs john ehrlichman reports its catching people unaware. >> reporter: chaos across california. deadly winds and choppy waters tossing these boats off catalina island. motorists in the mountains caught off guard by icy conditions, sliding off the roads. trapped in their cars. >> were kind of stuck. ...

>> full on. full frontal stink eye. >> is that -- isnt she supposed to be angry at scott ruden? >> i think they both were part of the conversation. >> its not like she was defended. >> in the email exchange. >> she did not look happy in that one. >> i think shes generally not happy. >> she was not looking at me like that, ill tell you right now. >> you fed the beast. >> they had a moment. >> well get into all of that coming up. meanwhile, another story to tell you about, because the west coast...

Killed. eight others injured by falling trees. downed pour lines have left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity this morning. indra petersons is here with much more. what happened? it happened so quickly, indra. >> thats the problem. we had fast moving systems. six reports of damage from tornadoes alone. severe weather system made its way from the ohio valley and eventually spread right into the northeast. heavy wind and rain pummeled central new york as severe storms sweep across...

Tracks. at the height of the storm, two people were killed by falling trees. and a spectacular find in greenland. brand-new images show a cold war spy plane frozen in time. do you see it there? named t bird. it crashed back in 1947 during a top secret mission to the north pole. it made an emergency landing on a frozen lake. apparently after it ran out of fuel. the 11 crew members waited three days to be rescued and then more than 50 years later, the plane was photographed by a nasa aircraft su...

Morning. near the town of otwell, as many as 20 train cars blown off the tracks. two people were killed by falling trees. a spectacular find in greenland. brand-new images show a cold war spy plane frozen in time. yeah, the plane, it was named hebert crashed during a top secret mission to the north pole. it made an emergency landing on a frozen lake after running out of fuel. the 11 crew members waited three days to be rescued and more than 50 years later the plane was spotted by a nasa aircra...

Its going to take time to recover from the powerful atlantic storm that slammed europe from southern england all the way to denmark. at least 139 people were killed, most by falling trees. the lights are back on for most of the hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses that lost power because of the storm. and rail service and the airlines are slowly getting back to normal schedules. now, look at this. the storm with wind gusts of almost 100 miles an hour created enormous waves. and as you c...

Megyn: some updated numbers on hurricane sandy. the death toll has risen to 35 people. many killed by falling trees. 8.2 million people are without power in 17 states and washington, d.c. thats up from 7 million. authorities in portland, maine have been force nod close the airport as gusts are reaching 60 miles an hour. air travel will be disrupted in this country for days. janice dean standing by with more. >> reporter: the scope of the storm and the evolution the last 48 hours. its hard to bel...

But serious implications. >> and two men killed by falling trees. we should note that and our condolences to their families and friends. >> indeed. >> what can you tell us about these reports that fire island, there were homes that actually just were gone. they absolutely disappeared. >> as ive said, ive been without power since 1:00 yesterday afternoon. so the amount of information that i have available to me is limited. i know fire island was very badly hit. i cannot confirm those reports. but...

Two deaths reported, both of them from falling trees. one, a man just 39 years old. he was in the car pulling out of the driveway with his wife and two children when the tree came down killing him. they were not injured. and also an 84-year-old man was struck and killed while he was also moving his car. out on long island, new york wnbcs greg sergel is checking out the scene in river head and just filed this report. >> reporter: here in river head, we just got hit with a down pour of rain, a rem...

Died. there is also a man in queens who was in his house when a tree fell. there have been people outside who have been hit by falling trees. so a very dangerous situation which is why people are being told to stay in their homes and stay away from windows. weve also been following whats been going on along the coast of new jersey. hard hit. its where sandy made landfall first. lets go back to cape may, new jersey, where nbcs jay gray is there. how are things looking? we spoke last hour. any cha...