Using my story to help others has given me strength and confidence that i never knew i had. This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Elaine Quijano. For millions it feels like its been an ice age since it was above freezing. Tonight the twoweek cold spell is finally thawing but more snow and sleet are on the way monday. The forecast in a moment. First sunday morning record low, minus 3 in atlantic city, new jersey breaking a record set in 1884. Minus ten in hartford, connecticut, where it hasnt been this cold since 1912. Negative nine in worcester, massachusetts, shattering a record set in 1942. Boston hit two below zero, the coldest january 7th since 1896. Meg oliver has more on the big chill. Reporter days after a massive snow storm, stinging temperatures continued sunday from South Carolina to maine. No one anticipated it would get this cold and stay this cold for this long. Reporter new york city issued a code blue for the homeless. Sh
Its a form of prayer. Quijano good evening im Elaine Quijano. A big part of the country is bracing for a onetwo punch of dangerous arctic air. Today snow made travel treacherous on i90 in pennsylvania. But its the extreme cold like that freezing lake erie that is an even bigger concern. A polar vortex is set to push the mercury into the Single Digits from the midwest into the east. Meteorologist lisa meadows of our minneapolis station wcco has more on the polar plunge, good evening, lisa. Elaine it is just going to be the eastern two thirds of the u. S. Now we do have a storm system moving through the plains pushing into the midwest for tonight and going into tomorrow. Its going to bring some snow but more importantly, will be the cold air behind it. Were talking dangerously low windchill values. Were seeing tonight winter storm warning and blizzard warnings in place across the northern plains. We anticipate the states to transition over to windchill warnings once that cold air does pu