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concern about damage to the field with major league soccer playing the home games there. you know what? they are lucky there is a game being played on that field with class. rare to see there. stunning video out of cincinnati. homes and businesses flooded. roads swamped. trees submerged in water. the ohio river spilling over its banks because of the heavy rain and snow. communities in low lying areas hit hardest. the river crested 67.5 feet. it is expected to stay above flood stage into wednesday. thankfully no deaths or major injuries to report. what is going on with this wet weather? will it last? let s go to meteorologist pedram javaheri for an early look at the weather. pedram. john good monday morning. the flooding concern along the mississippi and ohio river valleys.
supposed to be gone by 10:00 a.m. let s revisit the first part of the story, cold in the east, drought in the west. california is facing a historic drought situation, but the soggy irony is the rain coming won t help. just too much all at once as much of the state expected to get hammered over the next couple of days with heavy rain and snow. that could spell disaster in that mudslide prone area with the foot hills east of l.a. michaela pereira went out there to cover the oscars but the news comes first. reporter: that old saying chris be careful what you wish for. california needed rain desperately. here it comes. right now so much of it, so fast all at once it s expected and that s what s putting folks on alert. officials and residents on high alert overnight as the latest pacific storm system threatens to wreak havoc on the west coast. dumping up to six inches of rain
kinds of weather for the planes and eventually in the northeast. the current temperatures you mentioned them below zero. 23 degrees below zero is what it feels like currently. we have advisories due to the conditions of hypothermia. you are also below zero across the northeast. in new york city as you head out the door early this morning you are looking at a windchill temperature at 6 degrees below zero. i love the extended fer cost as forecast. midwest and the northeast remain well below average. it will still be feeling like winter out there for many of you. otherwise out west we have a storm system moving in today. we already had one yesterday producing heavy rain and snow out there. that s the storm we have to watch. if you head east looking at 6:00 p.m. sunday ice and snow across the midwest. very widespread and eventually it could produce significant snowfall across portions of the
in the midwest tennessee valley. tonight, clear across the northeast. cold air still in place. look what happens. there is our low and wintry mix sunday to monday. this is going to continue to the overnight into monday s drive in. when you see pinks on the map here, that s accumulating ice. anywhere from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of ice on the roads. on the power lines. if this comes true, we could be dealing with power outages for several days, even weeks. then we ve got heavy rain and snow. we ll see snow for d.c. then it s going to mix over on sunday into monday, mainly a rain event. winter weather advisories for really over a dozen or maybe dozens of states. area of concern, mid atlantic northeast. where you see purple is where we are likely going to see over 1/4 inch on the roads.