news. the strongest hurricane ever. hurricane patricia being called the most powerful in recorded history. look at this picture of the mammoth storm. this was taken from the international space station. this is a storm defying history in almost every way, exploding overnight from nothing more than a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane. that happened in just 24 hours. now hurricane patricia is about to slam into the pacific coast of mexico, with wind speeds at about 200 miles an hour and higher. gusts well above that. millions of people, including an unknown number of american tourists, in its path tonight. desperately trying to evacuate. obviously, so little time, because no one expected this. patricia is a catastrophic storm. forecasters warning the possibility of death and destruction is high. martin savage begins our coverage outfront tonight in puerto vallarta where the storm will make landfall. and obviously, martin, you are
off the overpass. and a high school basketball player was killed when a pickup truck lost control on a rural road and struck her car. traveling long distance almost anywhere in the country today will be a nightmare. more than 2500 flights today have been cancelled so far on top of the 1300 cancelled yesterday. amtrak is suspending most of its trains south of washington today which will disrupt service further north. even before the storm arrives there. the storm dumping ice and snow on the south is merging with another system, forming a dangerous nor easter. more than a foot of snow may fall and accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. good morning, jim. good morning. ingredients coming together for a historic winter storm here. we ll start with significant ice across the southeast here today. watching a couple features again. northern brain system moving its way across the plains. southern brain system along the gulf coast, these two will come
this morning on world news this morning on world news now mammoth storm. the icy snowy conditions around atlanta and major snowfall expected in the northeast. 100 million people in the bull s eye. french connection the president of france joins the obamas, a host of celebrities at a glamorous state dinner. but who was missing there? marijuana munchies. a major journal looks into pot smokers into why weed causes such a feeding frenzy. we are learning so much more about philip seymour hoffman s final days of his private diaries are made public. that s in the skinny , on this thursday, february 12th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m marci
this mornin w this morning on world news now mammoth storm. the icy snowy conditions around atlanta and the major snowfall expected in the northeast. 100 million people in the bull s eye. french connection the president of france joins the obamas and a host of celebrities at a galamorous state dinner. but who was missing there? marijuana munchies. a major journal looks into pot smokers into why weed causes such a feeding frenzy. and secrets revealed. we re learning much more about philip seymour hoffman s final days as his private diaries are made public. that s in the skinny , on this thursday, february 12th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez.
snow all the way into new england. back to you. thank you. this is just it s just amazing. frustrating for people living down there who aren t used to dealing with this. they talk about the lessons learned in this last storm, so they re so much more prepared. i also think the residents are also looking at this mp differently now. a lot of people just planning to stay home. not even venture out. hopefully they ll keep their power. when you get zonked by snow, can you stay indoors. these ice storms are really, really bad. 2600 flights already canceled just for today. practically anything in and out of atlanta. atlanta a big hub. they re saying this could be the worst ice storm for parts of the south in ten years. the white house weathering an unusual diplomatic storm before last night s state dinner for the president of france after he lost his first lady a few weeks ago. not to worry. pro protocol expert came up with a