Runway Operating News Today

today. bone chilling cold and some seeing temperatures well below 0 and the chill extending to places not used to it. texans hoping to avoid another power crisis as frigid conditions are there. is sunshine state, florida, could see its coldest christmas in more than 30 years. blizzard warnings in effect for more than 10 million people in the upper midwest and great lakes region. those conditions basically snowstorm on steroids. across the country widespread power outages. more than 1 m...

Tobin. mike, to you. >> ill start off with what happened in seattle. they got a big dump of freezing rain 2:00 a.m. and that iced over all runways at the airport there. they shut down the airport entirely. it is very difficult for the crews to get the ice off the runways, even more so than the snow. they have one runway operating now but the major carrier, alaska airlines, grounded all planes until noon both out of seattle and portland. as we look across the country major carriers, american airl...

Planes de-iced before taking off, of course. just one runway operating at one point. tonight, the northeast bracing next, as i mentioned. rob marciano is going to carefully time this out for you. and abcs trevor ault leading us off tonight from cleveland. >> reporter: tonight, the second punch of sleet, snow, and ice from that massive winter storm making travel dangerous and knocking out power for more than a quarter million customers. more than a foot of snow across the northern side of the sto...

>> reporter: mother natures latest punch lands in new england. another big dig underway for residents from new york to maine. >> reporter: hows it been shoveling so far? >> back-breaking. >> reporter: heavy snow toppling power lines. more than 100,000 lose power in massachusetts. >> its cold, and i have lots of blankets. >> reporter: whiteout conditions in boston. yet logan national airport stays open. one runway operating in the blizzard. connecticut also buried by the storm. more than two feet...