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And all that debris. john roberts works with us, what is the latest on the power outages. >> reporter: today, the weather improved dramatically. the sun was out for a matter of hours. most of the snow, at least in downtown atlanta is gone. now to restore the power for tens of thousands of people. 205,000 people in the state of georgia, 95,000 people in the carolinas, knocking the tree branches down, they took down the power lines. governor nathan deal has dispatched strike teams to the hardest h...

>> im christine romans. its 30 minutes past the hour. starting to dig out in the south, forecasters using words like "potentially catastrophic. ""hist," bringing the south to its knees. georgia and the carolinas hammered right now, snow and ice overnight and into this morning. ice is coating the roads, the tree branches, power lines, making it tough to get around. potentially knocking out power to thousands in its its path. and total of 2500 cancellations and climbing. >> if this sounds familiar...

But power outages really remain the big concern as ice weighs down utility lines and nearby tree branches. although many new atlanta area neighborhoods have underground cables. theyre often connected to trunk lines that are overhead on traditional utility poles. so they still face the risk of power outages. most of the snowfall remains just north of atlanta, but as we come back to our live shot, you can see and hear the sleet coming down. thats causing icing on the roads, especially elevated roa...

Hitting the south at this very moment. millions of southerners, primarily in georgia and the carolinas just getting hammered right now with snow and ice happening overnight. continuing into this morning. ice is coating the roads, tree branches, power liens. makes it really tough to get around. it could potentially knock out power to house to and thousands in the storms path. air travel messy and beyond. more than 2500 flights canceled today. >> in atlanta, the whole area doing what it can to avo...

Everything. maria molina is outside. this particular storm is impacting 100 million americans. >> we have winter storm warnings stretching as far west as kansas right now and even as far east as portions of maine. many, many people impacted by this. it is especially to point out what you mentioned which is it is not just snow. we actually have freezing rain and it has transitioned here in new york city. i want to show you the pavement here because it is freezing on contact and producing a glaze....

Companies say theyre worried the extra weight on the tree branches and power lines will complicate their efforts. a massive pileup today shut up to part of the pennsylvania turnpike. thats an hour northwest of philadelphia. authorities say at least 20 vehicles were involved, and several people were hurt. laura ingall is in our new york city news room. this ice storm has also killed people. >> it has. 27 people have lost their lives as a result of this wicked weather. most tying from carbon monox...

25 miles per hour. so all of those tree branches coated in ice, we could see a few more of those snapping across that area through the day to day. soun fortunately, were not getting much help and were also looking at more snow through the great lakes region especially in the eastern parts of wisconsin into western michigan today. now you can see we do have winter weather advisories in effect not so much just because of the snow because were not looking at that much snow, three to six inches in t...

Accumulate on tree branches and also power lines, of course, producing a whole nother problem. rain extends all the way down into the deep south. this produced over three inches of rain in atlanta this weekend. certainly looking at the potential for some flash flooding in those heavier rain bands. i want to talk about the temperature differential thats coming. very warm across the east this weekend. that is going to be out the door for the remainder of this week. yellow temperatures here were th...

Right out here to north and west of washington and baltimore. thats going to stick on these tree branches. theyll stress out and come down, like we saw recently in dallas, oklahoma, and arkansas. were likely going to have power outages. it wont be before some time early tomorrow morning, maybe just before sunrise out here, when the temperatures get back above freezing and things start to loosen up and melt down. but a real mess from this point on through early monday morning in the d.c. metro ar...

Roaring back and upset ohio state. so now michigan state is headed to its first rose bowl in 25 years. ohio state heads to the couch. in celebration of the first rose bowl in a quarter century, msu students burned couches, tree branches and anything else they could find. east lansing police had to show up in riot gear. no injuries reported. just good old fashioned american celebration. love that. >> this is the scene of the iconic landmark, the trees may be gone. but the tradition continues. all...