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25 million americans, multiple states. new york city, philadelphia, boston, wind-chill readings in maine expected to reach 60 below zero. and where the wind chill is already 106 degrees below zero tonight. victor oquendo in massachusetts. rob marciano timing this out. the deadly assault on an e.r. doctor riding his mountain bike. police say the suspect in his car hitting the victim, then allegedly getting out and attacking him. matt gutman reporting. another scare at the airport. t...

25 million americans, multiple states. new york city, philadelphia, boston, wind chill readings in maine expected to reach 60 below zero. and where the wind chill is already 106 degrees below zero tonight. victor oquendo in massachusetts. rob marciano timing this out. the deadly assault on an e.r. doctor riding his mountain bike. police say the suspect in his car hitting the victim, then allegedly getting outmatt gutma another scare at the airport. this time, newark. two passenger je...

Record snowfall up to 17 inches in parts of southern Germany weighed down trees and sent them crashing to the Earth, like this one at the Eisbach Wave in Munich.

Threes below zero. if confirmed its the colde wind chill in u.s., including alaska. snow squalls along with that arctic chill. a time lapse from vermont. a cold emergency in place in boston. this is through sunday now. rob marciano standing by to tim oquendo in boston where the wind chill is 13 below zero right now. >> reporter: tonight, millions of families are in the midst of what the national weather service is calling a "once in a generation" arctic blast. >> were seeing wind chills right no...

>> oh, god, it hit something! >> reporter: nearly a dozen twisters reported in the last 24 hours. the dangerous weather striking south dakotas largest city in the middle of the night. tornado sirens sounding the alarm in sioux falls. there are 77 of them across the city, but officials say not all of them were activated, blaming human error. at least three twisters touching down in the city, all ef-2s. the one striking this hospital campus had winds up to 130 miles an hour. >> our staff was coura...

In just a moment here. but were going to begin with several developing headlines back home. the damaging and dangerous winds, downing trees and power lines. more than a half million in the dark tonight on a very cold night in much of the u.s. in bradner, ohio, the winds were high enough to knock this semi on its side. and ripping this tree from the ground in western pennsylvania. it comes after eight reported tornadoes across the south this weekend. much of the east tonight reeling from damaging...

Water creep up toward your house? >> yes. and theres nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: still sweeping out the water as it keeps seeping into his basement. this is all day, all night youre going to be doing this? >> probably. >> reporter: nearby hershey park closed until at least friday. and in nearby hummelstown -- more than ten inches of rain in five days here in central pennsylvania. compounding the problem, when debris clogs a bridge, a dumpster over here creating even more flooding. ...

Bringing hours of blowing snow, high winds and treacherous road conditions. >> that is not good. >> reporter: trucks sliding sideways in bismarck, north dakota. hundreds of accidents across the region. along the massachusetts coast, a race to clean up and shore up homes damaged by the last storm. residents are now facing their second noreaster in less than a week. >> this is really a double whammy for a lot of coastal communities. here we are, days later and this neighborhood here in marshfield ...

>> we start with a severe storm slamming parts of the u.s., incluing this tornado, rare for december, touching down in mississippi. four people have died in the state, including a 7-year-old boy who was traveling in a car with his family. a woman died when a stofrm sent a tree crashing through her roof. two eother people died in tennessee and at least four people are missing in three states. officials are preparing for more fatalities. how rare is a tornado outbreak at this time of year? >> we w...

And sent a tree crashing in a familys home and crushing it. >> it was like a bomb going off and it shook our house and i new. >> that tree landed on my daughters bed. still in the house, the family cat. he was trapped and got out hours later. >> you are okay. >> and family is just happy that everyone is all right. >> it is it a moment to make me feel alive and grateful. >> and also in california, a big day for hannah shirrley. a pigme hippo who hit the 40 mark. hannah is the oldest hippo and spe...