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wow. thanks so much to you for joining us. "ac 360" begins now. the forecast? wretched. the timing? even worse. once in a generation winter storm and this one they say is going to be very, very dangerous. im in for anderson, john berman here. already nearly half the countrys population is shivering under wind chill alerts or has seen temperatures drop as much as 70 degrees overnight. this is sioux falls, south dakota. you know its cold there when the falls at sioux falls stop falli...

team coverage today. adam klotz is in the studio tracking the storm and bringing the christmas forecast. lets start with jackie ibanez reporting on the devastating conditions. >> multiple families will be spending the holiday without loved ones, five people from oklahoma have died, including a 16-year-old boy. the storm is impacting nearly every state in the lower 48, mother nature unleashing fury during the busiest time of the year, leaving many with nowhere to sleep, except the floor...

How dangerous are these conditions? >> it doesnt take long to get frostbite. the national weather service highlighting 45 below is the exposed wind temperature on your skin and takes five minutes to get frostbite. we have realized these numbers and some for places like castor, wyoming a wind chill reading of negative 76 degrees this morning and the advisories stretch from the north all the way to the gulf of mexico. some places like jackson, mississippi will stay below freezing for the next thre...

>> this storm has been uniquely bumpy. our -- our flight yesterday was heavily influenced by some of the dry air that was coming in from the -- from the west. and so, we had some of the strongest [ inaudible ] that we have had from storms in quite a few years. all that dry air intruding into the hurricane has really caused a really tough ride for us to try to fly and measure each of the quadrants of the storm to try to get a good picture of what -- what the storm is trying to tell us. >> and -- ...

And traffic stops suddenly, you are going to be unable to stop. there were at least three fatalities. they had about 15 people reported injuries there. we had accidents, chain reaction car accidents in oklahoma and indiana. all across the ohio river valley. multiple, multiple car crashes. here are some of the current temperatures and the windchill factors. minot, north dakota. minus 24. thats not a windchill. thats actual outside wind temperature. minus 34 is the windchill factor. i looked at fa...

Welcome back to the lead our national lead california firefighters continue to battle wildfires that erupted late last week week the most massive is now north of san francisco. its burning through 65,000 acres of this drought ravaged state. the fire is causing new spot fires now. potentially making matters worst. thunderstorms and more lightning are in the forecast for the area, to possibly ignite even more of this tinder box. paul? >> well jake some good news this morning, as you can see behind...

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