are turning roads into ice rinks and forcing airlines to cancel or delay flights. our nick valencia is in the frigid city of kansas city, missouri. so, just how bad is it, nick? now we added a scarf. it is getting bad. it is worsening. i'm convinced. >> frigid is the objective word. frigid is the objective word when we're talking about kansas city right now. as the morning has progressed, fred. i've had to add layers. colder than we'd like it to be here. this is a serious issue. light snowfall here sleet gathered on top of our camera case. we took crews jus outside of the airport to see how the weather was affecting travel conditions. we've seen people drive slower than normal and taking time on the slick roads and in places like iowa, it's really caused a mess there. the severe weather. take a look at this video we had to show you. slick roads causing some even police cruisers to slip and get out and loose control a little bit. sending people to the hospital.