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January, the blizzard of '78 being one of them. 23.8 inches of snow, second to the blizzard in 2015. and this morning, it is cold. that fresh snow pack on the ground, temperatures in many areas, the cities aren't too bad, but 15 in boston and 21 in new york but we have a lot of negative numbers in new england and it's cold back to pittsburgh, cold in the midwest. it's chilly all the way down through the carolinas and how about florida this weekend? it continues to be chilly. fort pierce at 30 degrees and order at 36 and we do have some freeze warnings and that whole falling iguanas thing that ...

Indonesia's palm oil exports, including refined products such as oleochemical, were 2.18 million tonnes in January, down 23.8% from the same month last year, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said on Friday.

Exponentially. in just two weeks the positivity rate in south africa jumped from 2% to 24%. right now the last two days it's 23.8% and that is why the president is saying there is a need for south africans to get vaccinated. as this continues to spread in the community, the reasons to get vaccinated are compelling and south africa does not have a shortage of vaccines. there are vaccines in every part of the country but he needs to get everyone to get out to get vaccinated. south africans say this is a decision i want to make for myself and i don't want the government to make the decision for m...

This morning south africa's president and the omicron -- said that omicron variant appears to be dominating new infections nationwide there. let's bring in cnn's larry madowo. he is live in johannesburg. so nice to see you, larry. how are officials there dealing with this surge? >> christine, officials here in south africa are preparing hospitals for an increase in hospitalizations though it has not come yet but that could be because we're at the very early stages of the fourth wave of the pandemic in south africa. they're encouraging south african s to get vaccinated. as this disease spreads ...

Encourage people to get vaccinated. but the early figures indicate, according to cyril ramaphosa, that this omicron variant does not lead to serious hospitalization. the rate of hospitalization, the president says, is not increasing at an alarming rate. he did say that there's still more research and testing necessary to be able to say that definitively, but this could be a promising sign in an otherwise grim situation. we're coming to you from johannesburg. this is in howtang center which is the epicenter of the new surge in south africa. at the beginning of the week, south africa was averagi...