Live Breaking News & Updates on Brutal winter weather complicating travel today

to be horrible. i hope it's not. but it's convinced us to go to the grocery store and wipe them out. >> reporter: this brutal winter weather complicating travel today, too, with some 1300 flights canceled. here in iowa, we're counting down to what will be the coldest caucuses on record with much of the state remaining below zero all day tomorrow. linsey. >> windchills about minus 40 degrees expected. victor, thank you. >> linsey: let's get to meteorologist somara theodore tracking all the dangerous weather for us tonight. hi, somara. >> reporter: that's right. so lake effect snow has been crippling in parts of western new york, dumping a foot already and they're in for more. snowfall rates just south of buffalo are about 1 to 2 inches per hour. where these strong snow bands are set up, blizzard conditions are leading to pure white outs. this wouldn't be possible without that bone-chilling air. windchill alerts are stretching from montana to the southern tip of texas. some cities in iowa feeling like minus 30 for the caucus tomorrow

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