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Think illustrates the change we're talking about. my destination, portage lake last time i came here i think was 1970 this is a photo of my grandmother at the same spot. that's me playing in the background the lake back then was filled with ice chunks and just beyond was portage glacier, but no more portage glacier has receded more than three miles in the last century. you used to be able to see it standing where i am, but now the only way to view it is by boat. after a 15-minute sail, portage glaciers finally reveals itself what we're looking at now, at some point it retreats into the mountai...

Visualize so here is a video to show you a perfect example of this. this is in wisconsin. here you can see the bridge and notice to the left, that is all of the ice chunks, the snow and even debris that has kind of trapped itself up against the bridge. and in the background, unfortunately, that water begins to flow into the community which is the last thing you want to have. the problem is it's not just in that particular area. much of the midwest has had an abnormally high amount of snow this winter. take, for example, lincoln, nebraska, 33 inches above average for the year and omaha and 20 i...

Massive ice chunks pushing against the niagara river parkway in canada forcing parts of the road to close. on the new york side ice mountains up to 30 feet high coming into people's homes. look like a movie. crews going door-to-door encouraging residents to leave. hurricane force winds 70 miles an hour reported all around new york. the wind and ice caused hundreds of thousands of customers to lose power. the funeral for tennessee police officer killed in a hit and run will be laid to rest friday. nicholas galanter was inspecting a roadway saturday night when he was hit. the suspect, janet hein...

Jillian: and ice tsunami spurs evacuations on lake erie. you can see massive ice chunks pushing against the niagara river parkway in canada forcing parts of the road to close. on the new york side ice mounds 30 feet high came up to people's homes. hurricane force winds reporter across new york leaving hundreds of thousands without power. rob: janice dean is here with what we can expect today. it seems less windy in new york. >> reporter: with wendy mcculloch, 26 in new york, windchill cooler than that. we have cold air pushed across the northern plains and parts of the midwest, it is one in mi...

It's looking very sunny and mild out there, polo. >> reporter: you've lived in denver. you know what cold is. but something about 9 degrees and forecast is 0 degrees tonight that just doesn't seem normal, at least not for this south texan. look at what's going on here. some of these boats here in scituate, not only are they covered in snow, they are filled with snow. earlier there were fishermen out here, literally shoveling the snow out of these fishing boats. if you look out in the distance, you can see some of these boats look for like those ice breaking ships in the arctic. take a look at ...