Live Breaking News & Updates on Instituted A Travel Ban
Stay updated with breaking news from Instituted a travel ban. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re tracking this massive winter storm sweeping across the united states. it is impacting the vast majority of americans today. just two days before christmas. the storm is bringing blizzard conditions. i mean i don t need to say it. you could see it. blizzard conditions and ice freezing rain and very strong winds to cities coast to coast. areas near the great lakes could see up to three feet of snow like buffalo. but the cold, record-breaking and life-threatening. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts. the storm has not knocked out power to at least a million customers so far and travel is starting to get back. more than 3700 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 others have been delayed. that is not even to speak of what the roads are like right now. we re going to get to. we have reporters stationed across the country. let s start with meteorologist al alice isson chinchar. up ....
Temperatures are bitter to deal with when you re outside, stay indoors if you possibly can and don t forget to bring your pets inside. absolutely. alice son, thank you so much. so conditions are getting worse and fast in upstate new york. a blizzard warning and a state of emergency are now in effect in an around buffalo. wind gusts today are expected to reach 70 miles per hour. the temperature 23 degrees and falling. polo sandoval is there for us. filed this report moments ago on the new orders for people to stay off the roads. reporter: kate, good to be with you. all you have to do is look around here in buffalo and you could see why officials in erie county, new york, instituted a travel ban. that is seeing throughout the region. because of the wicked winter winds are whipping up snow and the result are white-out conditions that are making travel not only treacherous but as officials have said time and time again leading up to the storm, life-threatening and that is why authori ....