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Developing. first of all a very powerful winter storm system that is winding across the central u.s. towards the great lakes pushing toward the northeast. what we have seen have been airport cancellations, thousands of flights that were canceled. what is the most immediate problem we're seeing now besides the bitterly cold air, with a blizzard conditions and wind chills well below zero, roads are becoming impassable. very quickly. you may have mentioned in the past hour as we go live with these updates during the overnight hours, interstate 70 running across missouri and also a portion of inte...

Also across interstate 80 through illinois and portions of interstate 44. those aren't the only areas. those are the ones we really looked at in the last couple of hours or so where they have had some really dire situations there. snowfall totals in chicago, we've seen a record daily snowfall total in excess of 13 inches of snow. in addition to that, we've also seen very strong and gusty winds at o'hare, also reports coming out of midway. 60-plus-mile-an-hour wind gusts have been reported. here are the snowfall totals we've seen. in chicago, as i mentioned, a little over 13 inches of snow. in ...

Along interstate 44 from right around springfield to the oklahoma border, very serious driving conditions being reported there. also in chicago, right now the wind is gusting to 53 miles per hour. the visibility is less than a quarter of a mile there. so needless to say, the snow and blowing snow is going to wreak havoc during the overnight hours and the early morning hours during the commute, if there in fact is a commute. we're looking at significant snowfall totals all across the great lakes region. you can see in this pink shaded area, that's where we have ice. it looks to be major ice acr...

Rain. snow to the west and northwest, rain and sleet, freezing rain and sleet to the southeast. they dodged a little bit of a built last night, expected an inch of freezing rain to be a nice base for the snow coming. they only got a tenth of an inch, but still, going to make treacherous conditions later on this afternoon when the snow starts coming, when the winds pick up, already, you talk about travel on i-70 in illinois, there's a jackknifed semitruck. another truck that's overturned, blocking the interstate. things are only going to get worse and so we are bracing for it now, savannah and ...

Missouri where you will see 20 to 14 from st. louis to kansas city and some of the snowfall totals are already staggering, and just about a foot in some cases. on the order of seven inches to a foot already reported, but we could see an additional 3 to 5 inches of snow. all right. take a look at this. this is a convoy of snow removal vehicles along the interstate, and this is in st. louis, missouri. yeah, all of the cars are staying behind, and good idea, but, yes, the interstates, interstate 70, interstate 44, those are very, very treacherous, and they were saying in columbus, ohio today, tha...