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It doesn't take much, even a quarter of an inch of accumulation can cause big problems on the roadways. you have two different areas, the one for later today and then a second round for sunday. again, you can see these accumulations not high, but it also doesn't take that much. and then cold temperatures, windchill advisories, jessica, where we are talking temperatures as cold as minus 20 to minus 40. >> oh, geez. we know it is january, it is winter. everybody out there is like, of course, but what makes this event special because it does sound like people need to take precautions. >> right. i...

We have unconfirmed reports of other deaths from individuals who were outside in these horrible elements, the sub-20 degrees -- minus 20 degrees windchills. they're going car to car, is basically what's happening. they're going to every car to see if there's bodies in there, see if there's people who need rescuing. as i said, seven confirmed deaths at this point, but we are fearful that that number will go up. >> what has been the biggest challenge so far in terms of emergency workers trying to save lives? >> well, for nearly 12 hours, it was almost impossible to go anywhere in a vast majority...

500,000 people, including th city of buffalo. it's a better today, we haven' been able to get projects on the road we have been able to get there and take people out of vehicle that were stopped overnight. but it's not that far away fro evening hours, and we're expecting the snow to continue through all of the night, as well as the early morning hour tomorrow the wind has died down, that has been helpful, is made ou lives a little easier, but we're still seeing whiteou conditions, bitter wind chills minus 20 windchills, and there's no place for anyone to go, everything is closed so just stay h...

States of emergency have been declared by a number of governors, now bracing for a once in a generation storm. cnn's omar jimenez reports from chicago, where it is now minus four fahrenheit, minus 20 celsius. >> it's not just snow. it is wind and cold as part of a huge winter system descending on to the u.s. just days before christmas. over this week, more than 80% of the country's population will see at or below freezing temperatures. some places, wave a low, like denver, where the temperature dropped nearly 40 degrees in just an hour, hitting negative 15 by thursday morning. or, wyoming, whe...

Viewers just how bad it is. i've stood in hurricanes and i've stood in tropical storms and stood in winter storms. this really is a combination of both. and so the concerns here for authorities are not just the blinding conditions but also the potential for flooding and some of the coastal communities, as well. that's why authorities are telling people who live in those parts of the community here near lake erie to simply stay home and those who are thinking about actually braving the roads to stay in place at least for the rest of the day, these conditions are going to continue into tomorrow,...