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Chicago -- is that where we're starting? >> in the midwest, where temperatures dangerously cold. it sounds like a broken record, all winter long, another pulse of arctic air driving south. these are wind chills, what it feels like against your skin. minus 9 in chicago. it was about that last week when i was there in the blizzard. it feels awful. you're out there five, ten minutes, and you're frozen. think about minus 20, 34 degrees below zero. that's what it feels like right now in sue falls. dramatic cooldown to say the least, driving behind the system from denver to wichita, and this is goin...

Significantly. frequent water pipes across the city caused the burst. a chill may be headed into that region again. let's check in with our rob marciano who is watching the bitter cold weather for us. >> the folks in deep south texas and deep into mexico, it was cold enough for not only the pipes to freeze, but for snow for our friends south of the border. unbelievable stretch the last couple of months. and we're still there. if you feel like you're warm and toasty in new york city right now, 39 degrees, relatively speaking, i guess that is toasty when you consider in chicago, it's and 3 deg...

The freezing rain. we have had problems with freezing rain in houston and parts of the interstate is shut down there. lots of accidents being reported in the houston area today also. the big picture today shows gulf area of low pressure is the big storm system of the day. this thing is going to bring heavy rain to atlanta and expecting to see potential flooding here as well. it's going to ride up the coast and move through the mid-atlantic and northeast tomorrow and shouldn't be too powerful of a storm for you. the arctic area remains entrenched in the midsection and feels like minus 9 in chic...

On the turnpike, slid on the ice and went right into the spring river there. there were actually eight people in this truck. you can see that the sun roof had been opened up on top of the truck. six of the people got out of there. don't know the conditions of those six individuals. harntly two people are still trapped inside, and you can see that the rescue crews are there trying to figure out how to get them out of there. we don't know if they are still breathing or not. as you can imagine -- it's minus 9 there, and then you're in the freezing water. we don't know if that truck is filled with...

Secondary roadways still haven't been plowed very well yet. and parking lots haven't been plowed at the schools. also, temperatures are bitter cold, it's 4 degrees out right now with windchills of minus 9 so that is dangerously low temperatures. and there's still about 8,000 people without power this morning. to not have it is a dangerous situation for sure. i'm happy to be inside today. back to you guys in new york. >> i don't blame you especially after being out there yesterday, rob. thanks soap. time to bring in jacqui jeras to give us an update on what is here. how long are the extreme tem...