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there are winter storms and then there s this, an historic co coast-to-coast arctic blast packing the power of a category 2 hurricane and whether it s blinding snow or subzero temperatures just about everyone out there is feeling it. more than 200 million americans right now under winter warnings or advisories and looking at that map, the more purple you see, the colder it is. and the timing of this is simply terrible. holiday travel where it s even possible is a mess as you would guess. thousands of flights are canceled right now and you can forget about driving in a lot of parts of the country. in new york the snow and flooding are so bad all n nonessential travel is banned right now and in rhode island, massive waves hammering the coast. street flooding there a big concern. and blizzard conditions are also making for some white knuckle driving in ohio and cleveland. it s going to feel like minus 27 all day. and in the south, well, that s where you ll find a lot of ic ....
Still feel my face right now. the bad news is i kind of wish i couldn t. can i go back to my regular job? i m pretty sure you guys added an extra hour to this show just because somebody likes torturing me. as someone who s done that, he s actually just voicing what it feels like to be out there, what everyone wants to say. needless to say, that coverage has gone viral, and the reporter, mark wood ley, will b on cnn next hour. the storm isn t just making people cold, it s making roads impassable. deliveries are virtually impossible. how is it impacting deliveries? a lot of people wait to the last second and do the overnight shipping. reporter: absolutely. if you procrastinated on getting your christmas gifts and expected them today or tomorrow, they are likely going to be delayed, and that is because every major u.s. shipper is ....
Least, people trying to get either to warmer places or to see families for this holiday season, jessica. the stakes really high for everybody traveling trying to get home for holiday celebrations, omar, thanks so much for that update from chicago. this massive winter storm is not just inconvenient, it is truly dangerous for a lot of people and a lot of different ways, cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us. elizabeth, hi, good to see you. walk us through some of the health concerns people should be watching out for in these extremely cold conditions like where we saw polo earlier. so, jessica, in those places where we saw polo or other colleague, i m wishing them a lot of warmth is that certain groups of people are more at risk so let s talk about that and talk about what we can do about that. infants and elderly are most at risk when it s extreme cold. they don t maintain body heat as well as others do. it s important to remember if you know someone wit ....
Where you ll find a lot of ice and it is catching memphis drivers off guard. we have seen four cars spin out of control that car right there, that vehicle, that suv is the lone one that is just stuck and it can t move because of the ice. not only is this ice on this road hard to drive on, but it s absolutely impossible to walk on. it is so dangerous, the memphis mayor just telling cnn that the city will begin rolling blackouts because power companies there struggling to keep up with demand. we ll get a forecast in a moment but first we want to go to polo sandoval in buffalo, new york. just for everyone watching, we were going to get the forecast first but, polo, this shot is so awful and looks so brutal we wanted to get to you first so we could get you back inside. tell us the latest and let s get you back inside. reporter: hey, jessica, it s important to tell our viewers here and around the world talking about the visibility or ....
After christmas day. it looks like as we go into the beginning of next week thing also warm up across areas that are currently seeing freezing temperatures. greg carbin, thanks for that update. those bitter cold temperatures posing yet another challenge for migrants along the u.s./mexico border. many are struggling to find shelter, and in texas, every part of that enormous state is or has been below freezing today. cnn senior national correspondent ed lavendera joining us live from el paso. ed, walk us through what the city is doing to protect the migrants from the dangerous cold. reporter: well, jessica, it is an extremely night late last night and emergency teams were out on the streets trying to convince people to get on buses and take them to open shelter spaces but the dynamic is that there are many people here on the streets of el paso who do not have the proper immigration documentation so they re wary of heading to an organized shelter. ....