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Meltdown. no, we ll make sure we don t let our customers down going forward to 2023. reporter: alaska is rolling out new rf technology to speed the check-in process, permanent bag tags. customers simply touch the itinerary on their phones to the tag which then displays the new flight information you ll show up to the airport, drop it straight on to the conveyor belt with an agent and get on with your day reporter: back here at o hare we have 450 flight cancellations today, 5,000 delays today nationwide tomorrow we re looking at a thousand cancellations already across the country, and that s going to grow as the weather moves in, lester all right tom, thank you and with more than 100 million americans under winter alerts right now, let s get the latest track on all this weather from bill karins. bill, where and when first. let me take you through the winds first. this is my number one concern because power outages will be in the thousands by the time we get to saturday. high ....
Weather that s going to be super impactful to people as they try to gear up and celebrate their holiday. we re talking about a massive winter storm storm bringing snow to places like kansas city and chicago through the day today. it will bring blizzard conditions to folks in those areas in the upper midwest and great lakes as well. and we re also dealing with a rain event that s impacting folks into the northeast, which likely will cause some flash freezing later through the next couple days as we see a big drop in temperatures. there s the winter alerts. more than 100 million people impacted by these blizzard warnings are up for eight states. so you can see just the wide swath of the country that s going to be seeing the snowfall and not to mention the really gusty wind conditions that will make traveling on the roads really difficult. reduced visibility is expected to drop to zero. snowfall accumulations upwards of a foot and a half for places like western michigan and the upper peni ....
Its nickname as the windy city. what are the conditions there so far, alex? reporter: yeah, linsey, the temperature here tonight is going to feel like 30 below zero. city crews have been busy trying to salt streets, trying to get ahead of those icy conditions. this will be the coldest christmas for chicago since the year 2000. linsey? all right, alex, try and stay warm out there. thank you. the system that s paralyzing holiday travel can be summed up in two words. bomb cyclone. let s get right to abc s senior meteorologist rob marciano. rob, what are you seeing? reporter: well, this cyclone is about to go into its rapid intensific intensification. we ve got winter alerts now that extend over 1,000 miles from the center of it. there you see it. blizzard warnings that have been expanded from north dakota to upstate new york. and the ribbon of snow is going to be from chicago in through michigan. we don t see a ton of snow coming in those areas, but it s going to be blowing sideways ....
And a mother s wish for christmas comes true. with the greatest surprise she never imagined. good evening, everyone. thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday. i m linsey davis, in for david. we begin with the major christmas storm and life-threatening cold sweeping across the country. it s being called a once in a generation storm, crippling holiday travel for millions of americans, and what could be the coldest christmas in decades. 45 states are now under winter alerts for snow, wind chill and floods. blizzard warnings are now in effect for ten states. the system pushing its way into the northeast through christmas day. whiteout conditions in several states, roughly 200 miles of interstate 90 remain closed in south dakota. people had to be rescued after being stranded on the highway. during this, the height of the ....