Storms Cause Outages, Massive Wrecks
COSTELLO: Four days and still no power for thousands of people in the Northern United States. Severe winter storms caused outages and also this multi-car pileup in Pennsylvania. More than 40 people were injured. At least 25 had to be taken to the hospital. In Toronto, trees literally split in half under the weight of all the ice and just as crews started to restore power, it looks like more rough weather is on the way. Chad, say it isn't so.</s>MYERS: You know, I never heard the song, all I want for Christmas is electricity, but I think there will be a new version of this. It's day after day. I've been getting e-mails and tweets about 2007 and 2009 ice storms in Missouri and Oklahoma and it was ten or 11 days, but the temperatures here have been down below zero day after day. So if you can imagine being without power for a day. When you don't have power, your furnace doesn't run. Even if you have a natural gas furnace, it won't go because the power doesn't blow the blower and it shuts down and you're done. So, another couple of days of warmer weather, then we're back into the deep freeze. I think at least try to get something done this weekend if you can. Airport travel really good, Seattle, Portland, morning fog. The wind is routing around there. This is the next storm I was mentioning before the break. A rain maker for the most part unless you get towards the Alleghenies, up into the Adirondacks and the green and white mountains. By the time it gets there it will be cold enough. New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, it is a rain maker, all for Sunday. Gone on Monday. Travel will be pretty good for Monday into Tuesday. Here's how the temperatures look, 40 in New York City to 49 and be then 37, Toronto, everything melts. That seems like a good idea. Then the ice that was on the trees springs the trees back up and knocks power lines down from the other direction. Minneapolis, here's the cold air. Here's Monday, Tuesday, Chicago to 8. Tuesday, Wednesday the cold air gets all the way to the northeast -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: Thank goodness so maybe 2014 will come in warm for everyone.</s>MYERS: If you consider 24 warm in the city, that's pretty good.</s>COSTELLO: I don't. I take it back.</s>MYERS: Have a great weekend.</s>COSTELLO: You too, thank you, Chad. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, the world's youngest country and covered by a cloud, we'll show you how they respond to the escalating violence in South Sudan.