Over 400 schools in Northeast Ohio closed Wednesday as bitter cold continues

Published: Jan 16, 2024 Duration: 00:03:19 Category: News & Politics

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THAT DOWN FOR YOU. COMING UP IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. >> KATIE, THANK YOU. AS YOU SAID, IT CAN BE A PAINFUL OUT THERE THIS MORNING. THESE ARE DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND REALLY WE'RE ALL SEEING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO WRITES SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY. WE'RE TALKING SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND A LOT OF SPOTS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BELOW 0. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT WIND WHIPPING OUT THERE THIS MORNING. SO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TAKING NO CHANCES. KEEPING THE KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, KEEPING THEM AT HOME. MIKE HOLDEN CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST ON THE CLOSURES AND THE BIG WARM, A WARNING COMING FROM LOCAL DOCTORS. MIKE, WE SEE YOU ARE BUNDLED UP NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. YOU'RE SO NO BUNDLE UP FOR SURE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE OUT HERE. YOU GUYS KNOW BEING OUT HERE FOR MORE THAN 2 MINUTES. >> IT IS TERRIBLE. SHE HAS TO BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. AND EVEN AS I'M STANDING HERE WITH MY PHONE TALK PHOTO JOURNALIST DAVE KRASKA, I CAN LITERALLY FEEL MY PHONE FREEZING AT THIS POINT. THE NOTES I'M HERE, IT'S BARELY SCROLLING. SO IF I LOSE THE PHONE LOSE THE NOTES, BE PREPPED FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST A LITTLE AFTER 5 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THERE'S QUITE LITERALLY NO ONE EVEN WALKING AROUND IN DOWNTOWN. IT'S SO AWFUL OUT HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE STEAM POURING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE. THIS IS ALONG EAST 9TH STREET, RIGHT BY THE DUNKIN DONUTS. BUT WE'RE TALKING LIKE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS ACROSS THE CHANNEL, 5 VIEWING AREA MORE THAN 420 AT THIS POINT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RUN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS MORNING. AND WHAT WHY SHOULD YOU BE STAYING OBVIOUSLY THE WEATHER, BUT HERE WE TALKED WITH DOCTORS TO TAKE A LOOK THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING, A WIND CHILL ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE WHOLE NEWS 5 VIEWING AREA. AGAIN, AS KATY SAID UNTIL NOON AND WE'RE TALKING WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW IN SOME PLACES. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WITH THESE CONDITIONS THIS COULD RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA IN EXTREME FROSTBITE. HYPOTHERMIA CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOUR BODY TEMP DROPS BELOW 95 DEGREES AND THIS CAN GO DOWN IN MINUTES, WHICH IS VERY, VERY CONCERNING. SO WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS SHIVERING, SLEEPINESS, FEELINGS OF EXHAUSTION, A WEEK POLLS AS WELL AS AN INCREASED HEART RATE. IN SOME INSTANCES YOU COULD HAVE TROUBLE TALKING AND FEELING CONFUSED. AND AS FOR WHEN IT COMES TO FROSTBITE, WILL THAT STARTS TO 10 LATE WERE BURNING FEELING WHEN YOUR SKIN STARTS? BLISTERING NEED TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. A STEP ACCORDING TO THE CLEVELAND CLINIC AND ALSO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO YOUR SKIN COLOR, TURNING TO A WHITE OR GRAYISH TINT. >> HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE ARE BOTH LINKED PRETTY ESPECIALLY IN IN COLD TEMPERATURES AND EVEN MORE SO WITH HIGHER WINDS. >> THIS HAVE A START TO. >> IMPACT. I'M SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT IN THE COLD. IF YOU SEVERAL MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW COLD AND HOW WINDY IT IS. >> THE LAYERS ARE EVERYTHING. I HAVE MY FINGERLESS GLOVES. SECOND SCORE ON MY PHONE. THE FROM HURTS A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S TOXIN LOCKED AWAY. WE'LL CONTINUE TRACKING THE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DELAYS. THE WINDS KICKING UP CRAFT LIKE STOP TALKING. WE NEED TO GET IN THE CAR SO THAT ARE WRAPPING UP. GUYS. KEEP TRACKING RIGHT HERE. THE SCHOOL CLOSURES YOU CAN FALL ON NEWS 5 CLEVELAND DOT COM INTERAPT. BACK TO YOU GUYS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOU ARE NOT STANDING OUTSIDE THIS ENTIRE TIME THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. YOU ARE GETTING IN THAT CAR AND STAYING MORE. I WE WOULD NOT DO THAT, AND THERE HE GOES BY MIKE DAVIS. STAY SAFE OUT THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE HUNDREDS OF CLOSINGS ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO. IT'S REALLY EASY. JUST GO TO NEWS. 5 CLEVELAND

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