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ACTION SEVEN NEWS MORE IN THE MORNING STARTS RIGHT NOW. ICE AND BITTER COLD. A MAJOR WINTER STORM SWEEPING THROUGH NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. WHAT WE’RE PROBABLY MOST WORRIED ABOUT IS THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR MULTIPLE DAYS AT A TIME. TRACKING THE DEPARTURE OF THE WINTER STORM AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE BITTER COLD AIR THAT’S IN YOUR KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS FORECAST. STATEWIDE, THOUSANDS IN THE DARK AND WITHOUT HEAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF WIRES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE ON THEM. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU THIS SUNDAY MORNING WHERE THE SNOW AND ICE HAS FALLEN AND WHAT THE ROADS LOOK LIKE AROUND THE STATE ARE SPECIAL. IMPACT DAY WEATHER COVERAGE STARTS RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THAT MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVED THROUGH THIS STATE AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND COREY HOWARD AND FAITH EGBUONU. THEY’RE LIVE TRACKING CONDITIONS. BUT FIRST LET’S GET YOU OVER TO ERIC GREEN. HOW IS IT LOOKING ERIC OUT THERE? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS SNOW MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT, BUT YOU HAVE THAT FEELING LIKE WE GOT IT. YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND. SO, SO MUCH FUN. WE ARE STILL RIDING OUT SOME IMPACT WEATHER CONDITIONS HERE UNTIL 9:00 IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. SNOW SHOWERS IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP, THE ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED. THE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING RIGHT NOW AT 22, SO THE SNOW HAS SOME STAYING POWER. VERY COLD TODAY WITH RESPECT TO THE WIND CHILLS. JUST A QUICK PICK FROM OUR KOAT PARKING LOT HERE AS WE’RE COMING INTO WORK EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE’S ABOUT TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF US GOT TO LEAVE THE FIRST STRIPES ON THE ROAD. COMING INTO WORK EARLY THIS MORNING. ALBUQUERQUE ON THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD. AS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING, WE’RE STILL DOING A WINTRY MIX AROUND T OR C RAINING IN LAS CRUCES, SNOWING HEAVILY. RUIDOSO ALAMOGORDO STILL GOT SNOW SHOWERS GOING THERE IN SPOTS AROUND ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD. HOLDING ON TO THESE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES THAT INCLUDE ALBUQUERQUE UNTIL 8:00 AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THEY DON’T EXPIRE UNTIL 11, BUT BY ABOUT LUNCHTIME, THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ALL DONE. EXTREME COLD WARNINGS SURROUNDED BY COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES. PLACES LIKE CLOVIS, TATUM, HOBBS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WIND CHILLS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, POTENTIALLY AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. WELL, HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, IT’S 22 DEGREES AND WE’RE STILL CATCHING A COUPLE OF LEFTOVER FLURRIES. AS WE LOOK AROUND THE STATE, LOOK AT THE TEENS SINGLE DIGITS OUT IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO, NINE DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN RUIDOSO 15 SANTA FE. WIND CHILLS RIGHT NOW RIGHT AROUND ZERO OR SLIGHTLY BELOW IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO. AND THEY’RE GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE THEY DO GET BETTER. LET’S CHECK THE STATEWIDE PLANNER HERE. WATCHING THESE SNOW SHOWERS DEPART INTO THAT MIDDAY HOUR. I KNOW WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SUN DOES START TO BREAK OUT A LITTLE BIT. ALBUQUERQUE WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING, JUST BARELY, BUT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO NOT EVEN GETTING ABOVE FREEZING TODAY. THERE COULD BE A LITTLE REINFORCING SHOT OF FLURRIES FOR THE FAR NORTHEAST LATE, BUT THAT WOULD MAYBE JUST COAT THE GROUND. THAT WOULD BE THE EXTENT OF IT, SAYS THE SNOW SHOWERS WRAP UP WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING, BUT WE SHOULD GET THERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE. ALL RIGHT, ERIC, THANKS SO MUCH. COREY HOWARD CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE LIVE FROM NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE AND COREY, HOW ARE CONDITIONS LOOKING AND WHAT ARE THE ROADS LOOK LIKE? WELL, I’M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. NOW THE ROADS ARE BASICALLY A LITTLE WET AND THEY’RE ALSO A LITTLE SLIPPERY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT SNOW. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. I JUST PULLED OFF TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA RIGHT OFF OF ACADEMY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT SNOW ON THE GROUND. IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT OF THE WINTER WONDERLAND, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS DRIVING. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CAR BASICALLY COVERED IN SNOW OVER THE WINDSHIELD, JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT YOU DO HAVE SNOW ON TOP OF YOUR VEHICLE. AND WHEN YOU PRESS THAT BRAKE, SOMETIMES THAT SNOW CAN SLOW SLIDE OFF. AND SO WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT TO TRY TO AVOID THAT, AND YOU JUST WANT TO KNOCK THAT SNOW OFF THE WINDSHIELD, AND YOU WANT TO KNOCK IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR CAR. IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON TRAVELING THIS MORNING, BUT JUST TRY TO AVOID TRAVELING IF YOU CAN. BACK TO YOU, PEYTON. COREY, THANKS SO MUCH. NOW WE HEAD OVER TO FAITH EGBUONU WITH A LOOK AT I-25 HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. GOOD MORNING FAITH. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON OUR WAY TO SANTA FE. ANY MINUTE NOW. THE ROADS ARE PRETTY SLICK, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME. OUR DRIVE THIS MORNING HAS BEEN A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW, FREEZING INTERSECTIONS AND HIGHWAYS AS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE SOMEWHAT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS RIGHT NOW. AND EARLIER TODAY, WE DID SEE A COUPLE OF SALT TRUCKS ON THE ROADS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE’LL HAVE MORE COMING UP IN A HALF HOUR ONCE WE TOUCH DOWN SANTA FE. FAITH EGBUONU KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR CHECKING IN WITH US THIS MORNING. NOW THIS MORNING, LIKE COREY AND FAITH JUST MENTIONED, IT’S MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AROUND THE STATE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE ROADS WEBSITE THERE’S A LOT OF YELLOW AND RED. SO YELLOW MEANS DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THAT INCLUDES ALBUQUERQUE AND SOME OF SANTA FE. RED MEANS SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THAT’S AROUND ALAMOGORDO IN JUST SOUTH IN THE SOUTH AND SURROUNDING CLOVIS IN LOVINGTON IN THE EAST. GREEN MEANS THAT THE ROADS ARE WET AND COULD BE SLICK. WE HAVE A LINK TO THIS WEBSITE ON KOAT.COM, AND OUR APP. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING. THAT INCLUDES RUIDOSO. SO ACCORDING TO PNM WEBSITE, THE CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS AREN’T CURRENTLY SAFE FOR CREWS TO ACCESS AND IT MAY LEAD TO EXTENDED OUTAGES. CREWS SAY HEAVY SNOW AND ICE HAVE WEIGHED DOWN TREE BRANCHES, CAUSING SOME TO SNAP AND FALL AND IN SOME CASES ONTO CARS AND ROADWAYS. VILLAGE OFFICIALS SAY MULTIPLE CREWS, NOT JUST PNM, HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AS CONDITIONS ALLOW, SO THEY’RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO GET THOSE BACK UP. BUT IN SOME SPOTS WHERE THE LINES ARE DOWN, THEY JUST IT’S NOT SAFE TO GET TO THEM RIGHT NOW TO WORK. SO WE’LL WE’LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME CONTINUED OUTAGES FOR A BIT. POWER RESTORATION, SOME POWER RESTORATION TIMES, EXCUSE ME, CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF ICE AND HOW MUCH DAMAGE IT CAUSES. THERE IS A WARNING SHELTER, OPEN, WARMING SHELTER OPEN FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT. IT’S RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. CNM YOU RIO RUIDOSO IT IS OPEN AND IT WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. HERE’S A LOOK AT POWER OUTAGES THAT ARE BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING. OVER 9000 CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY REPORTING OUTAGES, MOST OF THEM IN LINCOLN, OTERO AND DONA ANA COUNTIES. PNM SAYS IT’S WORKING TO KEEP POWER ON DURING THE STORM. NOW, IF YOUR AREA IS EXPERIENCING ANY OUTAGES, THEY DO HAVE SOME TIPS FOR YOU. SOME BATTERIES, SOME FLASHLIGHTS. THINGS THAT YOU MAY NEED IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. IF YOU EXPERIENCE A POWER OUTAGE, WE ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO REPORT THAT TO PNM. IF YOU DO END UP SEEING A DOWNED LINE OR DOWNED POWER POLE, STAY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW ON KOAT.COM AND OUR APP, WE HAVE AN ARTICLE WHERE YOU CAN TRACK POWER OUTAGES. IT HAS MAPS OF DIFFERENT UTILITY COMPANIES. YOU CAN JUST LOOK FOR IT ON OUR HOME PAGE. NOW IF YOU LOSE POWER OR GAS AND NEED A WARM PLACE TO STAY, THERE ARE WARMING SHELTERS LIKE WE JUST MENTIONED SET UP ACROSS THE STATE. THOSE ARE SCROLLING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCRE