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From Channel 10 in Miami...
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...this is Newswatch
with Glen Rinker...
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...Ann Bishop, and
the award-winning Newswatch team.
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Good evening. I'm Glen Rinker,
Newswatch Ten.
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As Miami continues to swelter
in a record winter heat wave...
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...bringing temperatures
to the 90s...
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...Central and Mountain states
are buried in snow.
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In Colorado, 10 inches of snow
fell in just a few hours tonight.
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Travel in the Rockies
is almost impossible.
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Airports are shut down, stranding
thousands of passengers.
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Highways are blocked
by snowdrifts.
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Railroad tracks are frozen.
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Officials in Colorado
tell Newswatch...
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...at least 3 have been killed
by exposure to freezing winds.
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The governor of Colorado
is expected...
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...to declare
a weather emergency.
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The National Guard
might be called out...
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...to clear roads.
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Forecasters
predict more snow...
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...and heavy winds
tonight and tomorrow...
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... with temperatures dropping
well below zero.
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Back here in Florida,
we've got the opposite problem.
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The heat and humidity
are supposed to climb.
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Local beaches
should be jammed.
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Our weather expert,
Walter Cronice...
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... will have the local forecast
later on Newswatch.