geing around was a difficult task today -- especially on some of theteeper hills o othst sid coloradsprings. ws 5'sndy koen joinss vetonight alonbriargate parkwa with a cselook at e chalngesindrivtoday. snow-packed and icreets gave

trieto make their way to a from work. it was the kind ay wheresietting across to ... was a che. a day whertracti was more vaab than ste ....and a day where even dri up nehborholsere unting. thslide offs and fender benders were numerous enough that localice agencies went into "cold reporting status" just to help get more pele off the ro drers we spoke with tell us itot the kind ofeather f the faint of hrt. "pretty miserable around here so far. ve bn t on this road for abt 2 hours now." "the main issue is just make sureou keep ur disfrom ople b if noin like thien. u ner the ices d at "prey slic t snoaccuted on the ro" and while plowre continue to try and keep pace with wt retty slick.

moth nature dishes out... some times theimplt advi ... says it best. if you don't have to be t, en don'to out reporting live, andy koen ne 5. here's another reminder of h dangerous throads e in these conditions tsf brake ghts here southbound5 afternoon,...aft a18-wheer cknifed because of the snow packed and icy conditions. the wreck shut down the interstate between baptist and northgate for abt an hour,..bravel remains sl everywhere. triple-a ss around 4 pcent accidents involving d ather... happ in thwinter. it's t w te for those trchers coitions. if you he to be out. here are some reminders to try and st safe. the most obvious one. "slow down"... make sure to give yourself plen of distanceroe car in front of you. bt to avoid sn stop.. especiallyle you're going up a hill... anitd ave "wter rvival k" in your ca be sto includeains, a towing rope, anow shovel, sa or other materi for

and a flashlight. xxxx "c-dot" hd ator i5 d stathi. d tonight, we're leaing about w chnogy survisorarusg toelp "manange" major orms.. our kelsey kennedys live along i-25ht now. lsey howre conditions where you e? e interstate istill slushy while the snow connues to fall out here near garden of the gods c-t crs are out in force.. as they have been since this storm started.. doing their best to keep the roads clear.. they're using a variety of materials on t roads right now.. sand and salt or i slicer.. asl as pwi all this snow off the ads.. a cdot supervisor shed me the technology they're using to make ctive decisions fa.. this programakes recommendations about how much of what materialo put where.. and ows information like the surfactemperature ofveme d the futu fecast. toelp ews be aefficient as pole.. its going our ops

ratherhan ve to come bk anlookt computer on th desktop. 's still the same inrmation you can se" cdots the process of instli tablets into every plow so chperator caseall this ionhi they're onhe ro plow drive are sti bng ained on the new technology. so itsoteingsed in the plows just yet for thi orm.. they anticipate rolling ut in the plows soon.. the city stree division al fulcall out rhtow.. th're stl ing on pryroads and likely won't to secondarroadwa until the snow stops falling.. toghat six i'll take u inside the c of cdot plow.. to show you how they're working to keep u safe. live in colo sings, kk news5. asike mentioned earlie--a al conce tonight is e strong wind. meorolist caee hoffman joins us now in colorado springs----and carlee what can

fallingp to 1 ih per ur in some areas and wl contin to incrse in innsity overnit especially east of i-25 the real issue we are facing tonightn top of the rapid snow fl is the wind.. winds will be pickinup from 15-25 mph gusting up to 35 mph whh is right around blizza conditions however a blizzard by finition thesndionsave to last for erours we are st gog see thionndff as heavband snomove thugh.. berehis will impact li which at be will be a mile ta half mile areas of heaer snow wi drop to a quarter of aile st off the road ways ossible and stay with news 5 on air and online for now liven briargate carlee ffman news 5 thlvioar'smi shelr,..pen nd thelock the firstime tay. with dangerous condions tse. e salvion army employees are work16 hour shiftsn order sy open s the mele in r communit

me pple entered the shelter with early signs of frosite,...and were handed donated sockd gloves.. so volcame in on the day off toelrs. 'mteing today. my sisr and friend are in from ouof town and got a snow dafromork. we heard on thnews they needed help dn herend what better way to spend your y?" rd gad ok. heas the time tthe shteserved 168 peo ovnight and to tod.. ey didn'have ttu aon ay and will staopentraight thugh tomorrow morning. it's not just a mess on the roads... i-a canceled nearly 5-hundre flights because of the sto but cffer story torado springs airport. there were a few delays, but the ly cancellations we to and from denr. s have been working to keep runways clea.. the equipmt isifferent than the trucks street crews use... they also operate in tea... like aconga line"... and each truck has both a plow and sweeper.

ey come thugh with a chemical truckthat uses top of the li stuff... to hp melt that snow. it costs about 10-thou dollars for just o pass!!! but the airport says they couldn't do witut ========= sot::53 wet snowto likes onth frera wead eer this morning....the chemical isha keeps ruay on and allows rcra to come in and ou with the way the sw has been ming down the procs hasn't stopped all day. the aiort says they brinthe drivers food, so they don't have to get out of the trucks we'lhaveore on this stor comi up at 6. xxxx continng ourcoverage n in pueblo --here the snois just srtin pick up this evening. ws 5's jessi mitchell joins us live now with a look at conditions... right now. i? trafc is moving ghalong here ipueblo. yocan sethe intete is a little slick, but thers not a whole lot ofation -- as is the cwi see like

me. th's because cre here had a eak betwow today to eaanre-treat the roads. like t sprgstemperates day haven't en colengh to freeze thslush he streets yet -- although that's changing here as night falls. while there wasn't much to plow after getting about an inch of snowfall overnight, ci crews spent thday tir normal routes spreading sand and salt, along with the de-icg chemic mixture and planning rector ea wilkinsays that makes althe fference it's vy lpful and alsohat was helpful was seeing this storming. lariday equd l our vehicles, we got 'em loaded up, ready to go, and actually sarday afternoon we sent sobodyut to do the that's becse cre here had a break beeen snow tay clear and re-tathe roads. like theprings, temperatures dahavet beend enough to freeze the ush on t streets yet -- altugh that's chging here as night falls. while therwasn't much to plow after getting about an inch of owfall overnight, ci cws

routes spreadi sand and salt, onwith the de-ing chemical mixture and planning direor we'll continue to monitor the count on the news te t watch out for you duhi stor our first erfi team will trackinthe weheound the clock so you can stay safe. we'll keep you updated on any school delays or closures on the bottom of your screen---d at koaa-d-com. a heads up--ome schools on our awl ght say theye op---but wre expting to get lots me closures later tonight. our coverage othe winter weather continues right heren news 5t 5. it's a cd, icy night out

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morng comme. natsf ds screaming ts of kids enjoying their day off om schl! and this is a ry popular ot in colorado ring weound a gro enjoying some sledding neattonwood creek park. and it wasn'just for kids---we found entire families there!!!!! everyone bundled up for the co,...enjoyed the sledding,...and home for a nice cup of hot chocolate.

a look from cameras in colado. highs today muchder than yesterday. rrent temperatures and wind chillsn colorado. tonight and tomorrowthe lo over southeast colorado will gradually move east,ind will become stronin most areas crting blowing snow. hour bho, snow tonight ending most areas tomorrow. additional snoaccumulations across southern corado... lo tonig in the single digits and teens. ghs tomorrown the 20's and 30 most areas. day focast for the sprgs, high tomorrow26, a warng and drying trendnto the weekend. saturday will be thearst day wi 46. cooler sundaand monday. pueb high tomorrow 30. slow warming tre wednesday intoaturday. high saturday 49. cooler next weeknd dry. wood park and canon ty. windy ancold tomorrow th flurries possible during the morning. a slow warming trend wednesd atdawithainly dry

our ve weatherimpacting s servicin colorado sprin thmountain metropolita transit suspended service just minutes ago. bus will complete their routes and then be done for theight. the city will decide the bus service stus torrow at 5:00 a-m----we will keep you updated ons 5 today and at koaa-dot-com. and the countdowis o perbowl 50. we'll show y all the broos

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febr is rt month" -- a ti to raise awareness about the nation's numr one killer: heart diseas exersize lowers your risfor hearth disease.... but as eka edwards reports. many of us, en't getting enough! ===== to borrow from sirsaac newton: a body at rest.. tends to stay rest. and that grencases the risk for heart disease. "physical inactivity is a killer." a new surveyrom cardiologists at the cleland clinic finds 40-percent of us are not meeting the nim recommendaons for exercise. 30 minutes a day... 5 days a week... of walking, biking, lifting wehts... any kind of moderate physical activity... goes a long way inroving meases ochesterol, blood sugar and blood presre. fitnexpertsay - start all and stay realistic. sot: cdice case - tn direct, ca - :35 - :44 "don't expect toose 20 pounds in tt first month. don't expect to go to every class, you know, five da a week, right in a row." just as ercise can hp prevt heart probms...

people already livg with heart disease. doctors say they shod be getting just as ch physical activity as anybody else. sot;=: dmot phelan, md - cardiologist, cleveland clinic56 - :59 "now the one ceat i would y to that is that......they shld build an exercise program with a profsional.. so with their cardiologist or withheir sports cardiologist." and if you have thosdays tt possleo rk in woou. don't sitting do. uds havehownply stding f 2 hours a dayan redu heart disease risk ... by 1percent. erikedwas, nbc news. when it comes to ercise -- peer pressure is a good ing! it helps to get a buddy who will hold you accountable. r more health stories... just head to "your healthy .c." tonighat six all eyes on the storm. eware liveeeng a eye on the road conditions---and how crews are working to keep ouads safe. wel break down everything and youramily needknow heading into tomrow. first re's me. snow wind and cold tonight with lows in the single digits and teens.

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