we begin tonight with the weather alert. the lake effect snow machine is up and running dropping several temperatures are taking a dive, too, with the wind chills dipping into dangerous digits tonight. >> hello everybody. and thanks for a team of coverage for you, of what is happening right now, and what we can expect for tomorrow. we begin with hat is the power of 5 showing right now? >> a little bit of a lull, tracy. we had the snow rning and early afternoon.

few hours from synoptic air, snow for everybody, to more lake effect snow as arctic air pushes, in begin to fall. a live look right now at downtown cleveland. overall pretty good. and the roadways are getting better as we had a few hours in n the way of snowfall. and steady snowfall. and many of you had an inch or two of snow across the region. teens, parma, ille to hopkins airport, notice the snowfall, not really around too much. a few scattered light snowflakes heading north and to the east here. moving through and hit or miss light snow showers. same deal up and down interstate 77. 271 as well. off to the west. snow is not an issue right g from the sky. a little built of snow from akron-canton, near the akron- canton airport, and then south and western portions of there is a look at the flow out of the north and west. the cold front has moved east

spilling in from the north and west. the lake effect snow machine, t going through 7:00, 8:00 tonight and we have the bands setting up, and that's why we have a lake snow warning, across the east until noon tomorrow, ong the lake authority. of 6-10 inland. lake snow advisory for cuyahoga county. and wind chill advisories for everyone else. wind chills tonight 10 to we are dry. with snow showers moving in. after 8:00. all right, storm tracker 5 is up and running. we are in eastern cuyahoga county along near and near 27711. >> john, what is going on? >> things not looking too bad in storm tracker 5. as you mentioned we are along 1, it is cold and windy but the roads are not looking too bad. roadways are clear and o-dot wants to keep them that way. some

we have been going in and out of patches of snow. there are patches where the snow is heavier. visibility is severely reduced and then an area pretty clear. o-dot has 80 trucks and drivers out in cuyahoga, lake and the wind speeds as you talked about, those are where things get tricky. 102030 miles anles an hour. o-dot is adding calcium chloride to the salt to keep the roads from freezing. tracy. >> okay, john, thank you very much. and don't forget, to download our new snow cap app for the most accurate snowfall totals, in your location, over the next 24 to 48 hours. it is available in apple's app store. right now, family and friends and neighbors are

remember a little boy killed in a sledding accident. news channel 5 kristin, live in north ridgeville and a vigil for hayden just got under way there. >> reporter: at least 50 people are here now, many are neighbors, walking from houses all around and this service is being held in the area where 9- year-old drew hayden had his accident on tuesday. that sledding accident. this is the hill here where he was sledding down, in his neighborhood, he sled all the way down here, and this is where he collided in the street with a car. he was sent to the hospital in critical condition. on friday, he died. this service here is going to be all about prayer and song, and people gathering. they are going to be singing. they will be saying prayers. and this is going on, as the makeshift memorials for drew continue to grow here. so i want to show you what this looks like. there are teddy bear, flowers, there is even a note from a woman who talks about her prayers for the family, because

so much love and support out here. we talked to a man who stopped by the memorial a bit ago and he told us that his kids sled down this hill all the time but always conscious, always nervous about the height of the hill and the closeness of this street. >> i couldn't imagine the devastation. and what the family is feeling. what the family is going through. he was just a little boy. excited about the snow. and that's what kept going through my mind. i have an 11-year-old, you know, and a 15-year-old now, that we used to do it, too, and i don't know what i would do if anything were to happen to my children. >> that north ridgeville resident stopped by to blow snow off of the memorial here. and i just spoke to north ridgeville police this morning and they have no updates on the case, and they still not to intend to charge the driver. a missing 10-year-old is now back, safe and sound, with her family tonight. maple heights police say samira lucas took off from her home

after having quote disciplinary problems with parents. she came home this morning, just after 10:30, and police say she appeared to be unharmed. tonight, state troopers are investigating a suspicious device found along state route 212 in stark county. a portion of that road was closed overnight, after a driver reported an object that looks like a bomb. the summit county bomb squad secured that device, and determined it was in fact not an explosive. and police are investigating a series of bomb threats in and around the canton area last night. several stores were evacuated, including target, and walmart. even a police station was on alert there. police later determined the bomb threats were not credible. and anyone with information however should call the ohio state highway patrol, the canton post. three americans, all now former prisoners, are now at an air force base in germany. it is still unclear when the men will return to the united states. elizabeth hur reports that they

>> reporter: three americans held for month, even years, behind bars in iran, landing first in germany. >> this is a good day. when americans are freed and reunited with their families. that's something that we can all celebrate. >> reporter: the wife of american pastor saeed abdini saying he landed in geneva and getting ready to leave. thank you for your prayers. father of two was in prison for more than three years, accused of threatening iran's national security. another released, jason rezaisan, the 39-year-old journalist, charged with espionage, in a closed door trial. detained for 18 months. with he with his wife and mother by his side was out of iran, the washington post released a statement saying we are relieved that this 545-day nightmare for jason and his family is finally over. also on board.

marine, arrested in iran while visiting his grandmother. there for four years. they all spent time at the iran's notorious prison where they were allegedly subjected to beating, solitary confinement and psychological abuse. president obama remaining stead fast in his message that it was diplomatic negotiations that led to their release, that quietly played out side the international nuclear deal achieved this past july. >> we achieved this process with diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the middle east. >> as for the two remaining ex- prisoner, one is believed to be still in american and an american student released independently has already headed home. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. still ahead, a showdown in south carolina. democratic candidates getting ready for their final face-off before the important iowa caucuses. and the polar plunge back here, for a heart-warming cause,

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in the race for the white house, on the democratic side, hillary clinton, martin o'malley and bernie sanders are set to face off in a debate in charleston, south carolina. it is expected to get heated because it is the last chance to present their positions in front of a national audience before the ballots are first cast in iowa and new hampshire.

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showing you what is happening on the roads, this is 271 in highland heights. if you are heading out tonight, you may experience whiteout conditions because of the blowing snow. our meteorologist is tracking the snowfall hour by hour and we will check in with him in a few minutes. and you can stay on top of those condition, on the go with the news net 5 app, with weather and traffic sent right to your phone. an outbreak of violent deadly tornadoes ripped through floridas a west coast before dawn this morning. those storms sadly killing two people, and injuring at least seven. one twister touched down near siesta key. dozens of homes in two town, the roofs collapsed or torn off. nearly 20,000 people are without power right now. back here at home, winter warriors braved icy waters to help a local teenager battling brain cancer. the wellington eagles annual

benefit for landry coal who was diagnosed with brain cancer in december of 2014. since then, she has had surgery and multiple rounds of chemotherapy. today, 70 people took the plunge to raise money to help her get a special machine used to monitor her sodium levels of the teenager's family is overwhelmed with all of the support that they are receiving. >> we are very grateful. >> the community is amazing. for everyone to go out of their way, these are some really crazy loving caring people that we couldn't have asked for more. >> event organizers say they raised more than $6500 needed to buy that machine. and boy oh, boy, jason, was it cold for those folks to do that. they really do have a big heart to help out that teenager out there. >> absolutely. great cause. and obviously it was a little warmer believe it or not, earlier in the day today and we have this front coming in that gave us the snow for everyone, and now the cold air moving in right behind it. so this is some time lapse photography.

morning, notice the snow, boy, the visibility is down to nothing, we have the snow hitting the lens. and now the snow, believe it or not, has kind of moved out a little bit, as we transfer from a front snow, along an arctic front, to lake effect. it takes about 4-6 hours, but once the front comes through, for the temperatures to drop, and the winds to shift directions. and then we transition to lake effect snow. we know what lake effect snow is. it means not everyone gets hit with snow. especially if you live west of cleveland. that's the case with this storm. 18 right now downtown cleveland. obviously if you live across the east, you are going to get hit a little bit harder. that. 20s. chilly out there. wind chills are a big weather hours. one saving grace is tomorrow, martin luther king jr. day. schools are off and a lots of businesses are closed. and that will help out with the morning.

a few snow showers as we head east. we are in a little lull as the lake effect gets cranked out. summit county and akron-canton, dry. and north olmstead and medina, brunswick, not much snow. it will get cold. and that's where the wind chill advisory is in effect, south and west of greater cleveland. we will watch the snow showers get going here. see what is happening in western michigan? this is the future for us. that is lake effect snow off of lake michigan. the front has moved through. very cold air moving in behind arctic air, certainly. and lake effect snow will start to go, the heaviest will be tonight through the overnight hours and during the morning hours on monday, before things do begin to quiet down. heading through the afternoon. warnings here. lake snow warning. lake geauga and ashtabula county, through noon tuesday. 6-12 inches likely along the lakeshore. once you head inland though, all bets are off. 10-16, plus possibly even more some areas across the inland areas of erie county into pennsylvania, could see up to two feet.

county, mainly for eastern cuyahoga county. 4-6 inches. through tomorrow afternoon. 1-3 as we head to the west. so mainly interstate 77 and east the best chance of getting that 4-of potentially by tomorrow carb 4-6 potentially by tomorrow afternoon. wind chill advisory for everybody else. 11:00 through noon tomorrow. wind chills tomorrow, 10-15 below zero and the hour by hour, unless the snow showers really ramping up as we head through 8:00, 9:00, especially east of town. take a look, hour by hour, notice again the snow showers by around 9:00, and 11:00, tonight, they really get going, through the overnight hours, big time as well. and also there along the lakeshore, with the temperatures only in the teens. total accumulations again, we are looking anywhere from 4-6, as we head across the east, certainly lesser amounts to the west. and it looks like things do begin to wind down as we head through late tomorrow, into tuesday. so 10 tonight. 1-3 squalls east. tomorrow, morning wind chills,

across the east. we are looking at highs in the teens tuesday. a little warmer through wednesday and into thursday. conflicting reports coming out this afternoon about the browns defensive coordinator, john wolf report nath titans defensive coordinator ray thornton was insulted by tennessee and plans to join the browns in the same role. soon after hornton went on record and denied the record and as far as he knows he is still under contract. in other browns news, the browns head coach hugh jackson surely. in an interview report on bleacher radio he was asked if he was in las vegas and would it make johnny man schedule -- johnny manziel a nonstarter. and he said it would.

find a quarterback, and strongly saying that johnny manziel is not the answer. the panthers hosting seattle seahawks earlier in the day. second quarter, panthers up 14- 0. jonathan stewart, over the pile. breaks the plane. 21-0 panthers. and later in the second, cam newton, to greg olsen. look at this. a great leaping catch. for the touchdown. 31-0, at the half. fast forward to the fourth quarter. 31-14. russell wilson on third and goal. getting hit by the defense. but manages to find germane kearse 31-21. seattle down by a touchdown. going for the onside kick. davis recovers. win. and will advance to the nfc championship game, at home, against arizona. the cavs finally back home,

they return to the q tomorrow night to host the golden state warriors, the top-ranked team in the nba. the warriors are currently 37-4 on the season. the cavs are 28-10. cleveland already lost to golden state on christmas day. the cavs hungry to be the best, with teams like the warriors, that they really want to beat, especially at home. >> look, are you going to play -- you are going to play these teams sooner or later and you definitely want to go in to a series having known that, you know, you have played well during the season, and that you got what it takes to beat the team. >> in other cavs news, the los angeles times conducting a pole on the nba's dirtiest players and the cavs guard taking the

wishes for bete white. the golden girl and hot in old today. white has worked in showbiz since the 1940s and lass no plans to stop working -- and has no plans to stop working any time soon. first lady michelle obama turning another year older but the white house is stays mum birthday.

well, that will do it for us. thanks so much for watching news channel 5 at 6:00. stay warm. and we will see you again

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