cancelations and today the system will then move east where snow and strong winds are expected to cause massive power outages north carolina to baltimore. weather's blamed for causing at least one death in wisconsin. unbelievable. a semitruck driver lost control on a snow-covered road. the driver died. crews are looking for the passenger. nbc's jay gray live in chicago for us, jay. we can see plenty of snow falling behind you and just the beginning. >> reporter: yeah, tamron. here we go again. that's what a lot of people across the midwest are saying right now. we have had steady snow for several hours, blowing sideways at times just like it is right now. only expected to intensify moving in to the evening. thicker, heavier, more wet snow falling and as you talked about could be a problem for some of the power lines so crews poised and ready to move in if that should be the case. the roads are moving, clean and clear but that's likely to change as we move in to the