It began in park south earlier, and it will end throughout the course of this weekend up in new york. When all is said and done, a quarter of the population of the United States will be affected by this storm. This is a bad storm. Reporter parts of the east coast could see more than 2 feet of snow before sunday, while other areas will see severe icing, putting drivers in danger. States of emergency have been declared up and down the east coast with people preparing for the worst. It has life and death implications. And all the residents of the District Of Columbia should treat it that way. Reporter a blizzard warning affects some 30 Million People from baltimore to philadelphia to new york. The citys mayor says new yorkers need to stay home. Any unnecessary driving should be avoided. Unless it is urgent, stay off the roads. Simple as that. Reporter snow has started North Carolina has seen several fatal accidents due to the snow and ice. Everyone please be very careful. Stay off the roads if you dont need to be on the roads, and spend some time with your family. Reporter long lines are forming in airports as travellers struggle to get ahead of the storm. At least 5,000 flights have been canceled, including all saturday flights at some airports. We could see over 2 feet of snow here in the dc area when all this is over with. Government officers here in the nations capitol close down at noon today. The mayor dc asking everyone to be off the streets as of 3 00 pm. We have still seen some people walking around, some drivers on the roads behind us. But the hope is that they are off the roads tonight when the wind, which could be sustained 35 miles per hour, really picks up. The bay area got a taste of the cold front with thunderstorms instead of snow. Storms sent a tree crashing through a tampa home in fact. The owners of this house in south tampa came home to find an oak tree had pierced the roof. It came through the second and first floor as well. The owners feel fortunate that no one was home when it happened. Its like a jungle. Thats miles of pink insulation all over. Just strewn everywhere. Reporter the family has a lot to clean up. They have to have the tree removed, then obviously the roof repaired. It is getting cold and windy. Dave joining us now. Were at the tail end of this. Were all clear on the east, now, picking up the cool air and the wind. Rain chances through the early part of the day tomorrow. And then of course wind is gonna stay with us throughout the day. That squall line that came through here this morning, a severe thunderstorm watch is long expired at this point. And you can see the clouds where you run the cooler air over the relative warmer gulf. It tends to generate cumulus clouds. Windy conditions, very rough surf, higher than normal tides may cause some coastal flooding. Look at the highs tomorrow, 55, 50 degrees, chilly. Especially in the morning with a lot of clouds around. Thats where the snow is occurring. High pressure and low pressure. Classic noreaster here. Spreading a lot of moisture and snow into that part of the country. As much as a couple of feet of snow, maybe more than that. West virginia, northern virginia, ice in the northern parts of georgia, charlotte North Carolina, and is southern part ofs of pennsylvania this is gonna be significant snow already falling in this storm system. For us temperatures warm back up eventually. Is gonna be significant snow already falling in this storm system. For us temperatures warm back up eventually. Reporter good evening to you. This is turning out to be a big one along the eastern seaboard. What happens there affects travellers here. And is because of that, its affecting travellers, and the result is a backlog of people who are stuck. Reporter when you approach the ticket counter to check in, this is the last thing you want to see, a radar image with all kinds of pinks and where blues. This traveller is finding himselfed bying his time at the airport. Morning, now we are leaving in the evening. In finland, its like 18 hours late. So wow. Reporter people spent their time sleeping, reading or grabbing a cup of coffee. Finding a seat to clunk down and relax proved to be a challenge at times. This mans son coming from atlanta was supposed to be here before noon. When now . Not sure. It says 12 09 on the board. But the plane hasnt landed in atlanta yet. The time . Just sitting here. Reporter the major trouble spots are charlotte, baltimore, boston, dc, philly, new york city as well. Im looking at the board there. Newark has some trouble spots as well. Across the country, thousands of flights have been canceled. Are most people coming to the airport and waiting it out . Or are they just getting reporter interesting. This time around, its different than ive seen out here. I expected it to be very easy to find people that were waiting around. I think theyre going on the internet, calling the airline, and doing what weve been saying all this time. So it was a little bit different. Not thousands of people waiting around. Just hundreds. Thats a good sign. Its not just airports dealing with weather delays. Washington dc has shut down all public transportation, and amtrak is hoping to avoid weather problems along the east coast. Reporter bundled up and ready to go inside washingtons union station. Travellers linger in long lines, hoping to get out ahead of the storm. I rescheduled from 3 00 pm to 12 00 pm so i could avoid the onset of the blizzard. Reporter most are delay free. Optimistic rail service will stay on track. Amtrak plans to operate northeast Corridor Service through the weekend. Reporter many are getting out of the city as fast as possible. Amtrak making it easier, waiving the change fwees. Airlines fees. Airlines are doing the same. A quarter of fridays nights were canceled. Most airlines decided to cancel their flights in advance for saturday. Make 12 inches. Anything more than that would be too bad. Reporter dc declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm and encourages tourists and is residents to prepare for the worst. Hunker down, shelter in place. Reporter while the storm is stopping peoples weekend plans, most realize they have no choice but to accept winters blast. Im just disappointed. But what can i do . You just have to go along with nature. Before you head to the airport or the train station this weekend, check on the status of your flight. And we posted links to help you check on those travel delays. A familiar face to bucs fans, and tonight he received a special tribute. Were live with the news that john lynch will join the ring of honor. Red light cameras, are they making intersections safer . The buck nears ring of honor will have a new name on paul ryan joining us now live from 1 buckplace. A great name and a great player. Reporter the ring has found itself a starting strong safety. John lynch, 9time pro bowler and is 2016 hall of fame finalist will be added to the ring this coming season. He spent 11 seasons in tampa bay. For the first few years, he questioned whether or not he could cut it as a pro. But the statistics speak for themselves. 1,058 tackles, and that 2003 super bowl ring. He learned of his coming induction into the ring of honor weeks ago, but it didnt sink in till today. Its just an unbelievable honor to get up there and forever be up on that stadium with a lot of my best friends paul gruber was a guy who early to emulate. Its unbelievable not only to be up there but to be up there with that company. This is an incredibly proud moment for me, my family. Reporter we wont know exactly when hell be added this april. We had a great interview, and ill have it for you on sunday 11 30. Hes a class act character. He would just level other players. And i know he has a lot of fond memories himself. What stood out to him as his favorite moment . Reporter the super bowl obviously is one that stood out. He talked to me about holding that lom border trophy for the first time and how special it was to celebrate that with his family. He also said when tony dungy named him a team captain, that it said he had made it as a pro. He was no longer a special teamer or a backup, he was an integral part of the buccaneers defense. When you think of a fan favorite, just a few names come to mind, and john lynch is certainly one of them. Thank you, paul. Red light cameras are proving controversial around the bay area. Gulf port decided to get rid of them. A new report is casting doubt on how effective they really are. Reporter the latest state department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles report on red light cameras isnt a ringing endorsement. 276 cameras at intersections across the state were analyzed. Crashes were up overall by 14 . Senator jeff brandis wants a statewide ban. Were not seeing a safety benefit. I believe theyre about revenue, theyre being misused revenue. Theyre a backdoor tax increase. Reporter he sponsors legislation for a repeal of the red light camera law. Some local governments have already opted to remove them. They were taken down in floridas capital in september. The Florida League of cities says the bills arent the right solutions for local governments. Lobbyist casey cook says the cameras are still useful. We believe they are an important Public Safety tool. Every city in florida is different. I want cities to take the money theyre getting from the red cameras and is put it into intersection safety. Dont fund other government priorities with it. Focus on safety. Reporter rearend crashes, crashes causing serious injuries, and crashes involving bikes all went up according to the report. The report noted that red light crashes are up overall if youre going to that childrens parade tomorrow, you better bundle up. Yep, ill be out there early. Really . No. [ laughter ] youll be there the next week. Im not gonna ride in the parade or anything. Youll really seem tall [ laughter ] its gonna be quite chill and he windy and windy out there. Some sun breaks out there, overcast in many locations. 65 degrees, still mild. Were not getting the real colder stuff till probably tomorrow. And the lows down, 64 degrees. The seas are kicking up a little bit. The high tides are higher than normal. And of course with this strong northwest westerly wind, could be some coastal flooding, result of thiserotion as erosion result of this. We might even be seeing some possible coastal flooding here sion as erosion result of this. We might even be seeing some possible coastal flooding here. Im sure itll be a fantastic event. Weatherwise, chilly. 53 degrees at 11 00 am. Partly cloudy with morning sprinkles. Jacket weather. Probably more sunshine in the afternoon. Quite a few clouds mixed in with the sunshine early in the day, and a slight possibility of a sprinkle. Friday 71 degrees. Theres our dropoff for saturday and also for sunday and monday. Slowly jump back up again in the warmer category. Longterm dig backdown. Mostly cloudy this evening, a few sprinkles. Darker clouds. Tomorrow afternoon, 55 degrees, partly to mostly cloudy. Morning sprinkles and on the and sunday afternoon, 58 degrees. Blue, sunny skies, beautiful weather. 65 degrees tampa intermediate airport right now International Airport right now. A strong west wind at 16 miles per hour. The blue numbers, clearwater at 22. A breezy evening, windy evening no matter where youre headed. 63 in inverness. 23 minneapolis. The air is cold here, cold enough to snow, but were not talking about below 0 conditions here. High pressure back to our northwest. This is the big area of low pressure thats gonna continue to spread snow toward washington dc back into tennessee and kentucky. You see the pictures out of nashville. Folks dealing with that. And that snow continues to lift north south of williams port, south of new york at this point. The higher elevations, 2 feet and this goes back into huntsville. Winter weather advisories there. Theres the cold front down to the south. Mostly rain. Just sprinkles behind that front at this point. Forecast model, big picture, High Pressure will settle southward on saturday. This area of low pressure will continue northeasterly. And farther south, the lines of equal pressure are very tight together, which indicates a very strong wind. Still fairly cool for sunday. Our air temperature will be quite chilly. 50 largo, clearwater 51, plant city 50, 42 degrees in inverness. 53 in sarasota. Highs for tomorrow, not too much higher. Mostly in the 50s. A little more sunshine in the afternoon. We will start out with some clouds and that 20 rain chance the early part of the day. Nice sunshine there on sunday at 58 degrees. And we warm back up by monday to 68 degrees. Up and down, up and down. Just know that some of these overnight lows for example, sunday morning at 39 degrees, thats some chilly stuff. Another round of showers, maybe thunderstorms for wednesday. This is the routine. Last week, friday, sunday mortgage and now today, severe weather. We mentioned the childrens parade is this saturday. Then next saturday, the pirates invade. Well carry the gasparilia parade live. Our coverage of that grownup parade starts at 2 30. And can you find all the information you need on wfla. Com. Thousands of bicycles are under recall because they could hurt your child. What could go wrong if your thousands of childrens chillafish bikes are on recall. Overinflated tires can cause the rims to crack and send pieces of sharp plastic flying. 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