storm. for some cities like chicago, it could be a record-breaker. the same system that brought drenching rain to southern california will travel straight across the country, delivering a dangerous punch from the rockies to the midwest and eventually right here to the northeast. but it is hitting those regions not with rain but with heavy snow and ice. here we go again. no surprise here, the storm is causing big problems for travelers going by air as well as by car. we turn to accuweather s ava dinges for just how bad it will get. good morning. good morning. another day and yet another storm to talk about. this time really taking shape in the midsection of the country. mainly from denver all the way back towards minneapolis. as we go throughout the day, the ice begins to break out from kansas city back into peoria, illinois. i-70, i-76, expecting travel delays, and airports like denver and minneapolis running slow because of the snow. then this storm will feeds on all the moistur
it s pretty, unless have you to go out in it. exactly. the staggering numbers are about to climb higher. as we wrap up the month of january, even more snow is on the horizon. for more of what s in store we re joined by accuweather s ava dinges. good morning, ava. good morning, rob and vinita. with all the snow, we re definitely piling up the records. officially in new york city it s been the snowiest january on record. as we ve seen about 36 inches. we still have a couple more days of january to go. this is just contending the snowiest month ever in new york city, which actually happened last year. you remember what a doozy it was. well, we re getting close to that being the case, if not more as we go into these next couple of weeks. we do have more snow on the way. a quick-moving clipper out of canada brushing over pittsburgh and eventually getting toward the east coast, towards the afternoon. places like philly, new york city, maybe upwards of a coating to an inch. not a wh
great lakes and dropping a couple inches of snow near pittsburgh, across upstate new york before bringing a coating to an inch in new york city. it s not the monster of the snowstorm weave seen but this is getting redundant here. we ll see yet another storm take much of the same path through friday. it s tracking over the great lakes. you get into the weekend and that s heading back toward the east coast. again, a chance for upwards of one to two inches perform really what we ve seen so far has been remarkable. new york city, already about 60 inches of snow so far this season. that s putting us well above normal, even about 15 inches shy of the snowiest winter of all time. and, unfortunately, the thing to keep in mind, february could be a snowy month. we get a lot of cold air coming in out of canada and that draws a lot of storms up toward the northeast coast. back to you. i guess, thanks, ava. here s the rest of your friday forecast. the dusting that hits the east today stretches
reporter: the storm is being blamed for at least three deaths, two on long island and one in delaware, where a woman was hit and killed by a snowplow. in clifton, new jersey, the snow seems to bring out the very best in this neighborhood. we have a lot of older people here, so myself and a few other neighbors do all the driveways and all the sidewalks. i think they re fantastic. god s little angels. i ll tell you that right now. reporter: as you might imagine, snow here in the northeast caused several problems for travelers across the country. the three major airports here in new york had about 1,000 flights canceled in total. all are back up and running again. still, with some delays. rob and vinita? don t put away those shovels just yet. it appears that old man winter still has even more up his sleeve. that s the news we didn t to want hear. for the latest forecast we turn to accuweather meteorologist ava dinges. good morning. good morning, rob and vinita. it s almost a
news throughout the day. shifting gears now. plows and shovels are still working overtime across the northeast this morning, digging out from a record storm. 19 inches of snow took new yorkers by surprise, making it the snowiest january on record. airports are getting back on track after 1,000 flights were canceled here in this area alone. roofs loaded down by heavy snow are caving in from washington, d.c. to boston and seven deaths are now attributed to the storm. well, on top of all of that, new york has already burned through its entire snow removal budget for the year and there will actually not be much time to recover before the next winter wallop heads this way. we turn now to accuweather and our meteorologist ava dinges. good morning. good morning, rob and vinita. dare i say the word snow in the forecast for the northeast? well, that s what s going to be happening through these next couple of days, if not into the upcoming weeks. here we have a quick-moving storm out o