as california recovers, no relief for texas after mother nature s relentless onslaught. erin, you re close to that isolated community in southern california. are there still rescues going on? reporter: yes, lester, that s what we understand, that they ve been rescuing people by helicopter. in fact, i ve been listening to the sound of a chopper not far from here. as for this road, they say it ll take weeks, if not months, to repair. lester. erin mclaughlin starting us off, erin, thanks. let s bring in bill karins tracking the storm and more trouble in the tropics. now that we re just about done with harold, we re going to focus on franklin. rainfall, we could see up to 15 inches of rain in 8,000 to 10,000-foot mountains. that s what they could deal with all morning long. where does it go after
this afternoon president biden will get a briefing from his covid advisers before delivering remarks on the white house on the next steps to get more shots in arms across the country. let s start with the two big stories that we are covering in florida with nbc s sam brock in elsa s path down in key west. nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking the storm and vaughn hilliard with the latest on the search and rescue in surfside. sam, we ll start with you. we ve been following your reporting through the morning and we can see that things have gotten pretty dramatic there. so, please, if you need to run in order to stay safe yourself please do, but what s the latest down there in key west? kasey, good afternoon. i ve got to tell you, the wind is really coming powerfully although it s stopping for a second. right now, i was nearly knocked over about three minutes ago. this has been going in key west all night and into the early morning hours. wind speeds, sustained speeds, kasie were somew
historic interior inland sections with the possibility of two feet of snow for the pocanos all the way up to areas of northern new england. now, as i mentioned the winds, i fast-forwarded past too many graphics here, let me go back. as far as the winds go, the highest winds are now located down along the maryland shore line to translate northward. ocean city is at 55. as we go through 7:00 a.m., the winds beginning to really pick up in philadelphia over the next hour or two. and then as we go through the morning, the highest winds go from new york city out on long island. that s a possibility of 50 to 70-mile-per-hour winds on long island. even though long island will likely be all rain at this point, you still have the potential for power outages because of that. then as the storm kicks up over long island into eastern portions of new england, the highest winds go from boston to ports mouth and through the areas on the main coast. notice the backside of this, on the backsidehe winds w
a live look right now over times square as the march winter storm bears down on the northeast. some 70 million people are feeling the effects. bill karins is tracking it all from the weather center. bill, i want your expert opinion when i leave here in about 20 minutes, should i walk the mile home? just bring a camera and send me some pictures. because the winds are howling and the snow is falling. washington, d.c., by the way, was under a winter storm warning when you went to bed last night. it was dropped from a winter weather advisory because less snow is expected. it mixed with sleet earlier, so it is messy and sloppy out there. it could change over to rain shortly. it s a close call. still a little over 70 million people affected by this storm during the next 18 hours. that s it. 18 hours from now this thing is gone. that s the good news about the storm is how fast it s going to move when it s a high-impact, very intense 18 hours. and then it will be the calm after the storm.
and it s going to keep coming down for quite a while out here in new jersey, cal. it s finding to be a long day for nbc s blake mccoy. thank you for getting up with us early. and joining us from philadelphia, nbc news correspondent morgan radford, where they are expecting six to ten inches of snow. morgan, this is a battle of who s got the worst live shot this morning. is it you? reporter: tell blake i think i win. stephanie, good morning. we are out here in philadelphia, you can already see the snow and mixing in with hail and sleet. it s coming down pretty hard here. we are currently under a snow emergency in philadelphia. there s a blizzard warning just north and west of the city. experts are saying this is a dangerous and a life-threatening storm, possibly a record-breaking late winter storm. something we haven t seen of this magnitude in this area since the late 19th century. the reality is that for those trying to go to work today, experts say you shouldn t leave unless it