charlotte. everything clear now? reporter: a spokeman tells us yes the traffic jam in raleigh revolved itself last night. they had the national guard standing by to rescue those if anybody got stranded. as far as they know, there was no need for rescues. no one had to spend the night on the expressway. we woke up this morning thinking things were starting to turn around here in charlotte. this road behind me was plowed clear last night. look, this is a real case of deja vu. just yesterday i was talking to you about snow falling here. it s falling again this morning. this storm just won t quit. hit hard by the winter storm, the carolinas are digging out this morning. emergency crews working to clear snow covered streets, motorists reclaiming abandoned cars.
kind of pain. i m with you allison. thanks so much. hundreds of thousands without power this morning. george howell gives us that side of the weather. reporter: we re out of the woods as far as the storm is concerned, but there are still power outages and ice on the roads. i m george how heell with the l report coming up next. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he s agreed to give it up. that s today? [ male announcer ] we ll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i ve got to take more pills. yup. another pill stop.
they want the cars off the roads so snowplows and salt trucks can do their jobs and finally turn the corner to start clearing up the massive wintery mess. carol? just to figure out why this traffic mess happened in raleigh. that warning to stay off the roads was in effect when people tried to do errands right? reporter: what we were hearing from motorists, they had the warnings, knew the storm was coming. what surprised them was how much snow they got and how quickly they got it in the raleigh area. it was at a time people were trying to leave their jobs and go back home. like what we saw in atlanta a couple of weeks ago. in this case it was the tremendous snowfall that seemed to catch everyone by surprise. they knew the snow was coming, they just didn t know it was going to be that much. a couple of differences then what happened in atlanta. north carolina had the national guard on stand by right? and they had a plan?
snow into my mouth. i feel like i m checking on the snow. as you go through tonight, the snow returning. if you see rain, don t think the system is over with. is not. it will cool off again this evening. if you are in boston. 4 to 8 inches of snow possible even through tomorrow for your morning commute. 12 inches through new york city. should die down by midnight or early morning tomorrow morning. into d.c., late evening tonight, should see that snow die down. still potential of a foot of snow. not hard to see looking at me, if nothing else, why, carol? indra petersons in white plains, new york. we ll head to central park in just a minute where it s also snowing like mad. thanks so much. as the storm churned its way up the east coast it barreled through the carolinas and created the exact same sort of traffic nightmares that paralyzed atlanta two weeks ago. commuters rushed to get home only to get stuck on the