they re talking about four feet in the mountain passes. most schools as you mentioned are closed. dozens of flights canceled. bus routes have been altered to avoid the steep hills. they re anticipating the worst storm since 1985 when they got seven and a half inches. the city is urging people to stay home. most people are heeding that advice. more than 100 snowplows and salt trucks are out now clearing the streets. the city is mostly a ghost town. people were stocking up on food and supplies yesterday, cleaning out store shelves. it has been super busy. people are getting twice as much as they usually get. families usually get dinner for the night. they have next three or four days. reporter: portland got its snow last night, two to four inches there. now it turned over to rain. 30,000 people in that area lost power and many more are bracing or outages today. they are getting whacked with 100 mile-per-hour winds along the oregon coast. that is hurricane-force winds. the silver lini
eventually hit a curb and got a ride with the cops. there it is. police in argentina now investigating a stunning new years weekend. bank robbery that appears to have been at least a half year in the making. according to investigators, the gang of thieves rented a store front next to a bank in the capital of buenas aries. we re told that the suspect spent smonts digging a 100-foot long tunnel right into the vault. then once everybody was along for the long holiday weekend, they pounced. cleaning out up to 140 safety deposit boxes. and the kicker to all of this, cops reportedly showed up several times to investigate but left when they found the bank s front doors were still locked. phil keating is in our south florida newsroom with more on this now. they have got to be investigating this as at least partly inside job, right? absolutely, shep. clearly the band of thieves had precise intel on exactly where the safety deposit box vault
schedule in the northeast today. as always, ahead of the blizzard, people are clearing off grocery stores like it is the end of the world. cleaning out. popsicles, ice cream and cheetos. kids love it. healthy snow day in the romans household. the latest on the storm with the reporters along the east coast. starting with meteorologist chad myers at columbus circle in new york. good morning, chad. how is it? reporter: good morning. it seems no matter which which you look, the wind is blowing in your face. i m sure that is a function of the buildings in new york city. it is cold. let me set the stage. across the northeast, everyone will pick up 2 inches of liquid. if you melt down anything you get or put in a rain bucket, there will be 2 inches of something in the rain bucket.