has more on the travel problems. i want to tell you about the airports. we just got this in from new jersey emergency management along the same lines you have been talking about in baltimore area and that we just saw in pennsylvania. same thing happening in new jersey. calling this an emergency snow alert for is the entire state. mostly concerned with the turnpike now. they are saying that they are seeing snowdrifts 3 1/2 to 4 feet high. good news is that most people are abiding by what they have been told. do not get on the roads. no major accidents to report in new jersey. everything is looking pretty clean on the roadways. they want people to con to stay home. this is obviously not getting any better any time soon. let s tell you now about the airports. in tampa, we just learned 75 flights were canceled today. most cancellations in one day that anyone there says they can remember. officials say that the airport could be backed up until at least saturday. philadelphia, as we heard,
having to walk around. it is dangerous in other parts of the country. let s get nbc sara haines. she s with me as people are getting socked in there. reporter: thanks, tamron. there is an accident in pennsylvania around clearfield county between exit 111 and 120. that s the eastbound lane. there have been multiple injuries and fatalities. the state police are on the scene and interstate 80 is closed. we also have, in addition to 80, interstate 81, 83 and 78 in pennsylvania are closed. governor rendell says they are impassable. stay off the roads. they have seen power outages in 500,000 homes in the southern half of the state. in new jersey there s an emergency snow alert for the buyer state. they are seeing three and a half foot snowdrifts on the new jersey turnpike. we can t express enough to not get in the car. in montgomery county, maryland,