it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. t.s. eliot was wrong, breaking news, february is worse for weather. a giant storm bringing snow and ice to millions, it s quickly racing across the region. many schools are closed. not here in new york city. it won t be here for long but it s going to make a real mess this morning. nearly 2,000 flights have been canceled this morning. in kansas city, a southwest airlines jet wound up stuck at the airport. taxiing to its gate with 55 passengers and five crew members on board. they were taken to the gate by a bus. snow equals whiteout conditions. take a look at these pictures not far from st. louis. you can imagine driving in this, not easy. in indiana, crews were out
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massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut, and a limited state of emergency was declared in maine. in connecticut, the governor banned all non-emergency vehicles from the highways. in massachusetts, all cars were ordered off the roads this afternoon. the archdiocese of boston urged people attending mass on sunday to use caution and prunes. and meteorologists expect this storm to leave behind 1 to 3 feet of snow. when you think of snow and rain and sleet and gloom of night, you think of the post office, right? or rather the post office creed. here in new york, you can see it there. see it? just above the colonnade at the famous james a. farley post office. neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. and for the time being, mail delivery has not been interrupted in new york state, although the postal service is asking people to help out their
tomorrow morning, the last piece of this puzzle will be the coastal areas of massachusetts at about 10:00 a.m. that s the high tide cycle when we expect the storm surge to be at its highest. the wave action to be at its highest. well could have waves 10 to 15 feet right near the coast where we have a storm surge of around 3 to 4 feet. it s not going to be any sandy or anything like that that happened on the jersey shore and long island, but we could see homes with water getting in them or possibly weakening their foundations and fall do you think to the sea. we ll watch that tomorrow morning at sunrise. nbc news mobility bill cairns, thank you very much for that update. and as you just heard, bill mentioned that the area that is expected to get hit hardest from this storm is in fact boston, where there are some models that are predicting nearly 3 feet of snow. the weather channel s jim cantore is live for us from boston tonight. jim, what is the latest? yeah, melissa, we are snowin
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