snow, winds and coastal flooding across the northeast. we expect that it will come back with a vengeance and as the front pushes everything out, the wind will pick up. 2 to 3 inches falling every hour. reporter: parts of new york and new jersey under states of emergency. this is a meaningful storm. reporter: and the new york state department of transportation doing what it can to keep the roads clear. from fir first of all, don t drive if you don t have to. when there is weather, you have to good yourself time. reporter: a delta air lines airbus partially exited off a taxiway according to the company. delta did not confirm if the incident was storm related. however winter weather did cause a ground delay at laguardia through the day. hopefully we re not stuck overnight. reporter: hundreds of thousands are without power across the northeast according to power outage.u.s.
widespread power outages still roughly 200,000 households are in the dark in these frigid temperatures despite crews 8,000 workers at the ready trying to restore power. one of the things they are up against are the wind gusts it s difficult to swiftly restore power in these continually difficult conditions and also the travel conditions are not just difficult, but even dangerous. yesterday we saw more than 1200 flight cabslations nearly 200 flight cancellations in new york. there s been a ground delay 80 to 90 minutes because of the powerful winds so now everyone is up against the cleanup process. so it s not the light fluffy stuff. they are having to clear out and move this icy, heavy snow. that s one of the things that has cause sod many power outages that they are working to restore at this time this nor easter,
front comes through and pushes everything out. we have about two to three inches falling every hour. reporter: parts of new york and new jersey under a state of new jersey. this could be a foot of snow. so this is a meaningful storm. reporter: the new york state department of transportation doing what it can to keep the roads clear. first of all, keep an eye on the weather. don t drive if you don t have to. when there s weather, you have to give yourself time. reporter: a delta airlines airbus partially exited off a taxiway at syracuse airport. delta did not confirm if it was storm related. however, winter weather did cause a ground delay at laguardia airport through the day. one delay after another. hopefully we re not stuck overnight. reporter: hundreds of thousands are without power in the northeast according to poweroutage.us. never drive over a downed wire. expect the yous and their work