they strengthen, intensify, get very heavy snow, strong winds, and then the storm hits its highest point, it piles, and it s a bomb. so whether the storm will actually do that now, time is going to tell. but it at least has the capability to. it s bringing some very heavy snow right now across new jersey getting into new york city and eventually starting to push its way into boston as well. as far as the winds go, they re not very impressive right now. nine miles per hour in new york city. 15 in boston. as we go throughout the day boston could see wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, and that s why they re expecting blizzard conditions at times. for new york it s not supposed to be exactly a blizzard. just blowing and drifting snow as we go throughout the day and then this storm, which could bomb out, should be heading to the east coast, and if it is going to bomb out it will be as it continues to track north and east. now, we do have another storm on the way for the northwest, but
of it all. while the city s preparing for the worst to avoid more criticism. struggling south. the ice storm in atlanta, and the travelers still stranded today. and somber scene. remembering the victims of the tucson rampage before today s presidential visit. it s wednesday january 12th. from abc news this is world newers now. that picture says it all. good morning, everybody, from our little winter wonderland here in new york city. i m rob nelson. so wonderful to be an anchor inside the studio today. warm, toasty. good to be back, yeah. i m vinita nair. commuters across the northeast are getting ready for another rough morning on the roads and the rails. just look at times square.
here in new york during that blizzard right after christmas? well, in fact, that christmas blizzard, or the post-christmas one, did bomb out. it was about 24-millibar drop in pressure in 24 hours. and this storm has the potential. and if it does, it would be near boston. and that s why they may see the worst of the conditions with this storm. all right. ava dinges reporting live. thanks for that report, ava. the death toll is still climbing in australia following monday s devastating flash flood. after weeks of drenching rain and widespread flooding, a raging wall of water washed away homes, cars, everything in its path. at least 12 people were killed and nearly 70 remain missing. evacuations are now under way in brisbane, where 20,000 homes are in danger. and now we switch gears back to the aftermath of saturday s tragedy in tucson. investigators now say they have found another menacing note in the home of suspect jared loughner. they believe it clearly references representa
the radar and it does look like a mess out there. we ve seen the heaviest of the snow over new jersey into new york city. it s just starting to build toward boston as well. and we are going to see more snow with this as we go into these next couple of hours. new york city, the worst of it really coming for the morning commute. bad news for a lot of people as they head outdoors, but things will be improving in new york city as we go throughout the day. but pretty treacherous in boston throughout the entire day. now, the storm heading up the northeast coast, where it is going to strengthen. and that could potentially be a weather bomb in the fact of how strong it is going to get as it moves up the northeast coast. and we are going to see blizzard conditions at times into cities like boston because of the heavy snow and also the strong winds. boston could easily see wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour. now, all along the east coast potentially 6 to 12 inches of snow. new york city has
and that s what this storm potentially has the potential to do. and especially as it continues to bring some very heavy snow. so let s put this radar into motion. right now really coming down in new york city. but let s bring some good news. i m always the bearer of bad news. how about some good news? philadelphia the snow is basically tapering off, and for d.c. it is over. so it looks like now this is mainly a new york city all the way up toward boston event, and that snow continues to push into maine as well. and it s not just the snow we re talking about. it s the strong winds. winds could be gusting as high as 50 miles per hour in boston, and that will feasibly bring blizzard cns as into boson, itlyng avean iatio and we to even in new york city as we go throughout the day because they re still going to see significant blowing and drifting even behind this latest storm. then the heaviest of the snow is tracking into maine. how much snow are we talking? well, much of the east coast c