The washington, d. C. Area which could see two feet before it is over. A live look at white house. The snow falling there. Philadelphia, baltimore, and new york city also in the path with blizzard conditions expected. Officials are warning of coastal flooding and power outages. Airlines have canceled some 6,000 flights going into the weekend. That is impacting travelers across the country. Our team is in place with the very latest. Lets begin with Miguel Almaguer in washington, d. C. Good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The steady snow is here in washington, d. C. Some of the citys most recognizable landmarks may be difficult to make out in a few hours. It is getting sloppy. The snow is starting to blow sideways. It could reach gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Tonight many are off the streets and hunkered down as we face a major threat. Reporter tonight this deadly winter wallop is showing little mercy. Blinding snow and paralyzing ice and states. Nashville, tennessee, going nowh
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Tomorrow. And that is a problem, because it just means that were going to see this snow piling up, and although the year is only 22 days old, theyre already calling it the storm of 2016. The monster storm is forecast to dump around two feet of though on the most iconic sights on the Nations Capital. Washington, gong, the most heartiest taking it in until it gets too deep. President lincoln never looks to pleased especially today. The citys mayor says, this is a dangerous weather event made worse by major winds. We see this as a major storm, life and death implication and all the residents of the District Of Columbia should treat i. T. Tha it that way. We need the citys full cooperation. The city has only a dusting of snow and ice, and some commutes home took six hours. The snow we anticipate is wet and heavy which means we can expect downed trees and power lines. The winds are expected to be 30 miles an hour up to 50 miles an hour through saturday evening. And we believe that were goin
With flakes. Tallahasseesy. I lived there for years and it gets really cold. Relatively speaking. To what we do here. But it is a blizzard were talking about baltimore a live view amazing. In terms of a blizzard. We think of cold certainly snow but certainly really much more about the wind. So you get whiteout conditions. Baltimore, md dealing with the conditions. Blizzard warnings across the northeastern states into southern jersey. Throughout the rest of the day our weather is windy. We did see flakes up in tallahassee but our stories would be winds and the wind chills out there today 50 but those are going to be built in temperatures are not going to 45. A couple of sprinkles. They will sort of diminish. The clouds also break. Warm essentially into the middle 50s before its over. Thank you very much. The direct hit from that storm is now deadly. At least 9 people have been killed so far in dangerous conditions. A number of states stretches as far north as new york have declared a st
As we said, this is farreaching. The midatlantic and northeast are batting snow. Parts of the south are struggling with dangerous icy conditions. Gabe gutierrez has more on that from charlotte, North Carolina, in the region that took the first punch from this massive storm. Reporter in the south tonight, a slippery slope. From tennessee to the carolinas. A triplethreat, devastating snow, sleet and freezing rain. The brakes locked up and i slid into the back of their car. This car even catching fire. The driver revving the engine after caught in a snowdrift. Here in charlotte, the storm started after midnight. The morning commute treacherous. At this emergency command center, all hands on deck after at least six weatherrelated deaths in North Carolina alone. Statewide, more than a thousand crashes. Anything over a quarter of an inch could be devastating not only to our interstates or roadways, but also to our power grid as reporter ron far is among those rushing to respond to the mounti