the massachusetts coastline is still a frozen mess. here s more from marci gonzalez. digging out from under three feet of snow. i can t do it. no way. stephanie turner is one of the millions of people in new england coping with windchills in the single digits, all while trudging through the aftermath. up to my head. so hard to walk. reporter: of the blizzard that battered some communities for 14 consecutive hours. despite the fact we had record-breaking snowfall in many parts of massachusetts, we ve come out of this in relatively good shape. reporter: it doesn t feel that way for the coastal communities in massachusetts still dealing with frozen floodwaters. it s another world down here. pretty devastating. reporter: the thousand of people still without electricity. wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour to blame in some places and elsewhere the power lines are simply frozen. we had to shovel to the generators. there s a lot of shoveling going on from long island to qu
how do you recover from that last story? we are going to spend the next 30 minutes trying. we haven t scratched the surface of that story yet. yes, florence henderson is talking. good morning, everyone. i m reena ninan. this is t.j. holmes. we start with tragic news. we are not going to start with it. we will get to it later. downton abbey. heart breaking for me. i thought it should lead the broadcast. one, it is apparently in c 5 ? it s not that big of a deal. it is a big deal for some people. that s why it is lower in the show. you haven t seen it yet. i have been trying to get him to watch. okay. we will start with something else of concern to many of you. weather. the big dig in the northeast. a lot of people trying to bounce back from the monster blizzard as another round of snow is headed their way. parts of long island and new england are buried under mounds of snow this morning as crews clear the roads. the massachusetts coastline is still a frozen mess.
tide happening just about now in the new york city area. the areas affected by sandy will likely be affected again today. this morning should be the worst at around 8:00 on the massachusetts coastline. that s what we ll be watching. be very careful if you re going to be out here in the i-59 interstate trying to make your way up the coast. not a good day for travel as you were talking about. the winds out of the north around 20 to 25 miles per hour. so yes, batten down the hatches. it will be a while before this ends. we re thinking tonight. by this evening we should start to see things slack up a bit. samantha moore, our thanks to you. you re headed to boston or you think you re headed to boston. i d like to be. that s the plan. good luck with that. new details on the deadly lion attack. according to the local coroner, 24-year-old dianna hanson died quickly. there was no blood.
jon. jon: a little scary there. now our fox news weather alert. a dangerous nor easter battering parts of new england again, take a look at plumb island, massachusetts, it s taking a beating. snow is piling up there, while peers wind an fierce winds and high wave are whipping the massachusetts coastline and homes as well. my family s lifetime of work, this is what my parents sent a lifetime working for. they didn t take vacations, this was it. we never went anywhere. this was our vacation. we got to stay here, and now we are going to see it slide right in the ocean. jon: another storm slamming ashore there. they have got even plenty of snow in boston, in that area in the last couple of months. they are looking very much forward to spring, which, yes it is in fact on the way. jenna: it s good to have that reminder in the future.
alone. rhode island has nearly 172,000 without power. connecticut more than 40,000 outages. and strong winds and high tides are battering the massachusetts coastline. reporter susan trent from our nbc affiliate whdh was on plum island right as the high tide slammed into the coast. reporter: i can show you what is going on with the ocean right now at high tide. the erosion has actually eaten up onto a floor of this home. there are pieces of furniture coming out of that home and washing into the ocean. it is just a couple of seconds ago right before i came out here. we saw a mattress and a springboard actually come out of the flooring of that home and then wash start washing out into the ocean. oh, my goodness. you can see the waves crashing right onto shore here. well, providence, rhode island fell just a little short of an all-time snowfall record. they are digging out from 19 1/2 inches today. and joining me from downtown