charlotte, atlanta, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. so if you were at an airport or trying to get into an airport in the northeast, here is a snapshot of what was happening behind the scenes. mountains of thick, heavy snow was enough to completely stop air travel at some northeast airports like reagan national outside of d.c. here s my problem right now. these are my two parallel taxiways and you can see the snow. i can get you from the land but i can t get you from the runways to the gate. reporter: they ve been shut down for several hours as they try to clear the snow from the runways. they are nearly two dozen pieces of equipment like this on the runways trying to make it safe enough for planes to land. this right here is filled with cement, because that is necessary to stabilize this path as it lifts lots of heavy snow.
were getting much, much worse, a pretty horrific round two after a treacherous round one of this storm. an overturned tractor trailer on the washington, d.c. beltway. the wheels are in the air. the guard rail is demolished and police closed the highway while they move a tow truck into position. they re putting a winch on it right now to pull it out. the driver suffered minor injuries. he told me that the snow and isles here, the slush underneath the truck just lost the steering. the steering just got away from him. most lanes are closed with a highway usually packed. and we see another one, the truck is sprawled across the highway on its side. the driver had minor injuries. someone just slid off the road here on i-95 heading south of d.c., 15 miles south of d.c. sir, what just happened?
long distance trains and cut back on service from boston to virginia. as for airlines, as bad as cancellations were last night, they are literally twice as bad tonight. rene marsh is running the numbers. reporter: the numbers are ugly, and that s putting it mildly. nearly 6500 cancellations today, total delays, more than 3500. and the hardest hit airports, charlotte, atlanta, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. so if you were at an airport or trying to get into an airport in the northeast, here is a snapshot of what was happening behind the scenes. mountains of thick, heavy snow was enough to completely stop air travel at some northeast airports like reagan national outside of d.c. here s my problem right now. these are my two parallel
attached to it, suddenly struck her. the victim was 8 months pregnant. she had just finished shopping at the market. in the rush to save her and her baby, she was taken here to the medical center, just about a mile away from the accident scene. she was pronounced dead on arrival. doctors performed an emergency c-section and were able to save her nearly full-term baby boy. the bobcat was not a city vehicle. it was privately owned. the driver, a 42-year-old man who was in the process of plowing snow, and traveling in reverse when he struck the woman. this woman says when he s out driving, she keeping her distance because, she says, he drives on the sidewalk. i was watching him this morning, driving back and forth. crazy. then he goes on the sidewalk and in the street and there s a
know better sleep with sleep number. breaking news. conditions getting worse don t in parts of the country that have already seen almost all that winter has to offer. this is the approach ramps to the george washington bridge in ft. lee, new jersey. i think the traffic is looking bad in one direction. the other direction, you can see the snow and icy roads right there. awfully hard to get around.