washington, and laguardia. more than 1,000 flights already canceled. the dark clouds already rolling in. here in new york city, obscuring the top of the empire state building there. powerful wind gusts and torrential rain in virginia. more than 100,000 customers already without power tonight. and of course this dangerous second heat wave continuing for millions. so, let s get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob. reporter: hey, david. virginia hit really hard. richmond reporting a wind measurement of 60-plus miles per hour and these storms are moving north to south, so, they may get hit again. here it is on the radar scope. look at the watches. up through lexington and louisville. and that line crossing into ohio, that means business. the next couple of hours will be dicey. flood watches across new york and pennsylvania. the heat gets squeezed to the south. 101 in nashville, the first time in a decade you ve been that warm. 101 in mobile. these
in fact, 500 accidents in virginia alone. washington, d.c. today brought to a standstill. president biden and air force one right here returning from delaware in the minding snow. more than a quarter million customers in six states without power tonight, with temperatures now plunging right behind all this. here s abc s gio benitez. reporter: tonight, that monster winter storm slamming the east coast, just as the omicron variant causes a slew of airline staffing issues. creating the perfect storm for a travel nightmare, in the air and on the roads. in virginia alone, more than 500 crashes. heavy, wet snow falling throughout the washington, d.c. metro area. the visibility is extremely bad and the road is absolutely snow-covered. reporter: across the country, more than 3,000 flights canceled today. even air force one wasn t spared. workers struggling to free one of the stairways to get passengers off the plane. president biden on board, returning to joint base andrews in the middle
dangerfor life in place, from north of aberdeen to middlesbrough, in the north east of england. and the conditions really are brutal there s driving rain, dropping temperatures and winds are forecast to potentially gust up to 90 mph. 25,000 homes, primarily in aberdeenshire, have been left without power tonight, the conditions on the roads are described as treacherous, police are warning people not to travel, and there s significant disruption on the rail network as well many services are cancelled and there are reports of people stuck on trains because of fallen trees blocking the lines. network rail says they re sending staff to help, but that it could take some time. of course, because the worst of this storm is hitting overnight, we won t know the full extent of any damage caused until the morning. the legendary composer of broadway musicals, stephen sonheim, has died at his home in connecticut. he was 91.
between edinburgh and england have been cancelled. this was portsoy on the moray firth on friday afternoon buffeted by high winds. and waves crashed over harbour walls here in the village of gardenstown in aberdeenshire, with snow falling in braemar, close to balmoral castle in royal deeside. our correspondent lorna gordon is in stonehaven on the north east coast of scotland. she gave us this update a little earlier. a huge sweep of the east coast is being battered by this storm with this red warning for wind, which means there s a potential dangerfor life in place, from north of aberdeen to middlesbrough, in the north east of england. and the conditions really are brutal there s driving rain, dropping temperatures and winds are forecast to potentially gust up to 90 mph. 25,000 homes, primarily in aberdeenshire, have been left without power tonight, the conditions on the roads are described as treacherous, police are warning people not to travel, and there s significant disruption on
east coast of scotland. she gave us this update a little earlier. a huge sweep of the east coast is being battered by this storm with this red warning for wind, which means there s a potential dangerfor life in place, from north of aberdeen to middlesbrough, in the north east of england. and the conditions really are brutal there s driving rain, dropping temperatures, and winds are forecast to potentially gust up to 90 mph. 25,000 homes, primarily in aberdeenshire, have been left without power tonight, the conditions on the roads are described as treacherous, police are warning people not to travel. and there s significant disruption on the rail network, as well. many services are cancelled. and there are reports of people stuck on trains because fallen trees blocking the lines. network rail says they re sending stuff to help, but that it could take some time. of course, because the worst of this storm is hitting