three weather systems colliding with a perfect storm of travelers, a record number 55 million expected to head out of town we ll get the latest forecast from al in a moment. but we begin with gabe gutierrez. reporter: tonight, tens of millions of americans are bracing for a set of storms, just in time for thanksgiving. snow pounding several states, the roads already dangerous. and in new york, some deflating news, the iconic balloons from the macy s thanksgiving day parade may not fly for the first time since 1971 if sustained winds are over 23 miles an hour and gusts top 34 miles an hour. we have a lot of things in place to prepare ourse f rolling out new technology this is miami s new automated baggage screening area and the tsa says new orleans new screening area lets officers screen twice as many bags per hour outside the airport, ride share companies are employing traffic engineers to prepare them for the holiday rush.
northbound. and we re really getting pounded out here. around 5:00 this morning the snow was coming down steadily. still now 7:45. the snow starting to whip up. a lot of people staying off the road. not going into work and schools cancelled throughout new york city and boston and philadelphia. it s about 1500 flights cancelled in the northeast around new york and newark and philadelphia as well and slow going here on the turnpike. right now about 25 miles per hour and we passed by a few accidents already so of course you can stay off the roads, please do but a lot different than we saw yesterday. the snow pounding out here on the new jersey turnpike.