front of me. so i just decided to park it as far over as i could, then get going. we re glad you re home safe and sound, hopefully your car will be safe and sound as well, natalie. good luck. thank you. we re continuing to follow the breaking news. this is a killer storm hammering the south moving up the east coast. the washington, d.c., suburbs they re next in line. she s looking at the cost of this storm. what are you seeing, athena? what are you finding out? hi, wolf, of course the storm hasn t made its way here yet. we re beginning to see a few small flakes flying. i m coming to you from a salt depot. we re right next to a very busy highway. this is the capital beltway, a major artery this in area. all this salt being poured into these trucks, that salt will be used to make sure highways like this stay clear. we ve been watching trucks
well have blizzard conditions, blizzard warnings for coastal massachusetts and up for the long island area as well. so looking at the latest wind gusts, definitely upper 20s and 30s along the coast blowing card off the table in atlantic city. this storm has not moved offshore. as they move offshore and they enter act with the gulf stream, it s going to bomb out. that s the meteorological term we use when these storms strengthen rapidly. here s the latest snowfall updates. 10 to 14 for philadelphia. some areas have already seen upwards of eight inches north of the philadelphia area. eight to 12 for new york. 10 to 14 for coastal massachusetts. there s your blizzard warning, six to ten for boston. might be getting into a situation where we re now cavitying and nowcasting, meaning we re forecasting in the moment because these snow totals are rapidly increasing, and we could get one to two inches an
reservation at a local hotel you can easily access, and make sure you become and it have an out clause in terms of a cancellation, up to 6:00 p.m. today. so i you do get out and get on your way, you re not stuck with the hotel bill. reporter: also said for those who are already traveling, if the flight has been cancelled, be pro-active with the airlines. call them and tell them you would like to reschedule your flight for 72 hours after the snow is expected to stop falling. that s a long way from now. it don t think it s above freezing for a week. watch out for the trucks. in a fit of unprecedented narcissism and branding mediocrity the weather channel decided it s going to start naming every storm that comes by, trying to get people to watch. they d named this one janice, after janice distincter but because they have these huge cost-cutting measures in effect
because it is going to get awful. new york and washington, where the storm shut down the federal government. here s a live look in d.c. you can see the capitol through the snow there forecasters say the storm has been intensifying as it moves east. this time yesterday we got the word, maybe one to three inches here in new york city. that s changed at bit. this map says eight to 12 and some locals are saying as many as 14 inches. winter storm warning in effect from carolinas to new england and the snow expected to follow up and down the region. pittsburgh to the west, washington, dc and beyond, bangor maine, even, new york and philly getting it hard. the snow and ice have shut done many schools, but not here in new york city. cancelled flights and created big problems on the road. traffic officials say a shut down stretch of 60 miles of a highway after a series of crashes in southern indiana. no reports of anybody hurt but
and half the country can t see theme, they not rid of spell checkers. so they spelled your name wrong and we re going to rename this one of our people. they don t have a lock on what you can name things. is that true? i am in no way lee lated to the to george named janice. how long is this going to happen? the next six to 12 hours. snow in philadelphia in d.c., and heavy snow here in new york city, and that s why they ve upped the snow total total. upwards of 12 inches. this is a clipper system. typically we only see a couple of inches with these storms but it s going to intensify rapidly across the atlantic, and bring those snow totals up. this storm hasn t even gotten its act together, and we re still dealing with it at 4:00 a.m. so any snow on the ground will be blowing.