towards the coast, the rain has been relentless. i will mention they have been in moderate to severe drought. but they don t need the rainfall all at once because you can see it has devastating effects. austin, texas, one of the reporting places there saw over 12 inches of rainfall. that s not a storm total. that is just from yesterday. austin typically for the entire month would see something less than 4 inches. so we have already seen four times their normal average for the month. in this region, typically speaking, 3 to 5 are some of the common amounts but where you see in crystal city and north of san antonio, some places saw over 10 inches of rainfall. flash flood watches and warnings across a good portion of the state but we have to talk about the snowfall. when i come back in a few minutes we will let you know where that snow is expected. 12 inches in one storm? that is incredible. and now snow. thanks, karen. this is an amazing story of
out there they had about 4, 5, 6 inches there in the hills of connecticut. you can see that white, that massive white in new england across the ski resorts, some of those spots would end up with a storm total of 12 to 18 inches, richard. this storm pulls out. it s had a checkered past, luckily, a christmas miracle, no one was killed, but we have another one for the weekend. this will be a weaker system, zip on through saturday. we re still getting our markers, some areas like philly, maybe new york, maybe a couple inches of snow on saturday. we ll see how it pans out. back to you. you have the perfect job. all that snow, and you are calling it, man, is that good stuff! reporter: yes! easy. all right. just for you, snow angels, mike seidel, weather channel,
that will continue through the early morning hours. but still, some snow to be had, especially northern portions of new england. especially well inland across northwestern maine, coastal maine through coastal new england to cape cod, improving pennsylvania to the new york city area. as some dry air works its way in. it will keep it chilly here. as far as storm total snowfall goes many spots 3, to 6 inches, include the new york city area. the connecticut area, heavy snow through the day yesterday. that s where we see accumulations reaching a foot. keeping it chilly this morning. many spots in around the freezing point. warmer air on the way as we head into the weekend. rob and paula, back to you. jim, thanks a lot. here s a look now at the rest of the nation s weather. northern montana, bracing for a blizzard with up to 6 inches of snow and some strong winds there. and gusty in reno, and salt lake city. some rain in seattle and portland. much cooler than usual in central and sou
collapsed under the weight of all that snow. fortunately though nobody was hurt. mother nature give us a break. show some mercy. what did new jersey governor chris christie said i am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next. well, some areas have seen up to ten inches just one week after a hurricane. let s get the latest forecast from accuweather s jim dickey, jim? good morning. our nor easter winding down today. still seeing snowfall and rain especially through the morning. and especially into new england. but as far as new york city area is concerned, pennsylvania, mid-atlantic, improving through the morning on to the afternoon. even seeing some sunshine break through late. as far as storm total accumulations go, with snowfall, western connecticut, 6 to 10 inches. a few spots up toward a foot. rob and paula, back to you. jim, thanks a lot. it was weird coming in here tonight in the cab. sliding in the snow and slush. here we go. it is wintertime. though it is still fall. w
deep enough to get a sense of what s happening here. this was really the hardest hit county so far in the state. county saw 25 inches of rain in the last several days. keep in mind also there was a wind event. this storm packed a punch. winds gusting at 45 miles per hour. strong enough to knock over several things, knock down some trees and cause a lot of problems with debris in the roads. here along this coastal road, we are finding that police are in place to make sure that drivers are not surprised when they ran past those low lying areas when they find again, water at least a foot high, so precautions are being taken. i also want to show you what s happening right now. just east of us in the state, flooding is happening right now in cities like live oak and lake city, that s where they are dealing with the storm system as it goes very slowly over the state of florida causing a lot of flooding, soledad. george howell, updating us on what looks like a big giant mess in fl