storm of 2014 in midwest. winds in cleveland well below zero with a foot of snow on the ground and driving there is treacherous. thick ice. under all of that snow, triggering spin-outs and accidents all over town. chicago has been absolutely battered since wednesday. 6 more inches of snow falling overthit on top of the 12 inches on the ground in the windy city. the worst storm to hit chicago since 2011. o hare airport crippled by the winter blast and hundreds of flights cancelled and creates the ripples of delays across the country. a man pulled from the water after falling on the ice on lake michigan. firefighters helped the man to safety. he was unresponsive at first and showed signs of life after medical help and taken to the university of chicago hospital in critical condition. we will follow the storm
coming or going at laguardia airport as well as newark airport and boston logan. a lot of the cancellations are here in the new york area. we are only 4 1/2 hours into the today and already 1,330 flight cancellations. we expect that number to continue to tick up as the morning goes on and as these conditions continue to pick up. the conditions really started at around 8:00 p.m. last night, these blizzard-like conditions in the new york area and beyond and that is when with we saw a lot of the flight cancellations begin. so, again, we will see that issue throughout the morning. you can see on the board behind me there is a lot of yellow showing the flight cancellations. we expect the board to continue to light up as the conditions pick up. the port authority say that they are ready for this storm. they are deploying more than 200 pieces of snow and ice equipment to help with the situation here but there s not a lot that can be done about the visibility issue with this flight fluffy
with that actually right now it feels like negative 20 degrees. now this is a danger in itself. it feels like negative 20. only ten minutes outside exposed could give you frost bite so we will test that on my face. that is the concern. let s talk about the storm itself. we are still expecting to form off the coast of the carolinas. it s really building here and by late afternoon excuse me, late morning into the afternoon, we should see the snow dying down. that is the good news here. as long as we still have the strong winds in place, you have snow like this on the ground even when the system actually moves offshore and the snow itself stops. you re still going to have the visibility concerns with the snow blowing around. the other side of this will be the heavy amounts of snow, especially in essex county. the low is forming so low to the coast we are getting ocean effect snow so we are talking as much as two feet of snow is possible in there area and heavy amounts of snow and blowin
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but it s absolutely freezing out here this morning! the low is still really bringing snow down and will continue to do so through these morning hours. still that heaviest point of the storm. as the low is building off the coastline. when expected to leave late day and early afternoon and see it pull its way offshore but as long as the strong winds are out here you are talking about this snow blowing around and those visibility issues could still be a concern. traffic and air delays will be a concern as long as you have those winds out here. as far as how much snow this is impressive. you can see the low is close to the coastline as it s forming. with that you have something called ocean effect snow. you re talking about pulling that moisture off the coastline and really enhancing the snowfall melt. essex county the north end could get as much as two feet of snow before it s all said and done. imagine shoveling there when you talk about temperatures feeling like a negative 20. not a fun