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You can see folks taking advantage to get some plowing and shoveling done. the road plows have been out as well trying to clear these roads before the next round of snow hits. earlier i couldnt find a ruler so i was measuring the snow showing its about a water bottle deep. oh, theres my ruler. we finally found one here. and here in ridgewood, new jersey were looking at -- thats easily 6 inches. bill karins sad some people in this area have seen up to 8 inches. we could see a foot here when all i...

To the left but 6 to 10 are expected in boston, millions are home from school. officials are urging people to stay home. snow and ice is pummelling the i-95 corridor. governors are declaring states of emergency in six streets. travel bans for major highways, dozens of accidents reported. the conditions are so tricky, employers are telling people to work from home if they can or to come in late. >> stay inside, view this through the window, it looks beautiful through the window. if you step outsi...

Bronx area of new york city. youve been through these noreasters before. up see how quickly these things change firsthand. thats what weve been doing all morning long. were originally along interstate 95 and that one weep know that i-95 corridor, that one is tricky. this morning before sunrise we were talking about heavy snow. but you will literally go miles on the highway and everything would completely change. it would be icy conditions, rain, back to flakes and huge, fat snowflakes and now we...

>> getting worse, ali. weve been out here all morning. we had really light snow earlier today. now were having more of those blinding whiteout conditions. over the last several hours, plows like this one have been going up and down streets here, trying to clear the way. as you just heard from state officials here in massachusetts, this is the major train station here. as a matter of fact, just a few moments ago with the strong gusty winds upwards of 60 miles an hour, they lost power here. so tha...

Can see it in the south shore in places lying hull and scituate. the other is power outages because this snow is wet and heavy. it will get on those wires. then you pick up, you get those 40, 50 mile-an-hour winds, that means downed wires and that could be a big problem as we go into this afternoon. >> thanks very much for that. that is the stuff to be careful about, downed wires, power out ands, advisability, fast snow that comes down so fast that no one can actually do anything about it. its a...

>> you need three straight hours of 35 miles an hour of wind. the issue with new york city it turned to sleet and theyre not expecting a lot more in the way of snow. so youre not going to get the three hours with the low visibility. we were thinking more snow in new york, it turned to sleet. so we sti have the 68 million pele at risk here but the blizzard warning are more for where its sold colder, central portions of massachusetts and northern new england. this is a potential power outage map. ...

City. to the north, thats where the heart of the storm is currently. can you see this white ban moving up through connecticut -- thats where were waiting to see if we get thundersnow. we had hundersleet. this white band is exemely heavy snow up through connecticut right now, hartford having really high totals in just the last half hour or so and thats shifting to the north. well get a closer view and show you other problems. d.c., were just about done. maybe another inch or so. total only ended ...

Of it yet. >> no, in fact, were waiting. the snow is starting it pick up here at boston common. the massachusetts statehouse is closed today. the governor has asked people throughout the state of massachusetts to stay home, dont hit the roads today because in the next couple of hours they think the snow is going to pick up and we could see 2 to 4 inches an hour and thats going to create huge visibility problems. still open today is bostons favorite t. ridership is said to be about 25% of what is...

We have snow thats heavy, northern new jersey, but we are watching sleet still in new york city. there as a little bit on the back side of it but not a lot. d.c., looks like youre complete hi don completely done. 84 is ahead through connecticut, 95 is starting to change over to sleet and rain now. further to the north we are going to be watching the winds really picking up this afternoon. highest winds now are around new york city and near montauk as we go to 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. the worst of the st...

More snow and its going to come down a little built fait faster. are you bracing for anything in particular? >> sure. in addition to the heavy snowfall which we know is going to occur over the next few hours, were watching the wind threat for possible power outages, particularly as your meteorologist just mentioned, we are prepared for that, we have representatives here from the utility companies, so we have the right plan to respond. >> whats your advice. >> ifoure able to stay home all afterno...