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Good morning again, everybody. welcome to this "american morning." live look in boston right now. just one of many places seeing a lot snoef. a lot of places seeing a lot of ice. we continue to deal with a massive storm that affected some 100 million americans and hit one-third of this country. still another 24 hours before this is all said and done. well have more on the forecast in just a moment. were at the bottom of the hour. im t.j. holmes. >> im kiran chetry. a look at our top stories now....

Snow is certainly a remarkable thing. even though they are trying to keep it -- trying to keep it clear. snow banks are, obviously, a huge thing here. the winds have been piling up. theres going to be drifts three, four, five, six feet in some areas. thats been the dangerous part of this situation. we expect the snow to continue for the next several hours. blizzard warnings remain in effect until 3:00 this afternoon. >> yeah, we were just getting used to the snow. thats old hat. now mother natur...

And look at the winds. milwaukee still in the 40s in terms of sustained winds. we could see gusts up to 60 yet this morning. heres that freezing rain moving into new york city. its going to create a glaze of ice on the roadways. we can see as much as a half of an inch to an inch in some areas. especially watching parts of pennsylvania. airport delays. theres none. thats because all the flights are canceled. well get you up to date on any closures or anything like that and just want to show you t...

Heavy accumulations and the enhancement as this comes off the lake. there you can see the winds. its just a complete white out. weve got icy conditions into the northeast. freezing rain in new york. alan was telling me about the snow in boston. but thats going to be changing over to some freezing rain later on today. i just want to scroll through a couple of things going on on the interstates. these are from the department of transportation. this is from illinois. everything is ice covered here ...

Of 3 miles, fog and lis -- jon: 3 miles is considered reasonably good visibility. you can flight under visual flight rules if you have 3 miles visibility. again in a place like alaska that can change very quickly and if youve got gusting winds as you were talking about, you know, if the wind is gusting 23 miles an hour and funnels through a pass all of a sudden you can get wind that is much, much stronger than that. there has got to be much to be determined about how high they were. it raises th...

And power problems forced amtrak to suspend service between philadelphia and new york. about 500 passengers were stranded also on new jersey transit train for six to seven hours because of flooding on the tracks. but whether its on the rails or at the airport, most travelers seem to be taking it in stride. >> we had kind of a bumpy flight and were ready to get back and, you know, be in our dorms and we got stuck on the train for a while, so that was disappointing. >> of course, this storm causin...

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6 miles per hour. crawling toward us. after it hits here, it moves down the coast and heads to south carolina. chris cuomo in north myrtle beach, south carolina. chris. >> you are our future, j.b. 5,500 people without power in south carolina and nothing has happened. the winds have picked up. it is in the tropical storm or tropical depression range now. 35 or 40-mile-an-hour gusts. enough, however, to push the tide out. what should be high tide is 150 feet back from where it is. that leads back ...

You said the surge and flooding is the concern. describe what crews are seeing. >> it is high water in different places. different levels of water. we have seen water just creeping up to the stairs of homes. we have seen water above mailboxes. we have seen water that has breached first floors and second floors. individuals having to be on the roofs to stay dry. >> individuals on their roofs already and this could be beginning. you are seeing people on roofs? >> yes. that started yesterday. >> cr...

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