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Incredible were seeing a storm like this. this is the snow zone right now where the worst of the travel is. interstate 81 through northern virginia up through portion of maryland into southern pa, from hagerstown to altoona is getting heavy snow. state college, pennsylvania, where penn state will try to play a football game this afternoon, it is snowy hard right now. even just outside of pittsburgh, on interstate 70, unexpected, the notice is that far west but its heavy there. morgantown northwa...

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Veilleux from accuweather now brings us up to date on all of this. good morning, adrienne. >> thank you, rob and peggy. and these deadly storms do continue to translate further eastward, however, the threat for tornados actually going to be winding down into the early morning hours. did see a couple of strong cells roll through birmingham even back through tuscaloosa earlier on as this does continue to translate further eastward. just looking for heavy rain and even some large-size hail and gust...

This storm system as it does continue to translate further east where these storms have turned deadly across the deep south, and we are still watching this system, however, the threat for tornados actually going to be winding down as it translates further eastward. we are still looking for the threat for damaging winds, hail, and torrential downpours. certainly going to be a messy morning commute up and down interstate 81 from hagerstown, maryland, down in through charlotte, north carolina. flas...

Im just saying, once they scrape these roads, we get the more sun angle that will really help things out. as far as traffic this morning for awhile interstate 81 was shut down. the good thing is, this was a dry, powdery snow, so we didnt have the tree and power lines issues. downstate, as you know, living in the tristate area around new york, new jersey and connecticut, it was wild with the wind and the heavy rain fall. we had localized flooding there. this storm pulls out, you can see on the na...

Re-election, not to seek re-election. we are expected to hear why he will not pursue the governors race, coming up. a big winter storm is whipping the northeast with hurricane force winds and heavy snow for new york and a long stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike shut down as a result of the tremendous storm. the dangerous winter weather brought more than two feet of snow throughout the northeast. its alsz brought crippling power outages. more than 780,000 homes and businesses are without powe...

The new york area blamed on the storm. travel across the nation is being snarled by the problems in the northeast. well bring you the airport delays coming up. and consider yourself lucky if you have power this morning. because right now officials say at least the million people facing the storm have lost power. right now we go to the weather channels mike seidel in binghamton, new york, in the heart of it. mike? >> good morning, david. up here we were lucky because the snow fell with temperat...

Having to walk around. it is dangerous in other parts of the country. lets get nbc sara haines. shes with me as people are getting socked in there. >> reporter: thanks, tamron. there is an accident in pennsylvania around clearfield county between exit 111 and 120. thats the eastbound lane. there have been multiple injuries and fatalities. the state police are on the scene and interstate 80 is closed. we also have, in addition to 80, interstate 81, 83 and 78 in pennsylvania are closed. governor r...

Who will if he survives a primarily will have been weakened by a tough primary. that is the legacy of blagojevich is he left the democrats in which had been a very blue state. both senators democrats for a number of years, the legislature and main state office holders that the republicans are salivating over this general election shows the damage that blagojevich left in his wake. >> we know you follow every twist and turn. thanks for sharing your insights with us today. a nasty winter storm i...

Mid-atlantic seaboard. folks in north carolina, they broke up to 11 degrees this morning. 13 degrees is predicted for tonight. that is close to the record of 10 degrees way back in 190 off. mountains got a foot of snow. the snow hammering parts of oklahoma, virginia state police report a flurry of accidents o along interstate 81. three inches thick of ice. our nations capital, blanketed with more than five inches of snow. kind of pretty. >> julie: it is pretty but it gets messy really quickly. >...