Breaking now, tens of millions of people are still being hammered by this second winter storm to strike within days. Its dumping up to 14 inches of snow in massachusetts, just a week after that state was smothered by accumulations of more than two feet. Its the same storm that just left a foot and a half in chicago and has buried parts of ohio. So far, more than 4400 flights have been canceled today and as temperatures plunge bringing wind chill readings of below zero ice will become a huge problem in much of the northeast. I will talk to bostons mayor, marty walsh, and our correspondents and analysts are all standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with brian todd. He is joining us from andover, massachusetts with the very latest. Brian . Reporter wolf conditions here have just gone from very bad this morning to much worse this afternoon because this snowfall has been pretty relentless. Officials here are telling us they are really worried about the period that we are going into rig
Storms can speed up slow down. They can get smaller or bigger. Were preparing for at least what that forecast is suggesting, if not worse. We certainly know well have very high winds and low visibility and know well have lots of conditions that make travel unsafe. We will give you constant updates as we get information. But everything we know so far makes clear you cant underestimate this storm. This is not a typical storm. Its going to pack a real punch and we have to expect heavy accumulation in a short period of time. Its another crucial point. Some storms come in in a measured manner. This is going to come in in a sudden spurt of activity. We saw flurries this morning and that has largely dissipated. What youre going to see in a few hours is something that hits very hard and fast and people cannot be caught off guard. Best thing to do stay indoors, stay off the roads and sidewalks, this is something i want people to act on as quickly as possible. In the next hours, we want people w
What that forecast is suggesting if not worse. We certainly know were going to have very high winds. We know well have low visibility. We know well have lots of conditions that make travel unsafe. We will give you constant updates as we get information. But everything we know so far makes clear you cant underestimate this storm. This is not a typical storm. Its going to pack a real punch and we have to expect heavy accumulation in a very short period of time. Will is another crucial point. Some storms come in in a measured manner. This is going to come in in a sudden spurt of activity. We saw some flurries this morning and that has largely dissipated. But what youre going to see in a few hours is something that hits very hard and very fast and people cannot be caught off guard. Best thing to do stay indoors. Stay off the roads. Stay off the sidewalks. And this is something i want people to start acting on as quickly as possible. In the next hours, we want people who can get home to get
Winterwary boston area facing another two feet of snow by the time its all over. Its only been 14 days folks and weve gotten 70 to 80 inches of snow around the commonwealth. I mean, this is pretty much unprecedented. And on the waterlogged west coast, the Pineapple Express is dumping more rain on the region with some areas getting up to a foot of rain since friday. We have coasttocoast coverage on the rundown. Amanda is in boston and bill tracking storms on both coasts. Amanda, start with you. We heard from the governor of massachusetts this morning. Where are they going put all of this snow thats coming down . Amanda . Can you here us this morning . Reporter yes. We dont have i. V. Well try to reestablish communication with amanda. You see a live shot of the treacherous weather. Look, theres bill karins. Hes got the forecast for us for the east and for the west. Bill, good morning. Yeah. Both coasts suffered this weekend, now the west coast slowly improves. That in a second. The east
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