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This morning on "world news now," deadly storm. the ice, heavy snow and dangerous conditions in the midwest intensify. the major system now blows east. >> the snowfall is so heavy, some are calling this heart attack snow because the danger lingers off the snow is gone. its wednesday, march 6th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. im john muller in for rob nelson. >> welcome on this hump day. >> halfway there. bracing for the worst, the snow. >> this is terribl...

Delgado. shes live there. karen mcginniss is monitoring the storm at the cnn weather center. jennifer, i want to start with you. ohare and snow is a really ugly combination. >> reporter: absolutely. because, you know, when you get those delays at ohare or midway, of course they can end up being hours, if not days at times. were finally getting the snow out here. last hour we werent seeing the snow. and right now its light. but it is going to be picking up as we go later into the morning and, of ...

Travel delays. lets talk about the storm and where its headed. across parts of chicago, and parts of illinois and indiana, were going to see 6 to 8 inches of snowfall. as that storm makes its way over towards the east, its moving through the central. this is tonight what youre looking at. totals 4 to 8 inches. as we get into wednesday, thats when things start to get tricky in the morning especially for parts of the mid-atlantic. you see totals there. we are talking potentially some of the locati...

Potentially get ten inches of snowfall. keep in mind, chicago, the metro area, northern parts of illinois, theyre still in an abnormal as well as moderate drought, so they do need the snowfall and theyre below average for the surgery right around 8.5 inches. so the snowfall is certainly going to help. its been rather bleak when you talk about the snow. roadways right now are nice and clear. i know the crews have been now getting things ready. once we get into rush hour, we could start to see con...

95, four to eight inches of snowfall. gusty winds. but its beyond this point in time that it is by the next 24 to 36 hours there is low confidence as to what this storm system is going to do. if it stays off the mid-atlantic coast, the bulk of this snow event is going to be in the mid-atlantic. extending into philadelphia. for new york, less so. but, if the storm system continues to wind its way across that northeastern coast, you could get hit with a very significant late winter storm. for chic...

Out, furlough notices going out. with the job creation around here, you could start to see that go down while the stock market continues its surge forward. thats the disconnect. theres a disconnect between the economy which more people think of as jobs and gdp, plus the stock market and what the government is doing. >> ali, christine, alison, thanks very much. much more coming up later. but theres other news were following, including the treacherous driving conditions right now on midwest road...

1500 cameras out there, thats how theyre able to stay on top of the roadways. the problem is, the snow is going to get heavier, then were going to be firing up the winds with gusts up to 30 miles per hour. that is going to be reducing the visibility. you can already kind of see how it is hazy out there with the blowing snow. visibility roughly about a quarter mile to a half mile for chicago ohare as well as midway. chicago, the good news, they are pros when it comes to snow removal. but the prob...

Severe weather made a huge mess. blizzard like conditions near vail have caused a massive pile-up. hey, karen. >> this is actually two pieces of energy coming together. they will form off the mid-atlantic coast. but in the meantime, that broad swath of snowfall from minneapolis to chicago to indianapolis to washington, d.c. that much is fairly certain. its beyond that point in time that were wondering what will the storm system do? well, as we go into late this afternoon, chicago, yes, we can ex...

48 inches, thats what some of the amounts are expected. washington, d.c., it may shut down. may or may not. because it does look like right around the metro d.c. area, we could see three to seven, three to eight inches of snowfall. but well to the west, this is where were looking at significantly heavier amounts. but this isnt going to happen until overnight and going into wednesday. then youll start to see the wind really pick up. heres some of the snowfall totals weve already seen. you can see...

>> i promise you, when it snows there, the city will still shut down. its the law of nature in washington, d.c. four minutes after the hour. interstate 40 in colorado has reopened this morning after severe weather out there made a huge mess of that highway. blizzard conditions near some of vails popular ski resorts caused two massive pile-ups. you can barely see through the snow. 30-car wreck shutting down several miles of i-70. we want to go to karen mcginnis. enough snow already. but where i...