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Nbc meteorologist ginger zee. >> good morning, everyone. you heard of the snowfall unless youve been under a rock. here you go in case. more than 30 inches of snow in orange county, new york. harriman one of the spots there. philly got away on the bottom end. winter radar showing more snow to come. one to three inches tops for the weekend. cloudy skies, as well. rain showers, heavy thunderstorms. looking out west, they could see mudslide action there not only are they in that tsunami advisory, b...

Power. as >> reporter: its the fourth major snowstorm in a month and one more the region didnt need. across the new york area, starting early in the morning, people struggled to keep up with the falling now snou. in the northern regions, heavy snowfall took out powerlines across the northeast, leaving more than a million without electricity. >> no heat, no electricity. we managed to sleep through the night. >> reporter: travel was treacherous. i-94 was at a standstill for hours. >> we havent mov...

Struggled to keep up with the falling snow. in the northern regions, heavy snowfall took out power lines across the northeast, leaving more than a million without electricity. travel was treacherous. a 20-mile stretch of i-84 was at a standstill for hour, stranding hundreds of motorists in their cars. >> we havent moved an inch and its a little over 15 hours now. >> on a weather day like, this you never know what to expect. you always have to be open for anything. >> reporter: some major airline...

>> we are staying with our coverage of the devastation there in chile as a result of that 8.8 earthquake that hit in the wee hours of the morning. its been about nine hours or so since that earthquake hit. daylight bringing these significant pictures to us. we have other news to cover, including the record snowfall here in the northeast. take a look right now at stanford, new york, in the catskills. [ female announcer ] ahh, the book of truth.

Down through the delmarva. this thing a beast for sure. if it is not the snow, its the wind thats killing you in maine. 70-mile-an-hour winds there. concord airport, 68-mile-an-hour wind gusts. new york city, 45-mile-an-hour wind gusts. enough to take down some tree limbs across the city as weve seen. snowfall across pennsylvania and jersey, foot and a half. orange county, unofficial reports of two feet of snow. this thing continues to spin more in the way of snow across new york. pleasantville,...

And then the rest of its all dry coming in. now were fighting moisture and cold air, and the dry air trying to come in from the north where it will sit there for hours now, 48 more hours and the snow is going to continue to fall where its falling now. we have lost the warm air mass that we had over most of massachusetts and into rhode island. now its snow as the cold air has wrapped in, dry air wrapped in. when dry air cools off and you take a -- you take alcohol and you pit it on yout it on you...

All right. wheres the snow now. most of the snow is where it was rain yesterday, so the cold air has infiltrated the area. we do expect to see more in the way of accumulations today, especially in new york, down through philadelphia. temperatures a little bit cooler now, so yes, it is wet and heavy, but the snow thats going to fall today will be a little bit lighter but it will drift because of the winds. we anticipate 4 to 8 inches of additional snowfall on top of where we are today. winter sto...

Pretty nice in society hill. you have all the lights on, traffic is moving through, but as wind picks up were going to see more of those issues. in terms of air travel susan was talking about that, here in philadelphia, all the flights of southwest airlines have been canceled. in terms of other transportation, city busses they have been out and about but it has been sporadic at best. same with taxis. anyone getting on the roads must use exbe treem caution. many places we have ice covered by a th...

Airlines cancel a bunch of flights here. theres no question well see more of that activity in places like new york, all your major airports. could see a cumulative effect in places like washington, d.c., with the strong winds. that can be a big issue. but in terms of roadways, these guys have been coming through with no major problems at all. a lot of people walking through and shoveling the walks. one quick bit of advice for people. you know, kyra, we humans tend to be a little nomadic. we move...

Yesterday and today. it has been snowing nonstop since yesterday. tens of thousands of power outages in the region, and some bus service from northern new jersey into the city suspended for now. and good news for kids, public schools, they are getting an early start on the weekend. back to you. >> probably the only ones excited about the snow. and while the snow is pulling down power lines in new york, its the wind that is a problem out in philly. reynolds wolf is there. reynolds? >> reporter: y...