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Jersey transit train for about six to seven hours because of flooding on the tracks. despite the troubles, most east coast travelers seem to be taking it in stride. >> we had kind of a bumpy flight and were ready to get back and be in our dorms and we got stuck on the train for a while. so that was disappointing. >> meanwhile, the storm is causing some really extensive damage. take a look at this one. about 300 people are out of their homes after a crane collapsed in atlantic city, new jersey. t...

And the midwest is experiencing storms and lots of new water and flooding in other parts of the state. as warmer temperatures lead to mounds of snow melting. nbc bill karins has the latest. good morning to you. >> good morning. an incredible rain event is under way. this is like a noreaster. instead of snow, this is rain. winds gusting along the coast. we have large rains out there. rainfall will cause the most problems. we have flash flooding in west virginia. you can see from washington d.c. t...

Firefighters continued at the scene of a blaze that broke out just after midnight. fueled by winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour, the fire destroyed an entire block. no one was injured. all this weather comes at a huge cost for cash-strapped towns. even cities with snow removal budgets in the millions. >> weve anticipated already spending about $11.5 million. now with this storm, well easily go over $15 million. >> reporter: despite the pile-up of winter woes, some still made the best of it. b...

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...

Least in manhattan. there have been a few people who have had a snow day. the mayor declaring yesterday that no school today. you know, that sounds pretty ordinary, but not necessarily in new york city. thats only happened three times in the last six years. the city is prepared. its amazing to watch them do what they had to do to keep the roads clear. they got a good head start on it as the snow came in last night. so far so good. but as you can see, its starting to blow sideways now. blizzard c...

Sideways, with winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour, we will see power outages across the new york metropolitan area with this storm today. >> it is going to be a tough one. michael bloomberg saying, if you can, take public transportation, dont try to drive in this stuff. more than 500 homes near los angeles under mandatory evacuation orders, police are going door to door telling people their lives could be in danger. a new storm threatening to send mud and debris down the hills. some import...

And all of the southern half of the state of pennsylvania. im bill karins. pictures out of the gaithersburg, maryland area showing 20 inches of snow. much of pennsylvania already 20 inches of snow. on the coast of new jersey, blizzard conditions moved in with winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour and already a foot of snow on the ground. many cities including philadelphia, baltimore and washington, d.c., still have a shot at breaking their all-time record snowfall with this unprecedented event a...

Until it goes over cuba later on tonight. now this is a big thing were watching. i think the winds will be the biggest threat here. again, it looks like the strongest winds, the tropical storm winds will be west, tampa, naples, marco island. again, all of southern florida is under the gun for these winds where we could see isolated winds gusting up to 30, 35, 40 miles per hour. and even higher than that with some of the heavy downpours. peak wind gusts in key west. 33 naples. tampa, 38. and i pu...

Are safe, it still puts a lot of the emergency responders in danger. and again, back out here where the wind is really, really heavy, these are not hurricane-force winds yet. those hurricane-force winds are going to come later on tonight. were going to be hunkered down when those hurricane-force winds hit. these are just tropical storm-force winds. it gives you an idea of how much -- the strength of this hurricane that were talking about, but people need to heed the warnings if this hasnt hit th...

8,000 firefighters on the ground. in san diego county the lilac fire driven by winds gusting above 50 miles per hour thursday destroying dozens of structures. >> we have crews surrounding this whole area. were going to protect all the ones that we can. >> oh. >> reporter: as the flames churned towards this horse stable, their only hope of escaping the flames. you can see the horses stampeding. some 2 dozen did not survive. many are still missing. >> look at the structure going up in flames. the ...