having dispatched a go team. and alleghany county said fixing this bridge is a top priority. the officials are estimating it will take at least a year to get it back up and running and that's the best case scenario. new blizzard warnings ahead of the new storm that could become a so-called bomb cyclone. the northeast is bracing for heavy snow, even possible coastal flooding, all possible in the next 24 hours. let's bring in cnn's report he. it was a bit difficult to predict, i understand. >> very much so. with modern technology and forecasting getting better every day, when you talk about a major storm five days out, everybody wants to know what will fall in my backyard. but the storm only developed this morning. the energy came out of the rockies just yesterday out of the southeastern coast. until the form develops, you don't know the path. if it takes that far left track, it is mainly rain on the coast.