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Highways. with more than 20 inches of snow in massachusetts and up to a foot in parts of new york, there's no question this is a memorable storm. >> our coverage continues live at accu-weather with meteorologist jim dickey. what's the latest? >> we're in the meat of the storm, the heart of the storm. boston to new york city, snow coming down heavily. the area at the east coast is moving east. many spots have improved. certainly across central and western p.a., back toward pittsburgh, the snow coming to an end. interior sections across new york, the snow coming to an end. for the i-95 corrido...

Telling you in northeast for people who are already here, people planning to come here, about the storm? >> reporter: yeah, they're being very aggressive about warning people about this cold. folks don't realize just how cold it is and how they can get frostbite being out here. they're saying that just emergency crews should be out here. the plows, and people dumping snow, maybe tv reporters doing live shots. they're also warning people at their homes to be careful about space heaters and electric blankets and plugging in too many things and the possibility of fires because it's a very cold ni...

Joining us live from accu-weather. in new york city, we're watching the snow pile up outside. you can see it live. look at the upper west side. folks are still getting around on. long island, residents are dealing with an added problem. a main thoroughfare, the long island expressway is shutting down. wabc has more from long island as they started shutting down this very busy thoroughfare. >> reporter: at times the mighty long island expressway looked like a back road in fargo, north dakota. the storm intensified at 8:00, and drivers struggled in the blowing, drifting snow that kept on comin...

Bill deblahs yo in office for just his second day. >> it would have been nice to have a nice, calm first day, but we have snow on our mind. we are focused like a laser. >> reporter: also on the mind of new york officials, avoiding a repeat of last year's stheerm left motorists stranded on the highways. with more than 20 inches of snow in massachusetts and up to a foot in parts of new york, there's no question this is a memorable storm. >> our coverage continues live at accu-weather with meteorologist jim dickie. what's the latest? >> we're in the meat of the storm, the heart of the storm. bo...

Blues, that's the heaviest of the snow about to move out of philadelphia. more or less done for you with the significant snow. new york city, boston, through the morning, going to be coming down heavily. with this storm, it is downright cold out there. rare to see temperatures this low when it's snowing this heavily. it's minus 9 in burlington. only 1 this hour in boston. snow coming down heavily this hour. we're in the worst of it. we improve as we head through the morning. the storm moving its way out to the east/northeast. hold on to snow through the morning, cape cod, the coast of maine. o...