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And this storm came very quickly. we had the roads cleared. we have it all set, but it was very soft snow pack with ice on the bottom. and it only takes one or two accidents to block everything. and that's what was happening along i-85, i-40, i-77 throughout the state. you know, we had literally five major metropolitan areas hit at the same time from bloomington, north carolina, to raleigh-durham-chapel hill area to greensboro. high point area to charlotte and asheville. that many metro areas in the tenth largest most populated state in the nation, we have not seen a storm like this in decades...

Diana perez. we begin this half hour with what some forecasters are saying could be a catastrophic winter storm in the east. it is already snowing in washington, d.c., where the federal government is shutting down because of the dangerous conditions. >> heavy snow forecast from north carolina up into northern new england. for the south, a continuation of freak winter weather. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: pictures of the traffic mess that was atlanta two weeks ago. drivers rushing home to their families stranded on the road in blowing snow. >> avoid i-85 at all times because it i...

Muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we begin this half hour with what some forecasters are saying could be a catastrophic winter storm in the east. it is already snowing in washington, d.c., where the federal government is shutting down because of the dangerous conditions. >> heavy snow forecast from north carolina up into northern new england. for the south, a continuation of freak winter weather. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: pictures of the traffic mess that was at land ta with weeks ago. drivers rushing home to their families stranded on the road in blowing ...

Nap's what's going on in raleigh. i'll show you the traffic in just a second. it is now snowing in richmond and it will soon be snowing in d.c. it is ice across the carolinas, icing in atlanta. at least an inch of glaze, of sleet piling up in atlanta, trees coming down. far while we were pushing a half million people without power across the area here. this is what the raleigh-durham area looks like. i will show you this. significa sigalert.com, this is raleigh, all the roads are red, less than 10 miles per hour. back up toward durham, red. i-85 out of durham, red, less than 5 miles per hour. ...

Down a million power lines. we'll not get those up for weeks. there will be millions of people without power. >> not just atlanta, birmingham, augusta, columbia, charlotte, to very big cities all along the southern tier. along i-20, i-85. an inch of ice on a branch of a tree will bring that tree down. augusta may look like a links course with no trees on it by the time we get to play the masters if all of those trees fall down as we think a lot will. >> you are saying a million people without power and people are lispit listening on tv and radio. what is the best advice? >> charge your phones,...