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here's what everyone is waking up to, more snow today. let's go into the commonwealth of virginia. this is west maple avenue in vienna and it is snow covered. >> this is heights metro station. i think it's irving street. you can see completely snow covered, cars trying to navigate around this mess this morning. thanks for staying with us on this extended edition of news4 today. >> another storm means another snow day for most of you. the federal government is closed for this a third day in a row. the d.c. government is closed, all local school systems are closed. if you plan to tak...

and we are back with your continuous coverage of tonight's storm safety alert. >> this is officially become the snowiest winter in dc history. pepco crews are back out in force working to restore power to folks sitting in the dark. earlier today, hazardous conditions force many crews across the area to suspend that work. metro is running limited rail service. there's no metro bus service, and there will be no flights until further notice at dulles and reagan national airports. and don't think the danger will have passed when the snow stops falling. high winds will still make condit...

good morning. welcome to 9news now and the week in review. i'm derek mcginty. this week's top story, the cold. emergency road service was skyrocketing. aaa handled 12,000 alone on monday. we get that story from andrea -- audrey barnes. >> reporter: this is one of the doze zen of calls -- dozen of calls kim will handle today. >> a lot of dead batteries? >> it's crazy today. >> reporter: by 11:00 a.m. more than 4,000 calls for service came in, nearly half for dead batteries. >> with the holiday and two weeks of holidays people left the car sitting, the batteries don't hold up, especial...

>> those rim rattling hub cap losing enemy areas for drivers are back. potholes and bitter cold often go hand in hand. looks like we will remain in a deepfreeze for a while. i'm lesli foster, good evening. topper shutt keeping an eye on these very frigid temperatures here in the weather center and so am i. it is one thing to talk about bitter cold. you factor in the winds. >> we can't shake it. not 40-mile-an-hour winds any more. still 30s though. wind gusts aren't as strong as the weekend. couple temperatures in the low 30s right now with winds in the 20s. that's windchill for you. ...

the big dig out the morning after the massive winter storm that dumped on the nation's capital. the d.c. region and much of the mid-atlantic around the clock working to get travelers moving. >> it's a big task after hours of all of this stuff yesterday for quite sometime. the snow looked like it was a torrential downpour. a snow hurricane if you will. piling up and whipping around to create the blizzard of '09. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm claudia coffey. >> and i'm melanie alnwick. sarah simons is off today. thank you for being with us on this special edition ...