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Canceled today. that number is sure to grow as the snow continues to pile up. we learned that the snow has left two delta commuter planes stuck on the taxi way at detroit's metro airport. one left the runway. the other clipped a snowbank with its wing, similar to what happened here. the engine of this southwest plane hit a snowbank and bogged down as the plane was trying to taxi at kansas city international airport. let's get the latest on this developing story. chad myers is in new york central park where they are going to get walloped again. it is getting better here. it is still very cold. ...

Phil because he says more is coming and so do i. there's no change in the pattern. here's a look at the radar. we see snow across new york, vermont, new hampshire, some spots in vermont are indicating three inches of snow per hour at times. even out towards the berkshires. we're seeing the frozen. 300,000 people without power in philadelphia. 80,000 around baltimore. there's the snow that's going to come down over a foot in the purple. what we have south of that is the ice event. ice event bringing down power lines, bringing down all of those branches and we'll see power outages here in new yo...

Heavy snow. that snow could pile up at a rate of an inch or two an hour. chad myers is in new york central park. margaret conley is in boston. chad i'll start with you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. what's coming down now is exactly the consistency of a snow cone and i mean exactly. sleet pellets coming out of the sky. you would think it just came out of a snow cone machine. earlier today it was raining and it was 31 and this is what was happening all over the city. all of these little ice crystals, all of this coming down here, freezing up on every single surface. this is on...

Got stuck twice. from missouri to maine, 120 million in the path of this massive snowstorm. this is not a day opportunity stuck in the snow or stuck with a flat tire and nothing inside to keep you warm. plane stuck in snow bank. interstates becoming ice rink. plus -- >> we are now less than two days away from the opening ceremony. >> sochi stalled. the most expensive olympics ever and this is what we're seeing? camp like bedrooms, bathrooms that don't work, dirty water. >> as far as the hotels yeah, the construction is obviously still going on. >> this from the russian olympic committee....

But as sochi snow specialist says he has enough snow machines to compensate for warm weather. >> first of all, don't worry about the snow. snow will be guaranteed. >> reporter: some of the olympic athletes are impressed. >> this is my first olympics so for me this is absolutely incredible, went above and beyond my expectations of what an olympic village would be. >> reporter: as for the lingering question of security there's a reason why they call it ring of steel. tens of thousands of russian security forces have been deployed to protect these olympic games. and, carol, you know, it's not jus...