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Freezing rain and snow. making people wonder, where is spring? >> when it comes, it comes. this is ohio. we get snow. >> everybody says oh, yeah, spring is around the corner. >> he's pretty cute, isn't he? but there's nothing cute with the cleanup that's going to be involved in this. let's see if we can do a public service here. i'm tall enough. no i'm not. well, i was going to try to sweep off that sign. maybe in the next hour i'll use a step stool. anyway, but in all -- in all seriousness, the roads are a little tough, especially during the morning commutes. and these winter warnings are sti...

Mess in the northeast right now. the very same system that rolled through the midwest, buried parts of virginia and caused a travel nightmare on highways and at the airports is now hitting us here. more than 1600 flights were cancelled. the virginia governor declared a state of emergency. at least 215,000 people have no power. right now at least seven states are under severe winter warnings from new jersey to maine. the biggest threat seems to be winds and coastal flooding. jennifer delgado is live in scituate, massachusetts, where the wind has been blowing really hard, jennifer. >> reporter: ...

Will hit other parts of the northeast, flurries in the northeast, same system pounding the midwest, burying virginia under about 20 inches of snow is making its way to new england. seven states under severe winter warnings from new jersey to maine. we begin with jennifer delgado in scituate, massachusetts. how is it looking in scituate? >> reporter: you can get an idea very windy. the winds have been kicking up roughly to 45 miles per hour. we'll stay that way up to 50. you're looking at the massachusetts bay, with he are in scituate. you're seeing some white caps, when you get the winds comin...

And that's not the only major concern involving wildlife this morning. some south florida beaches are off-limits because sharks are dangerously close to the shore and it's happening as spring breakers head to the beaches. >> not good timing there. and later, the scandal hitting the professional dance community. who confessed to masterminding an acid attack on a famed ballet artistic director. we'll get the very latest on the injuries and the investigation to solve it. but first, that nasty winter storm clinging to the northeast this morning after battering the midwest and mid-atlantic. >> ...

>> thank you. >> shepard: weather alert. might as well be ground hog day. a major winter storm hitting the up are midwest could soon cause headaches for millions of folks on the east coast. winter warnings in effect from north dakota to illinois. forecasters say the same system could dump 20 inches of snow in parts of northern virginia and maryland this week. giving the washington, dc area its biggest snowfall of the season. our. >> they're calling this in d.c., if it brings the six to 12 insure swath? snow-quester. i think that's cute. satellite radar imagery, the storm right now across the n...