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Massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut, and a limited state of emergency was declared in maine. in connecticut, the governor banned all non-emergency vehicles from the highways. in massachusetts, all cars were ordered off the roads this afternoon. the archdiocese of boston urged people attending mass on sunday to use caution and prunes. and meteorologists expect this storm to leave behind 1 to 3 feet of snow. when you think of snow and rain and sleet and gloom of night, you think of the post office, right? or rather the post office creed. here in new york, you can see it there. see it?...

Tomorrow morning, the last piece of this puzzle will be the coastal areas of massachusetts at about 10:00 a.m. that's the high tide cycle when we expect the storm surge to be at its highest. the wave action to be at its highest. well could have waves 10 to 15 feet right near the coast where we have a storm surge of around 3 to 4 feet. it's not going to be any sandy or anything like that that happened on the jersey shore and long island, but we could see homes with water getting in them or possibly weakening their foundations and fall do you think to the sea. we'll watch that tomorrow morning a...

Joining us now is nbc news meteorologist bill cairns. bill, what is the latest at this hour? >> well, melissa we are watching this storm maturing, if we want to call it that. it is growing into intensity. now it is becoming a full-fledged blizzard. in the last hour, about 50,000 people have lost power. and we're going to continue to add to that number to the hundreds of thousands throughout the overnight. that's the worst part of this. losing power in the middle of a winter storm when you don't know how long it's going to be until the power crews can a, get through two or three feet of snow to...

The blue is where it's snowing very hard. we're talking 2 to 3 inches an hour. we've had reports of thundersnow. literally it's lightning and snowing at the same time. connecticut, rhode island, and some spots of massachusetts. now long island is just a mess. i've heard reports of 6 inches of snow, and an inch of sleet on top of it. and now we have snow and rain and sleet. long island is a miserable place right now, with the high winds and the crazy mixture of winter precipitation. and it's not fun right now in boston either. winds are now up to 50 miles an hour. same with newport. martha's vi...

Come down, once those poles come down, you're going to have to remove all this snow before you can get in there and do some of the repairs. so it's kind of a twofold problem here. and unfortunately one that they've warned people once you do lose power, especially if it's a severe case, it's going to be probably a week before you get that power back on, even though there are many crews on standby to get in there and help with the situation. the problem again, though, is to get the snow out of the way first. then we can get in on some of these roads and obviously get these power poles back up an...