waking up to a major snowstorm hitting the region, and here is a live look outside. this is in cape may where we have just hit the first high tide of the storm, and you can see the flooding. we have reporters in cape may and in atlantic city to show you what's happening. this is a very developing happening right now kind of situation showing you the conditions there. >> it's windy outside. look at first alert radar, all the purpose the out there, bottom of the screen, white

covering the rest of it, that snowfall, we're seeing it now from the shore up the coast, and even to the poconos. good saturday morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today, i'm keith jones. >> i'm tracy davidson. >> we have live coverage couldncounty by county. before that, though, we want to show you what we know right now. the major snowstorm knocked out power for portions of new jersey, south jersey, atlantic city electric reports close to 16,000 customers without it in cape may county and several more many atlantic county. talking to transportation officials saying the roads are getting worse. listen, don't drive if you don't have to, and listen to us for live continued coverage all day long through 6:30 tonight. >> we want to update you on snow totals coming in and predictions. we have the storm, what's happening right now?

>> intensifying. strong, gusty wind, and blizzard conditions for the area. strong gusty winds continue all day long. winds have already gusting at more than 40 miles per hour in philadelphia. slippery conditions and low visibility and coastal flooding, that's a threat right now because of the wind gusts at the shore that are even stronger than what we are seeing in philadelphia. look at northeast philadelphia, 44 miles per hour gusts. excuse me, georgetown at 48 miles per hour gusts, and louis, delaware has steady winds at 59 miles per hour, and winds gusting more than 70 miles per hour creating a storm surge there of four feet. that's water that's being blown from the ocean. there's an area getting a break from the rain, but it's raining in delaware and louis seeing flooding as a result of the strong gusty winds.

rain returning to cape may, but this dry slot, which is common in major storms like this, is reaching now into montgomery county through philadelphia getting a temporary break in the snowfall. you can see there's areas of heavier snowfall including upper montgomery bucks county and lehigh valley and north hampton county this morning. look at the winds blowing the flag here at the nbc 10 studios. this is a much improved view. you see snow, the visibility's better than when was on the air at 4:00 this morning. first couple hours, could hardly see anything. that's the dry slot reaching the area. that said, steady winds stay with us. winds of 30 miles per hour or more right on into the afternoon. gusts that could be as high as 50 miles per hour inland. temperatures below freezing in the philadelphia area. it's going to be all snow for philadelphia. those areas getting a break from the snow? they are going to see more snow develop as the day goes on.

tracking what to expect, karen thomas has the look ahead. karen? >> bill, yes. we are watching the snow continue. some parts of the region, heavier snow just now picking up. we expect heavy snowfalling in other parts of the region as we move through the afternoon much what i'm saying is north and west of philadelphia, likely to see as we get closer to the noontime hour, heaviest snowfall yet. what this model shows us is the additional accumulation we expect. you see the time stamp there. by 12:00, expect 8 additional inches for philadelphia. we tracked our measurement outside the nbc 10 studios. we're just over 10 inches so we'd add to that. here's 4:00. we'll add additional accumulations, and looks like an additional 17 inches of snowfall in allentown. take additional 18 in doylestown at 4:00, and it goes on as the snow continues to fall. again, by 6:00, we look for 20

inches of snowfall than what's already on the ground right now. so the snow is certainly here to stay as we move through the saturday and into saturday evening as the accumulations continue. future snow just to check the rain/snow line. this is what we talked about. look at the time stamp. look at 2:00. the rain/snow line actually just sinks back to the south so it's pushing north at this moment turning rain to cape may and parts of southern delaware, but that's expected to retreat, if you will, to the south, and it's bringing more snow now. you know, by 2:00. as we get closer to the evening hours, additional snow accumulation down in southern delaware and south jersey. so by 4:00 a.m., it's off the coast for everybody, and we begin the windy dry out. i thought this was interesting. the top five philadelphia snowstor

snowstorms, blizzard of '96. how could we forget that? with this storm, we could dump into the top five snowstorms. we are likely to include this storm in the top ten philadelphia storms. back with more numbers breaking things down for you continually throughout the hour. >> karen, thanks. heavy snow and high winds reduce visibility. look behind us. visibility's improved, believe it or not over the last hour or so, but that's usually a beautiful look at the philadelphia skyline. not so much this morning. >> not at all. i walked two and a half blocks away into the studio. let's go now to n 10 right outside on the patio there. we can attest to this. crazy conditions out there, just blowing wind and snow. how is it now, mitch? >> oh, same thing, keith. it's snow -- the snow is kind of subsided at this point. it's a lull in the snow, but the wind, it's just hammering constantly nonstop.

snow drifts on the nbc 10 patio, here, a brick wall, not enough protection to prevent some of these snow drifts that are at least two feet high at this point. out here on city avenue, we have snowplow after snowplow, constant stream of snowplows, and, earlier, we drove around in the city at 3:00 and 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning, seeing philadelphia using every piece of equipment they could think of to put a plow on, garbage trucks, dump trucks, all plowing snow doing a good job keeping up with it. even now on city avenue, you can see the pavement as we're experiencing a lull. ultimately, we came back out here to the city avenue patio because the battery in our car started to die, and we needed to get back because the car was not going to operate anymore in these conditions. that's the latest on city avenue. for now, back to you guys in the

studio. >> all right, mitch, thanks. we continue team coverage in delaware. officials tell people too stay indoors, out of the storm, and off the roads. in fact, we were just updated saying with the crews working, with the winds, blowing snow back on the roads, drifting snow, heavy snowfall, major roads are still impassablimpass. a live look at wilmington right now. >> blue rocks camera in wilmington. that's i-95, because of the road conditions, dart will not run statewide bus routes for the elderly and disabled, and the septa lines suspended today. >> tim furlong is monitoring the road conditions, and you can attest to what jim told us from deldot, even the majors are not good. >> reporter: major are not good 301 was awful. newark, a lot of breakfast spots i would love to hit today, are

not open today. it's a ghost town in newark. kelly bachman they have seven or eight plows out at the same time. all streets plowed eed in newa but the drifts makes it difficult. contractors are clearing both sides of main street, and they are about to start round two. we passed a plow truck way up there in the distance, brake lights, that's a plow truck as well. a few calls, minor calls for stuck vehicles. difference in newark is that they do their own plowing. deldot handles a vast majority, but in newark, they handle their own. they are doing a good job. it is passable, but they have gone through this, and as quickly as they are, it piles back up again. you see we have the green light here, we are moving along, the jeep doing okay in the condition, not a big deal in newark. i've been checking the power

app. power does not seem to be too big an issue up here in the northern part of delaware. thousands lost power in the delaware beaches. i checked the map. they know what's beginning on. they are working on the situations. again, they have the high gusty winds there, flooding issues, and 7:00 a.m. was high tide, so there's a lot of stuff, and a lot of varying conditions you see up and down the state, and it's something we'll watch throughout the day. live in storm force10, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> we'll get you updated, but also from the jersey shore, and now look at this from chester county. the snowstorm hampered firefighters fighting a house fire in downing township in chester county. fisherville road, fire started at 1:30 this morning, and the ladder froze, they needed a salt truck to plow a truck out of the snow. >> we deal with a lot of

difficult situations, but i will tell you this is the most challenges we've experienced as a fire company. >> the fire started in the chimney. no one in the home hurt, but a firefighter treated for a minor injury. accident, one of the many examples of thing we see on the roadways. this is 422 eastbound in come ri county, taken from the side of the road as we drove by happening overnight near oaks. you see someone on the side of the road. they stopped. trouble with that, you get in an accident, you stall, but the snow does not stop. this is an example. if you don't have to be on the road, stay away. >> dangerous to be stuck on the side of the road with the conditions outside, but yet we've seen accidents like that and cars that are stuck in drifts. nbc 10 traffic reporter has an update on what she sigh sees from all the cameras. >> i was wondering moments ago why there was not more accidents, especially with the slippery conditions, and it's because some of you are listening, and a lot of people are not driving on the roadways

so there's not a lot of collisions happening. what we see happening are cars moving off, drifting into the shoulder, rolling down the offramp, stuck on the side, and this is the vine tree expressway, turned around to face this disabled truck that's been here for about two hours, and this is pretty much the majority of what we are seeing now, cars not able to navigate around the roadways. off the offramp, the back roads, more delay, and less plowed areas than normal. now, you can see the disabled vehicle on the side. this is a list of the disabled vehicles counted, 20 over the last half hour, and they disappear and come back because the cars just keep getting stuck. chester county, upper moreland, and in new jersey, the same story, disabled vehicles in the areament right here, okay on route 42 and new jersey turnpike. every once in a while, a plow truck goes through, giving us a

hopeful vantage point for later in the evening. >> thanks for that. much more to come. this is a live look at 15 and market in center city. crews plowing the sidewalk. we are tracking the storm you see on the left hand side, tracking it on radar, and keeping you updated with the latest snow totals and power outages still to come.

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zblmplgt a live look, major snowstorm bearing down, knocking out power in south jersey, atlantic city electric reporting more than 19,000 without power in cape may county, several thousands more

in atlantic county, southern delaware hit hard. 5400 sussex county customers in the dark, and, also, the roads, talking to transportation officials, they say the roads are only getting worse. there is drifting. they are having a hard time keeping up getting the majors cleared. they people stay off the roads, stay home, don't go out unless you have to. count on us for live, continuous coverage all day. with you every step of the way every hour. showing you what you need to see and updated information. we'll be here through 6:30 tonight. >> there's a lot of snow, bad roads, anding accidents, too, but down the shore, people brace for flooding in high tides, and some towns already experiencing it. >> we are live in wildwood experiencing it. drew, show us the conditions. >> i can barely hear you because of the intense winds. i wanted to show how the sichgsz changed since we last joined you.

there's a few inches of water on the street. this is ocean avenue. wind is howling, looks like rapids on the river. all the snow is moving out of here. looking like it's not snowed here. there's a little left here. that is mixed with sand and some of the foam you see there is coming off of the ocean. this is about high tide, what we expected to see at this point. good news, people are not driving. we heard from the police who told us they shut down the north access to the island, route 149 is shut down now because of worse flooding that's further on down in that direction. there were police activity over there. they were worried that some folks might have got caught up in that. right now, roads ared off at this point. where we are, the concern is

that some of the ocean water is going to continue to breach the dune, and, again, take a closer look over here, you can see that color on top of the remaining snow snt street. that is all sand blowing in, and the sand is hitting us in the face. we can tell you, it's not nice to be out here walking around. watching rising water in the streets in the area. one more look around down here. you can just see how the wind is whipping the water down southerly towards wildwood from where we are to north wildwood. >> concerned about the high tides and high winds. let's look at people getting cars off the snow route. snow emergency routes in center city, philadelphia. snow emergency declared, so people have to get the cars off the routes or be towed.

ticketed and towed. you had warning about this. do it. it's important. you're going to get towed. >> 14 hours into the storm. let's check in with billy. leading to flooding concerns at the shore, storm surge from new jersey to delaware this morning, and the winds, seen as high as 60, 66 miles per hour for the jersey shore, and topping sixty in southern delaware, and 72 gusts for louis, delaware, and the gusts will be intensifying this morning. around high tide now, and delawares have a storm surge of more than four feet. high tide, just a couple minutes past that, but it elevated the

water with sturch of three feet in cape may area, and off the high tide now, but in each location, we got to watch the high tides for this evening and possibly tomorrow morning, all dependent on the wind, onshore winds that continue. there's been a break at times from cape may, but it's moving back in. we saw the break in delaware. now there's snow falling in dover, and just to the south in southern delaware, and in the cape may area and atlantic city area, it all started as snow. well, it's still snow in at lap tick city. the rain is offshore. it's a wet snow. a heavy snow that extends well inland. there is dry areas covering south jersey and philadelphia area, a temporary drying or easing of the storm. we expect more heavy snow to fill back in the philadelphia area. for now, that heavier snowfall

is falling to the north, at times, through bucks county. we have seen heavy snow, and into the lehigh valley, and right now, coming down in the area in burlington county. heavy snowfall. that said, this is a change that we didn't have first thing this morning. we could not even see across the delaware because of the blowing snow and very limited visibility. this is an issue during the day, especially in inland areas where the snow is not well because the temperatures are colder for philadelphia and areas north and west. it's going to be easier to blow around, reduce visibility at times to zero during the day today. all right, a look ahead now. karen thomas is in with that. karen, what are we looking at right now? >>, bill, we check snow accumulations as they come in, and right now, nearly a foot of snow has fallen in new jersey. we want to go ahead and see how much more snow to expect in the various areas across the region, and as we put future snowcast into motion, you see that rain/snow line there down in

southern delaware as well as well as just off the shoreline there of cape may, but the heavy bands of snow at 2:00 today, falling northwest at fifth, and then we still have snow falling in large portion of the coverage area, and the system is out of here in the early hours. okay, regionally region, what to expect. in delaware county and chester county, this is it right now. this is inclusive of what's already on the ground between 17-23 inches across the area, just south of pottstown, and king of prussia area, and looking in wagner, concord, look for the same swath of 18-23 inches, and then with isolated areas moving right through westchester, embedded 23 i'ms of snowfall once it's said and done. look at the shore, the beaches,

we know 4-8 inches of snowfall already came, turned over to rain, and more is expected down there later on today as the massive system continues to push northeast. in atlantic city, total accumulations there, again, the rain/snow line continues to push to the north, but then it will retreat. back with more numbers in a bit. >> all right, karen, thanks. the region is slammed by the major storm, we knew it was coming, now it's happening. snow accumulating, high winds, and power outages, getting you numbers, covered with what you seed to know. >> a live picture from cape may. the county's experiencing a storm surge of feet. in fact, you see some of it happening already. there is flooting this morning, and it's not over yet. more strong wind, heavy snow expected throughout the day, but rest assured, we are here with you throughout every step of the way. city with us as we continue to track this major storm.

check this out. look at this. astronaut scott kelly posted the picture on twitter snowing the storm blanketing the east coast, vizle from the international space station, advises us on effort 20 stay safe in the blizzard. we continue our coverage in a minute.

this is 95 in newark, delaware. pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, under a blizzard warning because of the heavy snow and high winds there. stormforce 10 going down the road, 95, you see just one pathway there. the plows can't keep up with all the snow that's coming down. it is not a good thing if you're on the roads, trying to clear the roads, but the winds make it

tough for crews. >> i've been getting great pictures tweeted. upload your photos with our nbc 10 app, see it, share it, look for that, tweet us, post on facebook, #nbc10snow, and rosemary connors is here with the pictures from across the region. >> viewers in the home, not out on the roads, looking at what's happening outside, and sending it to us for a better idea what the conditions are in their neighborhood. let's look at the pictures. actually, you know, we'll try to get back to the pictures in a moment. as i mentioned, we have folks sending them to us from the city to the suburbs. in the meantime, if you have a few minutes, snap photos just outside your door or window. please send them to us, you heard tracy mention you can do

it through the app or nbc10.com. >> a live look at radar. there's a swath of blue and white on the screen. looking at, dealing with that right now. we have snow that's been coming in through the overnight hours, and we know it's not letting up any time soon. as we heard from bill henley and karen thomas, some areas are seeing some breaks in the weather, but guess what, this is not over yet. >> thank you very much. we have this video right now. crews clearing snow at the mall there. plows, snow blowers, all in action. look at the pictures you see. consta constantly. more and more snow coming down, winds blowing it around.

i walked in here outside philadelphia, and what i saw was snow blowing across the avenue, which had not been plowed. we were out there on the patio. we are on live through 6:30. see a lot of snow, there's so much more to come. >> there is. some areas are seeing heavy snow while others are getting a break, a dry slot, common in a storm like this, and has worked through parts of south jersey and into the philadelphia area. that's why when you guys look behind you on those big monitors back there, you can see across the river, that's improved visibility. is not a blizzard condition. you see blizzards where the visibility is coming down. one of the areas, the pocono mountains, snow is blowing past the camera. it's not particularly heavy. there is snow now on the otherwise completely green trees in the mountains. this is blue mountain.

they've made a lot of the snow. that's what you see on the ground, but they'll get a good amount from the storm system as it moves through during the day today. one of the indicators that we look for for how much snow is coming down is the visibility and the visibility's down to a quarter mile, combination of snowfall and strong gusty winds, and it's improved in coatesville as the snow is taking a break now for parts of the area. there's more heavy snowfall to come. >> thank you. this is market street. one thing you see a lot of is snow, and you don't see cars out there. no plows at the moment either, but i promise that they are out there. stay with us on air, and on nbc 10 app for totals, what to expect as the storm intensifies, and share pictures and videos with us. itst a great way for us to cover neighborhood by neighborhood what this storm is looking like. just use our nbc 10 app, and if you use social media, use

the #nbc10snow. we'll be right here with you every step of the way. stay tuned.

at 7:33, a major snow storm in the area, stormforce 10, nbc 10 tim furlong showing us the condition in delaware. the snow falling, winds whipping, department of transportation struggling with the crews because of the wind piling up snow. >> this is the poconos. you they are working out there on the slopes. you see the snow blowing as well. i think they there in the distance. if not, they are seeing actually less snow than we are here in philadelphia.

we are expecting 17-23, maybe more as far as snow coverage is concerned. a live picture here, this time, on the ground. >> good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. we have you covered. i'm si davidson. >> i'm keith jones. we have coverage county by county, and we are tracking the storm throughout the region. before we get to them, here's what we know so far. the storm is knocking out power in some portions of the region. atlantic electric reporting 19,000 out with several more, and southern delaware hit hard, 5400 sussex county customers in the dark. we talked to officials all morning as well, and the roads are only getting worse. that's what you need to know. don't drive if you don't have to. count on nbc 10 for live continuous coverage all day long through 6:30 tonight. now is a time to download the app. if you lose power, see the

power-up stations so you can go and charge devices. let's get you updated on the snow that's coming down. first alert meteorologist has been tracking it. what's happening now, bill? >> translator: intensity is changing over the last couple hours. we'll see more of the strong, gusty winds that led to the power outages, and i expect the number to go up. we still could see blizzard conditions at times in the day today with strong gusty winds, and it's already slippery, even with a little of snow on the ground, those areas that get plowed, more falls, very slippery conditions issue and some areas with zero visibility, low visibility comets this afternoon. coastal flooding, speciousing that this morning with the first high tide in the delaware beaches, rain, steady rain, now back in louis where they saw gusts up 72 miles per hour this morning. now, rainy again in cape may. it started off as snow this morning, and now we we want on air at 4:00, and atlantic city is seeing the changeover with

rain moving in, but look at this dry slot that is now made it into south philadelphia and much lighter precipitation into bucks county where we saw some heavier snowfall on the ground first thing, in fact, parts of bucks county already seeing a foot on the ground. in fact, in the doylestown area, a foot of snow for jamison, more than 10 inches in the studio, and 9 in singing spring, and more snow on the way. that wind, that'll be a challenge all day long. winds will continue right on into this afternoon, and a steady, strong gusty wind in the day today, and that finally backs off a little bit this evening. and before it does, we've got more snow on the way. meteorologist karen thomas is here with that. karen? >> all right, bill, thank you. as you said, the snow continues into some areas, picking up heavier in the afternoon, and it has everybody asking, how much snow add i expected to get? our snow total maps shows us

1-23 inches total snow accumulation by tomorrow morning is expected. you see the blue watt here, the numbers areteresting to think our average total seasonal snowfall for philadelphia is 22 inches. we'll nail it in one system. 8-12 by the shoreline, and 12-17 north and west. chester county, these are snow totals you can expect. the heaviest snow2a has not ev rial finished off in the areas. more heavy snow expected, and look at that isolated swath there through westchester, just clipping garnet and concord township. 23-28 inches of snowfall possible. we'll keep breaking that down for you and we'll just span the region, if you will, and show you your total accumulation and what to expect throughout the day. >> all right, karen, thank you. talking about the snow coming

down and high winds and poor visibility. usually you see the skyline beautiful behind us. it's really hard to see. very poor visibility. if that looks like that, you can imagine what it's like on the roads. >> looking outside our studios here at nbc 10, and mitch is live in montgomery county. last we checked 15 minutes ago, there was a lull in the snow. you were not seeing it. i know from walking into work, though, the wind is blowing. >> reporter: it's about the. the wind is the big problem at this point. also, there's a few little small little snow pellets coming down, almost, like, like balls of ice. i don't know that you call them hail, but they have a heft to them, and you can hear them pelting on your hood, on your clothes as you stand out here, but the wind is the real issue. the lull has continued. it's allowed crews to get to the side roads. monument road off of city avenue, and, for example, this

parking lot behind the studios, they have a chance to dig out. city avenue down the way here, you can see there is asphalt, you can see the pavement. we've still seen cars get stuck coming up the hill, but this lull in the storm seems to have given the crews an advantage and allowed them to clean up some of the snow in advance what's to come. >> mitch, thanks. we continue in delaware where officials are telling us that stay off the roads. deldot updated us last hour say with the crews working, mitch said it is about the wind. with the crews working, the winds blows snow on the road making clearing difficult so the roads are treacherous. >> this is a picture from bluerock stadium in wilmington, that's i-95. see what looks to be a utility vehicle in the background right

now. because of the treacherous conditions, dart will not run statewide bus routes for the elder ll lly and disabled. >> someone out experiencing the conditions in stormforce 10, tim furlong live in bear, south of the mall, monitoring the roads, again, in stormforce ten, a four-wheel drive, hefty vehicle, still feeling the winds? >> reporter: we sure are. in fact, a lot of you on social media say you shouldn't be out either. i want to assure everyone, we're careful. wii wii only going 30 miles per hour at most, and we're out here, never getting in the way of plows. making that clear. this is delaware 1. look at the black top. we have not seen that much today of the that shows how hard they are working. the orange army has been up and down the main roads all day, but, again, the wind is, like you said, coming off the middle of the road there, the winds kick the snow back in before you know it, and in a few minutes, back covering the roads and

drifts. even we have a lull in the snow, and that stops snowing a little, it doesn't matter because the winds bring it from the grassy area and back on the road. wherever you drive in delaware, again, you don't want to in delaware. another thing i'm getting a lot of interaction with people down south of the state who are up all night with the heavy winds, and they have not had the snow, but they had flooding down there in the delaware beaches, water over the board walk, and so it's -- it's a bad situation all over the state, and the conditions vary depending where you go. we are going to a news conference with the governor. it's going to take us awhile because you see now, again, the roads are covered again, thanks mostly, to the wind. the winds are the issue here. every time deldot gets ahead, here comes the wind to cover it back over. we'll drive safely, and pretty soon, have the governor's news conference for you to see if it's going to a driviing restriction. all driving personnel off the

road. that's not in place right now. live in stormforce 10, nbc 10 news. >> tim, keep us updated. we continue to show you the road conditions. take a look at i-95, the right hand side of the screen there. poor visibility. on the left hand side of the screen, the snowstorm we track for you. our team of meteorologists say they are expecting the snow to intensify in areas this afternoon. we'll keep you updated in the latest totals, outages, and where to plug in devices if you lose power. that information still ahead.

we are live in atlantic city, taking a beating, and seeing what is resulting from all of this wind, sleet, snow, storm surge, matt? >> reporter: well, tracy and keith, we moved over to the atlantic city marina. you can see we are now an hour after high tide, and this water, look how close it is to the dock. i mean, right now, we are a foot from the dock, and at this point, it is starting to recede. look here. you see people on the boat, and it looks like they are trying to pull up lines or something there. there are people actually in the marina right now on their boats. the winds are very powerful. you hear them now. look at dr right, actually,

before the video, i don't know if we went there, but this is -- this is what we are experiencing here, folks, just a very, heavy, strong, gusting winds, and i'm just going to read off from the national weather service here, the atlantic city international airport, some of the numbers here, at 6:54, 30 miles per hour sustained winds with gusts up to 46 miles per hour. i've seen numbers here going up to 47 miles per hour, 48 miles per hour earlier this morning. we are having wind gusts upwards of 55 0 miles per hour at the shore. now for the video. this was an hour ago. we were driving. very treacherous conditions on the roads. don't be on the roads if you don't have to. there was a lot of flooding on the streets, mostly because of the ponding on the roadways. the slush plugged the drains. there was nowhere for it to go

so it piled up on the streets, cars tried to get down it, and it was bad news. people turned around. some cars were stuck. back live one more time here. you see the strong, gusting. my photographer really trying to hold himself up here. it is that strong. our news van, right here, we had it parked facing the other direction. it was facing horizontal to us, and we had to move it, reverse it into the spot because the winds were so strong, it was rocking our van back and forth. i've got my back to the wind right now, which is a good thing, but once you face it, this is really strong. it is very cold. you can easily lose your footing once you walk on some of the up treat surfaces. one more time at the marina, the back bay's here. downtown atlantic city in the distance. the boats here. fortunately, they fine, but we're worried about two more high tides. we have high tides tonight and another high tide tomorrow

morning. folks are hoping everything holds up, everything remaining undamage for the most part. no damage, that's a good sign, so we'll stay out here in atlantic city to give you an update as we get it. live in lant tick city at the marina. nbc 10 news, back to you. > . >> battling winds all morning, and they are stronger. atlantic city at the airport reported 53 miles per hour gusts. same story for wildwood. we have seen 66 miles per hour wind gusts in ocean county already this morning. georgetown, gusts up to 44 miles per hour. that's right now. louis, delaware had 72 miles per hour gusts this morning, leading to near record flooding, even beyond what we staw on sandy in louis, delaware, an inch away

from the all-time record. that's at delaware bay, right in louis. look at the rain. that's back in the area after a break. we talked about how these can fill back in, and that's exactly what's happening in cape may. drying out you see in wilmington, philadelphia, delaware county, that's temporary situation. look at the heavy snowfall that's coming down for trenton, burlington, and ocean counties. there's a lot more storm ahead. >> the whole region getting slammed by the major storm so quickly, accumulating, high winds, treacherous driving conditions. thousands of power outages as well. west rest assured, you are covered with what to know. the app, features, though, telling you about those, follow the progress on nbc 10 app, featuring live forecasts, radars, cameras, and, also, you can sign up for the weather alerts. right here with you. make sure you stay with us all morning long. as i mentioned, the conditions, there are a lot of them, snow building, obviously, just in the middle of this thing. also, talking about high winds,

you saw matt, and drew smith in cape may county, and treacherous driving on top of it. >> yes. all the department of transportation in all three states telling people to stay off the roads. let them do what they can do. they are already up against it with the high winds. here's a live look at 95. we have a of cameras and a team of reporters and a teach of first alert meteorologists working for you this morning to keep you updated.

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>> reporter: oh, yeah. it's coming down. we had a changeover. look at what we are getting pelted with now. i think the technical term is sleet here, but i will leave that up to our meteorologist to tell me that. here's what we've done. rob, you met him times throughout the morning, he's shoveling nonstop, this sidewalk here open north high street. he went in to take a break at our urging. he started at one end and kept going. this is the piece he left here, 7 inches since we saw you, measuring five, six, seven inches. 7:39 was the last time this lane here was plowed. you can see pavement. maybe winds are dying down and helping the plows get the snow off the roads. we're not getting as batter by the winds as we did before. i was in the parking garage around the corner, and there's snow covering the cars.

that shows how fierce the winds have been all morning long. as you said, there's no sign of letting up, although, i hope the forecast changes at some point here. listen as we spoke to some people as they were head out to work this morning after spending the night here in westchester. >> i'm just coming out to help walk down with her a little bit, make sure she's all right. >> reporter: what do you think of this? staying in the hotel, why not home? >> she's from the springfield area, so, yeah, it'll be too much to drive, no way we can make it. >> you got to be here for work? >> well, she has to. i'm here to support. >> that was dan from springfield, delaware county area, and he was telling us that he's here to walk his wife to work. they stayed in town. works over at chester county hospital. a number of nurses spent the night there. got to the corner of chest and north high street and a westchester police officer offered to drive her to the

hospital. police are moving. land scrapers are out getting sidewalks and driveways cleared, and alleys clearing out for the first time as well as the county, out and about this morning. here's someone walking by right now. coming to stay at the hotel? >> yes. i manage the giant overnight in bradford, so i'm just walking. >> reporter: how long have you been walking to get to work? >> probably an hour. >> you've been out walking around for an hour? >> yes. i got off this morning. i'm just staying over here. >> okay. so you're going to stay in the hotel and sleep? were you in the store night long? >> yeah, yeah. >> people coming in to buy groceries? >> no, we were closed. we were closed. so, yeah. now it's dead. >> it's open if people can get there? >> yes. >> you've been up all night, thank you for talking to us there. >> we saw another individual here in the area, and he said he was planning on opening, but he

was not sure if customers would get there, and as we talked about to that woman, you could hear two more plows driving past. out here, working on the roads, but it's not advisable or, by any means, an invite to drive around. it's not over yet. live in west chester, nbc 10 news. >> this shot could be anywhere in the area now. crews working hard. this time, clearing snow at the mall. plows at work. you see the snow blowers out as well in most parts of the area. the trouble is, they are having a hard time keeping up with the snow that's falling. we're in the middle of it now. >> we are. we had information that atlantic city electric and delmar with power outages. if your power goes out, we have you covered with plug-in and

power-7:statio power-up stations. these are available to plug in your digital devices if you lose power. trying to get you updated information on the power out amgs. see a complete list of the plug-in power-up stations on the website or nbc 10 app. in fact, download the app now, check in where the closest is to your home, put it in your phone so you have it just in case. deanna said, i think that's sleet in my hand, bill said it is sleet, limiting the totals of snow in the area. >> we'll be on tv through 6:thirty tonight for many reasons. we want you informed, and when you see live pictures, stormforce 10, we want to show you it's not safe to be on the roads. >> it's not. tim getting tweets, saying, you shouldn't be out. he has a heavily outfitted four-wheel drive week, but anybody else should not be out there. jessica has the conditions. >> absolutely no to do so right

now. keith and tracy, we are seeing tons of disabled vehicles. this is route 202, chester park, taking out the center lanes. that's a dangerous situation. we have police activity there, flashing lights, made aware to traffic approaching the scene. moments ago, salt trucks completely stopped and stuck in the left hand shoulder. it's slippery right there. if you look closely, you can see all of the out of ramps, we have a vehicle that's stalled out. that's where we are seeing most of the problems. our vehicles are stall the out in the shoulders and offramps. a lot of delays that way with your commute because people are stuck. here's route 73 in new jersey, around 561 in winslow township. not as heavily plowed, and reduced visibility camera and

possibtentially dangerous spot the plowing not being as complete as it seems like the rest of the area is. portions of the white horse pike dealing with flooding, and route 30 closed between route 646 and also portions in wildwood and garden state parkway. >> thank you very much. more live pictures from the stormforce 10. delaware one south just north of middletown. you can see one lane of traffic getting by there. you're finally seeing some pavement, but look at either side of the road, not a good idea to be outside. the truck kit the with big tires, and download our app for snow total, and what to expect as the storm intensifies, and we got you covered here. stay with us.

just after 8:00, waking up to a major snowstorm hitting the region, market street? center city, philadelphia, snow is falling, continuing to fall, could intensify throughout the day. winds are whipping. good morning. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm keith jones. live coverage of the storm county by county, where you live. our first alert team of meteorologists are tracking the storm as it moves through the region. before them, some do not have power, atlantic electric reports 19,000 without, and rising. several more in atlanta county. in southern delaware, more than 9,000 sussex county customer in the dark, and we've talked to transportation officials who say the roads are only getting worse. don't drive if you don't have to. that's the best advice here of the morning here at nbc 10.

count on us for live congress rav all day long through 6:thirty tonight. we have been tracking the storm, bill, bring us to speed on this. >> amazing that roads are getting worse when they were so bad earlier this morning. a firth alert weather day for a system that's going to be with us all day today into tonight and tomorrow. we are under blizzard warnings for blowing snow, limited availability, heavy snowfall, and gusty winds. expect those all day long. at the shore, delaware beaches, major coastal flooding. we've seen it this morning some spots, near road flooding. blizzard warnings in effect until 6:00 tomorrow, delaware, south jersey, and northern and western suburbs to lan kagser and york counties. that, because of reduced viability and periods of heavy snow, and visibility very limited, back down to zero in coatesville. that's blowing snow, not just heavy snow coming down, but blowing snow reducing it in

quakertown. doylestown on a break and wilmington and, the snow temporarily eased off, but it's intensifying throughout the afternoon. here's low visibility in mount lo holly, and heavy snowfall now in central delaware, kent and sussex county. further south, it's rain. what a difference a few minutes make in the atlantic city area, they have a break from the precipitation, but strong gusty winds and flooding conditions are a concern this morning. northern cape may, snow is falling bhiel it is rain to the south, further north and west is all snow. you're not going to see anything other than snow mixed in with a little spleet as pound in westchester, and that could limit snow chances, and there's a possibility of significant snowfall, but this is in addition to what's already here. 3 inches on the ground, and

woodside, pennsylvania approaching a foot of snow, and same story for middletown and delaware and marshallton, pennsylvania are not far behind. karen? >> bill, so far on track with the projected snow totals as the snow has been falling. there is still heavier snow coming to parts of the region as the massive storm continues to just barrel up through our direction. i like this future snow model because what this will show us is that the snow by 3:00 just covering the entire region. more sew back into south jersey and parts of southern delaware even though the rain/snow line is happening there. there is a dra spell, but more snow. by midnight, the snow is just pushing through mount holly, trenton, and the system is out early tomorrow morning.

17-23 inches of snowfall for wilmington, parts of newark, and even northern middletown is expected to be all snow in those parts of delaware. the further south you get towards dover, harrington, impressive accumulations there, definitely could see the changeover again as southern dover has already seen come rain there, but the strong winds, nonetheless. all snow critical to the amounts here in north jersey. this is the dicey area, but the further we go in the north western interior part, 17-23 inches of snowfall. total accumulation by tomorrow morning is expected, and we see there towards tabernacle and bristol, just over a foot to 17 inches expected there. we'll take you through to philadelphia. here at home, 17-23 inches. still looking like we're on target there. . the heaviest snow until noontime. back with more as we move

through. >> all right karen, thanks, we have a team of reporter spanned out across the pennsylvania suburbs, delaware, and south jersey. in fact, drew smith, in wildwood tweeted pictures of hotel roof damage along the jersey shore. a a live report from him coming up in a minute. right now, we want to give you a look at the snow in center city our sister station, telemundo 62 is live out there for us. >> you are live out there, snow's coming down, what's conditions like where you are standing? >> reporter: tracy, keith, we're great here, live from 18 and waln walnut, downtown philly, and we got here at 5:00 in the morning, and right now, people are just living normal lives, residential area. as we can see the the sidewalks are actually clear. doing a great job here actually cleaning everything, and, also, as we can see, as we can read the signs here, we are standing in snow routes so we are looking at how the mains of the streets are being cleaned, and the

traffic as well has been actually very accessible. residents walking their dogs, you know, actually, right now, we're seeing a little bit of a snow accumulations, but not that many as we see the streets, the sidewalks are clean. people are exercising. people walking normal. going to their jobs as we can see, dogs playing in the park, and the square park, people actually are enjoying the snow of contrast of what people live in wilmington. you can see the snow accumulation is right near. we can take and measure, it's 9 inches where it's not been cleaned. this is pretty much how it looks right now. back to you sat the studio. >> nice to walk out the door and you're in a park like that. thank you very much in center city. but then if you want to drive. look at this. you need an example why you

shoup shouldn't? >> this car is stuck in west chester. you are gout about to see the gy to dig out here. the plows are struggling. getting in the car? not a good idea. don't be this car. we hope he got out all right. >> or get help, for sure. you don't want to get stuck with the conditions outright now. here's a look the the conditions on roosevelt boulevard. we've been telling you, we have updates from the transportation departments, and as keith said, the crews are having a hard time keeping up with this, and in delaware, they are saying some of the majors are impassablimpa. they do not look good no matter where you are, and site streets have not been plowed at all. they are working in the pries. stay tuned, a live picture on the right hand side of the screen. that's camelback and blue mountain. and the poconos are getting more than previously expected. they are getting a higher total of snowfall than we first

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count on us for continuing coverage all day long. >> see that there, live, in the picture, the power lines moving around like crazy in the wind. follow the progress of the storm, featuring the forecasts, live radar and live cameras, and sign up for weather alerts, so important to hear. working with you every step of the way this morning. make sure you stay with us, also, what's trending on twitter, social media media, #nbc10snow. use it. we'll share it, the pictures, video, and it's essential for us. >> tweet us, put it on facebook, go to the app. go to the nbc 10 app, look for see it, share it, easy, stay safe when you take the pictures, but we love to see the pictures and video to give viewers a really good idea what's happening over a really large area. now, here's what's happening behind us. this picture has continually worse over the last hour. the visibility reduced significantly. here you request see the philadelphia skyline, not so

much this morning. >> same for the roads that. look outside the studio. nbc 10 mitch is live in montgomery county. the sun coming up, seeing more, mitch, last we checked with you, you saw, i guess, what would it be, sleet, i guess? >> reporter: it was small pellets. it made a sound as it hit the jacket. it's really just as we talked about, keith, it's the wind. the snow stopped falling for now, but the winds just keep pushing all the snow that's on the ground, drifts, this patio protected by a brick wall, you is you have a two and a half foot snow drift here. the plows have been able to, we've seen them go on the secondary roads. you're looking at city avenue, which is a primary road because it's app emergency access route. those roads have been plowed

from the get-go. you see pavement. despite all that, we have seen a lot of slipping, a lot of near miss accidents here right at the intersection of monument as well as city avenue. there was police activity just 20 minutes ago down the road near where i-76 hooks up with route 1, but all in all, these roads are about as good as you could hope for at this point. still, very treacherous, dangerous conditions, and the crews with the lull are now able to get into some of the secondary roads. we'll send is back to you in the studio. >> mitch, thank you very much. 8:15. live in nbc 10 getting you covered. mitch pointed out the roads are not safe. >> stay off theventure out and stuck. jessica? >> what we are seeing today is not much many terms of accidents because a lot of cars are not driving all together, but when

they do drive out, this is what happens. a lot of vehicles stuck over into the snowy parts of the roadways that are not plowed, or when they have to exit off the out of ramp. this car has been out here for a few hours, actually, turned the other direction, trying to make its way off the out of ramp here, really a darnngerous situation. we have crews on the way to the guy towed from the ditch. as vehicles approach, it's dangerous. they stop once they realize the car is not going anywhere and try to get around them to get off the offramp. a few cars got stuck approaching the vehicle. now we have the center lane blocked, where everybody is traveling because that's where it's plowed. it's going to create a problem there. most of the back roads, each time i check, there's 20 disabled vehicles. even with the majors being better than some of the rest, you can still see the conditions

here. if you are not aware, we have suspended service for septa at 4:00 this morning lasting for at least 24 hours, excludeing market, broad street, and frankfurther service. check for cancellations because there are some. new jersey transit, suspended until weather permits the service back in place. busses, rail, light, rail, access link service and special schedule running for patco. >> almost 18 minutes after 8:00. seeing changes this morning. the heavy snowfall eased in parts of the area, and you can see it here in the studios, but the wind has not. it's still strong and gusty, and that's not going to change throughout the day. gusts of more than 40 miles per hour in not east, philadelphia. 42 in wilmington, and right now, wildwood is seeing 53 miles per

hour gusts, and we have had wind gusts to near hurricane strength in louis, delsz, 7 for miles per hour gusts. we have a lot of snowfalling and blowing snow as well. heavier snowfall in areas in north and west, and deanna in west chester reported sleet mixing in. you see that too, and west chest r about to get a temporary break from the snow. we've seen that in philadelphia into wilmington, still, a break from the snow. that's about to change. here comes another round of moisture that is moving into the cold air, starts off as rain at the shore and delaware beaches, and blows inland with the storm system staying with us right on through this afternoon. a temporary break from the snow, but there is more on the way to add to the already impressive totals. 13 inches already on the ground at philadelphia inter.

approaching a foot of snow in hammertown, and solid 10 inches in trenton. just over the inches in lindenwold, new jersey. the snow continues into the afternoon. a closer look on what to expect and updated expected snow totals throughout the morning. >> will, thank you very much. we hate to show pictures like this, but this is a driver trying to push suv at route 202 in baltimore park in glenn mills of the lair, this, a tractor trailer stuck at the same intersection. pretty major one, too. we do not recommend trying out these roads in a car, truck, no matter if you have four-wheel drive or not. even the highways. plows have the hands full as the snow continues to fall. an important update from new jersey. we learned governor chris christie will be briefed about the snow in garden state in woodbridge, but the region is slammed by snow, the jersey show, flooding, too, and

thousands of autoonoutages. >> we have you covered on what you need to know. talking jersey now, delaware, this is stormforce 10 on route 13 south. they are experiencing more strong winds, heavy snow expected throughout the day, and we've just learned from nbc 10's tim furlong, nonspecial personnel needs to be off the roads. that's how bad the conditions are. stay off the roads in delaware. we're with you every step of the way with everything you need to know. stay home and stay safe. we have you covered as we continue to cover this major winter storm.

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a snowy logan circle. almost a foot of snow in philadelphia. totals are higher elsewhere. we continue to update totals more snow to come this morning and this afternoon as it intensifies. >> that's why we'll be on tv through 6:30 tonight. a lot of snow, like you said, bad out there, a lot of accidents, but down the shore, people are also dealing with flooding at high tides, some towns already experiencing it. >> high tide an hour and a half ago, and drew smith is live in west wildwood. we saw what you treated about the damage at the roof of the hotel, and we see the conditions you're in right now. >> reporter: yeah, and that wind is the issue out here. it's blowing everything around. you see this sign above me, i'm leaning on the pole for support because the wind is so strong, a sign a block just snapped off and blew down the street. you can take a look at some of the protections on this condo building over here. those are blowing around like

crazy, and the power lines, the big concern is. those look like they are not going to hold much longer, and, in fact, there's been power issues throughout the power lines this morning. thousands without power. where we are standing, the power has come on, come off, and back on. right now, they are in okay shape. if you are trying to get to the island, you can't right now. both accesses are closed due to flooding. that's according to the police. we also have seen the fire department's humvee driving around. they are the ones assessing the damage right, and like you said, tracy, there is roof damage. one of the hotels, just a block that way, there is also been any bit of properties that was not strapped down or taken inside, those have been blowing down a couple blocks, so we've seen the damage go by. in terms of people, well, we're pretty much the only people out here other than the emergency personnel. which is good because, like i said, there are signs blowing

off, debris, and any bit of looseness is moving, and, also, the flooding. this has seemed to get worse further inland since high tide. we moved away from the beach, and, actually, just to have our photographer pan up towards the beach. you can see it's starting to dry out a little bit. only thing accumulating there is sand blowing off that sand dune up there. we are expecting some significant emotion from this storm just by what we are seeing so far. a lot of the sand blowing right off there into the streets, and into the neighborhood where we are now. that's latest live in north wildwood, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> drew, thanks. keith asked bill, 53 miles per hour winds there. very dangerous to be out because you don't know what debris is picked up. we continue live team coverage in west chester. last time we checked in with you, there was a change to

sleet. still seeing that? >> reporter: not a whole lot. it's still a good windy snow that's hitting you. drew talked about sand. it feels like sand when it hits you. this is a bench you are to sit in here on the sidewalk on north high street, and there's 9 inches of snow here. on a busy saturday, these businesses all along high street and chestnut street would be opening. it's difficult to find anybody that's opening today. the only people out and about are people who have plows attached to the vehicles. people like our friend, rob, here, who shovelled the sidewalk over and over. you recall in the 6:00 and 7:00 hour, there was heavy winds here really battering us around. that, at least, has died down a little bit. i'm not saying it's not cold. look around. it is very cold, very windy, but we can stand here more steady on the sidewalk. you can see brave drivers who are coming down here. this guy's moving quick here

along north high street. the plows have been coming around, every 20 minutes or so to clear off the streets, but you have a layer of snow that's helping giving some people traction here. i don't know that they started salting, but they have been plowing over and over, and a number of people staying at a hotel here in the center of town, and they are working in hospitals, nearby businesses, couldn't get home or tried to and came back. nurses from the hospital from their overnight shift decided to come and stay here at the hotel. police officers also out, some of them giving the nurses a ride to chester county hospital. unique ways people clear sidewalks and streets. this is video shot 20 minutes ago. brian fadden driving around, on an atv that had a plow attached to it. he explains to you why in this weather it is necessary to use that vehicle. >> just too windy out today, too windy, too much snow, so, you

know, fun to drive it around town, though. >> the only one who can. >> yeah, pretty much. >> reporter: now, mcfadden has been using it to clear off parking lots in the area, and as well as some sidewalks that he needs to clear. he stopped in to grab a bite to eat and breakfast and heading back on the streets. heading towards us right now, another west chester police officer, driving on the streets here all night long. again, emergency vehicles out and about, and the plows keeping the streets clear for them. that's the latestment winds are picking back up here. back to you. >> all over the area. thank you very much. a live picture from route 309. look at this. at norris town road, scene of the accident there, yet another vehicle that's stuck on the side of the road. somebody out there. this looks like a pickup at this point trying to brave the roads. the tom line here, do not go outside. do not try the roads. plows having a hard enough time

on their own. we'll be right back.