the blizzard of 2016 has moved on, but the mess it left behind will linger for days. here's a live look from down the shore in wildwood. the atlantic is roaring this morning. residents waking up to floodwaters in the streets and in some cases in their homes. in the lehigh valley, the problem is the snow. and too much of it. allentown set a record for the most snow ever in one day with 31 inches on the ground. a live report on the conditions and the clean-up there, straight ahead. that familiar sound of the season, plenty of people will

spend their sunday shoveling on hicks street in south philadelphia. the strategy is to tackle it sooner rather than later. a live look from sky force10 shows the snow blanketing the entire region. you can't see a rooftop or tree top without snow blanketing. a little bit earlier, skyforce10 was over cars just socked in by the snow in south philly. it will take some time before everybody digs out. you can see the person standing on the snowdrift. didn't try to drive, but instead waited for a ride. the streets department report all 400 of them vehicles are out on the road. they continue to clear the roads so people can drive around. the mayor of philadelphia is reminding everybody to take it easy on the sidewalks, to take it easy on the sidewalks.

the septa airport just reopened. all other regional airlines remain suspended today. flights will gradually resume at philadelphia international airport as we get on later into the afternoon hours. we have live team coverage of the aftermath of the blizzard of 2016 from the philadelphia to the shore to the lehigh valley, even in the sky. let's begin this morning with nbc10's matt da lucia aboard skyforce10 showing us the conditions out here. >> this is quite a view we have here. we're looking at some streets in northeast philadelphia where a lot of people are waking up to all that snow out their window. they're heading out there with their shovels, with the snow blowers and really they have their work cut out for them. we've seen a lot of side streets. you see a lot stilt have snow covering them. a lot of the major roads, especially the highways are clear. they've been salted, they've been plowed. we're starting to see more traffic move through them.

these side streets are still a little dicey at this point. a lot of cars are buried under several inches of snow. you see some of these cars right here. they are buried under snow. and not just that, but when a plow comes through, it kind of pushes all that snow off to the side. you see someone dig out there. this is what we've been seeing throughout the area and hearing from the mayor of philadelphia and the streets department, as rosemary mentioned, the crews are still out there. the plows are trying to get to everywhere as soon as possible. the bus service, we hear, is going to be restored on a route by route basis. new jersey transit is going to be resuming its schedule. that just took place within the last half hour. service is being restored there

and throughout the area as people begin to dig out. we'll head over to new jersey, to south jersey, to see how those roads are doing at this hour. but for now, i'm live in skyforce10, matt da lucia, "nbc10 news." >> thanks, matt. the weight of this snow caused this roof to partially collapse. skyforce10 was over this scene a little earlier this morning in overbrook. nobody here was hurt, but as can you see, crews had to get into the house and all the snow on the front steps made it difficult. as we continue our live team coverage, nbc10's drew smith was reporting yesterday in north wildwood at the height of the blizzard. the wind gusts were at full force. drew is live this morning in wildwood again. a little steadier out there with the winds certainly dying down. drew, earlier this morning we had the last of the high tide roll in. tell us what you're seeing in the aftermath and the wake of it. >> reporter: not having to hold onto the hat this morning, which

is good news, but take a look at the bad news. this used to be a beach. this is no longer a beach. the atlantic ocean has come up and taken out the entire dune here. this was all covered up after superstorm sandy and now it's once again exposed. i was just speaking with a city council member. he said this is concerning. if the sea wall wasn't here, he says this -- we just shot some video down in wildwood where it's still flooding, but it's beginning to recede. power crews are trying to restore power as the wind knocked out power. still about 4,000 people without power in wildwood. further up in avalon and stone harbor. they're now looking at the damage and they say it's quite remarkable what this blizzard and this storm did.

>> now there's no beach at all. in the fall they did some restoration and it was looking pretty good, but now there's no beach at all. >> because the on or about sn just a very formidable force and i just think god we do have the sea wall. >> reporter: a lot of folks hoping by summer they'll replenish this area of north wildwood so people can enjoy the beach again. the city council member we were just speaking to said there's another tide coming up, 8:00 tonight, but they're not expecting anything near what we experienced yesterday. looks like the access roads will open back up shortly. near north wildwood, "nbc10 news." governor chris christie just updated us on the clean-up in the garden of state. he says the they have only reported small beach.

he says drivers can head back out on the road, but he had this word of caution. >> today i think the most important thing is for everybody to remember, if you go out on the roads, please respect the speed limits. very important. because there are still going to be places the roads are slick. it's cold. we are continuing to salt in those areas, but there still may be slick spots. be careful. take your time as you drive around today. you're free to go out and do what you want to do. go to church -- >> according to governor christie, there were fewer than 300 accidents across the entire state today. he says that was a testament to people staying off the roads. let's talk about power outages right now. we have an update. atlantic city electric has the most outages. delmarva, delaware and pse & g

and peco are reporting minimal outages. all right. where to put all that snow in sn that's the big question. especially in places like center city, philadelphia. this is clean-up day across the region. folks will be out with nir shovels, their snow blowers, digging out from all that snow that the blizzard dumped on us. here's a live look over market street in center city. mitch block has an update. >> reporter: mayor kenny wrapped up a news conference and says the snow emergency remains in effect so the cars stay off the streets as they clean up the snow. the main concern in northern liberties on spring garden is refreezing. the snow will melt and refreeze. so far the city has removed 158 cars from the streets. there have been very few outages and no tree emergencies, according to the mayor and office of emergency management.

mayor kenney had high praise for all the city workers out there clearing up the snow. >> on very few instances people try to venture out, we had issues relative to cars. by and large, our citizens helped very much in making our ability to attack the storm in the way in which we did. the fourth largest storm in the city's history. >> reporter: one thing the mayor asked is you don't put the snow back on the streets as you're shoveling those walkways. that you keep it clear. the city will be open for business tomorrow. those city gar rajs where people were able to park for $5, those will remain open and available for cars to stay off the roads until tuesday. for now, we're reporting in northern liberties, i'm mitch blacher, "nbc10 news." as you can see, plenty of blacktop. that's a good sight. that's what we like to see. however, you definitely want to take it easy because it can be slick. lauren is live from allentown. i understand you took

stormforce10 to get there this morning. >> reporter: we took stormforce10, rosemary, through this very snowy neighborhood. you want to know where the 30 inches landed? take a look around here. these folks with me were all shoveling when we arrived here a little while ago. they're taking a quick break. i know you have a lot of work to do. quickly tell me what your thought was when you looked out here this morning. >> just a heap ton of snow. a lot of shoveling. going to be sore tomorrow. >> reporter: how long do you think its going to take before you can actually get some of these cars out of here? >> probably somewhere around june. >> reporter: let's hope it doesn't take that long. have you seen it this bad before? >> not since i was a senior in high school back in '96. >> reporter: this stacks up, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: we want to take folks on a tour of your neighborhood. if you can safely move to the side. we're going to actually head inside storm force and give you a view of what you see when you go through this neighborhood here.

when we arrived, all these folks were shoveling and pitching in. we're driving down coronado. take a look. these are cars buried under here. it is hopefully not going to take until june. it will take a while to get out. we're just passing 17th. it gets he's fer you have a snow blower. not everyone has some. just talked to some folks whose snow blower broke. they went to get another one from a family member and that broke as well. they are trying to do as much as they can by hand at this point. we're heading down coronado in allentown. this would be very difficult if you were in a smaller vehicle. one of these small cars maybe that you see to the side. it would be a lot more difficult. we're in storm force and this is built to handle this kind of thing.

even we are being very, very careful as we're driving through here. i can tell you, we did hit some areas where we thought, no, we can't go through there and we didn't want to take any chances. it really shows you the work that is left to do here. not just in this neighborhood but throughout the city of allentown and the lehigh valley. for now live in allentown, "nbc10 news." >> you get a look at how narrow the roads are because of the snow piled up. thank you. we have information from septa about mass transit. we'll have that update ahead. also meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the forecast for us as we're watching some freezing concerns. >> yeah. it's cold right now and then we'll warm up to the freezing mark. may see some melting and then refreeze tonight. that could cause problems getting back to school and work. one place we'd love the snow is at the pocono mountains. lots of skiers there enjoying the snow that fell yesterday. we're looking although a finally dry radar.

nothing is falling. that is awesome news. we're looking at temperatures mainly in the 20s at this point. so, we're still cold this morning as you're out and about. you're shoveling, you're skiing, you're sledding. you want to cover up because we're bitterly cold in many spots. 29 in millville. you factor in the winds, it feels colder than that. feels like 15 in allentown. 5 in mt. pocono feels like 15 in philadelphia. 17 is what it feels like in atlantic city. winds are gusting out of the northwest, mt. pocono as well as northeast philadelphia and millville. 27 miles an hour in wildwood. as we go through the day, we'll see breezy conditions. nothing like yesterday. still breezy and that wind dissipa dissipating. 32 by 2:00. 5:00, 28. 8:00, 24 degrees. we'll drop into the teens north and west. we'll see more freezing tonight

and tracking rain for your tuesday coming up. >> we'll see you shortly. thanks. we want to remind you to be safe today. that's why we're doing all the work. showing all of these -- all of these best views is around skyforce10 and that's where matt is today. >> we're looking at what i do not want to be doing today. that's shoveling all this snow. take a look at these folks in camden, new jersey. we're traveling throughout the area in skyforce10 to get a look at the aftermath of the blizzard of 2016. we'll give you another live look next. >> throughout the storm we've been asking our nbc10 viewers to see it and share it. that's exactly what we've been doing. we appreciate it. you've been sharing great pictures and video like this flooding. you can share them with us through the nbc10 app. coming up in a short bit, we'll have all the highlights and some of the best clips.

11:46 and 26 degrees outside on this sunday. the blizzard of 2016 has come and gone. now we are deeg with the aftermath. on the left side of your screen, the crew stormforce10 is traveling through allentown. on the right side of your screen, here is a live look from north wildwood. a few people out on the beach, venturing out to assess the damage. we know there has been coastal flooding from parts of cape may, wildwood to avalon, up to atlantic city. this morning we have launched skyforce10 to get a look at the snow left behind by the blizzard of 2016. nbc10's matt da lucia has been giving us that bird's-eye view. tell us where you are now and how it compares to what you've seen so far this morning. >> rosemary, we're over come den, new jersey. this is the best way to travel, if you can do it, by flying,

because you can get to every place quickly. we're, as i mentioned, over camden. this is what people are dealing with. as they wake up, they head out the door. they are trying to dig out these buried cars. especially when you live in side streets or these alleyways, it makes it that much more difficult. this car isn't getting out any time soon. you talk about transit. new jersey transit services are gradually resuming now. that's the situation in new jersey. we've seen this picture over and over again throughout the area. pennsylvania, delaware. this is going to be a long day. one of those good days to go out and help your neighbor, grab a shovel, get to work. i'm matt da lucia, "nbc10 news." >> safe to say worshippers won't be headed here from skyforce10. take a look at the roof of the chester county church that caved in from the weight of 20 inches of snow. this happened at cavalry church

in downingtown. to add insult to injury, the breach touched off the building's sprinkler system and that flooded the sanctuary. last night we spoke to reverend lee wiggins and a restoration expert about the damage. >> it was like niagara falls. i guess it just happened because the snow was just flooding, coming down. >> it's the worst i've seen in this area. now, we've dealt with worse across the country, but this is the worst i've seen here in chester county. >> the restoration crews tell us that repairs will take at least six months and could cost as much as $1 million. the church will be offering worshippers a live stream of its sunday service today. now to an update on septa. all regional rail lines will remain suspended today with the exception of the airport regional airline. that will run once an hour from temple. you can see the crews are using machinery to clear some of the tracks. this is of the norristown high-speed line. skyforce10 took this video not too long ago. we know trolley service in

philadelphia has resumed. as we talk about the norristown street and bryn mawr. bus service will begin on a route--route basis throughout the rest of the day. amtrak is operating on a modified schedule. here's a live look. passengers who already have reservations, you should check your train status on amtrak's website. it may save you a trip down to 30th street in case that train has been canceled. new jersey transit officials tell us rail, bus, light rail and access link service will be resuming by noon in just the next ten minutes. at philadelphia international airport, the runways are clear. there were a few arrivals that came in today but the airlines canceled almost all flights this morning. gradually airline service will resume by late this afternoon. in fact, at 3:00 today, american plans to resume about half of its remaining flights. the passengers should check with

their carrier before going to the airport to find out specific information about your flight. the time right now is 11:51 on this sunday. we check in with nbc10's randy gyllenhaal after the governor's update. >> reporter: for the first time in more than a day, roads here in delaware are open to the public. officials are still urging caution. only drive if you have to. the governor just spoke here. he's crediting the hard work of about 500 deldot employees working around the clock, clearing the snow. crews are still getting to the secondary streets. this is what they're dealing with, so much snow. they have to get creative about places to put it. in the meantime, away from new castle county, the concern continues to be coastal flooding. i just spoke with the national guard who tells me they had to evacuate about 50 people. most of this flooding occurring just west of rohoboth bay.

>> flooding remains a significant concern in sussex county. i'll be taking a helicopter this afternoon with members of the national guard and a couple members of the cabinet and others to view the situation and to receive further information following the near record high tide. >> reporter: officials say at this point, no injuries. at this time they're thanking the delaware drivers who stayed off the roads for the past 24 hours. however, the plows do tell me they did encounter quite a few of them stranded on the side of the road and that really hampered efforts yesterday. live in wilmington, randy gyllenhaal, "nbc10 news." we have been getting a lot of viewer pictures and video of fun times and tough times during the blizzard of 2016. this video comes to us from ryan clark, a lifeguard in ocean city. you can see him kayaking through the floodwaters yesterday. nbc10's vince lattanzio has been compiling all these

pictures and video and he's here to show us some highlights. >> we asked our viewers to see it and share it. they have been doing that. some of the most incredible pictures have been coming from our viewers at home. we want to thank you for that. want to show you what people are dealing with today as they come and try to dig out. some caution here. this gentleman, larry, he got stuck while he was trying to plow his driveway. you want to be careful up. don't know exactly how deep the snow is and it's hard to tell where embankments are. that snow blower, i don't know how well he'll do. that's in newtown. this is in quakertown. not something you want to deal with. it's not just regular cars and trucks that are getting stuck with the snow. this is this morning the municipal waste truck and the city of philadelphia was trying to plow this street here. obviously, it got stuck. you can see that wheel spinning right there. for the brave souls, this gentleman, i'm going to speed it up real quick, decided to take a

little dive into the snow. shirtless. i don't know if i would do that. snow angel, too. these are some of the best pictures we have. thank you for sharing them with us. you can continue to share them on nbc10.com and through the nbc10 app. we'll be right back.

at 11:56 on this sunday, here's a live look from skyforce10. you can see over some fields in new jersey. matt, tell us more about the sledders out there. >> reporter: very popular sledding spot. look at them go. right down the hill. we've soon a large group of people out here. this is the way to have fun and enjoy what mother nature dumped on us last night. >> matt live for us in skyforce10. wow, has to be more than 100 people out there this morning. . i don't blame them.

>> it looks like a professional event out there. today is a good day to do it compared to yesterday. today it's still cold. we're in the 20s. we're looking at wind less than yesterday. here's the good news, we're dry. the snow moved out overnight. we're cleaning up, digging out. that's a good news. we're digging out in very cold temperatures so layer up as you head out. you want to wear the layers. 29 degrees right now in philadelphia. 22 in mt. pocono. 29 in atlantic city. 27 in dover. you factor in the wind, though, we are feeling like it's 17 in philadelphia. feeling like 10 in mt. pocono. feels like 12 in wilmington. winds are gusting up to 26 miles an hour in some spots. that's millville. 16 miles an hour in mt. holly. it is a little breezy out there. not windy like yesterday but still breezy. today around 32 degrees. may see freezing tonight into tomorrow. >> the concern, of course, and what we're looking ahead to is possible closures so people should be watching us. >> may be trouble out on the roads.

thanks for watching us this morning. i'm rosemary connors.

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