ed it is 4:00. 30 degrees on this monday, january 25th. the first commute since the blizzard of 2016. good morning, everyone. >> welcome to an early edition of cbs 2 news this morning. record snow in some places. central park. >> there are transit changes you need to know about in the city. a majority of the primary and

open. several school districts across the tristate area are closed. for a full list head over to cbsnewyork.com. >> reporters checking the roads and checking on the commute. updates. first let's get to john with the forecast for today. >> i like how meg is checking both directions. you see that? on the way in, a lot of lawbreakers. i saw a lot of lawbreakers. big van in front of me. must have been two -- maybe 18 inches of snow across the whole van. please watch out as you're driving around. folks that aren't clearing it off. that can cause you big problems. let's talk about the issue right now. that's the temperature. cloudy and cold. winds out of the northwest at 5. that wind over that snow pack, just kind of accentuates the chill.

16 in sparta. 18 in the hamptons. 19 in babylon. windchill in the city is 26. now we're dealing with refreezing. it's that first step out your front door. it's very slippery. now i'll tell you, it's going to be a dry, uneventful weather day today. still brisk. highs in the mid up to every 30s. shy of where we should be. with the sun there will be melting. there'll be more refreezing tonight into tomorrow morning. here's one final tip of many, i'm sure. do not wear shoes today. do not wear shoes. you have to wear boots. i cannot believe the slush and mush that ewe have to go through -- you'll that have go through today. she has now brought in six pairs of shoes. >> there are a lot of changes not only on the rails but the roads. let's begin in new jersey. all lanes are closed on route 78 eastbound. exit 48.

also in jersey city as you make your way to route 440. that is closed southbound due to an accident. a ramp from the brooklyn-bound level. there is another accident reported. a lot of slick spots as you make the way to the elevated roadways delays and cancellations for mass transit customers. i'll have those updates in a few minutes. meter rules remain in effect. be safe. don't text and drive. >> thank you. long island railroad says most service will be restored for this morning's commute. >> jennifer, good to see you. >> reporter: great to see you. that is the question, will the lirr be operational by 5:00 a.m. as promised. thousands were stranded on long

weekend trying to get home or to work. as the final stranded unoccupied trains were rolled down the tracks, parking lots at li rr stations remained inundated with snow. crews removing icy drifts and piles as high as three feet. gearing up for the first commuters who tried to remain patient. >> it's good just for the safety. safety of the people and everything. >> on sunday snow clearing equipment moved down snow blanketed tracks. other tracks were impeded by stranded trains. the mta also used massive snow blowers to blast away what the blizzard left behind. the rest of the cleanup is being done by hand in rail yards that were buried under feet of snow. >> you have the practical problem of opening up the stations themselves. the parking lots. the staircases, et cetera.

>> seven of the lirr 12 branches hope to be fully operational this morning. there will be partial service on the montauk bridge. needs the lirr to visit his 10- year-old hospitalized son. >> i had to wait till this morning and take a cab and they charged me extra bucks to get it because it wasn't too many people wanting to come outside. >> commuters are relieved, hoping the worst is over. >> there's people who work in hospitals. there's people who work in airports. there's places that never close. >> now it's a workday and we expect significant prouding on the trains and in parking lots as commuters from the still suspended lines come to these major hubs hoping to catch a train. live in mineola. >> thank you. if you're commuting on long

get a look at the conditions out there. >> mobile 2 in suffolk county with more. good morning. [ inaudible ] >> good morning, chris. right now we're on the l.i.e. headed west. great shape. the lanes are clear of snow. they're dry in spots. we haven't seen any drivers having any problems. we're not expecting many issues during the morning commute. but we did run into a slight problem. this is on the parkway in comac perform for the most part the lanes were clear, we noticed. if you take a look to the right of your screen you can see that snow is covering the entire shoulder and at some points the snow was even covering the right lanes. so that's something to keep in mind if you're heading out this morning. that could definitely slow down

but again, from what we've seen out here this morning, the highways across long island are in good shape. they're mostly dry. the lanes are for the most part clear of snow. it's important to note that in some spots we've seen a few icy patches. if you're heading out this morning, be aware of that. take it slow, allow for extra time. >> thank you so much. looking pretty good out there. the plows have been making progress in new jersey. the work is far from over. >> many parents have more than just the snow to deal with. vanessa murdock has the latest from there this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here this morning. it's a deal where hey, the sidewalks are still a bit icy. the roadways, the secondary roadways, especially still slushy. it is no wonder that so many many new jersey schools have

today to play it safe and also give everybody another day to continue the clean up. a sunday snow shoveling extravaganza across new jersey. people were digging out, bushing off their buried cars, but some opted out and paid to have it done. like alvin. >> i thought that i would get a heart attack if i tried to shovel all of this stuff myself. >> reporter: in edgewater the department of public works brought out heavy machinery to load the snow on to trucks. along main drags the right lane cut in half by this massive challenge mother nature threw at us. other streets looked more like bobsled runs with plowed snow piled high and cars buried on either side. >> that's the challenge. there's no place to put it. >> many side streets are snow covered and slick, as are the sidewalks. many new jersey school

today, including jersey city. >> it's very annoying. >> reporter: she'll spend the day with her two girls building puzzles, but like so many many parents she'll likely skip work. >> nay have to take days off from their vacation days and lose vacation days or sick days they could have used elsewhere. >> reporter: for those going to work today, using new jersey transit this morning, system wide cross honoring is in effect through the day. traveling by rail, no morse and essex line. bus service may be delayed because of the road conditions. some slick spots. it's hard to navigate. it's tightly compact. as for school closings, mont claire public schools are closed today as well.

>> she's been out in it throughout the weekend. areas of north jersey set snow total records with more than 28 inches. >> checking out the road conditions in that part of new jersey for us. meg, good morning to you. >> good morning, chris and mary. good morning. i heard john say they was looking left and right. i can't believe what i'm seeing here. this is second street near central avenue. these roads have not even been plowed. you can look to the left. this snowplow -- not one plow went through this area. looks like a plow might have gone down this street earlier. then we got more snowfall and another plow has not been through since. we saw an f 150 truck stuck down further down that road. we saw another car trying to get out. a woman told me she had to go to work. a woman pulled up, thanked us for being here. it took her hours to dig

she had to be to work, running late because of this snow. she said a lot of elderly people live down this block. we'll put it in drive for you now and give you the view of central avenue. it's pretty clear here on the main roads. a little narrower because of the snow banks you see. the side streets we're coming up on third street, is terrible. they do not even look like they've been plowed. we're in the area near rutgers university in newark and university hospital. if emergency vehicles had to get down the roads they'd have a serious issue. we'll have more coming up for you. just a reminder, newark schools are closed today. city hall is also closed. live in newark, meg baker. >> thank you so much. wow. look at those pictures. residents plea for plows. >> one section getting a whopping 34 inches of snow. andrea grimes joins us with more. andrea.

we made our way from the west side of manhattan, the streets were fine until we got here to middle village. take a look, we're at the corner of juniper valley road and 75th street. take a look here. doesn't look like a plow has been down this side street in quite some time. this is what we're seeing here on many of these side streets. if if i could have you show down this side as well. really tight, narrow streets. our truck got stuck. one of our trucks got stuck. we're not the only ones. take a look. last night jason's car proved no match for this unplowed part of 69th road in middle village. >> every other block was closed off. i got stuck right here. so -- >> you had four men trying to help you earlier? >> four grown men. just as big as i am. couldn't move the car.

was similar in bayside and here in jackson heights. in the bronx plows came down mulford avenue for the first time around 7:00 last night. earlier people in the neighborhood complained their streets had not been touched. >> this is a total disgrace. >> the roads are terrible. it's pretty difficult to get through some of th streets. >> do a better job. this has not been like this in a very long time. >> reporter: yesterday morning the mayor gave high marks to the sanitation department overall but admitted there were areas, especially in queens where he was not satisfied yet with road conditions. he promised help was on the way. >> there's a few places in the bronx and staten island we have more work to do. our central focus is on queens where we have neighborhoods we just have to do a lot more and quickly. >> reporter: and back out here live we are in middle village.

where we are on juniper valley road is okay and quite passable. but it is the side streets here. the mayor tweeted out yesterday that he hears residents who are concerned about their streets. they actually moved a lot of snow equipment into queens to make sure that they can get these streets passable and hopefully they do make some more progress later today. for now live in middle village, queens. >> thank you. new jersey communities in mourning today one day after a mother and her 1-year-old child died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting inside their car. neighbors placed flowers next to the car outside the home where police say the mother and her two children were sitting and waiting inside as other family members dug them out of the snow. a 4-year-old child survived and is at the hospital. one neighbor rushed in to help. >> tried to help the kids. she tried -- gave cpr to the little girl. till the paramedics came. they tried to help them, but

>> the tail pipe was covered in snow which may have caused the carbon monoxide to go into the car. a metro north train crashed into a plow after the plow got stuck on the tracks. it happened around 9:30 yesterday morning. luckily the plow truck driver got out before the plow was hit. there were no passengers on the train. the train was not damaged in the crash. it's now 4:15. we could use a little bit of sunshine today, john. what do you think? >> we'll see melting. mild temperatures and we'll see sun. likely. this could potentially be the sunniest day of the week. which is some good news. let's check in with our weather watchers. 22 here. this isless. he hopes to be out by april. what a mess. you can see so much of this was the blizzard aspect where you have the uneven piling of the snow with the drifts.

cleared out as you begin to dig out the car if you're going to be warming up the car to get it going. 19 right here for anthony. 19 farther to the north. 12. not as much snow here. 12 for charlie and and yeah, not as much snow. the real bulls eye was the city and just to the west. so much of long island dealing with snowfall totals in excess of two feet. we have icy spots early. sunny skies and milder on tuesday. with tuesday we'll see more clouds take over. and that chance of rain. numbers right now. teens. these are area temperature readings. these are not windchills. 10 in summit. 18 in al pine. 30 in the city. one of the warmer spots. nine, that's an air temperature reading for toms river.

with all of that sun has resulted in some icy conditions. so for your own safety make sure you watch your step. then you walk like a dinosaur over the snow. you have to have the right footwear. it is deep. it's a mess. in the city where there's enough heat on the street it's like a pond at some of the interex-is sections. 60 and 2 your records. sun is up 7:12. that'll be pretty. more clouds by 5:04. your sunset time. 1 to 2 feet plus for much of the area. it was over 2 feet for the city. over 2 feet for a good part of the long island. about a foot to the north. that's enough to manage. much less thankfully for our friends -- only ones la momenting that. but it's all that existing snow. makes a great point, in my town two lane roads don't exist.

so you have to be mindful of that. the big view for you, it's nice and quiet. there's a weak system that's going to come into milder air. that's going to result in a passing shower possible on your tuesday, late. high pressure is in control today. it's mainly rain. could be a few flurries mixing in if there's enough leftover cold air. problem is going to be any kind of moisture on top of snow pack. it will be messy. it will tap down the piles somewhat. in poor drainage areas, which they are abundant, you'll see problems with big ponding and that will freeze over tonight because the bottom line here, if you look at the bottom line, every night we're at or below freezing. it's really bad tonight into tomorrow. tuesday into wednesday. it's better wednesday into thursday. but you have to be mindful of the night. there's a lot of dynamics. the next real weather feature will be the shower chance tuesday into the first part your wednesday.

you still have to be cautious. then the other side of the question is can you even get on the train? what's going on, alex? >> a lot of places you can't. let's begin with mass transit riders. what you need to expect for the day, a lot of changes. starting with metro north. normal weekday schedule. path service remains suspended from newark to journal square. new jersey transit, normal weekday service, however, the gladstone branch remains suspended. substitute bus service will be provided. system wide cross honoring is in effect. seven of the 12 branches should be fully operational by 5:00 this morning. the hempstead, west hempstead, far rock away and long beach branches will remain suspended throughout the day. nose are close to mta buses and subway lines. you need to expect delays and disruptions throughout the day.

suspended until monday, february 1st. meter rules are in effect. be safe. don't text and drive. when we come back, our after the storm team coverage continues. >> the snow wasn't the problem on the jersey shore. it was flooding there. we'll look at one of the communities that ended up underwater. while the adults were digging out, some of the kids were able to have fun. some things parents want to know.

morning. welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning. we want to let you know there are several school closings across the tristate area. a number of delays as well. check cbsnewyork for a full list. a closer look at the impact on the jersey shore. >> a military vehicle one of the few forms of transportation that could get through the streets of wildwood after ocean waters float in. >> reporter: the mayor here christopher fox says it will take weeks to get back to normal. especially since he says the surge from this masstive winter storm brought more flooding to the town than super storm sandy. it's a similar story further north in stone harbor. cleaning up after their business was flooded. hoping to reopen by this weekend. you can see what the storm did to the beach a few blocks away. cutting into the protective dunes and creating a six foot

eroding much of what was replenished after hurricane sandy. the business was wrecked by the water, which wasn't as deep but came much quicker. some $150,000 in damage done. >> there's nothing in this building that is salvageable. nothing. not the showcases. not the cooking equipment. any refrigeration. everything is a complete loss. in hurricane sandy we had 34 inches of water. now we had about 15, 16-inches on this storm here. but the thing with this storm was i never seen the tide come so fast ever. >> reporter: the mayor in west wildwood says business as usual will take some time. clean up expected to take a few weeks and his office, he tells me, already in communication with governor chris christie's office for assistance. reporting here at west wildwood, greg argos. let's get an idea of what it's going to be here for the next couple of days. what we've been dealing with. let's get over to john for the

>> each day is going to be unique. much warmer tomorrow. there's going to be rain. back to work and school. school for some. work for many. that's going to be the challenge with the residual effects of all of the snow. icy roads due to early refreezing. and that is going to be the case again tonight into tomorrow morning. but it's the dig out that's going to cause problems. even if the crews get through and do the street, then everybody dumps all the snow back on the street because they have to get their car out. so you need to leave extra time; right? >> oh, you're right. let's go ahead and give you an update if you were trying to take to the skies today here. already airports are scheduling some cancellations. 234 flights have been canceled at newark. check with your carrier before you head out the door. to the roads in jersey city. route 440 is closed southbound due to an accident. alternate side parking is

meter rules remain in effect. don't text and drive. >> thank you. the massive snowfall made for a day of fun in central park. >> cbs 2 spent part of the day in the park. it was fun, really it was. >> ready, set, go. >> reporter: it it was a sunday funday. central park full of people enjoying two feet of fresh snow. many of them on sleds. >> when you have a hill that goes kind of like down so it's like -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: and you love that? >> yeah. >> and i like doing jumps. >> reporter: these kids demonstrated their technique. they told us it's all about speed. >> usually that's only something you can do on roller coasters but now you can just walk to the park and sled down the hills. it's really fun. >> it's kind of like a half pipe and a roller coaster. >> reporter: doctors say as fun as it is, sledding results in you toes of injuries every year.

lacerations, fractures and more severely we can see intercranial injury. >> reporter: the chief of pediatric emergency medicine. he says participates can help prevent sledding injuries by making sure their kids use proper sleds. and by keeping a few other things in mind. >> making sure that the ground is clean. there's no stumps, no logs, no rocks. >> kids want to just jump in the snow without knowing what's underneath. in new york it could be a hole. >> reporter: doctors say macchia you and your children are properly dressed in multiple layers with your hands, feet, ears and nose covered. they encourage parents to put helmets on their children while sledding to prevent head injuries. >> i cannot use a laundry basket. >> are you kidding me? i'm racing and i'm ready to go.

at least they're having a good time. still ahead, team coverage of the first commute since the big storm. >> we have crews across the tristate area with everything