weather. in the last hour at reagan national and dulles international airport, runways will stay close through tomorrow. unofficial numbers from the national weather service show at least 40 inches of snow have fallen in parts of west virginia, and it's not far from harpers ferry. leon: safford county -- stafford county this afternoon emergency operations talked a father through delivering his baby. a wrapup ofs get what is happening with the weather. meteorologist steve rudin, look at that behind you. steve: this is capitol hill, the visibility really limited at this time. we will see limited visibility through the evening and overnight. even though the snow will come to an end, the gusty wind will low.visibility 27 degrees right now, sustained wind out of the north northwest at 26.

that gives us a wind chill factor of only 12 degrees. the we have the snow and blizzard warning, the areas and read until 6:00 tomorrow morning. the areas in pink, that is a winter storm warning until 6:00 in the morning sunday. although these areas will see the blowing and drifting snow, the strong low-pressure lives off to the north and east. once that moves away from us, that is when the skies begin to clear. the satellite and radar, closer in, the movement around the low pressure, the darker blue that is on the screen, that is the heavier the snow rate at this time. closer towards tysons corner, it is a mess in tysons. we are looking for heavy snow vienna the next couple hours or so. good news, by about 9:00 tonight, the snow will slowly diminish. to stopugh it is going falling from the sky, it will still blow around.

lanham, maryland, greenbelt, moderate snow at this hour. further to the south, la plata looking at moderate snow. that will continue for the next hour or two. how much snow can we expect from now until midnight tonight? that is when the storm will be out of here. may be another 2, 3 inches around the capital the further west, less, and the further south and west, much less as the system continues to move off to the north and east. heavier amounts from baltimore, philadelphia, where their storm continues to crank the next several hours. through this evening into the overnight, the temperatures only in the 20's. blizzard conditions continue. you brighter note, tomorrow will wake up with a sunrise, but a lot of blowing snow. the temperature in the 30's by the afternoon, lower 40's monday. near 50 tuesday. the latest snow totals coming up in a few minutes. feson: we will see we just a

moments ago we spoke withw. reeve in ashburn, virginia. crew thatching the came from upstate new york and they got stuck with their heavy rain. which, what is going on right now? richard: leon, this is the kind of night when you need a front loader to plow out the gasoline station. look at this, we talk about drifting, look at that. that is snow that is frozen on the roof. i'm not going to get under there, but that will cause issues. that is another thing, wondering what it is like for a lot of thatngs that have roofs may collapse from the weight of the snow. here are the guys from upstate new york. what are you doing? the plow trucks get out so they can do their job clearing the roads. looks like they are trying to

refuel now. just getting them out. richard: this is an interesting exercise. insulating us, keeping us warm so we can get out there and get the next plow out. richard: that's amazing, i feel like i'm in science class, warm by being in the snow. >> looks like our next victim over there is stuck. richard: are you working overnight? >> we are not working, this is volunteer, but we will keep helping people as long as we are able. richard: thank you so much for your help and service. these guys are all from upstate new york, used to this kind of stuff. just hanginglows out, some of them stuck, some able to move. this guy in the back, he is trying to get out now. this guy in front is not going anywhere. even if you have a snow plow, designed to move snow, it is stuck in the snow. that is the kind of night we are

having. back to you. leon: unbelievable. we have to talk to the folks at discovery channel come using snow to stay warm. give that a try, let us know personally if that works. leon: we dare you. richard: you are planting an idea in my head. alison: they look comfortable, right? richard: they look warm! leon: check it out and get back to us. alison: roz plater has been stationed in district heights at a salt dome watching the conditions deteriorate. what are you seeing now? dome.his is the salt it is also the headquarters for the department of public works interest rotation, essential employees who have to get to work. the plow trucks come back and forth. they have had a devil of a time trying to keep the roads open here. that is what all these trucks are doing.

the plow trucks have been making round after round after round in the parking lot and the roadways, trying to keep those open. they have been sort of pushing the snow to one side, into piles. now they have front loaders coming in and they have to try to move that snow somewhere else because they need the parking spaces. that is what we are in the middle of and what we will be faced with as the snow piles up and continues to pile up. these folks are trying to get it ready for people to use. once we get people back out on the roads. what they are starting to do is bringhe salt dome in front loaders, pickup piles and piles of snow, taking it across the street, beginning a huge pile that is probably about seven feet at this point, where they are dumping snow, trying to get it off the roadways and driveways.

that is what has been going on, over and over and over tonight. if it is tough to do it here at the headquarters for the department of public works interest rotation, to keep that safe and clear, you can imagine the difficulty on the roads. in prince george's county, about 350 vehicles trying to get the major roadways open. miles of roadway's eventually they have to get to, so they have their work cut out for them as they are still going strong at this hour. reporting live from district heights, roz plater, abc 7 news. leon: once again, the snow was blowing sideways. that has to be miserable. alison: really tough. roz: it is rough. leon: get inside. let's check downtown. abraham is in front of the verizon center in northeast d.c. what is the latest? scott: the same thing that has been going on the past two days,

snow, snow, and more snow, not letting up. the streets are terrible. you cannotrive on them. there is snow drifting. even broke out my ruler in a wild because i don't know how good a reading will be with the snowdrifts, but there is a lot us know in the roadways. gets hope the metro system open soon because it will take a while for the snowplows to take care of this snow. we are outside the verizon center. we know all about the postponements, tonight's wizards game tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon's cap's game against the penguins scheduled for 12:30 has been postponed. the next game scheduled at the verizon center is monday night, the celtics coming to town to face the wizards. no word if backing will be postponed. in perspective, my friends, we are in downtown d.c., a saturday night, this place is usually hopping, people all over the

place going to dinner, bars, having a good time with friends and family. look at that shot. i think this is what you call geddon,get an -- snowma whatever you want to call it. it is barren. it is a really scary anyway because this place on a saturday night is usually wall-to-wall people having a good time, walking up and down the street. not to be this weekend as blizzard 2016 has packed a mighty punch in downtown d.c. alison: it is a bizarre picture, you are right. ry is the perfect word for it. you know that normally there are people all over the place, and you go there after the storm and there is no one. it gives you that otherworldly feeling like a neutron bomb went off or something. alison: that is an area where there are a lot of people out and about normally.

we will see how long it takes to get everybody back on the streets, back to normal. leon: let's get up to gaithersburg with kevin lewis. where are you and what are you seeing right now? kevin: we are actually at a tow lot for three companies. i want to point out there have not been much volume today. this was the screenshot taken at the wednesday night during wearable commute home, a line of cars, accidents on i-95, all around the beltway. 05 today, aken at 5:5 lot of red and orange, but no car accidents. that is because so many people are staying off the roads. these are all the cars that were taken in this week. are no cars, inside from the one here with light snow on it,

presumably taken in today. that of course is a good thing for the police and fire, tow revenue, with added but certainly good for the majority of people. one serious situation, montgomery county fire reported that around 4:00, a barn in poolesville collapsed partially, trapping about a dozen horses inside. the fire department said some of the horses were pinned, then they later said they were trapped. with the treacherous weather, up in poolesville where it is much more rural, and intense rescue operation. we have not heard how the horses have fared, but we are turning on top of that story. -- we are staying on top of that story. my comedic relief to folks trapped inside their homes, wandering through their neighborhoods, i have two more

before i head home for the day. my first joke, why was frosty fired from his job? why was frosty fired from his job? alison: why? kevin: because he had a total meltdown. [laughter] alison: very good. more, why did frosty file divorce against his wife? leon: frosty has a reality television show now? alison: no idea. leon: i did not even know he was married. because? kevin: his wife was a total flake. leon: which is why he had the meltdown. are there school-age children around giving you jokes to pass along. a good journalist

never reveals his sources. alison: you could be a comedian, once you come in out of the cold. you could have another career. thanks, kevin. kevin, a.k.a. richard lewis, in gaithersburg senate. can apply for jimmy kimmel's job if he decides to take a break. leon: you think?? alison: before we take a break, another viewing option. we are broadcasting on all our different platforms, the web, facebook, but we also have an additional camera behind leon's shoulder, on her website, giving a different perspective of what we are doing. case you are at home and you are wondering what the rear of our right ears look like. you can check our rears ror ear. leon: it's crazy out there.

steve: this is the storm we will talk about for the next 20 years. 96.e the blizzard of 19 alison: which i learned the other day that you and doug hill were forecasting that blizzard 20 years ago. windy, we will still see the wind blowing the snow around. at the verizon center and district heights, it looks like there is more snow in the air, blowing sideways, but we are coming to an end. of thefrom the beginning storm to the end of the storm, this is alexandria, the grass is

green. one of my friends sent this. as the hours where on, yesterday afternoon, then the skies get darker overnight, the snow just piled up, piled up. trying to keep it clean takes a lot of effort. therenk he was out by t four, five times trying to get it cleared out. it keeps piling up. hopefully we don't have to deal with something this big another 20 years. at that time i think i will be close to retirement. so this is what it looked like as we move through the evening, waking up early tomorrow morning. we had some thunder snow reported, which is cool to watch. a lot of these time lapses are fun to watch. this is probably what you saw when you woke up with all the snow. thank you so much for all the pictures. this is from ashburn, virginia.

look at this little kid standing up against the window in the snow drift a must as tall as she is. the american flags outside. that puts things in perspective, how much snow we have. iis is from my friend anne, have known her about 20 years, she is a northwest d.c., and her cute dog jackson is enjoying it. thank you so much for sending this in. i know that my dog does not like it so much. is inside. from what i have heard, he does not like it. are watching online. you can do the same thing, wjla.com, and you can watch if you want to watchful stop it's fun. this time lapse, 27 degrees at reagan national airport, the wind out of the north northwest at 26, giving us a windchill factor of 12 degrees. it is cold, along with the snow falling.

the blizzard warning continues overnight, the winter storm warning off to the west until 6:00 in the morning sunday, then that cancels out. that does not mean suddenly things improve instantly. it will stay windy" and a lot of blowing, drifting snow to be concerned about tomorrow morning. plans going to sunday morning church services, you may want to reconsider. exit nowbeginning to come slowly moving off to the east. near tysons, falls church, still moderate snow. morningside, maryland, district heights, temple hills, cap springs, prince george's county, moderate snow activity along with gusty wind, 25 to 35 miles per hour. further to the south, dale city, lake ridge, it is snow-covered and will stay dangerous to travel moving through the next several hours, even overnight into tomorrow. how much snow to expect?

this may be optimistic. maybe another 2, 3 inches by the time the system moves out. take you out quickly with the seven day outlook, 37 degrees the high temperature tomorrow. upwill be breezy, waking with a beautiful sunrise come if you get up that early. may go for a run, alison? alison: right. i don't run in good weather. steve: leon will meet you with a cup of coffee. leon: i might try to do the run thing. dante, our director, did it. steve: well, we hope to see you monday. alison: what are you doing with starbucks clothes. steve: i'm alive, still moving. alison: i'm surprised they did not open for you. steve: i wish. no, they need to stay safe. is in: jay korff alexandria, showing us some of the business is still open last

night. how are things looking now, jay? we wanted to give folks a different perspective. we have been to the main corridors which have been plowed very well by the guys from pennsylvania and new york city. this is a neighborhood. this is a vehicle that has been dug out. looks good. somebody probably worked a couple hours on that. and over here, there are vehicles that have not been dug out. it is really remarkable the amount of snow, the power of the storm. just how the wind has sculpted these banks to cover and coat these vehicles. this is what it looks like block after block. i have to tell you, just remarkable and humbling. we have been driving around at night. it's a lot more eerie, very few

people on the road. any vehicles on the road really belong on the road. occasionally we will see some walkers with their dogs, that kind of thing. but there really are not a lot of people out. we are seeing some shovelers. mr. jones, who we were speaking to one this corner lot, he has been out four times today to do with this. anyway, that's the story from here. we have an emergency vehicle behind us, so we have to move over. [sirens] alison: stay safe. leon: yes, get out of the way. we don't want to be part of the problem after we tell everybody else to stay out of their way. cannot tell if that is a truck coming through with a plow, a fire truck or ambulance. [sirens] leon: might be a fire truck. it's a fire truck, ok, we will

see what kind of calls responding to later. , if you can hear us, see if you can find out where that truck may be going. if it's going to a fire we may report on that as well. meantime, joce sterman is an mobile track 7. i understand you guys are just near beltsville now? there is the picture. alison: she has been moving on pretty quickly. leon: still, folks, don't test the roads. alison: hey, joce, can you hear us? can hear you. we are on 95 north.

leon: back to the folks in the streets covering the storms. erin hawksworth is in arlington.

last time we checked, she was having too much fun. look, she is still out there, finding more people. what's going on? erin: when you send me outside, i'm bound to find somebody having fun. these are my latest victims. >> on patrick. >> i'm also patrick. >> i'm lori. erin: what are you doing? >> i'm from massachusetts and this is not too bad. i'm pretty used to it. erin: where is the good sledding? i have not been able to find many spots in arlington. >> if you walk about a half-mile in that direction, it's not bad. it's a good hill. i'm from tampa bay, florida, and this is horrible for me. this is basically antarctica. i was watching the weather reports today, and they were saying 72 and sunny today, so this caught me completely by surprise.

erin: you are almost like a snowman here. i don't know how you are dealing with all the snow on your coat. >> it's pretty heavy, but i will manage. erin: for the florida guy, how are you reacting to this? >> it's kind of fun. in florida we get school canceled its because of hurricanes. that's no fun because the people lose their homes and stuff like that. here we can on what with the snow, go sledding, it's great. erin: this is the slight? >> yeah, we were about to go sled up the hill. erin: ok, be safe, have fun. angst for stopping by. there are a lot of people surprisingly still walking around rosslyn. -- thanks for stopping by. alison: you have in finding all the floridians today. leon: ask patrick if that is a sledding accident on his face. erin: we are going to go with that. welcome to "world news

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