troubled spots to help you make it through the work morning. right now the snow is concentrated over most of the d.c. area. dropping steady amounts of snow on the region. it will stick around through most of the morning rush which won't make things easier for commuters. e federt and a lot of schools are reacting right now. federal agencies ar on a two-hour delay today with the option for unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave.w

let's get you caught up on the forecast for the day ahead.

>> unlike yesterday morning when we were above freezing, this b freezing temperaturest is making all the difference. that's why so many schools are closing because of overnight snow accumulating on area roads and any untreated surface. right now storm team 4 radar is showing continuing snow bands coming in from the peripheral outer fringes of the blizzard hitting new england. it's affecting us this far away. we're getting scattered snow bands. howard county. there's a bigger one coming out of the pan hane o west vi into loudoun county. that's moving into prince i and clarke and warren. farther to the south, there's another bigger area that is now coming out of culpepper county into orange and into stafford. there's one bright band of some heavy sn in southern charles county. these are going to be puttio inches of on top of what has already fallen. temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30s. it is sticking.

we have a big area on the winter weather advisory. northern virginia the district and maryland as we get an additional 1 to 2 inches between now and 8:00 this morning. causing slick roads. watch out on the sidewalk and front steps. it could be slick. snow totals from yesterday afternoon to this morning. we've had about 1 to 3 inches. the metro area 3 to 4 inches farther north and west. up to 6 in the as system will be continuing to move through. we'll clear out tomorrow with the sunshine back after a sub freezing morning. a look coming up next weather and traffic on the 1's 6:11 at the hour by hour when our sunshine returns and above freezing. melissa has breaking news. >> we're open. 270 southbound hyattstown had that jackknifed tractor trailer. lanes are open. we see a good bit of volume here folks waiting for the road to reopen. a good thing 355 your s getting backed up as well.

megan mcgrath on her way. the alternate will be baltimore avenue. we just got the report randolph rove at nebel street. the train gates are stuck in the down position. we've seen a couple of people drive around. would not recommend that at all. it seems like they're stuck. avoid that area as well. wider look at things overall no major problems as we take a look at the beltway. little slow 95 southbound and bw parkway. back in ten minutes with travel times. yo d.c.'s cold emergency plan is in effect this morning. additional services in place to protecreside visitors and city work frers the extreme cd w centers has been opened for the homeless in our area. a blizzard is hammering new england. the snow is falling down.

she told us she's 5-5-and the snow is up to her knees. the area is expected to get to to three feet of snow throughout the day. officials there are anticipating wide spread power outages and possible flooding along the coast. the new york city subway and bus system shut down at 11:00 last night. look for a live report in less than ten minutes. right now 123 flights are cancelled out of reagan national. bwi dropped 29 flights. stay up to the minute with our covedelays the car crashes, and the snow in your neighborhood on the nbc washington app. be sure to download the storm team 4 app to check the forecast. we're checking the potential problems for you. if you need to make your way to

work this morning. meteor us live to show us the condition he encountering on the roads. >> and the snow is expected to keep falling for the next couple hours. storm team 4 meteorologist showing you when it will clear >> things are worst in new england where we showed you. people are dealing with blizzard conditions that the hour. we'll take you live to boston for a lo.

welcome back. 6:09 right now. we don't have nearly as much snow as they do up north, but it is still caue b problems at this hour on the roads like the problem we saw earlier on i-270. and storm team 4 meteorologt is tracking when the snow will move out and when

things will warm up with the hour-by-hour forecast. no warm ups soon. >> no. we are below freezing. any snow falling is sticking. watch your footing. watch your driving this morning. we've had multiple spinouts. right now goating the snow showers across northern virginia. a f flurries here in northwest washington. a live view from the tower camera. thro 8:00 some of the snow sun bk in aft with a blustery wind. we'll have some melting this afternoon. a look at the next snow chances. that's coming up at 6:21. next weather and traffic on the 1s. melissa has bee dealing with everything. the water main break we've been talking about. northbound kenl worth avenue. the alternate is baltimore avenue. we have the problem randolph road the train gates are stuck down. so people are going around them very, very dangerous. please do not do that. you can take nicholson lane.

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welcome back it's 6:14. right now tracking treacherous conditions for the roads for you as winter weather brings more snow to the d.c. area . our crews are spread out this morning tracking the potential trouble spots you'll encounter as you head out the door. storm team 4 meteorologist is here with a closer look at how much snow is falling now. tom? >> already we've had overnight 1 to 2 in some places 3 inches on top of what fell yesterday. itmorning. unlike yesterday morning we were

above freezing now it's in the 20s near 30s. the snow bands continuing to track to the south and east anacross northern virginia over the next several hours. and you can see these brighter bands here in the lighter colors that's where the snow is m coing down. a of west virginia to loudoun county to prince william. there's another band east of washington coming out of howard county. a larger area of some light to moderate snow from culpepper connecticut to orange. that's moving toward king george's as well. we'll have these with us for another few hours putting down an additional 1 to 2 inches on top of what has fallen since yesterday. for. for those about to head out, let's get a look at the roads now. chuck bell is live near joint andrews. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. route 5 all wait from huesville

in southern charles county to where we are now it's beenn e whole pretty good. we had some cars spin out win our line of sight on route 5 when we were down in charles county. now we're in prince george's county the road is a little bit better. the temperature is two degrees warmer than it was about 30 or 40 minutes ago. that's probably making all the difference. we're at 30 now. and if you have seen any travel trouble spot let me know on twitter. twitter handle is is @chuckbell4. back to you. >> thank you. blizzard conditions have been impacting boston storm pounds that area. a live look for you here this morning ate that horizontal snow blowing through. that's what we mean when we say blizzard-lik condition. this could be a historic storm for boston. >> jim cantore is live in boston with a look how conditions are

looking. jim, we can see the snow blowing around you. >> reporter: yes. by the wa guys you picked the per feekt time to come to me. this is the heaviest snow we've had all morning long. it's been around half inch an hour. i was kind of bored. all of a sudden got a live shot with you guys and it's hammered right now. we're getting an about an inch an hour. continues to come down. you jump back in where it hasn't been plowed and we're getting toward the knees. all right. pretty deep snow continuing to come downright now on the -- let's see what we have here on the yardstick. 11 inches. there was 2 already on the ground. you subtract that. that's 9 inches here. that's not the official report out of boston. that come outs of the airport at logan. here is the key to the whole thing. jump back here and you can see maple tree here. there's no snow on these a very light, dry snow. it's not accumulating on the branchs. that great news. that said down on the cape where they have gusted to 70

miles pennan tukt on nantucket we have power outages. about 7300 customers reporting power outages. the good news is the highways are shut down. there's a ban on travel. the airport is shut down. the schools are shut down. the city is shut down. nobody needs to be out in this so they can clear the roads and get them back up and running hopefully by tomorrow afternoon. back to you. >> all right. jim cante live in boston. that's a lot of snow. even for jim's standards. it's amazing stuff for sure. 6:18 right now. breaking news now in hyattsville, maryland. let's go to megan mcgrath. >> reporter: well we have ourselves quite a mess here near decatur. bags those are their belongings because they had flooding because of a water main that broke just a little while ago and sent water gushing down the street. . a look at this. it's an amazing site to see.

see with the bubbling water is? there's a large sink hole that formed because the broken water main. if you look to the left that's a back portion of a car. we're looking a the passenger side rear taillight. that's about all you can see. that and a little bit of the license plate. the rest of the car is down in that hole. and you can see another car there just to the right of it. its nose is at the i think edge of this deep sink hole. apparently the folks that live along the street there on the other side of the sidewalk they did have water enter their homes. bringing their belongings out early this morning. a huge mess here. a water main break. this it going to be with us for awhile. it also affecting decatur street as well as kenl worth ue have roads closed off. bee of the frigid temperatures a the water is

ju pretty slippery and icy conditions out here. and certainly not the kindg that people here want to be dealing with. we have seen some folks walking through that frigid water to and from their house trying to save their belongings. and i'll tell you, it is very very cold out here. reporting liy yatuateshayuatesville. 6:20 our time now. blizzard concerns for our region. we did see some snow overnight. we'll see how commuters are coping with that this morning. richard jordan live in -- where are you? what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey, aaron. we're in lorton. there are some people that have been hard at work all morning long and that -- the drivers behind the plows and the salt trucks. this is a parking lot here just off route 21. they are clearing out some of the parking spaces that have been snow covered here from the

snow that came down late last night overnight. and a few light flurries we've been seeing. they're pushing the snow getting it out of the way so people can move around pretty freo have a bobcat that is doing a little of the heavy lifting over there as well. so we have these crews out here working on the side streets, working on the parking lots. trying to clear off the sidewalks as well. then we have about 1500 crews crossing across northern virginia this morning. the bn getting the main roads, the big thorough fairs including route 123 which is there. that'sk pretty great now. traffic is moving without any issues. beca school has bn delayed or closed and people are moving a little slower than they typically do on a tuesday morning. we're not seeing a the lot of heavy traffic. so that is definitely helping the road crews make sure everything stays clear. theye seeing a few light

flurries come and go here. reporting live in lorton. >> thank you. even though the snow hasn't yet moved out of our area. we're looking ahead to the next round of winter weather. storm team 4 meteorologist we on when we can see more snow in a couple of second here. i'm angie at the live desk with breaking news out of libya. gunmen just stormed a luxury hotel. we're told they killed three security guards and they also took with them hostages. this is a hotel that is very popular with foreigners officials are saying. the standoff continues. witnesses say before the attacks a car bomb blew up in the hotel's parking lot. >> thank you. it's now time to check our forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist tracking the snow in our area now. tom? >> good morning. and after you leave your house, pull your phone out of yourd download the storm team 4 weather app to keep up with the snow showers we have continuing this morning across mostly in virginia and in

southern maryland. the storm team 4 radar showing that the area in the darker gray is not coming down as hard. the brighter white colors we're getting bands of snow putting down a quick inch or so coming n county pan handle of west virginia across northern virginia all the way down to norfolk. the bans tracking to the south, southeast across loudoun county, westx and prince william as well a loudoun county and shenandoah valley and culpepper and farther south. that stretches all the way down to orange co to ding george. temperatures are sub freezing. the snow falling is sticking to the ground. snow totals we've had about 1 to 3 inches in the metro area. 3 to 4 inches. highest total out here in garrett county 8 inches. my w watch out there reporting. sn covered roads it looked like this when i took this photograph aroun 2 this morning in northern montgomery

county. post your photographs on twit i shared that snowy road photograph on instagram. we'll have a few breaks in the s afternoon we get in the upper 30s. that help improve things with the after com with drying roads. we'll have a blustery winds and it will be gusting t 25 miles per hour. it will feel colder. blustery wind overnight. we plummet down to the teens by dawn tomorrow. sunshine on wednesday. afternoon highs reaching the mid 30s. then by dawn thursday down to near 20 degrees. increasing clouds on thursday. next chance of snow after today looks to be thursday evening. we may pick up a quick inch or so as the system quickly comes on through and exits by dawn on friday. sun back friday afternoon. getting above freezing. we'll have some melting then rollercoasr r down we just the teens morning. afternoon highs upper 20s. another round of maybe some rain and snow a little bit of setn on sunday. ending sunday night. sun back on monday. next weather and traffic on the

1s. your drive time commuter fore 6:31. melissa has a water main break. >> it's where megan mcgrath is for us. a car into a sink hole here in front of a home. the family evacuating their home because the house is flooedding. unbelievable here. as far as road closures northbound kenil worth the alternate is baltimore avenue. do have a delay on the green line because they malfunctioned. that happened a short time ago. 270 that is going just fine. taking a look in maryland. a little bit to the north 95 out of town fine. wider look at things overall looking pretty good for this time of day. obviousg sl helps with the traffic. top of the beltway looking

pretty slow. in other wor looking pretty good. we'll see you then. new this morning facebook trying to figure out what caused a wide spread outage overnight. facebook and instagram were down for about 40 minutes in the u.s. and asia and australia. both social media sites are now back online. the strong winter storm that is pounding parts of the northeast havin an impact in our region this morning. take a live look here.u can't even see the snow it's blowing so hard. the changes t can leave travelers stranded. we're watching the impact the overnight snow is having on your morning commute. weather and traff

breaking news now. a car swallowed up by a sink hole. news 4 megan mcgrath is live with ms is something you don't see every day. we have a broken water main that created a sink hole here. as you can see, it literally car that was parked on the road. all we're seeing is the back right section of the car. everything else is down there in the hole. you can see on the other side of

the gurgling water we have another pretty precariously perched car. across the street there on the e sidewalk we have a family here in the home. they hav back and forth to their cars carrying at times large bags filled with possession walking through the frigid water. apparently they had flooding inside and they're trying to salvage what they can. get it out of the water that is now inside their home. and just a bad situation for the folks here. we have road closures all around the area edmondston. even decatur has been closed for a section. this will be with us for some it doesn't sound like there were any injuries.u can see they're carry boy has been carried out. they're walking through this frigid water just a bad

situation but our understanding is that everyone is okay. it's just property damage and, you kna real headae for the people who are here. and obviously the loss of a car. at least one car if not two. g live megan mcgrath. news 4. >> a crazy scene out there. megan was standing pretty close to the scene and continues to date what is going on there. we're tracking a number of problems in our weather area. e experg winter weather. dumping more snow on d.c. the snow expected to fall for another 90 minutes to two hours. >> a loott of schools and the government are reacting now. if you work for the federal go agencies are on a two-hour delay in the d.c. area. you can also telework or take unsche

you can download the free for a full list of changes. let's two to storm team 4 meteorologt for a look at your commuter forecast this morning and tonight. >> yeah. it is still snowing. good morning. across northern virginia mainly is where we're getting the snow now. o gradually pull away from the metro area. where e getting flurries around northern george's county. but there's a bigger area of this snow now that is tracking fr heading south, southeast across loudoun county. pan handle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley i've noticed a change over the last 15 minutes. not quite as much snow is coming down as it was an hour or so e' a pretty good batch of snow here. that's pulling away as well.

tracking to the south of fredericks over t next couple of hours. these batches of snow are sticking. for the morning drive time watch out for snowy pamps especially on the sidewalk your front many side streets and rural roads that haven't been treated are snow covered. we'll stay below freezing if the morning commute. for the afternoon commute getting above freezing. we should make it into the mid to upper 30s. sunshine breaks out. we'll have drying pavement and improving conditions heading back home from work and school and whatever schools are left open later this afternoon and into this evening. turning much colder overnight tonight. a look at your next 24 hours hour by hour. that's coming up. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. right now looking pretty good. you're right. we've been talking about all morning the wet spots can be quite icy. a warning there. it was nasty as i headed out this morning. bee a nice sheen

on the roadway there. a little bit wet. hopefully no slick spots. taking a look at 270. a little bit slow here as you head southbound. a little bit of delay from the earlier tractor trailers jack by the time you get to german town it opens up and looking good. wider look at things overall looking pretty good. 66 in general, 95 in d virgia everything looking pretty good. same thing when you look at prince george's county overall. right now megan mcgrath out there getting an interview with the man whose vehicle went into a sink hole on a northbound kenil worth avenue is closed because of that. the alternate is baltimore avenue. and the sink hole is there on edmondstone. t you. if you're trying to catch a train or bus out of town today. you might is suspending service to new england today.

it's modifying service between new york and d.c. today because of the snow. the bolt bus cancelled all northeast corridor. no problems reported with vre or mark trains. montgomery 3-1-1 call center is open now. it will stay open all day for you to call and report any problems associated with the weather. if it's not an emergency, you can call 3-1-1 or go to mc311.com. breaking news now. take a look at the scene playing out in prince george's county. a sink hole opens up. swallowed up a car, and the water is flooding some homes. we're on the road in northern virginia driving around to show yo you'll face when you hit the road. a lot have a delayed start to the day. we know your morning routine is changing. wel have e f thro the day.

. 6:40 your time. breaking news now in prince george's county a water main break is to blame for a massive sink hole and the flooding situation. you can see in the live picture our megan mcgrath is talking to some of the folks impacted by this water main break and the water that is flooding homes in hole swallowed up a car. a live report in minutes. storm team 4 radar shows the snow is starting to move out of the area but then doesn't mean weather problems are going away. >> our team is working to get you up-to-the-minute the minute you're up. we'll tel you everything you need to know everything you need to know about the l the "today" show. let's start with meteorologist. we have an additiol 1 to 2 inches overnight. this morning sub freezing temperatur. it is sticking on any untreated surface across northern virginia

and pan handle of west virginia through washi county through the northern shenandoah valley. the area in darker gray not snowing as hard. a few flurries lingering. southern washington county pan handle of west virg and loudoun a bright band nean and southern fairfax county. and there's another one near front royal. these are tracking to the south and east and temperatures are just in the upper 20s to near 30s. the overnight snow that fell is still tuck on area sidewalks and aid streets and rural roads. we'll have a few lingeringflurryh flurries by 8:00. a little sunshine by noon. it wt fl colder. it will feel like teens and 20s with a gusty wind which will continue overnight as we clear out all the way down to the upper teens starting off wednes morning. a look at the next chance for snow. that coming up next weather

and traffic at the 1s. thank you. breaking news right now out. a car swallow badeed by a sink hole. >> reporter: we're getting more informatn how it went down. you can see the car there or what is left of it or what we can see of it. the rest down in the sink hole that was created when a water main broke on the side of the street. apparently there were a number of people inside that car when it happened. we're told there were a couple s and their mom were in the car. they were trying to leave the area following the water main break when suddenly the sink hole just gobbled up their car. the neighbor said that thank goodness they had not yet put on the seat belts. they were able to pretty quickly jump out of the car. we're told that all of them are okay. but obviously a very dangerous situation. water is very very frigid. we also have some flooding to at least one house.

we're told that their basement is completely filled with water. we have been watching them this morning coming in and out of their home with bags of their possessis trying to salvage what they can. talked to a gentleman earlier this morning and he kind of described what ha and said that thank goodness everybody is okay. >> so everybody is okdama a lot of damage. >> reporte so we have aurm in of streets that are closed off in the area. ed mondston. a pretty touch and go situation for awhile. we're told the family was able to get out and they're going to be okay. now with more on traffic. we go to melissa. > amazing they were able to get out. alternate in that area because of the closures going to be baltimore avee route 1. looking pretty good. a couple of travel times this morning. 270 south from germantown to the beltway 17 minutes.

outer loop to the 27011 minutes. if you have to head out roads aren't so bad. be careful. the wet spots could be slick. 66 e county to the beltway. 95 north. thank you. 6:44 now. a mixture of snow and rain. we're keeping a close eye on road conditions for commuters this morning. jordan is live in fairfax county now. good morning. how are the roads looking now? >> reporte we're on kraufton. the snow is coming down. it's wet snow. it's pelting me in the face now. it is light but we are starting to see that. we're possibly going to see some more accumulation. take a look what youe route in northern virginia. you have so. side streets and kbrasz areas covered in snow dividing line to the maj roadways.

you can see they have been cleared off. a lot of black top, the plows have been out all night long into the early morning. v-dot had about 1500 sn mike traffic is moving smoothly. we haven't seen any main traffic issues. it is the side streets that are still snow covered and still a little dicey. it can get packed and slippery. we have another round of this wet, rainy snow. it feels icy. it's kind of like peppering my face now. it is something you'll be contendi with thrt the morning. e seen it come and go and it's on right about now. back to you. >> thank you. right now d.c.'s cold emergey plan is in effect. addition services in place to protect residents, visitors and city workers from the extreme cold and warming cn for the homeless

in our area as well. 14 before the hour right now. and a blizzard is hampering the boston area. >> that's right. the area is expected to get at least 2 to 3 feet of snow. k with storm team 4 meteort t get the weather in our area. >> we're on the fringes of that storm. the extr serer edges of the by it early this morning. we're getting just a few now lighter snow bands that have been moving in from the northwt heading south of pennsylvania to west virginia.d the now tracking across from the washington county into loudoun county. there's one broad snow band where richard is located in fairfax county. there's ano band stretching over toward -- tracking to the north and east. cold tonight into the mid 30s tomorrow afternoon. snow maybe thursday evening. another cha over the weekend. a look at that at 6:51.

>> thank you. 13 before the hour. right now talking more about the blizzard that is battering the boston area. this is a live picture from the coast there in the boston area. you almost can't see anything because of that horizontal blowing snow. the blizzard like conditions they're having. not blizzard like it is a blizza they're having. the area expected to get at least 2 to 3 feet of snow before and done. the storm shut down the city that never sleeps. new york bus sy closed a the 11:00 last night. when they'll reop. tom costello live at will guard with the ripple effect this blizza is having on travel across the country. good mor to you. >> repor good morning. this is the blizzard that wasn't here in new york city. we've only gotten 6 to 8 inches on the ground. take a look behind me. la guard a more members of the media than there are people r thefl

at jfk several hundred people did spend the night after they were apparently stuck on the tarmac the flight unable to leave to europe. they came back to the terminal and spent the night. some of them rather upset, we're told. today in new york city or nation we've got now 4500 flight cancellations. every flight in and out of new yoy in and out of boston in and out of philly cancelled today. and tomorw we' likely to see them starting to pick up again as they get their planes back into p blizzard the airlines try move the planes out of the blizzard's path. we have no planes on the ramp heo passe here in new yo city. amtrak suspending all operations north of new york city into boston. south of new york city to d.c. we have limited service today in areas. i have to tell you, there's likely to be you know the likely to have a lot of questions about why they shut

the entire city down for what turns out to be 6 to 8 inches. live for us tom costello, > despite the snow and cold a small town in massachusetts cut power in some streets. electricy was shut off in massacs d to fire concerns. to administrators say flooding cut off access making it impossib to fight any fires there. residentse td ahead of time that some called the move drastic. the blizzard is temporarily holding up jury selection in the trial against the accused boston bombinger. the judge cancells because the snow. the judge hoped to interview 40 pote questioned. we're learning about at least one plane stuck on the tarmac for hours because of the snowstor is happening at jfk airport in new york. the outbound virgin atlantic flig can't take off for london.

passenge wer s on the tarmac for six hours bef i the terminal. ros and the subways closed passen have nowhere to go. we're told virgin is handing out $1,500 vouchers. or 50 $15 vouchers. the passengers probably feel it's not enough. the massive storm is crippling air tr cancelled more than 4,000 flights today because of the storm. tom costello was talking about from la guardia. right now 123 flights are canceld out of reagan nation. dullis cancelled 32 flights. ten minutes before the hour now let's get a look at the roads this morning. we know many of you will try to head out the door in the next litt while here. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell live near national harbor. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. it's been a long drive down into

southern maryland. made it almost to charlotte hall hugsville. head southbound and it was sw covered at the time. bu in pretty good shape. route 5 once you get to southern parts of prince george's county and route 5 to charles county there are slippery spots. we watched two cars spin out north of huesville. be careful. it's not a lot of snow. the road crews have been out laying down chemical. it's hard for them to plow it. in most locations it's an inch to inch and a half. there's not a lot of plowing to be done. they are laying down the chemical see the tire strips going down the road. keep your speeds down and try to stay in avd spinni out. if you have a slippery road conditn to report send me to twitter. tom is here with us now. when will we see the winding down for most everybody?

>> it's down. it's amazing the storm is about a thousand miles wide. it's affecting wea from southe vira all the way to nova scotia its an incredible storm. thankful we're on the outer fridges of it here. these are t outer bands of that storm all the way down to norfolk coming in from pennsy across virginia the pan handle of west virginia. they're all tracking to the south and east. and the areas you see in the darker gray it's not snowing as hard. light know. maybe an additional half inch or so on top of what has fallen as it moves out of washington coun into loudoun, fairfax, prince william stafford. also farther to the south into the northern shenandoah valley they're we. snow totals across the region are general around 2 to 3, 4 inches. in the upper 20s nearby suburbs and the entire below freezing. as a rest we have it sticking and a big area under winter

weather advisory. all the counties in purple northe virginia, and district and maryland maybe an addition inc on top of what has fallen with the snow bands pass through between now and 9:00 this morning. making for slick pavement. anythi untreated is getting slippe3 inches of snow has fallen in fairfax county in the last 24 hours.8 inches in germantown. farther to the west 6 to 8 inches. many areas got about 3 to 4 inches. area roads looking like this one. i took this photograph about 2:00 in the morning. this was nor of montgomery county. your pics on facebook. especial the high residence ones there. share on twitter. i posted the snowy road on instagram. het reaching upper 30s today. some melting. it's going to be feeling colder

with t gusty wind. la about to head out the door. cold tomorro morning in the teens. sunny tomorrow afternoon. next chance of snow maybe dusting to an inch or so on thursd night. then friday it melts. gets cold saturday with highs in the 20s. another chance of snow next chance after thursday night will be sunday. we might get some snow maybe mixing with some rain. stay tuned for that. and quickly exits on sunday night. wh it goi on? >> overall looking pretty good. a brand new report into the traffic center. inner loop at saint barnabas road. a car fire. i want to show you the roads east here. 270 all of these folks head down no problem. if you're heading out any time soon you'll know what you're dealing with. beltway central avenud r loop looking good. some spots that look wet could

be slick. be careful. that happened to me this morning. 66 and 95 here no major problems there. wider look at things overall pretty good. a tiny bit slow as you pass 32 southbou here on 95. in other looking pretty good. we'll talk to megan mcgrath here in a second. right now we're keeping you updated on the breaking news. a water main break and car swallod by a sink hole. are livemore. >> repor well a pretty frightg situa here. we had a water main break and that formed this large sink hole which you can see swallowed up a car with a family of three inside. witnessed a frantic scene. fortunaty the family was able to get out okay. >> they didn't put the seat belt on and that helped her to go out of the car. if not they could go in the hole. the mom of the kids she got --

>> rep but everybody is okay? >> every is okay. >> repor we also have some damage to the area. there are several houses. this one you see here just on the other side of the car as wells i'm told some houses on the other street behind this line of houses apparently the water was so high it fld the yards and went down the hill into the houses in that directio a lot of damage here but the good news is nobody was hurt. amazingly that family was able to get out and i have to say very very cold water. this was dangerous on a number of diffe levels. we're told they're going to be ok. reporting live megan mcgrath. news 4. >> thank you. i'm glad they got out in time. almost everyone in our area has a day off from school or a delayed start. the federal gover is open but agencies are starting two hours late. if you are a federal employee you can have unscheduled telwork or unscheduled leave.

a lot of school districts are

several days in our area are starting late as well. teachers can come in at 10: we have all the infor m of your screen. you can also download the nbc wash app for a full list of closings and delays. cast your gaze upon the seven-daforecast. we have morning snow ending by another hour or two and sun breaks out later this afternoon. to mid and upper 30s. some melting then. a hard freeze overnight down to the teens by dawn tomorrow. sunny on wednesday. a bit ofy wind today and tomorrow.

increasi clouds and highs in the 30s. more snow on thursday. next chance of snow after that may be sunday mixing with rain. >> this is why. live picture now a vehicle into a sink hole family had to evacua their home because of this water main brt closures. the best thing is take baltimore avenue to avoid northbound kenil worth shut down. otherwise acty looking pretty goo here. no major problems right now. want to show you travel times just to show you. the delays the closures are helping ts morning. in virginia 66 east 95 north no problems in maryland looking pretty good. that's what we like to hear. >> thickng we like to hear from me. >> a little sun this afternooe broadcast this morning. the "today" show is next. we'll stay on top of the breaki news in prince geo. a car swallowed by the sink hole.

. good morning. frozen. as the blizzard slams parts of the northeast, life is at a stand still for tens of millions. streets empty, airports closed. boston getting the brunt of it up to two feet expected by this afrnoon, while new york city dodges a bullet and our team is scattered far and wide across the region this tuesday, january 27th 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of "today," the blizzard of 2015 with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.