manchester, connecticut, 28 1/2, avon connecticut, as well.tores, 15 inches, hamden, 34, these are the big winners. incredible numbers there. and here's a picture of connecticut. we're watching the clearing from west to east, this is the litchfield hills. but where it's the bright white colors that's bright banding, that's where the snow was coming down in 2 and 3 inches per hour. it is all minimizing and moving eastward. but i-91 from hartford down to wallingford and all down the shoreline, all the moisture coming off the water allowing madison and brantford to get pummelled with between 25 and 30 inches of snow. so we are going to see an end. new york city will end this morning, boston ends by this afternoon. and then maine will end by tonight. here's that area of low pressure moving out from early this afternoon. you can see 1:00, still, though, in southeast mass, the cape and the islands, as well. but even as we see this whole system push eastward, we're going to still have those winds. even though the snow will be done, certainly the prob

unbelievable. 3 feet of snow in bridge port, connecticut. and here, of course, we got a few inches in some of the suburbs. and we had wind during the day today. that's all from that same storm. let's take a look outside with the michael and son weather cam. a beautiful shot here. of course it is chilly out there, but nowhere near as windy as it was earlier today. 39 and it feels like 31. the dew point is 12. that's not too bad. winds out of the north, northwest at 13 miles per hour. looking at our weather headlines, we'll see the winds diminish overnight tonight. that is going to allow our temperature to get cold tonight with clear skies and calming winds. there's nothing to hold on to that heat. it will lead to a sunny sunday. clear skies leading to more sunshine during the day and monday morning, that's when we're looking for our next chance of rain fall. 35 degrees at the airport. 37 in manassas. 41 in culpeper. milder numbers tomorrow than what we had today and much less windy. right now it feels like 36 in leesburg. 26 in gaithersburg.

an astounding 36 inches in connecticut. >>> in the dark. snow and near hurricane-forced winds cut power for 600,000 homes and businesses in the path of this mammoth storm. >>> don't even try it. roads and highways closed throughout the storm zone. cars stranded on the highways. and look at this massive pileup in connecticut. there's even a 24-hour travel ban in three states. the mayor of boston ordering people to, quote, stay home. >>> the big digout. and now, the hard part. keeping all of that wet, dangerous snow off roads and roofs. >> our storm team is out to bring you the latest details from the heart of the storm zone. >>> good morning, everybody. i think we have a live shot of the snow coming down in new england at this moment. the blizzard of 2013, not finished yet. and the effects, i guarantee this, we'll be feeling them for days. >> these images are amazing. we're beginning to get a picture of just how bad the storm is. states of emergency declared from new york to maine. the snow pounded down at an incredible rate of two to three

connecticut, bum's ell's-eye, 3 inches in milford, connecticut, along the shoreline, 95.ches. hamden, 34. madison, madison, 32 inches. gilford, madison, branford, those shoreline communities really got socked. all that moisture coming in off the walter coupled with that cold air kind of wrung out every inch possible. even on long island 30 inches. stonybrook in long island, 28 inches. islip, paramus, new jersey, new jersey not out of this, 14 inches. central park 11 inches. almost seems paltry, right, compared to the 30-inch numbers in connecticut. in maine, almost 30 inches in portland. that was the record. the greatest single snowfall total. worcester, 28. providence even at 16 1/2. we've all seen it. but it is also coming to an end. the winds are weakening. now we're seeing gusts in the 30s and 40s. earlier, last night about midnight to about 2:00 this morning we had 60, 70, hurricane force wind gusts. this is the snow predominantly off the coast but that's what indra was saying. she's between a couple bands. one to the west, the same band that's set up shop this entir

most of that in connecticut.ffic at a standstill, with drivers being told to stay off the roads, even in places where the snow has now stopped. and more than 5,000 flights have been canceled. >> that snow is still coming down hard in so many parts of the country, as well. this storm could be historic, dumping more snow at one time than anyone has seen in years. our extreme weather team is all over the blizzard of 2013. sam is in new york. ginger's in boston. and gio benitez is in hartford, connecticut. >> let's start with sam, our abc news weather editor, out in new york's columbus circle. sam, we're worried about your lower back with all of the shoveling you're doing this morning. everything all right? >> good morning, dan. good morning, bianna. it is the big digout in the southern section. i think i'm doing okay. and by the way, we got andrew out and on his way home this morning. you can see behind me a lot of the secondary roads and main roads in new york city have been plowed and cleared. but there are many,

i'm calling it the connecticut 30 inch club. so many spots in connecticut. that was really the bull's eye. new haven was 35 inches. a lot of these locations are near each other there in the new haven, connecticut area. even hartford was at 24 inches. there were other spots, too, well up on this list. i mentioned already new haven and hartford and portland. boston, mass 22. providence you got 20 inches of snow which is a big deal. new york city almost a foot. but again minor compared to everybody else. albany, new york really didn't see a lot. so now the problem is the winds. they are howling up in maine. that's still where it's very treacherous out there. a lot of blowing and drifting of snow. then on top of that we're going through the high tide cycle right now. we're just getting to the end of it. we've already seen some houses with water in them in areas like sandwich. you saw pictures off the top of the show with the water coming over. it doesn't look like it's too devastating. but those pictures are still coming in. >> absolutely. what is it? right alon

all roads here in connecticut, shut down right now. in connecticut, a state of emergency. >> if you don't currently have a reason to be on the road, if you're not emergency personnel that's required to report to work somewhere, stay home now. >> reporter: a warning in hopes of preventing scenes like this, the aftermath of a tractor-trailer accident on snow-swept i-95. but some residents are braving the storm to fill up their gas tanks before gas runs out. >> we have a generator. a lot of people don't. >> they're not getting trucks or anything until after the storm. that could be until sunday. >> reporter: across the state, 235 national guard troops are helping with roads, health and welfare checks and emergency transportation. as emergency crews try to get through, officials don't want them to hit heavy traffic like this. some 800 state and private plow crews are out in force, clearing out roads. that's no easy task in weather this rough. >> a tough job. yeah, but it's worth it. got to keep the streets clean. >> reporter: this isn't ev

between greenwich, connecticut, and darian, connecticut, on that 95 corridor as you look at your map all the way to new haven and beyond. and i have never been on a freeway like that, with five cars over the course of about a 45-minute drive, driving about 25, 30 miles an hour. if you've ever imagined 95 looking like a farmer's field, that's what it looked like, trying to make headway throughout the night. it was about 12:00 midnight, 1:00 am. just look i said, absolutely remarkable to see that people really did, for the most part, heed the travel ban warnings. that may be why we're not getting as many reports of huge traffic pileups or even accidents that might have been critical or lethal. i saw not one accident. again, i only passed five cars in total in 45 minutes. you can see your map, this thing is just monstrous. my own home is blanketed in two feet of snow. the boughs are so laden, i'm worried about snapping branches. that's what connecticut worries about when we talk about these massive power outages. you know, millions of people are going to be without power. i'm usually on

let's get more from connecticut.usands of power outages reported, and the states's largest power company says it's activated its emergency response plan. joining me on the phone, frank piro. a good day torque and a busy, long night for you already. how many without power? >> we have 36,390 customers out. those outages clustered along the rhode island border along long island sounds. >> we were talking about one of your congressmen about the problem with getting power up and running. how long will it take to get power up and running? what are the obstacles to doing it? >> roads choked with snow. we received a significant amount of snowfall across the state. it will be a challenge getting to the trouble spots to assess what's -- what's broken, what needs to be fixed. that said, we do have crews deployed in our service territory with concentration in the areas hardest hit and we expect to have a good assessment of that -- of the damage relatively soon. >> okay, well, frank poirot, thank you very much. good luck getting

i have two little kids in connecticut. if you're watching, boys, stay inside with your dad because those boughs can break and we can have lots of -- check it out over here if you can. scoot over here. there you go. that's what's happening live right now. all throughout connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island, you name it. so many people without power, these utility companies are making their way around where they can, where it's plowed, and also where people who shouldn't be clogging up the roads aren't clogging up the roads. these guys got to get to where they're going. a lot of them from out of state. already mentioned that the new york governor has been sending plows from out of state. we've also been getting utility company workers from out of state coming in to help the roughly 650,000 people who ultimately did lose power at some point during this storm. not as many here in connecticut. i think at last look it was about 39,000. there were a lot more but they've been establishing things very quickly which has been luc

in hamden, connecticut. and areas of new hampshire and maine that band sat there overnight and probably see two to three feet easy in those areas. at midnight, the last observation from logan, portland, 10 to 15 inches. a report near 24 from downtown hartford. buffalo, 7. and we're waiting for updated snow totals in areas of eastern mass, where we should see 24 to 30 inches of snow. this lived up to the forecast and the hype with the power outages, a long day of cleanup and winds and windchills won't help at all. >> thank you for the update on that. new york city may be the city that never sleeps. certainly quieter than usual today. a foot of snow on the ground in some parts. joining me now is stephanie abrams with a smile on her face. good morning to you, stephanie. what's it like there? >> alex, good morning. we're doing quite well in times square. the front page of "the new york post." nemo bites, snowstorm socks city. the plows have been going around. let me show you what the streets look like. a little

hamden, connecticut, 34. madison, like right along the shoreline, the 95 corridor, madison, guilford, branford getting pounded with over 30 inches. it wasn't just the shoreline, it was that 91 corridor, as well. the moisture from the water coupled with the cold air in place and that's what we've got. bridgeport, 38. it just wasn't connecticut. on long island, islip, 27. stoney brook on long island, as well, 27. in worcester, mass, 27. even boston, 21.8 inches. really the breadth and depth of this throughout the northeast. although places to the west like albany, new york, picking up only around four inches or so. pretty interesting. new jersey, 14. new york, 11 inches at central park. logan airport, in terms of the winds, 76 mile-per-hour gusts. buzzards bay, massachusetts, the bridge heading through the cape, winds incredibly strong, as well. winds coming down. the snow is winding down. so things are on the improve, that's for sure. here's the radar picture. the white delineating where the snow is finally. t

i want to switch over now to connecticut.at this, so you open the door, 3 feet of snow, you can't get out the door, and there's more snow coming down. so what you see right there will be worse, i'm sure, by the time we see daylight today. >> yeah, hopefully he didn't keep the shovel in the garage. you hope you brought it in the house. >>> all right. i want to switch you over also now to white plains, new york, and this is sort of an image of what you saw as the stores the other day. a lot of people looking, you know, to get food, supplies, water, bred, in advance of this storm. they cleared out the shelves in a lot of different stores. when you think about superstorm sandy, a lot of people got caught offguard, so you find people doing everything to be ready this time. they say it's a five-day supply of water you should have. >> right. that's what we're looking at. if you have any information or video, pass it along to me. >> thanks, george. >>> maine braces for intense snow. we will be speaking to that state's emergency manag

amazing time lapse video, from connecticut showing the storms building in a hurry. first a few snowflakes and then the skies open up the snow rising fast and look at that. reducing visibility to about zero. that is zero. how did the blizzard measure up to the forecast and what can we expect later on. maria molina is live. we want to hear from you. >> good to see you. we do have many reports to tell you about and update out of maine. we report over 30 inches of snow has fallen in that area. in boston, one for the record books in the city of boston. as of the latest. to show you how strong the winds were across many cities in parts of new england and also into areas further off to the south, take a look at some of these gusts that were reported from the storm system. in the 80s. 81 mile-an-hour winds in portland, connecticut and massachusetts, 83 mile-per-hour winds. so we're talking hurricane-force winds out here in portions of new england and even in areas further off to the south. snow reports again, some places picking up three feet of snow across portions of conn

in some areas of connecticut tonight. and here comes another gust with blowing snow, which makes drifts like this a problem. because no matter how many times -- watch what's coming behind me at about four seconds -- a plow. no matter how many times a plow goes by, the snow keeps drifting. so, yes, the governor lifted the travel ban a half hour ago. but he is begging people not to travel. it's the same story everywhere throughout this blizzard zone. it is a mess. have a look. the feared monster nor'easter didn't disappoint. 2 feet of snow. and in some places, plenty more. like tens of thousands of new englanders without power on saturday. >> this has been a record-breaking storm with snowfalls reported as great as 38 inches. right now our main priority is to clear roads. >> reporter: the numbers at the tell the tale. milford, a whapg 38 inches. new haven, 34. bridgeport, 30. here in wallingford, connecticut, check out this local firefighter. he's 6'3" and yet still struggles just to march through nearly knee-high snow in o

but connecticut potentially was the bull's eye, inches in the 30s.on long island, stoney brook, 27.5 inches thus far. worcester, mass, 27.5. boston, 21. new york city getting about 11. big difference there. 11.4 in central park. paramus, new jersey, new jersey, vermont, new hampshire, everyone in on the action. up in long island, as well, long island, 30.3 inches. so certainly very substantial. no doubt about that. but the end is in sight. so the snow's winding down. the winds are winding down. now the sun's up. you can see what's fallen. you see here's new york state. the northway, the thruway clearing up now. and western massachusetts, western connecticut, new york city, done for you. eastern end of long island. suffolk county still seeing snow but nothing as heavy as we've seen. you see where it's brighter here. that's what we call bright banding where the snow coming down more in earnest. more dynamic lifting happening there. that's where the two to three inches were. predominantly right like this, a stripe. that's what allowed for those 30 inche

ashleigh banfield is in fairfield, connecticut covering that. how are things looking where you are, ashleigh? >> reporter: it's not about the look, it's about the feel, brianna. the light is going down, the sun is going down, the temperatures are going down. and yet, brianna, we still have clogged arteries. clogged roadways. that 95 is still a parking lot where i am in fairfield, connecticut. plows are pretty intermittent and while you do see some people traveling, because they are allowed to travel, technically, they're not supposed to be, anyway. the governor here has said please just stay off the roads and let the utility companies get to restore power. let the plows do their job. we're just now hearing a confirm savings five known fatalities in this state alone. this is where the record snowfalls were found, brianna, so it's still an emergency. blizzard warnings may be over, but the emergency is not over. and we are going down to minus 10 with the wind chill here. so if your car gets stuck, and you get buried, you're going to be cold, and th

they're preparing to dig out from under more than two feet of snow, connecticut first seeing the most accumulation, and all major shut down citi hour, massachusetts getting battered with more than 20 inches of snow and the winds, they hit hurricane force level, reaching more than 75 miles per hour overnight and back here in new york, the honk island expressway at a stand still and crews working to clear hundreds of cars that got stranded in the snow. anna kooiman is live in new york central park with the latest and there people are enjoying, but certainly, it was a tough night, anna. >> reporter: absolutely. you've got that right. waking up to a winter wonderland after dealing with a real mess last night and into the overnight. good morning to you, good morning to everybody. 30 million people across the northeast dealing with a foot of snow or more and 11 million people according to the national weather service dealing with two feet or more, here in central park and enjoying 11.4 inches and upped their snow totals. only one storm related death to report. that happened in upstate new y

in connecticut, the snow is beginning to accumulate on sidewalks. people are being warned to stay inside and off the roads. here's a live picture from boston. the snow is falling heavy and steady. wjz is live with complete coverage. marley hall is in connecticut, where a state of emergency has been declaredded. christie ileto has more. first, meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are tracking the storm on first warning live doppler radar. >>> and it's a very, very impressive-looking storm. really, it's a strong northeaster. very deep low pressure. sitting out with very warm water out in the atlantic. and that's helping to it to -- it to really grow. you can see heavy bands of rain and snow now, moving over portions of inland, connecticut. and around the new york area. we have a little rain moving through. that's pretty much all we're going to see. maybe a snow shower moving into our region later on tonight. the main impact will be primarily wind and a little snow out there in garrett county. northern maryland. yes, we'll probably see wind gusts to

and we do have four confirmed deaths in canada and also, one in connecticut and then in upstate new york as well. uma, back to you. >> anna, thank you very much and thanks for keeping us posted what's been happening in new york city. you've seen the damage, so what happens next? our team coverage continues, meteorologist maria molina joining us now live from the fox weather center with a look at what's in store. maria? >> good to see you. although the storm is over with for places like new york city, western areas in massachusetts i want to point out that the storm is not over just yet across areas in eastern maine and we still do have reports of blizzard conditions ongoing out there and very heavy snow falling at the hour and behind the storm we're going to get very cold temperatures that will not help out people who do not have power right now. it's going to be frigid with single digit wind chill temperatures and another storm system we're going to be tracking with blizzard conditions in the north central and severe weather in parts of the south. i do want to start out with pictur

western connecticut and western mass, as well.y the afternoon, 1:00, everyone but the islands and all pushing north and continuing to move eastward. the snowwise but what we'll see is the wins continuing to blow around what we've seen already, which is two and three feet. >> that brings me to the question which is a lot of travel bans we know in effect. would could they be lifted. >> in boston and massachusetts, first time at 4:00 they have done this travel ban and everyone certainly in agreement that this was such a good idea keeping everyone off the road. hard to know when they'll bring it back, the roads which everybody has been off. certainly sooner than it would have been without the ban. by the afternoon we'll watch this. by 10:00 you can see it's all but gone from chatham to all the way to the cape and islands. still this morning, see the snow end and maybe some ftomorrow. >> thanks. a lot more on the blizzard in the northeast. people stuck on a major highway. an update live and show you what's happening in your neighborhoo

alm road in the connecticut in a state wide travel ban. can see sent in by the viewerings, first showing an entire neighborhood practically buried in the snow. in this one, you can see how deep the snow is as one, you look at that man waist deep in the stuff and trying to

there have been heavy snows already for parts of connecticut. storm number 2 coming in from the west. the energy has to transfer. this thing will pound out the snow across the northeast. there is that second line i'm talking about. it is out to the west now. some rain maybe wet snowflakes about to head towards winchester, across junk, coming through hancock. garrett county. you are seeing some of that snow as well. sprinkles and snowflakes here strasbourg southwest. culpeper county down to the madison county line had about 4 to 5 inches of snow early this morning. temperatures are running in the 30s and 40s here. providence is 32. but it is up here where they are seeing temperatures cold enough to support all snow and heavy snow at that. right now in washington, 41. it feels like it is 34 outside. the humidity is still high, 89%. there is that dampness in the air. of the two storms coming together in the northeast, you see this first one coming out of michigan, all the heavy snow is here from buffalo right across new york state in toward maine.

. >> traffic got topsy-turvey in connecticut, too. and signs of things getting worse before getting better were just about everywhere throughout the storm zone, as power trucks await the calls of duty from as far away as ohio. >> i'm asking the general public to make decisions that are wise. >> reporter: officials again repeated warnings for people to stay home and out of the mounting mess. >> i guess mother nature is making up for last year. >> reporter: yielding to fleets of snowplows, making room for emergencies. in rhode island, a slow start for accumulations quickened by afternoon. massachusetts and connecticut governors each order roadways clear at 4:00, a ban on traffic. for those still needing to travel, rail service ground to a halt, triggering a midday evening rush at new york's penn station. airports, including laguardia, were at all but a standstill. >> i'm from minnesota. i know snow. but just don't want to be stuck here for a few days. >> reporter: the exodus turned hustle and bustle in providence and boston into what lo

you can see where connecticut governor dan malloy issued a state of emergency in connecticut and signedr prohibiting any traffic on the roadways because he felt conditions would deteriorate overnight to a point it would be dangerous to have too much traffic on the roads. you can see the plow there, that one vehicle probably not supposed to be out. those plows have been out all afternoon and evening at stanford. they started working earlier putting down salt, but there's still a slick layer out there. earlier about 5:00 i took a measurement of just about how deep the snow was. it was about 5 inches then. now let's go ahead and look to see how far it is. we're about 7 inches, 7 1/4 inches now, so certainly significant from a few hours ago. they're saying it could be up to 2 feet overnight. so really we're just getting started. with a blizzard it's not just snow you have to worry about. it's wind gusts, gusts up to 60 miles per hour, hurricane strength gusts potentially could knock down power lines, affect some of the electrical equipment in the area. so that's why elected officials and po

let's go to up connecticut right now, amanda has been there all day. >> we are in connecticut where theixture of snow and sleet really has made for a messy situation here. if you look over here, you can see that really it's only the private plow drivers that are out on the road ways and in the parking lots trying to get ahead of the accumulation that we have already seen here. let's show you a bit of the accumulation. if you look on the ground, you can see that we are probably up to, i would say about a foot of snow and there's more to be expected as we go through the overnight hours. that is the latest, back to you, doug. >> she said 12 inches, there are already reports of 18 inches in parts of connecticut, and connecticut because of the band getting hit the hardest. let's look at the forecasted snowfall, that is rest, the left overs of the snow storm. we are still going. another six inches in new york and 20 in providence and 20 in boston. reports out of boston coming in 6-8 inches right now. that could put them close to 30 inches of snow before it's all said and done. our forecast di

speaking of connecticut, we'll be joined live from the phone is mapor of hardford.e listened to your governor talking about 39,000 people being without power in the state and the need for 4 by 4 vehicles. what is it like in your city? we just lost him on the phone it is it happening largely because of the weather. we'll make every effort to get back to him so we can talk to mayor segara. hartford has been hit by it we've got the mayor back again. are you with us? >> hi, good morning, how are you? >> we lost you a moment and glad to have you back. what is the situation like for nuhartford as it relates to the snow? >> we have a fleet of 40s trucks trying to clear the streasts and principle arteries . we are asking the public to please stay off of the road. they are slowing down our efforts in terms of doing the best we can in plowing and we'll not be able to get the side streets until we clear the major after theries. there is a driving ban in effect and state of emergency in our city. please, please. stay off of the roads. >> mayor, i hope people are hearing you lou

i'm a resident of farmington, connecticut. i come here in strong opposition of the proposed legislation, including but not limited to house bill 5268, senate bill 140, senate bill 122, senate bill 124... >> my daughter was a student in victoria soto's first grade class. she survived. she and eight other children ran from that room directly past him, but not before witnessing her friends and her teacher slaughtered in front of her. >> so here we are again. another mass shooting, another deranged perpetrator, and the response is yet again ban guns. >> something needs to change. we need to be able to send our kids to school without fear. >> as much as you might detest this thought, at the end of the day, the only protection against a bad man with a gun is a good man or woman with a gun in the right place at the right time. >> guns are a fault line in the sort of varied american experience. and they have this capacity to sort of create this emotional cleave in a way that i think maybe abortion comes close to, but other than that,

we'll be also sending utility crews to connecticut and massachusetts. in terms of power outages, we have an issue in suffolk county, about 10,000 people are out of power and we have been working with the utility companies there and we'll be sending resources, but we can also send resources to connecticut and massachusetts and we'll be doing that and then they were hit much harder than the state of new york so we wish them well and i wish their governors well. i ask the people of the state to use consideration today, if you really don't need to leave the house for an urgent matter, don't leave the house. there are crews all over the state working to clear the roads. it becomes more complicated when people are on the roads and more complicated when a person comes out and gets stuck and now the plows have to worry about moving that car. >> jamie: all right, new york governor andrew cuomo giving an update and status, saying new york was hits, but not as hard as our neighbors, neighbors helping neighbors and resources from here will go to help massachusetts

banned driving in massachusetts and connecticut.uliette is a journalist and has a lot of experience working for state and federal government. most recent post secretary for the department of homeland security. before we delve into your piece and this travel ban, i have to ask, where are you and how does it look where you are? >> we are inside. a lot of energy in the house, but we're doing okay and plan on staying here at least until tomorrow night. but it got very ominous and kind of freaky in the last two or three hours. it was romantic for a while, but now it's just a bad storm. >> the romance is over. >> the romance is over, yes, that's true. >> let me ask you about this. you write about this in the globe, this unprecedented travel ban. i said it this afternoon and the governor, this is no joke. if you are caught after 4:00 -- >> he's right. i think people's response is he's overreacting, or the state is overreacting and why can't we go out in our cars? and one reason is to keep the streets clean so they can be prowed and people