d.c. are closed today. schools in the d.c., baltimore and philadelphia areas and many surrounding communities also have a snow day. amtrak is running today but on a modified schedule. and if you're hoping to fly somewhere, call your airline check the flight status. >> it's too early to assess the full economic impact of the storm but estimates put it at $500 million to $850 million in lost productivity. leisure businesses like hotels and restaurants, even tourist attractions completely lost the weekend. retailers did, too. but may have made up some of the difference as people prepared for the storm. state and local governments are spending almost millions of dollars just on the clean-up alone. >>> so there were a number of building collapses caused by the heavy snow and high winds including this, the washington redskins practice facility in northern virginia. it deflated. the team says it will reinflate the facility when conditions improve. we're going to get more now on the blizzard of 2016 from you abc's r

d.c. government wil be closed. also d.c. public schools will be closed tomorrow. i want to share information for some of you who may be watching on right now, d.c. public schools there are ten of them who will provide breakfast and lunch today between some and 2:00 p.m. you can go to snow. d.c. gulf for more informationtn who will be providing the breakfast and lunch. >> that's important when you'rer having such horrible access to support services. > metro, limited service. underground only starting att 7:00 a.m. on metro rail, including the orange, red and green lines and it's going to be most underground stations. sta check ahead with metro to be sure that is available. it is going to be bus only 22 routes. the good news it's going to be free. > the other information thatmai came out of that press conference there will be no trash pickup for monday or tuesday. they will assess for later on in the week. the alleyways are snow covered and it will take sometime so the trucks can get through. we are getting indications that the first snow-related death in d.c. we had

d.c. close to 50 and rain showers. a slushy mess after the weekend snow. there is a chance for a few of these showers during the morning. in particular the south coast, cape and islands. everyone above freezing until early tomorrow morning. looking hour by hour, a lot of clouds out there. a chance for a few showers across southeastern massachusetts and a lot of clouds for tomorrow morning and a chance for that rainfall. not expecting too much but a damp start. then as the day goes on tomorrow, clearing from west to east. we will introduce more sunshine. also drier air and a chillier feel to the air, especially by tomorrow evening when you head home from work. out the door, well up into the 30s. a couple of showers. winds out of the west southwest. midday more sunshine in central massachusetts seeing the most breezy and drier. we will top in the low 40s and hold there through the afternoon. tomorrow evening. tomorrow night will be a cold night. 43 boston. 30s in the worcester hills and plenty of melting snow on tap. thursday another nice day after the chill

d.c. schools closed friday. d.c. government offices shutdown at noon.emergency service, police andcea fire will be at full staff. chief lanier ordered 12-hour shifts. she's asking you not to tie upto emergency services with fender benders. in the district of columbia if there's nobody injured and the vehicle also are driveable, you are to exchange information.n. there is no police reporto p thatting whys along with that.ht > as you heard tony say about 120 calls came in last night l during the height of the traffic nightmare for accidents.cci these were minor accidentscci according to the police chief t and she says only aboutbout 10 percent of those callsj required police activity, required a report to be generated. so she says, look, get off the road, exchange your information and keep it moving.it > are the staying at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, the city's emergency years center will open.cent the heads of all the agencies that are working to move the snow, keep you safe, will coordinate from there. let's also show you what a full d.c. deployment looks like

d.c. schools closed friday. fr d.c. government offices shutdown at noon.police and fire will be at full staff. chief lanier ordered 12-hour shifts. in the district of columbia if there is nobody injured and the vehicle also are driveable, youu are to exchange information. there is no police report that goes along with that. tha listen to this, last night the chief said 120 calls came in to police for minor car accidents.c she said only about 10 percentou of those actually required aui policere report. so again, the advice is move your car off the road, exchange information and fend bender that don't result in injury and thend keep it moving. the non emergency number is 311. you can also call 3 # #, if for instance, you see a homeless hom person that might need warmerarm clothes, a blanket or some type of shelter. sh let's wrap up this report right now in d.c. with the shear the numbers, what a full deployment will look like in the district of columbia. d dot says they're going to uses everything it has, 143 heavy plows. some of those will be contracted, 70

d.c. are closed today. schools in the d.c., baltimore and philadelphia areas and many surrounding communities also have a snow day. amtrak is running today but on a modified schedule. and if you're hoping to fly somewhere, call your airline check the flight status. >> it's too early to assess the full economic impact of the storm but estimates put it at $500 million to $850 million in lost productivity. leisure businesses like hotels and restaurants, even tourist attractions completely lost the weekend. retailers did, too. difference as people prepared for the storm. state and local governments are dollars just on the clean-up alone. >>> so there were a number of building collapses caused by the heavy snow and high winds including this, the washington redskins practice facility in northern virginia. it deflated. the team says it will reinflate the facility when conditions improve. we're going to get more now on the blizzard of 2016 from you abc's ray raimundi. >> millions of americans digging out from all th

d.c. government will be closed tomorrow. >> tom sherwood was at that news conference and he's live in northwest d.c. with the progress report on the big bigout from this storm. >> the city has made a lot of progress, but there's still a great deal of work to do and right behind me here on 14th street right near 14th and u, this big pile of snow right here blocking two lanes of traffic. the mayor says closing the general government will help. >> we are going to close d.c. government tomorrow and we want to have tomorrow to continue to keep cars off the road so that we can clear those major arterials and also clear the places where many people who come to our downtown would normally park. >> now it's a big job out there to clean both the streets and the sidewalks. >> how are you? >> throughout the day, mayor muriel bowser was hitting all city wards including citizens clearing their ward and public space. >> taking care of the bus stop. >> thank you. i appreciate snow crews extra time to do your work. and in neighborhoods across the city people were eyeing the mounds of snow to be moved and wonder

d.c., close to a foot and a half in locations. you see where the heaviest snow is. this is reflectivity mode. you see the yellow around frederick toward the mountains there. that is some extremely heavy snow. winchester, up i-81, extremely heavy snow. leesburg, right through d.c., starting to get banding here, too. once the banding moves back in, we'll see snowfall rates one to two inches per hour. how much more could we see? this is additional accumulation. by 1:00, another six, seven inches in d.c. by 5:00 tonight, still going. by 9:00, how much more? between now and 9:00, the next 12 hours, we could see another ten inches in d.c., another 20 at winchester. this might be pushing it just a little bit. that would definitely get us into the 20 to 30-inch range. 30 in camp springs. ocean city, maryland, 48 mile-per-hour winds. we've seen wind gusts in rohoboth beach of 75 miles per hour. that's hurricane-force winds. right now on the phone, we've got the mayor of rohoboth beach, mayor samuel cooper. i know you guys are going through a hard time down there. explain wha

school closed. d.c. government closed at noon. but as for the city's new line to fine $25 for residents who don't clear their walks -- >> we don't expect to issue tickets to residents during the snow event. this is a blizzard. sam: they urged people to stay off the street so people aren't hurt. >> there are people who can be put at risk if people don't stay home when we ask them to. >> organizers if the annual march for life set for tomorrow say they will march. the city management director -- >> we encourage them not to -- to do the right thing and take a look at the storm to make sure they are not putting people in harm's way. sand people who want help for the program should call 311. if you want to help and i'm sure if you asked them how to get in touch with the people to help they will do it as women. reporting rivalling -- they will do that as well. reporting live, sam ford, abc7 news. alison: m.d. -- maureen: maryland and virginia are also preparing for the storm. maryland governor larry hogan held a news conference this aft

d.c. schools are closed and the federal governments are closed, d.c. and local government is closed. but some people are going to have to try to get around and move around the city again tomorrow and it's not looking very good. there's still snow everywhere. and i think it's going to be quite some time before this city is back to normal. harris? >> kristin, thank you very much. we'll take a look at the traffic finally moving along the pennsylvania turnpike. boy, this has had a lot of drama over the weekend during the blizzard. it left more than 500 cars and trucks stranded along that turnpike. one college basketball team got out and pushed their bus through mounds of snow. well, they sounded happy. but take a look at the mess on the turnpike earlier this weekend before they could get things moving. some people were forced to stay put for 17 hours or longer. can you imagine? and a group of high school students tell fox news they opened their bus to strangers who were stuck in the cold. emergency crews spent hours delivering supplies and shuttling everybody to shelters and that was a h

closed. the mayor of d.c. will be holding a briefing in the next hour and some folks are out making the most of it all as best they can in the nation's capital. you see right there that's dupont circle, kind of a tradition whenever there's a big snowfall, a big public kind of snowball fight, friendly, though. d.c. public schools a much more serious matter for monday, will be closed. the nation's capitol, government offices including congress will not be convening tomorrow. and we're still awaiting word on whether federal workers as a whole will be able to go to work. the metro rail system will open at 7:00 a.m. with limited underground service in the nation's capital. then further north to philadelphia, the international airport there, crews are working to clear runways after 22.4 inches fell in that city. and then even further north, new jersey, massive snow melt. it's putting parts of the coast under flood warnings now. more than 28 inches fell in that state and along the coast. 13 inches in some parts. and

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d.c. schools will be closed tomorrow as well as the d.c. government closing at noon. the mayor also apologized and said that the response yesterday for the snowfall was inadequate and she said she would be better prepared for the storm that's coming our way. "news 4 midday" starts right now. ahead. "news 4 midday" starts right now. >>> good morning, everybody. if you are just now joining us, d.c. mayor, murial bouser has declared a state of emergency. tomorrow, a snow emergency at 9:30. parking restrictions starting tomorrow at 9:30. because of this blizzard watch that we are now under, d.c. mayor, murial bouser declaring a state of emergency. >> parts of southern maryland and the northern neck. the difference between the two. if you are in green, you are not only going to be dealing with heavy snowfall but windy conditions that will lead to reduced visabilities, blowing snow and blizzard conditions. friday night on into saturday specially during the first half of the day on saturday. here is the latest. the calm before the storm. the time to prepare is now. make sure

d.c. there and even extending up close to new york city. up to two feet in washington, d.c. and close to a foot in new york city. we are missing out certainly on the brunt of this. of it. so if you have any travel plans, washington, d.c., new york city, it comes to a halt later on tonight. by 6:00 tomorrow morning it is in new york. then watch out close it creeps so close to boston and so close to the southern border by about 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. there may be a few flurries in southern new hampshire. it is gone by early sunday. maybe a dusting to an southern communities tomorrow. that should be about it. today temperatures in the 20's. it would be a great ski weekend. i know the skiers would have love to have had the two neat of snow. it is not happening. mix of sun and clouds. then we moderate a bit. look at that, close to 40 degrees next week. it is a swing and a miss on this storm. efferent a lot of people that love the snow sports are hoping for some snow. sean: no doubt about it. the trails need some snow. erin: we want to check our top stories with ray brewe

d.c. remain closed today as parts of the northeast continue to dig out from the weekend blizzard. it will take days to get back on track following the monster storm. airports that experienced thousands of delays and cancellations are struggling to return to normal. forecasters are watching a system that could bring another big storm to the region by the weekend. >>> new overnight the taliban is claiming responsibility for the death of a police man who shot and killed ten fellow officers in afghanistan. they were killed in their sleep last night then the shooter fled the season stealing all of their weapons and ammunition in the process. >>> still no word on what caused a fire in an apartment complex in garner. a unit on the first floor. two people jumped from the second floor to escape and were taken to the hospital. three units have smoke damage. >>> an update to another breaking story we first reported last night. the harnett county 911 center is still having problems receiving wireless calls so if you have an emergency and you can't get through use the number on your screen ins

federal offices in d.c. closed today. >> officially, washington got a little more than half as much snow as baltimore, but that's because the national weather service snow measuring device at the airport stopped working. it was buried by all the snow, full coverage straight ahead. >>> an american airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing in canada overnight after severe turbulence. seven people taken to the hospital. but an airline spokesperson says the injuries are not life-threatening. >>> and it will be denver versus carolina at super bowl 50. the panthers rolled over the arizona cardinals, 49-15 for the nfc title. the broncos held off the new england patriots 20-18. those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> feels as cold inside as it does outside. >> that's because it's a reflection of your heart. >> i have a cold heart? >> yes. >> oh! >> sorry. >> starting the show on a negative note. >> well, but it is kind of cold in h

d.c. are closed today. schools in the d.c., baltimore and philadelphia areas and many surrounding communities also have a snow day. amtrak is running today but on a modified schedule. and if you're hoping to fly somewhere, call your airline check the flight status. >> it's too early to assess the full economic impact of the storm but estimates put it at $500 million to $850 million in lost productivity. leisure businesses like hotels and restaurants, even tourist attractions completely lost the weekend. retailers did, too. but may have made up some of the difference as people prepared for the storm. state and local governments are spending almost millions of dollars just on the clean-up alone. >>> so there were a number of building collapses caused by the heavy snow and high winds including this, the washington redskins practice facility in northern virginia. it deflated. the team says it will reinflate the facility when conditions improve. we're going to get more now on the blizzard of 2016 from you abc's r

calvert, charles county, frederick county, montgomery county and prince george coun country are all close sdmrd d.c. public schools all closed today. again a complete list scrolling at bottom of screen. >> metro closer to full service. today all stations except on the silver line will be on. >> metro opening at 5:00 today with trains running on modified weekday schedule. regular fares also in place. meanwhile, 79 of metro 91 bus routes were run on severe snow plan and metro access resumes service noon today. >> if you're wondering about amtrak it will continue to operate on modified schedule trains running normal levels following the blizzard that includes most excessel express and northeast regional train and boston and district and other part of virginia. >> heavy amount of snow traveling around the city is creating different raws conditions. a man was struck by a snowplow while walking on georgia avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital in serious condition but he is expected to survive. >> now the worst damage we found was in silver spring, maryland. a roof collapsed at the shiloh christian

d.c. are closed due to the snow. more than 20 inches fell over the weekend. today, mother nature helped out, too. there has been quite a lot of concern about snowstorms that would hammer the northeast as we go toward the weekend. good news -- the models say no now. most of the models show this area of low pressure stays off all in terms of snow. it also keeps that area of low pressure away from the coast line. that's great news. in fact, if you look at the euro model, you can see most of the snow is off to the northwest due to an alberta clipper. really, we're not seeing anything significant. in fact, it looks like it will mostly be a rain event. just a few tenths of an inch of rain. good news for us, no more winter weather this week. chris? chris: we will start in the mid 40's and stay stuck there most of the day. really we do not go anywhere temperature wise. mid to upper 40's, quite a bit but not as cold as it could be, that's for sure. our model breaks it up. ending by the afternoon -- then you see clearing late in the afternoon. temperatures again much c

d.c. will remain closed today because the roads are still bad and schools remain closed in d.c., baltimore and philadelphia. >>> a lock down lifted after a fight at winston salem state university at the donald j reed center. someone displayed a gun but no reports of shots fired. the lock down was a caution during the security sweep. >>> the first meeting without former president tom ross. faculty and students plan to protest and bring attention to black colleges. they want e board to put more research towards historically black colleges. >>> investigators are working to determine what caused a fire at an apartment complex on shady long court in garner last night. the fire started in a unit on the first floor. second floor to escape. they were transported to the hospital. we are told at least three units had smoke damage. >>> the grand jury veiginunder cover video of planned parenthood found no wrong doing by the abortion provider. instead they indicted two anti abortion activists who made the video centered on the handling of fetal tissues. both are charged with federal tampering of govern

d.c. public schools will be closed tomorrow. d.c. public schools is closed monday. i am now announcing that we're going to close d.c. government tomorrow, monday. we want to have tomorrow to continue to keep cars off the road so that we can clear those major arterials and also clear the places where many people who come to our downtown would normally park. metro announced that it will have limited service beginning tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. underground stations on three lines including green, yellow and orange will be in operation till midnight. and metro representatives are here and can provide additional information about that. we will also are happy that in ten locations across the city we're going to offer tomorrow school urges and breakfast, breakfast and lunch for kids at ten locations. >> there you have it. the mayor of washington, d.c., muriel bowser updating citizens on the headlines. government offices across washington, d.c., will be closed tomorrow. we also know the schools will be closed tomorrow. they're making a lot of progress in terms of the cleanup wit

washington, d.c., hard-hit, they are looking at federal offices closed in washington, d.c., as are the schools. also closed in philadelphia and in baltimore, as well. we also see the national guard deployed in 12 states. they will be working non-stop for days at a time. we are also expecting to see more flight delays. 1,300 flight cancellations today alone. a real mess at the airports. pack your patience and make sure go. people will be digging out up and down the northeast. you went to bed hearing plows and shovels scraping and you'll hear them again today. we've got, perhaps, as you look right now, what a beautiful sight. it's always the case after a big blizzard. the skies look gorgeous. however, we've got another possibility of a nor'easter coming, as you're looking live at the big dig out. let's show you what we're expecting. a system is going to be developing down along the florida coast. then it's going to start to make its way up the coast wednesday on into thursday. then sometime early friday. the models all disagree. is it cold enough to snow, and how much will this be able t

the federal government told employees not to come to work and washington, d.c., closed public schools the metro remained partially closed for the morning commute. >> the roads are still dangerous. we are still in a snow emergency in washington, d.c. >> reporter: the district's slow cleanup is being compared to new york city, where schools are open despite the storm dumping more than 26 inches of snow in central park, the second largest snowfall in the city's history. >> i know other cities struggled and a lot of them are not blessed with the kind of public employees, the number and the quality and the highly trained public employees that we have. >> reporter: still new york is not without trouble. the school bus stuck in the borough of queens, a signal that pockets outside manhattan are still being dug out. and it wasn't all snow. flooding in new jersey hit residents that are still recovering from the devastation of superstorm sandy in 2012. despite the mess, some managed to have fun. in philadelphia residents were sledding down the famous rocky steps. and in washington, hundreds suit

d.c. schools closed tomorrow and all non essential d.c. employees will be allowed to leave work at noon tomorrow. no decision has been made yet for the federal government. both chief ladies and gentlemen year and bowser said this storm should not be taken for granted and has life or death potential. wusa 9. >> thank you nicky. they arrest a prove providence snow plow operator. investigators say the driver struck and killed this unidentified victim and then took off. he was arrested about 30 minutes later. >>> so did you make it home last night? a lot of people didn't. drivers were stuck in place for hours in some evening commutes from last night turned into morning commutes all from the same thing. joining us live from fort washington where traffic really was at a stand still earlier this morning. >> good afternoon mike. we've been out here for a few hours and seen the snow trucks make their rounds but before any of that treatment happened it was a complete mess hours ago. you can see it cleared up traffic earlier this morning backed up ca

this is what people are waking up to, at least 17 inches here in d.c., close to 40 inches in the outlying suburbs. many roads are covered and impassable so there' s a lot of work ahead for crews clearing streets. the mayor has been asking drivers to stay off the roads, . people walking trying to stay off the roads. a lot of sidewalks have not been cleared. the plows need to get out here and do their jobs. that will take some time. at reagan national airport, the airport has been closed. snow teams are trying to get snow off the runways. that is not likely to reopen today. we are looking at tomorrow. doug: quiet and peaceful. nothing but the birds chirping. thank you. mbta crews out last night making sure access to trolleys and subway cars is safe. this was at the fairbanks stop along the green line in brookline. shovel teams clearing snow and putting down sand as the trains moved in and out. by the way no reports of any , problems with t service. antoinette: we are just hours away from a showdown for the ages. that road is not an easy one. bob halloran live in denver with the tough task a

maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, north carolina, tennessee, and washington, d.c., where the federal government says its offices will close at noon today. yesterday d.c.'s mayor apologized for being unprepared for that one inch of snow that crippled the city. and says the district is prepared for what's to come. >> we're preparing for a blizzard. you know i've lived in d.c. most of my life. and i don't know that i have lived through a forecast like this. it's an extremely large storm. we're working very hard not only to be responsive to the predictions, but also be nimble enough to respond to any changes. >> so let's get to the predictions and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, what's the time line here? >> it's begun. we already picked up five inches in little rock, arkansas. horrible driving conditions between little rock and memphis this morning and now the worst of the storm is starting to arrive in virginia and north carolina. what happened just a couple hours ago, last night we went into our blizzard warning in washington, d.c. now we're under a blizzard warning in philadelphia, trenton, new york city is

maryland anne arundel, calvert, charles, frederick, mtion county and, for instance, george county all closed d.c. public schools closed today. again a complete listing scrol scrolling at the bottom of your sglooen metro is inching closer to reassume full service today. all stations except on the silver line will be on. >> metro rail opens at 5 a.m. with trains run opening a modified weekday schedule. regular fares will be in place today. no more free rides today. mean while, 79 of metro 91 bus routes will run on severe snow plan and metro access begins at noon today. >> meanwhile amtrak continues to operate on modified schedule as well trains running near normal levels following the blizzard including most ak sale express and northeast regional trains between boss strong and district and parts of virginia. >> things are gettingto back to normal at airport. along the east coast they're back to schedule and reagan and and dulles international airports both are only operating with one functional run way though. however, dulles international working to clear a second run way. the bottom line here is

airlines are canceling flight, washington, d.c., will close the subway after the district struggled with just a dusting

schools and government offices are closed in maryland, virginia and washington, d.c. are closed today. nbc' s edward lawrence has the latest on the efforts to get all the snow cleared. edward: i' m calling this the big dig, because many people in the suborders of maryland and d.c. all the way up to new york are digging out. you can see in the us capital here we are dealing with almost knee high snow in this area. other area we are dealing with 30 inches on the road because plows can' t get to it. still emergency equipment has to get to it so in some cases they are digging through 24 inches of snow to get to the emergency. the is a deadly storm, at least 30 people have died because of this storm, many in traffic accidents other folks were killed when they were shoveling snow and had heart attacks. at least one person was hit by a plow. now the governor of maryland says we are in recovery mode, to normal life back to normal. this was not just snow, this with lots of water. flooding in several communities on the new jersey shore, putting many people out of their homes. bu

phere we go show you the other psnowy day that we have all pfederal offices in d.c. closed pagain today. pthe big dig out continues. pwashington not alone. hiladelphia baltimore also shut pdown as well. peconomic impacts looks like it pwill climb two economists say pforget 850 million like we said pyesterday. pthey are looking more two and a pwow. phow did that change so quickly? pi guess, i guess the aftermath pyou looked lost production. pi think lost production of all pof those people not working for pa second day in a row. pyeah. pstorm had hit in the middle of pweek it would have made bigger pdifference. phigher loss. pthe one picture that sticks with pme we don't have when we had it pearlier all of those people pdriving into la guardia in new pyork yesterday trying to get out pof new york. pand just a total traffic jam. pjust trying to get to the pairport. p>> i heard there were still six p00 nights cancelled today. pstorm. p>> amazing. pyesterday. pno need for jacket at all. p59 degrees in brandon. p60 in brooksville. p61 already in sarasota. pand how about this, 22

d.c. remain closed today after this weekend's storm dumped two feet of snow in the area. and the house postponed votes this week, including one overriding president obama's health care veto. senators will return wednesday evening. >>> cleanup continues, plows started cleaning up piles of snow along the new york city. and the jersey shore, a mix of >>> robertson county deputies are investigating the attack of a dog that killed a 7-year-old. he was unresponsive and his eight-year-old brother badly injured. an investigation into the boy's death is ongoing. >>> durham mission will continue the warm shelter again today. more than 400 men, women and children have been staying with them each night during the winter storm. they have been so packed that 30 had to sleep on the floor recently. we talked to one man that said that the snow finally drove them to go to the shelter. he is not only staying the night but he's going to enroll in the program now. >> i came here to change my life and turn my life around for the better and to get out of the cold and the snow and the bad weathe

d.c. area are closed today. let's bring in the latest with cnn's jennifer gray. >> reporter: john and christine, day two of the big dig is beginning today. we have a lot of snow to clean up. the crews have been out all night long to get the roads clear. i can tell you, pennsylvania avenue has a stack of snow on top of it, however, some of the major roads, a lot of the major arteries are getting plowed and clear. even in the downtown area, the roads are not clear. that is why the schools are closed today and the federal government closed down today as well. it is just going to take time to get this city back up and running. on top of that, we had a beautiful day on sunday. blue skies, temperatures got above freezing. we had a bit of melting going on. it will be dangerous. we will have black ice and again, that's another reason why they canceled school as well as those government offices. it is going to take a while to get this city back up and running. we have been talking about incredible snowfall totals. dulles

federal government in d.c. closed again today. nation's capitol still cleaning up after 2 feet of snow blanketed the area. >> anchor: did you see that collapse too? unbelievable. the snow is not only trouble. because other areas of the eastcoast are trying to dry out. after flood waters moved onshore too. >> reporter: the snow has stopped. >> paralyzed by the storm. >> reporter: in new york it was the second snowiest storm in the city's history and many streets impassable. >> i was supposed to go to work today and i could not go to work because i was afraid of falling. >> reporter: in the nation's capitol with government offices closed monday along with schools and many businesses residents tried to dig out. >> only so much you can do when you have 20 inches. >> reporter: along the jersey shore flooding and beach erosion left a number of homes on the coast in danger. >> many tinkering on edge of falling over it looks like. >> reporter: some of the nation's busiest airports brought to a standstill by snow. >> these guys are pushing

montgomery county and prince george's was scheduled to be closed and d.c. s will be closed for this blizzard. for a list of closings in our area, make sure you check the bottom of the screen and go to the nbc washington app and all of the closings are list letted alphabetically. >> you can't have snow without having pat collins. he's getting ready with all of his snow acute ♪ you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ video camera on the spot. in the last hour and a half, just metro shutting down, announcement, the school's closing. you can feel everything, you know. it's great. >> that's pretty wise. >> yeah. >> it's really bad. i talked to a couple of school districts and the one thing is if anybody gets out on the roads at 3:00, 4:00 and what happens last night, we saw people on the road for six, seven hours and the snow stopped at 10:00. what happens if the snow continue

airlines are canceling flight, washington, d.c., will close the subway after the district struggled with just a dusting last night. some places could get two and a half feet. more than 77 million people are in the path, including our team of correspondents. >> reporter: it wasn't congress that created gridlock in washington last night. it was a rush hour burst of snow that froze the untreated roads and turned cars into out-of-control projectiles. neighboring virginia reported 767 crashes in just 24 hours. >> it is crazy out here. >> reporter: normally short commutes turned into eight-hour, slow-speed marathons of misery, stretching the drive home well into the morning. a.a.a. rescued nearly 6,500 drivers from the mayhem, and this was a small storm before the main event comes tomorrow. d.c. mayor muriel bowser. >> we are very sorry for an inadequate response. >> reporter: what does last night's debacle say about the city's ability to handle the type of storm that's coming at it now? >> we should have been out earlier with more resources. if we had gotten out earlier and had more resource,

closed. so check out wncn.com. today federal offices in washington d.c. remain closed this is after this week's storm dumped two feet of snow on the area. and the blizzard put a halt on legislative decisions as well. senators plan to return wednesday evening. >>> across the mid-alantic, cleanup continues today. a mix of snow and floodwaters drown neighborhood streets, crews worked to repair the down dollars power lines from the heavy winds there. >>> now let's get to the good news. the carolina panthers are the nfc champions and now super bowl bound. and justin quesinberry has a look how they got to the celebration. >> reporter: the panthers dom natured the arizona cardinal -- dominated the arizona cardinals. you see them celebrating after the big game in charlotte. and newton is and all pro this panthers to five time mvp peyton manning and the broncos to the super bowl in two two weeks. this is what so many people are focused on right now. >> we got one more thing to do. we're not finished this arizona this and that. arizona has the best wide receiver cor

d.c. schools remain closed. d.c.'s mayor says she's asking for federal help to dig out. across the entire region, pooling water on roads, likely to refreeze overnight is creating a new hazard. meanwhile, air travelers are slowly feeling the pain. 12 thousand flights are cancelled, including about a thousand today. . >> i'm thrilled to be getting out on time. . >> had a forced vacation in d.c. it was good. it wasn't too bad. >> in washington. scott mcclain reporting. >> we dodged 99 percent of that. early commuters are still dry. you could see traffic moving smoothly. and at least we have had dry roads at the time. we're tracking few isolated showers. few light sprinkles just on the western edge of franklin county, just north of connorsville, moving northeast of fayette county and some light rain moving on the western edge of osgood. we have more showers, and tracking overnight. on and off rain at times. you could see very spotty in nature. that will continue to move northeast and skim the western side of the viewing a

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