the ocean engulfed dozens of homes in duxbury, massachusetts.r'easter that blasted through last week battered and broke open two sections of this 65-year-old seawall, leaving some areas under four feet of water. fire chief kevin nord is worried about more flooding with the high tide. chief, what's your biggest fear? >> losing this for the town, and to lose this and compromise this whole area here would change really the landscape, you know. urmediately, though, it's always the residents and making sure we protect their homes. >> reporter: take a look at this huge, gaping hole right here. e w these stones and massive rocks have been placed here as the last line of defense to save homes like this one and many others in this area. yesterday, the duxbury fire department went door to door, advising residents to evacuate. tim spellman didn't need to be told twice. so you're about to get out of rige, you and your family? >> right now, exactly. we're leaving right now, as soon as we finish. the water will come over the road, and we won't be able to get

. >> reporter: duxbury fire was at the ready, checking on residents who stayed behind. >> there is a road underneath here. >> reporter: using this massive high-water vehicle to get to areas now cut off by water. tens of millions up and down the coast are still in the thick of it. in boston, the harbor spilling into the streets. >> my wife and mother are not happy that i'm bringing my kids down here right now but we're playing it safe. >> reporter: in pennsylvania and upstate new york, heavy snow making driving treacherous. >> rain, snow, slush, it's just -- my windshield wipers can't keep up with this stuff. >> reporter: in new york city, wind gusts over 60 miles an hour toppling trucks on bridges, downing trees in philadelphia, hitting a bus on a highway. while those whipping winds in d.c. rocking scaffolding and downing trees. and turning deadly in virginia. a 6-year-old boy killed in his bed when a tree came through the roof. back in duxbury, first responders ready for a long night. >> everything the meteorologists are telling us, this water won't be able to escape so it's only go

not quite as extreme as 90-mile-per-hour winds from the last storm that battered towns like duxbury, massachusetts. a 60-year-old seawall partially knocked down wasn't repaired in time. now homes along the coast are in danger of being washed away. >> reporter: trees throughout the region that fell last week and took power lines down with them have left around a come hundred thousand still without electricity. >> we've been without power since friday night. >> reporter: here in new york city sandwiched between cities that will get rain and snow, plows are ready. treesthe woodings yet. some forecast models show other storms. we're live in time square. back to you. >> get through this one and we'll talk about the other one. >>> well, eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz is tracking this morning's storm. >> here we go again with another nor'easter. this one will bring heavy snow to the same spots. especially eastern pennsylvania, northern new jersey, and heading up across eastern parts of new york state where they saw over 3 feet last week. another 2 is on the way p

abc's eva pilgrim is in duxbury.va, you're bracing for high winds and even more coastal flooding. >> reporter: that's right, michael. it's round three for this area, which has been hit hard by these nor'easters. and you can see -- look at this, this flooding is still here from the last storm. we are in duxbury this morning where they are now facing a crisis as this new nor'easter is set to slam these already-battered seawalls. take a look at this drone video that we have here. you can see those angry waves crashing in, that's the major problem here, where the seawall has actually been breached. teams working through the night to shore it up, a temporary fix but necessary with this incoming storm. contractors, town workers, and even regular private citizens all pitching in, working through the night to get this done. they did their best but now they will have to wait and see. guys, this water you see right here will be sitting here for a while. the earliest it will be pumped out is friday, michael. >> eva, unfortunate

demarco morgan is in duxbury, massachusetts, where some homeowners are getting ready to evacuate.emarco, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the sea wall, which is not far from where we're standing here in duxbury, was actually compromised. it's missing huge chunks of concrete as a result of last week's nor'easter. it's causing that water to spill over into neighborhoods like this one, completely flooding areas. in and out race is now the race is on before the storm moves in. work continued through tuesday as crews scrambled to fortify sea walls ahead of the latest nor'easter. >> we have massive destruction to our infrastructure here. >> reporter: residents, contractors, and public workers rushed to plug holes during low tide. their windows of opportunity painfully brief. >> not being able to get on the beach to assess the damage has been difficult, because the tide hasn't gone out far enough. >> reporter: crews are using drones to assess the sea walls that have stood for 70 years. the aging infrastructure is finally buckling. >> we haven't heard of any time that this has hap

. >> reporter: duxbury fire captain rob reardon: >> we had four high tide cycles that were tremendous, cause aid tremendous amount of flooding around us, all the way through these neighborhoods and up the coast. >> reporter: as you can see here behind he there are huge chunks of concrete missing from the seawall up and down the coast. now there's a race against time before the next storm arrives. excavators have been working overtime to try and stop the water from gushing in. just take a look at this water mark right here. you can see just how high the floodwaters were earlier this afternoon. now they have gone down dramatically, again, as residents here brace for round two. jeff. >> glor: demarco morgan in marshfield, mass. demarco, thanks. meteorologist eric fisher is following this storm. eric, this storm is different mowp bad is it and what's the timing? >> well, this storm is not quite as potent as what we saw last week, but if we didn't have last week, we could consider it, certainly, a major nor'easter. just getting developed near the coastline tonight. major storm warnings out

in duxbury, first responders rescued this horse after a shed collapsed around it saturday morning. a six-year-old virginia boy died when a tree crashed into his home. maryland's governor issued a state of emergency as high winds toppled trees and sent them crashing into homes. a 77-year-old baltimore county woman was killed. >> had walked outside to get some of hear mail. while she was out doing that,one off and struck her. >> reporter: the national guard and quincy police are still relying on large piece of equipment to get people in and out. the concern now is less water as the tide's coming down, and more power. the lights are still out, and it's going to be a very cold night. the winds are ramping down, which means repairs should speed up, but the city's mayor here in quincy says this has been the most damaging storm to the city's infrastructure in 40 years. reena. >> ninan: the power of mother nature. thank you, kris. well, powerful storms also slammed the west friday. heavy rain drenched the california coast, while the mountains got walloped with snow. carter evans shows us w

the coastal town of duxbury, massachusetts, is racing to fix the seawall decimated by last week's nor'easter. they have until tonight before another powerful storm rolls in and threatens homes. >> this gets back too far, too close to the house, we're going to end up with the -- with the footings of the house being undermined. >> reporter: round two is headed in from the midwest where it already dumped loads of snow and ice and looks poised to do much of the same all along the northeast corridor. >> this is a colder storm than what we had last week. as it moves up the coastline, big snow totals just northwest side of the i-95 corridor. over a foot of snow looks likely. some of the heavier totals could make their way to new york city as well as hartford with this one. >> reporter: as of last night, hundreds of thousands of homes were still without power. >> i have no more wood for my stove. i have no heat. i have no electric -- nothing, zero. >> reporter: as crews rush to get the lights on before the next storm, officials say it's not going as quickly as they'd like because of all the damage.

in massachusetts a seawall protecting the town of duxbury was breached. crews are hustling to protect homes. >> you lose the seawall, you start losing ground and losing houses. >> reporter: further nor, ethel williams worked to save what she could from her mother's beach cottage in north scituate. >> at this point the whole back of the house is open. and it's -- i'd say pretty much everything on the first floor is completely compromised. >> reporter: the storm knocked out electricity to tens of thousand of customers from virginia to massachusetts. and some may go without power for a few more days. >> obviously some of the residents are frustrated. they've been without power. it's cold. and everyone is used to having power there is frustration out there. >> all of this is ruined. >> reporter: frustration that may grow later this week. snow blanking the midwest is expected to move east. >> prepare for another storm. prepare that you might lose power again. this might happen all over again. >> reporter: one storm is over, but another is on the way. dan schen

. >> reporter: there and in duxbury, crews trying to secure the sea wall after waves caused parts of it to collapse. the last nor'easter knocked out power to millions. new dash cam video from hyde park, new york, catches a tree crashing onto power lines, narrowly missing cars. in westchester county, power crews race against time, working 16-hour shifts. residents like com crocker are worried. how concerned are you about this next storm coming tomorrow? >> ah, pretty concerned. we still don't have power. we haven't even been able to get our insurance company in to see the house. >> feel badly for all these families tonight. linsey joins us live, and you've been told that those crews there behind you are going to work through the night, even as this storm hits? >> reporter: david, these crews are committed to working through the night. they say they won't stop until the weather conditions make them stop. 30-mile-per-hour winds, that's the threshold, david. >> with so many already without power from the last storm. linsey, our thanks to you. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob m

. >> reporter: there and in duxbury replacing a seawall. last nor'easter knocked out power to millions. new dash cam video from hyde park new york catch as tree crashing on power lines, narrowly missing cars. in westchester county they race against time, working 16-hour shifts. residents are worried. how concerned are you about this next storm coming tomorrow? >> pretty concerned. we don't have power. we haven't even been able to get our insurance company in to see the house. >> reporter: they are committed to working through the night. they say they won't stop until the weather conditions make them stop. 30 mile-per-hour winds. that's the thresh hold. linsey davis, new york. >> our thanks to lindsey there. >>> let's get the forecast from accuweather's paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. major snowfall throughout the northeast where you see the darkest blue, 12-24. that's right, two feet of snow, at least a foot down towards new york and philadelphia. this low pressure system will move to the northeast and the

a nearby seawall in duxbury has split open leaving all of these homes all too vulnerable.owerful storms crashed over a crippling seawall and into neighbors'yards. fire chief kevin nord says his team has gone door to door. >> go stay on higher ground and a place electricity and heat. >> reporter: but away from the coast the power knocked out power to more than 4,000 new englanders. >> it's a mess out here. get off the road. >> reporter: and buried some communities in as much as two feet. emergency crews worked through the night struggling to keep up with the storm's relentless pace. >> we're falling a little behind because we've got guys s everywhere. >> reporter: new england is not ou this region is under a until late this afternoon and by the time it's over with vermont will have received more than 3 feet of snow. as for duxbury here when we talk about the seawall, it could take up to 5 to 10 days to patch it up completely. norah? >> rough for them there. thank you so much. >>> airlines cancel more flights as they recover from the storm. more than 2,700 canceled yesterday

we're not too far from the seawall in duxbury, and it's missing huge chunks of concrete causing water to spill over into this neighborhood. it's a big now things are in order to patch things up before the next storm moves in. the thrashing of the shoreline continues tuesday as crews cramabled to ford phi b%=pseaw ahead of the latest nor'easter. >> we have massive, massive destruction to our infrastructure here. >> reporter: contractors rushed to take care of things during low tide. >> not able to get on the beach to assess the damage has been difficult because the tide hasn't gone out far enough. >> reporter: local officials say it has stood for nearly 70 years but the aging infrastructure is finally buckling. >> we haven't heard of any time that this has happened before. >> reporter: we rode through duxbu duxbury. for robin, the thought of losing her dream house is too much to bear. >> i've worked my whole life for this. it's devastating. it could be gone in one day. there's nothing you can do. you hope for the best. >> reporter: many of the locals we spoke with say they're getting

demarco morgan is on the coast in duxbury, massachusetts, where entire neighborhoods are under water right now, demarco, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just take a look at this block right here behind me. the flooding actually got worse overnight. the snow has been coming down nonstop. nearby, there's a seawall that actually split in duxbury after last week's nor'easter, leaving homes in this area al too vulnerable. powerful swells crashed into an already crippled seawall. water spilled into neighborhoods and covered yards. >> the walls themselves are close to 70 years old and they're just -- they've run its course. >> reporter: fire chief kevin neward says he and his team have gone door to door, urging people to evacuate. >> go further inland. go state at aunt sally's or something, higher ground, a place where they have electricity and heat. >> reporter: away from the coast, the storm knocked out power to 400,000 new englanders. heavy snow caused headaches for drivers. it's a mess out here. get off the road. and buried some communities under as much as 2 feet. emergency cr

. >> this is duxbury, massachusetts, where an entire neighborhood is underwater. as you can see, it's almost at the top of that white picket fence. >> with this storm has come dangerous rescues. this is a mother and child picked up by firefighters after their house was flooded. >> the nor'easter also creating massive travel delays as well. this is a picture of the large frustrated crowds at new york's penn station. we have team coverage here this morning. first, though, let's get it over to sam champion who is tracking the storm. sam, good morning. >> good morning, sir. good morning, everyone. what we need to know is that the wind problems, the flooding problems, that's the travel delays, power outages all continues today. here's a list of the worst of the worst so far. if you have anything worse than this, just send it to me on twitter and we'll put it up there. barnstable, massachusetts, peak wind gusts 93 miles per hour. what you will hear people say, this is a category 1 wind gust. what you say to them, you say category 2 is 96. that's how close it was to a ca

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. >> reporter: in duxbury, massachusetts, authorities have gotten more than 100 calls. swift water teams at the ready today as neighborhoods remain cut off. >> there is a road under here. >> reporter: this is the only type of vehicle in places that can get through. >> a normal vehicle trying to get through is stuck and we have to rescue. >> reporter: tens of millions bearing the brunt from high winds rocking and toppling trucks in new york and trees turning deadly in several places. including this one that fell on the 6-year-old in his home. downed power lines sparked the gas fire in massachusetts. in some places, it was heavy snow making driving treacherous. amtrak will run again today between boston and washington. only on a modified schedule. and airports are still a mess with thousands of flights canceled. for those who did fly, it was terrifying. it took two harrowing tries to put this plane down in washington. >> there's lots of people throwing up in bags. it was crazy. >> reporter: a storm shaking millions. now waking up to yet another day of the nor'easter's wra

. >> and in the east, residents in the town of duxbury, massachusetts, are being asked to evacuate aheadr'easter that is set to slam that region. officials say some roads could be under 3 feet of water due to the flooding. accuweather's paul williams is tracking it. >> good morning, diane, kendis. the storm arrives, dragging with it possibly one, maybe two inches of rain, causing some flash flooding, because that's been the history of it. but then the cold side of this, well, look at this. locally, 18 inches of snow in some areas in the heart of new york and throughout portions of the northeast, and that nor'easter, as nasty as it is, possibly causing power outages. 60 to 80-mile-per-hour winds in boston, towards d.c., and in new york between 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds with tree damage. and look, friday going into saturday, we're going to have problems with storm surge, 3 to k5 fe 5 feet, waterfront damage and severe coastal flooding. for the southeast, flooding as well, along 85 and 77. and friday, more snow throughout the northeast. and then we're looking at 4 to 8 feet of snow along

nearby duxbury, 30% of the seawall is compromised.oncerned about flooding in that area as well. when you talk about the communities that are not on the water, they are worried about power outages. nearly 20,000 are still without power as a result of last week's storm. and they won't get their power restored until sometime this weekend. so the waiting begins. back to you. >> another headache for northeast. thank you. >>> chief weathercaster lonnii quinn of wcbs is tracking the storm. how bad is it going to be? >> the problem is the storm could possibly take the same track as the one we had five days ago. two major nor'easters within five days. the two elements we're looking at, one south, one north, they merge off the chesapeake. it's forecast to move again along the same track i'm talking about. key point here if it moves closer inland, you'll have more water along the shoreline instead of snow. as of now it looks like even the coast sees rain that changes to snow, and it's all snow inland. snow not as strong but still a nor'easter. w

look at this, this flooding is still here from the last storm we're in duxbury, the nor'easter is seto slam these already-battered seawalls. you can see those angry waves crashing in, that's the major problem here, where the seawall has been breached. a temporary fix but necessary with this incoming storm. contractors, town workers, regular citizens, all pitching in to get this done. they did their best. now, they'll have to wait and see. guys, this water you see right here will be sitting here for a while. the earlier it will be pumped up this weekend. i spoken to some of the home ownerers. i was here for that first nor'easter. they say they still have water in their basements. on their streets there's no power for some of their neighbors. they're really hoping that with this storm, mother nature cuts them a little bit of a break. michael. >> all right, thank you. >>> as you can imagine, thousands of flights have been cancelled or delayed because of the storms. ripple effects being felt all across the country. kayna whitworth is here at lga in new york. >> reporter: it's slow going o

in massachusetts where crews work quickly to stop water from pouring into the coastal community of duxbury after a break in the seawall. >> a barrier beach. you start losing saw wall, ground, you start losing houses. >> an area hoping for the best with another nor'easter on the way. >> the fear is that heavy wet snow coming down could bring down more trees and power lines already weakened. so just a terrible situation going into tomorrow. people here really on edge, guys. >> unwelcome news indeed this morning. kristen, thank you. >>> also this morning we have breaking news in the north korean crisis. it's coming out of rare talks between the rogue nation and south korea. nbc's kelly cobiella in seoul. kelly, what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: hoda, potentially major breakthrough coming out this morning if you believe the south koreans. this is coming after the south korea delegation headed to pyongyang had a face-to-face with the north korean leader kim jong-un. a four-plus hour meeting with north korean leader that delegation back in seoul and the head of the delegates, south k

nearby duxbury, 30% of the seawall is compromised. they are preparing for heavy flooding in that area. when you talk about communities that are not along the water, they are dealing with power outages. we're talking about 20,000 in one community alone that are dealing without power. and power may not be restored until some time this saturday. >> demarco, thank you. chief weathercaster lonnie quinn is tracking the storm and wet weather out west. lonnie, a lot to be covering here across the country. >> i think the big weather story, at least for the eastern half of the country, the fact you're talking about a second nor'easter within five days. we're looking at two pieces of the puzzle. one north, one south. they merge around the chesapeake. this is the uncanny part. they then push into the atlantic ocean. they will travel look the exact track as the storm took on fright. so there's places that were ravaged on friday. are going to have another difficult tile. it is forecast to be a little bit weaker storm. if it tracks closer to shore,

especially in duxbury, where a section of its seawall crumbled into the atlantic. >> the level of concern would be put with one word -- gravely. >> teams now scrambling to stabilize the wall before the next blow. the breach already damaging several waterfront homes. >> we were devastated, totally devastated. >> we are on the new jersey turnpike now heading north. snow has been light for the last several hours. we're just seeing wet roads for right now, but this will be a totally different scene by mid morning. as the storm strengthens over the atlantic, as al mentioned, we could see wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and at times snowfall rates of one to three inches per hour. it's going to be very difficult to even be on the road. hoda? >> dylan, be careful. >>> at the airports, the flight cancellations and delays are adding up quickly. nbc's tom costello is at laguardia covering aviation. it cannot be a pretty sight there. >> well it's not bad yet. but the concern is as dylan and al mentioned, through the day this could get bad. right now it's just wet tarmacs, the concern is we don't w

massachusetts where crews work quickly to try to stop water from pouring into the coastal community in duxbury after a break in the seawall. >> it's a barrier beach. you start losing the seawall you lose ground and houses. >> reporter: an area hoping for the best with another nor'easter on the way. and the fear is that heavy, wet snow coming down could bring down more trees and power lines that are already weakened. so just a terrible situation going into tomorrow. people here really on edge, guys. >> unwelcome news this morning. thank you. >>> breaking news this morning in the north korean crisis. it's coming out of rare talks between the rogue nation and south korea. nbc's kelly cobiella is in seoul. kelly, what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this possible breakthrough coming after the four plus hour face to face between the south korean delegation and north korean leader kim jong-un in pyongyang. south korean delegation now back in seoul and the special envoy, also south korea's national security adviser saying today that north korea is willing to talk about gi

. >> reporter: here in duxbury, massachusetts, parts of the seawall were destroyed during last week's nor'easter, and now residents are wondering if their homes will survive. >> before the storms hit some homeowners working alongside crews to help reinforce the collapsed wall. >> the next-door neighbor and myself went ahead and started doing the repair work. if we didn't do it, within hours of that my house would have been in the ocean on monday. it would not be here. >> reporter: now, new york's governor says the response by utility crews will undergo a full review. on the plus side to a march snowstorm, a lot of this snow will melt each day. however, if you're out after dark be careful, because that melted snow will tend to refreeze and it can become very icy. >> all right, dylan, thank you so much. >>> as the storm hit, as you might guess thousands of flights had to be cancelled on thursday and hundreds more still won't be flying today. national correspondent craig melvin is over at laguardia airport for us with that part of the story. craig, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey,