when the long island expressway is covered in snow, as the long islander might say, few forget about it. dicks hill, 45 miles out ofú> it's getting worse. the road definitely covered now. if it's snowing all day but it's cold, 26 degrees. we just had a row, staggered row of five snow plows coming down the long island expressway next to us so they cleared a lot off the surface. this is westbound traffic heading towards new york city, moving very slowly and these folks are presumably heading home and getting off the roads. a lot of restrictions going into play at 4:00 tractor trails being told to stay off all major highways in new 1¥z and all traffic may be banned as of 11:00 tonight. have!3nl not gotten confirmation of that. we still have another 24 hours at least of snowfall, and they told news suffolk county, 250 plows on the road, and that won't be enough to keep up with the snow if it keeps following at this rate. the governor is encouraging everyone to go home and stay home. listen. >> 4:00, 5:00 6:00 tonight, you want to b

long island. d to bear the brunt of it in new york. this is a classic storm coming up the coast. it is going to hit long island and connecticut especially hard and eastern long island harder than western long island. new york city also westchester also. but really it is about the island and the east side of the island as we've seen before. the two things that we want to make sure you're aware of. the long island railroad i'm here with the chairman of the metropolitan mta, mr. pender gas, we are encouraging people to leave office earlier and not later and get home sooner rather than later and the lirr will facilitate that. we would like to be in a position where we can close down the long island railroad at around 11:30 or 12:00. meaning we can put the rail cars in a safe place so the weather doesn't damage them so we can get up and running once the weather clears as soon as possible. so people should put that into their planning. to be home by that hour. and then back up -- what time do you have to

long island hit with very heavy snow bands too. this goes from new york all the way up to bangor maine. where we have the difference is the drop has been -- the blizzard warning has been dropped for parts of coastal new jersey. but this storm is still very much in effect. we have heavy bands moving through parts of massachusetts, 2 to 3 inches per hour. we'll have a closer look at the radar coming up in a bit. >> this is historic and one to watch at this point. domenica, we had temperatures here in new york like 40 degrees the day before correct? >> yeah it was. the cold will be locked in. we're not going to be looking at temperatures above freezing until the end of the week. >> amazing switch. let's check in with nbc's chris pollone in boston. what are conditions like at this hour? >> reporter: yeah, thomas, it is getting pretty bad out here. we're told this could be one of the strongest periods of snow coming up between now and noon. right now it could be snowing at a rate of about 2 to 4 inches an hour. when we headed back to th

>> eastern long island. these are, the places that i'm going to pin point, when the people are going to wake up they're going to go holy cow, what happened. that's going to be eastern long island islands frommislip. now 39 in newport and 37 in boston. so it's game on now. this is the time when people are going to start losing power as the snow gets heavier and the weight on the trees heavier and then the winds are only going to increase through the night tonight. we would see winds town 70 miles per hour through the overnight into tomorrow morning. this is the area of greatest concern. we're concerned with our friends in gloucester, all through the cape providence newport, those are the people who have a chance of losing power and maybe losing power for a couple days with single digit wind chills. then you start talking about life-threatening stuff, the elderly, anybody with little kids. on top of 2 to 3 feet of snow. we get so fixated on will new york city get hit or not. >> bill as a meteorologist, then yo

we're talking boston connecticut, long island rhode island. inches of snow already on the ground and it's still snowing and it will continue to snow for quite some time. the radar is going to show you that first band of snow that's already from portland maine, down to boston and across the cape and down into long island. that's the heaviest snow the two to three inches of snow per hour and the winds are blowing at 50 miles per hour. so the question is i got a couple of emails this morning, why didn't it happen here? yesterday we talked about the models. the new model, the weather service put millions of dollars into this new model. we looked at it yesterday and we said wow, this is only going to put ten inches in new york city. all the other models say 24 we wonder which one is correct. the new model, the one the weather service put a bunch of money in is working well. believe the new model and throw away the old one, it didn't work as well. >> i don't believe in cya mode when it comes to weather for two reasons. one, the point of fact you wer

major swells out there off long island. these guys riding the waves on the tip of long island. the tip there. that bore the brunt of the blizzard's impact in new york state. new york city dodged the worst of it, despite the dire forecasts. our ana cabrera faced the storm for us on long island. here she is with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, after more than 24 hours of pounding waves, relentless snowfall, whipping winds, the folks here on long island and especially here in montauk are breathing a big sigh of relief. it seems the worst is over, but the misery is still upon us with more than two feet of snow blanketing much of this region. in fact, the latest snow reports we got from just down the road in southampton was 28.8 inches with wind gusts continuing overnight in the 20s and 30-mile-per-hour range still causing drifting snow and dangerous driving conditions, not to mention very cold temperatures, dangerously cold temperatures that claimed at least one life, an 83-year-old man with dementia who was found frozen outside his home. we also have learned of a 17-y

adam reese on long island. we'll talk later. i want to check back in now with meteorologist domenica davis standing in. a sight on the board you have there about who has been impacted the most and we see connecticut coming in with the top numbers. >> yeah, these are some widespread snowfalls. and, yes, connecticut gets it. marlborough, connecticut, 16.2. the interesting thing about this is it took -- it was only an hour and they got 4 inches of that 16.2. the snow is coming down at a pretty good clip in most areas. slews bure s shrewsbury, mass 10.3. we're expecting additional snowfall in central park but not a blockbuster like we're seeing through southern new england. now, i want to show you this is interesting, because we do have a stationary band of snow that is basically set up through eastern long island. it goes all the way past providence, right up the massachusetts turnpike right into canada. so that's where we're looking at basically a stationary band of very heavy snow. that is going to add to those snow totals. so ma

and out of long island 18 inches. wasn't a miss of the forecast by much 25 miles, 30 miles made the difference for new york city. philadelphia were worse than new york city, were expecting 8 to 10 only picked up two inches. those areas did better than expected. that forecast if you want to give it a grade, give that a d. but anywhere from central connecticut out through cape cod, up through all of massachusetts and coastal maine, this forecast is spot on. the timing has been on impacts have been on. the only impact is less than expected was the power outages. still losing all of nantucket is big and trying to evacuate long island in this weather is dangerous, that's an interesting situation. the rest of the power outage in 20 to 40,000 person range is probably lower than expected. one of the reasons why, the storm was a little further off the coast. if that happens, it means more cold air is able to come from canada. instead of being a heavy, wet snow, it was a light, fluffy snow. it doesn't stick to power lines and t

close to three feet from long island all the way up to maine. catastrophic flooding flooding in massachusetts where a wind-blown tidal surge breached the saw wall in marshfield and forced evacuations there as well. but overnight, the worst of the 2015 blizzard has now passed. in massachusetts the statewide travel ban ended at midnight. let's bring in national reporter nick valencia. nick what's it like where you are? >> reporter: good morning, christine. it still is very cold and that wind is still a factor here. it's in scituate where we saw some of the nastiest wind about 60 miles per hour more than two feet of snow. just behind me here is the atlantic ocean. and that caused a problem yesterday morning when flooding hit this community. this is a coastal alal community. so they're used to seeing major flooding in this area but even residents that we've spoken to throughout the day in the past couple of days that we've been sear say that it's remarkable what they saw here over the course of the last 24 to 48 hours. so much so that the national g

still dealing with we could see 18 to 24 inches of snow, new york city, long island the bullseye continueschusetts and connecticut and rhode island with over two feet. we are pretty certain that new england is going to get an epic event. not so sure about new york city. here's the nam forecast, this is ano&8!(÷ forecast model we look at. again, big snowfall totals from atlantic city to philadelphia to new yorkyw boston. again, some of these areas could see higher totals. i wouldn't be surprised61! higher totals of three feet in some of these isolated areas,_ibuqbuuráh&ook at the gfs, the new and improved gfs model we've been talking about all our forecasters are excited about. look what the gfs does three to six, we're almost done with this snowstorm. but we're still predicting a big event for new england. so you have to take that9o account. this gfs model0$#

long island, though long island smack in the middle of it. eastern long island getting more than 20 feet of snow. governor andrew cuomo says they're now shifting resources to help dig out suffolk county. >> this is one of those bad news/good news situations. the good news is the entire region was not hit as hard as we were expecting. the bad news is suffolk took it right on the chin. >> msnbc's adam reiss is live in plainview. what's it like where you are rights now? it looks like the snow and the wind have died down a bit. >> craig, conditions have improved tremendously in the last hour since you and i last spoke. the sun is out. the wind has died down. the snow has stopped. the l.i.e. behind me while many of the roads have been cleared but the public works together many long islanders have taken the governor's advice to heed and they have stayed off the road. we're seeing a few cars here and there. mostly plows. mostly electric trucks. you see some of this snowdrifts here. that's what's next. this is what's next. handling the snow clearing

that was a different story on long island. for the commuters trying to make it home ahead of the ban last night, the precautions were worse. heavy snow blanketing the roads and sidewalks. the storm dumped about a quarter of what meteorologists predicted. that was enough to bring the city that never sleeps to a standstill. >> for every day new yorkers, it is clear. this is not business as usual. >> reporter: on monday night, state officials issued a travel ban shutting down commuter and train services telling people to stay off the roads to make way for plows and emergency crews. >> it only takes two cars to get stuck and the traffic backs up and that's it. >> thank you, everybody for the effort. >> reporter: volunteers from the red cross were on stand by through the night. they have enough disaster supplies to help 50,000 people. >> what we have here is a shelter cart. it has 40 cots and 80 blankets. there are 400 cots within the whole box truck. >> reporter: on the jersey shore, where coastal flooding is threatening areas dev

it's going to hit long island.onnecticut especially hard and eastern long island harder than western long island. new york city also, westchester also. but really, it's going to be about the long island and the east side of the island as we've seen before. the two things we want to make sure you're aware of the long island rail road, i'm here with the chairman of the metropolitan transportation authority, mta, tom pender erergastpendergast. we're encouraging people to leave office earlier, not later and get home sooner rather than later. and the lirr will be facilitating that. we would like to be innf a position where we can close down the long island rail road about 10:30, 11:00 meaning we can put the railroad cars in a safe place so the weather doesn't damage them so we can get up and running once the weather clears as soon as possible. so people should put that into their planning, to be home by that hour. and then back up -- what time do you have to leave, what train do you have to take to get home by 10:00, 10

now there is morning, long island is getting hammered, as women. chris van cleve joins us to tell you more about. that will chris good morning to you. >> well, ukee, erika good morning. we're seeing now over a foot and a half of snow here in suffolk county, going further east, up to long island, you'll see even more snow. there are some areas that could close in on 3 feet of snow by the time this storm is done. now, we have seen the pace of snow slow down little bit for us here, overnight as the storm peaked, snow falling at a rate of three-4 inches an hour. now it is closer to inch an hour but still plenty of snow plenty of winds very treacherous situation. >> snow and strong winds battered long island overnight. >> the wind, visibility and everything, not too good. >> police in humvees patrolled, as the nor'easter kick in monday evening bagging it self over the east coast parking itself off the ocean. >> look at the tail, moisture plum goes all the way down to basically cuba. there is nothing but a lot of available moisture here. >> that moisture

extreme eastern long island.ut the storm end up being about 25 to maybe 50 miles further to the east. >> okay. >> if we look at the map, the heavy band of snow is the edge of it was supposed to be somewhere right down the hudson valley just to the west side of new york city. instead of being where it was with the storm being 25 to 50 miles a little further offshore than expected the heaviest axis of the snow is through central new england and central long island. philadelphia had hardly any snow. new york city, eight to ten inches when we're all said and done. in areas of eastern -- you can get eight to ten inches in new york city, the twin forks probably close to 30 i rememberes of snow. that's only 50 miles. that's how difficult the forecast was on the western edge. that's where new york city fell. bus potential was high in philly, new york, and harlttford. those areas did bust. >> if you're waking up along the eastern seaboard boston to maine, what can you still expect if. >> this picture, still incredible --

look at the long island expressway. we showed you this last hour still very few cars on the highway. they have been warned to stay off the highway and to stay safe. the roads are very icy, very slippery. i want to show you, going to take this shovel want to show you safety tips when you finally get outside to shovel you want to push the snow. you don't want to lift. that's a strain on the back. you want to push it and lift and then you want to use your knees and not your back. just to stay safe when shoveling, push don't lift and use your knees, not your back. jose? >> and apparently you're going to get a lot of practice doing that adam today, if you needed to. >> there's a lot of snow here to shovel. we're going to need some help. there's some plows here. we have seen plows come through, about 650 plows here on long island. we have seen them come through in caravans. they continue to come through. as you can see, jose some cars hardy souls trying to get out. the gas station is open they're filling up. again, if you're

this is long island. we're surrounded by water.y are very concerned about storm surge, about beach erosion and all that. it is a big deal here. right now it is about 25 degrees. the snow has been falling pretty steadily the last couple of hours. it is big, chunky wet snow. they're trying to get the roads cleared by dark. it's not going to happen. the governor of new york andrew cuomo, also said that he expects that at sometime tonight around 11:00 they are going to impose a complete ban of travel on the roads. they're hoping that people heed the warnings so we have a safe night. a very treacherous, but hopefully safe night. >> thanks ron. joining me now is chris pallone. how is the foot traffic where you are? is anybody still out on the streets? >> reporter: it is pretty light. i went for a walk around 3:00 this afternoon. that seemed to be a busier time. it seemed people. >> reporter: -- were trying to head to their cars to get home early. earlier this morning, the commute into boston was not a typical monday commute by any stretc

a blizzard warning is still up in long island and the coast. we have correspondents along the northeast this morning. >> reporter: i'm doing something only possible once a year. i am standing in the middle of times square and it is virtually empty because there is a complete and total travel ban. only emergency vehicles are he roads. the subways, bus lines and rail lines are all shut down. new york city itself got a glancing blow from the storm. we have gotten between five and seven inches. we could get more as the day progresses. on long island they are experiencing near blizzard conditions. for the millions of commuters trying to make it home last night before the travel ban the precautions have proven more painful than the event. heavy snow is blanketing new york city's roads and sidewalks this morning. thi storm dumped about a quarter of what meteorologists predicted. even that was enough to bring the city that never sleeps to a stand still. >> for every day new yorkers it is pretty clear. this is not business as usual. >> state officials i

new york city and long island.0, a travel restriction for all roads, state roads, local roads, city roads, town roads, except for emergency personnel. this is a serious situation. if you violate this state order, it's a possible misdemeanor, it's fines up to $300. and that will go into effect at 11:00 also. the two lessons we have learned dealing with the situation more times than we would care to getting the subways and the railroad cars in a safe position is key so that when the weather does leave, we are in a position for the system to start back up. we saw that under hurricane sandy, so that's what we're trying to do here with the 11:00 closing down. and number two, in terms of keeping people off the roads, the roads are very dangerous. we have just been out to long island and driven around the metropolitan area. the roads are already very very dangerous. they are going to be very hard to clear at the rate of snowfall we expect with the wind gusts we expect so it's dangerous to be out there now. it's only going

on long island, east of the city of new york and on the eastern end of long island, record blizzard. this is the city right here and this is long island to the east. connecticut above it. suffolk is on the east end by the hamptons. they got 22 inches in this area right here. 25 inches up here and when you get to orient beach state park, 29 inches, and in some areas it is still snowing. rick leventhal in uniondale, new york, out on long island, 20 meals east of manhattan. don't tell long islanded this wasn't bad. it was. >> reporter: they got slammed. 18 inches fell yesterday, and today it's 25, feels like 12. so the snow and ice will be here while and it's proven deadly for one teenager in huntingtop, new york. sledding with friends last night in a tube, and he hit a pole. and was killed. the roads also very dangerous today. even though that travel ban has been lifted. there's a lot of ice and snow on the roads and the governor is urging new yorkers not drive because of conditions. in further east two feet or more blanketing most of the hamptons. the governor of new york today said t

and this from longbeach long island almost white-out conditions along the boardwalk. a blizzard from new jersey all the way to maine. at the heart of the storm that is hitting the region right now. a state of emergency along the coast - cars trucks trains shut down. nearly 60 million people told to stay inside until the worst is over. one area that could be hit hard is coastal connecticut. paul beban is in new haven along the coast. >> good evening, you were talking about the normally bustling times square looking like a ghost town. we are right on the edge in the heart of yale university in new haven that would normally be bustling bustling, is indeed a ghost down. rain is coming down harder. the forecasters had this one exactly right, picking up as the night moves on and across a swath of the eastern seaboard from philadelphia to boston emergency officials people get home stay home ride this out and don't come out until it's over. >> reporter: in new haven union station the departure screen tells the story - trains delayed, cancelled. others rushing home. >> i left

through that area has to be -- all of these warnings have to be taken very seriously. >> eastern long island as you go through new england, we're talking about nantucket, cape cod and those areas of eastern new england? >> really connecticut, rhode island heavily populated areas towards boston could get the brunt of the snow and wind as this precipitation area pivots around the low and literally comes into this southern new england. it's going to be quite a night -- >> people should not be lulled by the light snow falling now because that is just the clipper, the real storm is still forming as you said in north carolina and off the coast. that is going to hit with hurricane force winds up the doest. let's get a few definitions here. bombogenesis this is not a made up word. this is a meteorological term -- >> it was made up by several researchers a number of years ago to try to capture the notion of within these storm periods, the storm can affect you for 36 hours but the rapid development phase is in a very short period of time and that term came about to try to explain or at least capture t

tonight heavy snow for new jersey up towards long island and connecticut rhode island, cape cod and the islands where we could have hurricane force winds for a duration of time. this is 6:00 a.m. tuesday. nobody is going anywhere along the i-95 corridor especially since we have blizzard conditions, 40, 50 60 miles per hour winds for a duration of hours. people will not be on the roads or in the air. wednesday at 3:00 a.m. finally seeing some relief but new england you are getting pounded with snow so this is going to be a significant event effecting millions of people for several days. blizzard warnings in effect for tens of millions of people. one to three feet. we think boston you could top your biggest snowfall ever with close to three feet of snow and wind gusts from 50 to 80 miles per hour. we have hurricane force wind warnings for parts of coastal massachusetts. we have a criteria we follow for blizzard. the following conditions have to be in place for at least three hours. that is reduced visibility of a quarter mile or less with heavy snow for a duration of time. and in this cas

winds weren't as bad in new jersey or long island. that's why we're seeing power outages in the area. as far as snow totals for the entire area boston d.c. couple of inches new york eight to twelve but still a chance of two feet of snow from portland all the way down through boston and prov southern california but as far as central california doing fine today. temperatures in the 50s in most cases. mills, "the worst of the storm occurring right now. we'll wait to see how bad it gets. >> it was a scary moment for nbc reporter stacy bell when a car nearly ran right into her when she was finishing a live report on long island. >> reporter: earlier today nasa county executive did say they have treated the roads that are normally trouble spots. they have the plows out. so he thinks they are ready for this and they are ahead of this storm as the snow continues to fall overnight only time will tell. reporting live from nasa county stacy bell. news 4, new york. >> i don't know what just happened there. >> i'm not sure if that was sliding or s

we are expecting 12 to 18 inches for the new york area long island. the jackpot will be around eastern massachusetts as well as connecticut and rhode island with over two feet we think, right now. back to you. >> i hope you're proud of yourself, dan is janice. >> thank you for not putting me outside. >> we were tempted. and the show is not over. janice dean, the weather machine, brutal machine today. >>> thousands of flights already delayed or cancelled. now word from the faa that newark and la guardia airports are on a ground stop. air traffic cannot come in but air traffic can leave it can. lea gabe grill on what is becoming very quickly a travel nightmare. >> reporter: first of all, thank you for putting me outside since janice said she wasn't. there's been a lot of cancellations here today. as you can imagine, but on the departure board still showing a couple of flyings still planning to take off, including a couple to miami, which is where i wish i was going right now. now, the airports in the new york city area have been hit the hardest with the

long island bracing for two feet or more.e. >> reporter: rule of thumb when the snow is so deep your shopping cart can barely make it, the trip to buy groceries might be a bit too last minute. no matter to ryan who thought it would be a perfect time to buy his storm ee essentials at this farmingdale wal-mart at the last place open miles around and had it pretty much to himself. >> we have to get stuff. we have to do what we have to do. >> reporter: as the monster storm blanketed long island, for the most part only people that were out is because they had to be. jim will be running circles around shopping center parking lots all night. >> it will be a challenge when stuff comes down heavy, especially with the snow blowing the drifts but just keep going. >> reporter: on the roads the d.o.t. struggled to keep ahead while it still could and they suffolk county police shut down a road so steep dozens became stranded there during the last major blizzard. >> get home, get to your families. be safe and allow the plow operators to do

the heavy snow band supposed to be down through new york and long island hit eastern long island island. i saw a report of 28.5 in orion, a lot of pictures come out of new york city but a lot of people suffer through the shoveling and single digit windchills. we didn't get the power outages expected either. the main reason because the storm was further off the coast, it was a little colder and more of a fine powdery stuff, not the stuck that sticks to trees. that didn't allow the weight to get on the branches and power lines and that's why we have 20 to 40,000. some areas are doing well but we have to wait until tomorrow morning to clean up in eastern new england. >> bill, i know there's a lot of second guessing but certainly the governor andrew cuomo, new york governor and bill de blasio, they would have really been faulted if they had not been ready. clearing the sheets letting the sanitation crews get out there and clear the streets overnight was the big game changer there. quick question about more snow to come. we're hearing thursday and sunday. what's looking out there? >> reporte

the winds are not that bad in new jersey or long island. the worst of this storm, the best chances for it being historic power outoutages, people trapped in their homes for days. it is into areas of strange and eastern connecticut and the winds are the strongest gusting currently at nearly 40 miles per hour. i still feel very confident in that blue stripe there and the totals. if there is anything in a will get chopped off, it would be to take some of this purple, which is 12 inches plus and bring that maybe toward the new york city rear. that is the only caveat and change of the forecast. of course that would get a lot of headlines if new york city doesn't get the expected -- i called for 18 inches if we got 12 it would call for big headlines. but in other areas, it is set in stock market. the storm just forms, new information from our computers will be coming in the next bit will be in about an hour and then the ex-is about two hours after that. we'll have a good idea of what we're dealing with as we go throughout the evening. >> thank yo

ana cabrera is in east hampton, long island. we have ivan cabrera standing by in the cnn severe weather center with the detailed forecast. i want to go now to miguel marquez. so miguel you have the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, he's saying he's considering a travel ban here. how else is the city preparing? >> reporter: well the city is preparing by loading up on lots of salt and lots of plows. we're in one of those areas here in lower manhattan. i want to give you a little tour of where we are right now. this is the bike path on lower manhattan. down that way we should be able to see downtown. it is complete whiteout right now. this storm is on. the last 20, 30 minutes or so it's come on strong. if you look up this way, see the west side highway here. the traffic is still heavy. people getting out of town coming downtown. we're seeing a few runners and bikers on this trail still. that won't be the case. if we get that 3 feet of snow it will be up to right here on me on this trail. that giant building there, that is filled

long island was much harder hit than the new york city area. 16 inches on long island.uffolk county is where we have serious issues the track of the storm as it moved north, suffolk county is the far end of long island, montauk point, they have significant issues and continue to have blizzard-like conditions, 12 inches of snow 14 inches of snow. and we will be redeploying much of the equipment from the new york city area mid hudson area to long island and specifically to suffolk. we are lifting all the traffic bans on the roads at 8:00 o'clock. nassau suffolk, new york city, westchester, rockland, 13 county area that was affected will all be lifted at 8:00 o'clock. we coordinated that with the governor of new jersey chris christie, who i spoke with this morning. obviously you can't open the traffic ban on one state unless you're coordinated with the other states because you don't want people on the roads in new jersey trying to get to new york if they can't get to new york or vice-versa. we have a coordinated opening with governor christie at 8:00 o'clock. i spoke with

and we have heard from local police here on long island, at least one fatality.ook the life after 17 year old young man here. ukee erika. >> chris, you've been on the air with us for couple of hours now. in that time period have you seen much change in the conditions where you are? >> reporter: absolutely. when we went on the air this morning, we were coming off of the very tail end of the heaviest part of this storm. we were seeing snow three to 4 inches an hour just dump down on us and strong, strong winds. at this point we're seeing steady but lighter snowfall, the winds aren't quite as severe. and of course as we're getting some daylight around us now getting able to look around and see what kind of snowfall has come down. saw whole lot of snow. you can see snow plows have been out all night long. they really have done a very good job of keeping pace with this weather. but at least for now it looks like it is slowing down. at least in the snowfall totals, still, bitterly cold out here. >> indeed. >> any improvement is good. >> you got that right. chris, thank

ron allen in plainview, long island. ron has been out in it for probably about seven days at this point. ron, how are you doing. >> we're doing okay yeah it's pretty bad. it's been snowing pretty con consistent consistently. one car over there at the gas station, fueling up. the road behind that building is the long island expressway. we're not seeing any cars or trucks moving by the is winds are gusting, they're going to gust even more 50 forecast or so. this is an island and we're surrounded by water. you know it's getting bad. it's hard to imagine it is going to get even worse. this is not even the storm so much as this is the beginning of the storm. overnight, we're expecting as much of two feet or more of snow. look around we kind of eyeball it and we have i don't know six or seven inches or so out. there you can see if you can pan out there quickly, you can see a line of blinking lights go by. those are convoys of snowplows and they are moving easily and freely which means the roads are clear. there's no traffic. o

don dahler is on long island. don? >> reporter: scott those who live on eastern long island endured an intense night of blizzard-like conditions. some areas got two feet of snow and near-hurricane-force winds. people around the town of islip spent the better part of the day clearing roads and sidewalks and digging out cars buried under 15 inches of snow. the travel ban was lifted mid-day, but major highways remained virtually empty, save for armies of snowplows. even by late afternoon, businesses remained closed and some roads were inaccessible. those who ventured on to them had to be rescued by good samaritans. scott, a travel ban was imposed yesterday in part because of what happened in 2013 when a blizzard stranded hundreds of drivers on the long island expressway. >> pelley: don, thank you. forecasters had put out blizzard warnings that stretched from southern new jersey through new england, including new york city. fearing the worst, the city of 8 million outlawed driving, shuttered schools and for the first time

plumb island on the other hand we have about a half mile long causeway that connects us right to the newberry port newberry area. during these storms everyone has to hunker down and just be safe. we've become pretty proficient at that here on the island. >> i definitely admire you. so is the worst yet to come? because i know that another tide is rolling in around 5:00 p.m. tonight. >> that's -- that's the tide i'm most concerned with and i think our local emergency personnel are concerned with. the height of the waves and the wave energy it starts to enter unchartered waters for here on plumb island and exceeds what we experienced back in 2013 when we lost half a dozen homes. >> well we're keeping our fingers crossed for you, bob. thanks for filling us in. we appreciate t. bobit. bob connors from plumb island. i'll be right back. $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might no

long island hammered. massachusetts, long island, connecticut, maybe 2-3 feet of snow for some when it's all over. but new jersey and new york the historical storm did not happen. why not? >> reporter: this is just the beginning of a big siege of cold and snow that we have been predicting for a couple weeks. bill: two specific questions now, joe. sometimes when you get a hurricane, before it makes landfall it toggled to the east or west just a little bit or just so much it maybe saves your town or saves your house. is that what happened here when you shift 50-75 miles east of new york? >> reporter: yes and know. a hurricane is a well developed system coming at you. so it's a matter of pin pointing the -- pinpointing the track. this storm came out of the ohio valley and had to redevelop. what's going on off the shoarl and we don't have a lot of data. we are arrogant to believe computer models are going the to hit these things and they can make mistakes. the factths this is occurring around new york city, pe

part of long island or further east. this could be the area that gets the worst of it. hunker down. stores were picked clean of basic supplies earlier. we've seen this coming for a while. common sense suggests get off the roads, go home. be sure to charge all your appliances radios phones and so forth. keep batteries around. this is going to be a dangerous and treacherous situation. people are staying off the roads. this is just the beginning. worst is supposed to come midnight and morning hours. be mindful, this is not something to be played with. this is a serious, serious situation. >> it's very serious. ron allen, thank you for your time tonight. please stay safe. >>> joining me on the phone now is an official at the center of new york city's effort to deal with the storm. sanitation commissioner katherine garcia in charge of all snowplows in the city tonight. commissioner thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> tell me about what your agency is doing tonight. >> we are in full plow mode at this poin

our future weather picking up on heavier bands forming in new york and long island and throwing storm down that i-95 corridor. at 1:00 a.m. we expect to see heavier snow in philadelphia, interior south jersey and banding going on. by 8:00 a.m. still seeing heavier snow and, interior south jersey eastwar. philadelphia and west will taper you have from west to east over the course of the morning. this is is a different nor'easter then what we have seen in a while. heavier amounts in new jersey. we're also watching the storm throwing back moisture. not the typical big storm that comes up the eastern seaboard where we watch it for hours and also days. we will watch about how much precipitation is thrown back and the western cut off. there will be a sharp cut off between who sees the very heavy snow and who sees the light's accumulation because of the exact track and development of this low. things will be watching very carefully throughout the evening. our team weather continues with meteorologist kate bilo on the die deck with more on the timing of this nor'easter and the wind, kate that

long island. forecasters say that this storm could dump roughly 3 feet of snow on long island.ther channel's raegan medgie is on long island. what are you seeing in terms of preparations? >> reporter: well i'll tell you what i'm seeing second after i tell you what i'm feeling. it is cold. you can see as the wind is getting all of the snow in my face. what am i seeing? you can see this road. this is a side road from the bridgeport port in jefferson ferry terminal. this is getting all snow covered. this is just the beginning. this is not the end. there's a state of emergency here for port jefferson. this village, which is a residential community here on long island in suffolk county. we just spoke with the mayor and is he she's with this state of emergency we're asking everybody to stay off the roadways but right now people are still on the roadways likely trying to get home. she says people are going to have to go to the grocery store and get what they need but most importantly when you're home stay home. the long island railroad about a mile up here on main street here in port

up there is the long island expressway. those cars and trucks are heading out east to where the storm is going to be even more severe. there was a ban of truck traffic on the roads as of 4:00, but we can still see some heavy trucks trying to move off the roads. we see a steady stream of cars trying to get off and get home. the winds are starting to gust. that's a big concern out here. this is long island. we are surrounded by water on a couple of sides here. you can't see it this time of night. they're concerned about big storm surges and big erosion and so forth. the big fear is what would happen after dark. local officials have been trying to get ahead of the storm. earlier today, we saw them hoping to get a layer of sand and salt between the road and the snow. they hope they have been successful so they can start clearing it. the roads are passable. we haven't seen a lot of cars sliding down this hill. they've been cominge inginge inging evenly but we have seen emergency vehicles stuck in the traffic trying to get down t

the latest from long island which is getting hit hard.th them later this half hour. >>> another major story we are following, an episode out of the cold war. the fbi cracked an alleged russian spy ring and one man is under arrest. two other men who were his alleged handlers have diplomatic immunity and are no longer here. brian ross has the story. >> reporter: it was a fitting day for the latest chapter of the cold war to unfold. a russian banker working in this new york city office building arrested in the middle of a snowstorm as a spy. in a federal indictment, prosecutors said the fbi was on to evgeny buryakov for two years as he worked for today's version of the kgb, spying on american businessmen, using code words like tickets, umbrella and hat to schedule meetings with his two handlers who were charge also charged. >> the fbi is very good at this. i would not want to run up against the fbi in an operation like this. >> reporter: the stuff of fiction. like the tv show "the americans" about a soviet spy couple living in a u.s. suburb

and even over long island. look at the bright white. that is coming together and unfortunately it will get worse before it gets better. here is a look at the winds. winds are a big thing with this because remember blizzard warnings, it is not about the snow amount it is about the conditions and with the winds that means we have blowing and drifting snow which makes for white-out conditions so this does matter into how dangerous the storm will be. 24 mile-per-hour winds in philadelphia. we're seeing 24 mile-per-hour winds in new york. lesser winds up to the north. these will all pick up overnight. we could see winds as high as 50 miles per hour as we head into the maybe -- the main part of the storm overnight and tomorrow morning. now here is a look at the visibility. we saw the snow coming down at a good clip in new york city. visibility is less than a mile. down to four in philadelphia. it is still relatively good to the north. from hartford and boston on up. and again that will go down into the evening. here is a look at the latest mo

how about that that is long island. feet of snow already reported and we know those wind speeds are upward of 50 to even 60 miles per hour in some places. agig agiggally you can get another foot to two feet in that pink or magenta area but we know this morning one of the spots that is far from over that would be boston and our rob marciano part of the extreme team getting blasted right there. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, ginger we are getting blasted, indeed. the blizzard in full force. this is one of the main roads downtown atlantic avenue so they've done a pretty good job plows keep coming through and piling the snow on the side. it continues to swirl. you can see it in the lights and that's going to be the oncoming problem. the drifts will pile up in the realm of some feet and had to move our live shot location. we were close to the water. coastal flooding is a problem. we had to come further inland. so many facets as the storm came roaring through last night. overnight, loud and ferocious, that mass

we're live tonight in river head, long island, jennifer make leg in. thanks so much and stay save up there. >> up next here tonight on eye with its news the coverage of the noreaster will continue. another check on the updated forecast. stay with > our eye on the storm coverage continues tonight. this is an extended edition of eye witness at 11:00 and you are looking at toms river ocean county where the conditions are worsening and the snow is falling tonight. plows are out trying to keep up with mother nature. good evening i'm jessica dean and i'm chris may. the late show comes your way at 11:50 tonight as when continue with the coverage of this winter storm. here is the lates at 11 1 #:30. both new jersey and pennsylvania are in states of emergency coordinating crews to battle the schools 6789 both philadelphia and arch disseen schools are closed tomorrow out of concern for students. they have you issued a travel ban so they can clear roads there. the storm is snarling new jersey transit, including bus late rail and rail is shutdown until further not

we'll also go back to long island. the area when our storm coverage continues throughout the hour, and throughout the night. you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips i bring the gift of the name your price tool to help you find a price that fits your budget. uh-oh. the name your price tool. she's not to be trusted. kill her. flo: it will save you money! the name your price tool isn't witchcraft! and i didn't turn your daughter into a rooster. she just looks like that. burn the witch! the name your price tool a dangerously progressive idea. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sleep number bed with sleepiqtm technology. it tracks your sleep and tells

long island could be dealing with 2 feet of snow as well with power outages. that's what we're looking at. light snow for philadelphia, boston. the leading edge of the blizzard is now moving into new england connecticut, rhode island massachusetts, and long island, new york. wind gusts, 30 miles an hour winds already. hurricane force winds for cape cod. that's why we have hurricane force wind warnings in effect. there's our forecast radar. this is the euro model which we look at. one of our reliable forecast models. it is telling us, we will see heavy snow working its way into new jersey connecticut rhode island, and massachusetts. the take away, neil yes, it will be a r an epic storm for new england. new york city, ten to 15 inches of snow. we're forecasting on the fly. certainly our friends in long island need to be prepared for a possible historic storm. back to you. neil: thank you janet. kind of. feeling cocky because you ain't the one getting pounded. get ready for a big surprise. hurricane sandy only colder. a lot more expensive too. keith, what should

it's been lifted up into long island and new york at this point.e looking at an advisory and then a warning. this is a new update with the warning shifted toward the east. drifting snow is still possible but it's not going to be nearly as much as what we were originally forecasting. until 7 o'clock bands of moderate snow will still be moving in especially areas east of philadelphia although the city will see a little bit of this. if 7 o'clock to 11 o'clock whatever snowily is out there tapers off and for the evening rush it doesn't look bad at thisy at this point as the snow will be long gone and the roads will be treated at this point. western suburbs practically nothing. in the center portion there's a chance of an inch to maybe 4-inches although i would expect the four to be closer to this purple boundary and four to eight still possible into burlington county and parts of ocean county. brick township already up to about seven and then it's 8 to 12 up towards new york city but again obviously these nukes and these numbers sliding toward the east

that's on long island. that area reported that at about 3:00 a.m. this morning the snow has continued to come down out there. we are talking about several inches an hour currently across long island eastern conditionnecticut and eastern parts of massachusetts. we have blizzard conditions white out occurring across parts of long island connecticut and massachusetts also in rhode island a very tough go early this morning out there. you are looking at a powerful storm system that will be producing heated snow across those areas. brian mentioned new york city missing the brunt of the storm system. the storm took the trek further off to the east. that's what prevented those snow totals of several feet for the city. we are looking at significant snow possible and strong gusty winds over the entire region gusty winds 50 miles an hour. cold temperatures across the region. teens in new york and below zero in boston. as far as the forecast goes we will see the snow coming down across the region through out the day today and into tomorrow for new england. >> r