elkinss and snowshoe up to pittsburgh and just south -- elkins and snowshoe up to pittsburgh and just south of elsinore, won't be long before we'll get those issued for our area but overnight tonight it won't be cold enough for a frost or freeze. bundle up in the morning at the bus stop. prepare for another chilly day. i've for the warm stuff in the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> a maryland state trooper recovering after being hit by a vehicle. the trooper was at the scene of an accident at the woodrow wilson memorial bridge. he'll be okay but was taken to the hospital. two lanes were shut down. it's back open now. >>> a surprise announcement from a high profile murder suspect. fox 5's will thomas is everywhere at 11:00. >> convicted killer joran van der sloot says he's going to be a far. he says his girl friend who met him for a conjugal visit in a peruvian prison is pregnant. van der sloot was suspected of killing an alabama teenager and is wanted in the u.s. for extorting her family, but it may be harder to extradite him if the u.s. believes he is a peruvian citizen which could ha

here's the picture they sent from snowshoe. they had 22 inches today.bably another 6 to 10 before it's all said and done. see the drift there? they were kind of front loading the snow out there. that's pretty amazing, the front load snow in october. not out of the question for those folks. it may end up being west virginia's biggest snow if they get 30 inches. we'll keep you posted. right now we are looking, michael and son weather cam, and we're looking at temperatures on the chilly side. 42. winds out of the southwest at 6. it is counterintuitive to have temperatures this cool and have southwest winds. it brought down its own pool of cold air. dew point, 38. we're not going to fall too much further. look at the sigh chronic -- cycloneic flow of this thing. it snowed all the way down into the smokies in tennessee and north carolina today. it will continue to snow in beckly and up into garrett county and down into timberline, it looks like through tonight, through tomorrow and possibly tomorrow night. for us, a couple of leftover showers rolling through

the weather channel's janelle klein is in snowshoe, west virginia with more from there.ning, matt, as hurricane sandy continues to batter the east coast, it's having a very different effect here in west virginia. lots of snow, as you said. in fact, almost two feet of snow in some parts of west virginia, the governor declaring a state of emergency here with travel very, very difficult this morning. thousands of people without power. many counties in a state of emergency because of that power loss, and many travelers stranded on the road. the plows are out this morning trying to clear those highways. national guard troops are also on standby trying to help people stranded on the roads, and state agencies have set up shelters trying to help people who have been out and have no place to go, and yet they do expect this storm will get better. as you can see, the snow continues to fall here, and the storm does continue. we expect it will intensify before the day is over and get a lot worse before the day is over. >> janel klein in snowshoe, west virginia. thank you very much. w

anyway, thank you, janel klein, in snowshoe, west virginia. now back to the eastern seaboard where hurricane sandy is running head long into the most populated areas of this country. the new york city region will be in the teeth of the storm tonight. already it's disrupted the city significantly. the new york stock exchange was shut down today and will be closed again tomorrow. major bridges and tunnels in and out of manhattan are closed or will stay closed or be closed soon. new york city's utility company, con ed sonsison is expecting re outages. tell us what's going on? we want to feel good about this. how is new york scrambling to deal with this? >> the good news is new york really isn't scrambling. we have a very well-organized office of emergency management, a command center with people staffing desks from every city agency, state agency, federal agency all working very cooperatively together. now, that said, this is an extreme storm. we have call for an evacuation of our zone a, that's 375,000 people. there's no way to know exactly but

. >> reporter: the snowshoe mountain resort was one of the first to see the snow. 4 inches now could grow to 2 feet by tomorrow. some roads are treacherous already. >> our friend's car doesn't have the great est tires. they've been spinning around on the road one time, so i'm going to get them. >> reporter: you'll do better. you have 4-wheel drive. >> yep. >> reporter: travis ray is with the department of transportation. >> there will be people after immediate night that will have to work. we have a dependable work force, but they're not ideal conditions. but we'll be out there to serve the public. >> reporter: the most critical problem may with be if the power goes out companies are warning the owl outages will be widespread as trees buckle under the snow and take out power lines. >> west virginia emergency officials say the next 24 hours will be the worst as far as snowfall there. >> and the national guard is on standbay, and the state has put extra road and power crews on alert. this has been one heck of a storm. we'll be right back. never look a howler monkey in the eye. fried an

and that snowshoe resort, 19 inches so far and they are up to another two feet. for the skice resorts. nice to look at. i don't wanna be there. are slowly improving. for the moment, it's just grows, cold, and damp. death-- gross, cold, damp. we will see the numbers coming in at 46-42. we have dropped already to 39 the new low for the day. 0.8 inches of rain so far today. 8.5 inches of rain in bryans road. gaithersburg 5.86 inches. we're continuing to watch this system pinwheel around located pittsburgh but the gigantic. bes is a dynamic enough to nearng up warm air from the bahamas. is reflecting temperatures england. 59 in caribou. 65, in the higher elevations, at 65 -- in burlington. i would not surprise to some areas north and west of town may some snow makes in italy. slowly see this improving and a few breaks of some tomorrow. good, but we're not there yet. i want to share something that is absolutely beautiful. look at this image from space. class that can give you a scale of the intensity. is headede moisture up towards southern greenlandic down in chicago

whisper resort and snowshoe mountain both reported a 60 mile per hour wind gusts and the snow caused a pileup of for tractor-trailer's yesterday. sandy destroyed countless trees back in baltimore like this one. >> while the worst of sandy is behind us, hopefully, state officials are still surveying the damage and working with cruz to repair damage and to get mass transit back up to speed, as many people want to get back to work tomorrow. >> flooding is expected to be a problem for several days. lisa robinson joins us from reisterstown with the latest from state officials. >> there are still people out there suffering, but there are a lot of positives to report tonight, too. the bridges are back open. mass transit should be a fully operating tomorrow. tonight there will be full bus service and full metro subway service. about 1200 people are in shelters. early voting will resume tomorrow morning at 8:00 and will go until 9:00 p.m. the government did extend those hours. while the storm is over, the concern remains for those who still work out of power. officials are watching is the str

i got this from the folks at snowshoe mountain resort who are right in that garrett county area with regard to the area and they say we want to make sure everybody is safe, blah, blah, blah. on a positive note, though, we got notice and we may open early for thanksgiving. so it's not all bad. >> whether you can get there between now and then will be interesting. >> and whether the snow stays. >> absolutely. we'll take a quick break. we have more tracking sandy when we come back. >>> we are back continuing to track sandy, the monster storm no longer quite a hurricane, sort of a hybrid cold core storm. >> she's nasty. whatever form she's taken it's pretty nasty doing some significant damage all over the place. our bruce johnson is barely hanging on there in rehoboth beach. looks like you're getting pelted and blown around a little bit, bruce. >> reporter: yeah. your bruce johnson almost ended up out in the middle of the ocean, lesli. not a high tide here. i don't know what that was about, an anomaly let's say. got a little good news, if you will. as sandy approaches cape may over to th

snowshoe, west virginia, expecting two to three feet. sandy making its way ashore.got the weather front, all the right ingredients that we talked about days out with this system all coming together. that cold air coming in, where you've got a hurricane inside of a nor'easter, affecting such a huge part of areas from the mid-atlantic to the northeast. and of course, sandy also affecting the outer banks of north carolina early on with this storm. it will continue moving westward. you'll see that snow continuing to accumulate in west virginia. here we are late tomorrow, still a few showers. that's the green left around our area. for the rest of today, winds increasing with winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. here's a look at favor's island pier in maryland. underwater. that's what we're seeing in rehobo rehoboth, that's what we're seeing in ocean city. when we talk about the high water rises, ten-foot waves expected on the chesapeake bay tomorrow. two to three feet above average. you've got high tide time coming into ocean city at 8:25 this evening. with the monacacy 1

that is snowshoe, west virginia. as of 5:00 today they said they had 23 inches of wet heavy snow, getting gusts to, so i but get this. they are considering opening -- gusted today, but get this. they are considering opening in 24 hours. thanks to snowshoe showing us how busy they are getting rid of their snows. frostburg, maryland received 6 inches of snow, baird west virginia 21 1/2. here it is, definitely still snowing. they're expecting that to continue a few lore hours. a little snow in the ridge -- more hours. a little snow in the ridge tops mixed in in places like front royal earlier today. here is where sandy is still spinning up in western pennsylvania, not so imposing as it was yesterday when it was coming ashore around the atlantic city area as you not late last night with a tremendous surge and the unprecedented storm surge into new york city and the 8.2 million people without power, about 2 million of them in the new york city area. it really has been an unbelievable situation and we are so fortunate that

cold enough for snow, 16 inches already in snowshoe, west virginia. thank you, they're saying there, because that is a ski resort, so they're very to go in and around and drive around, it is not going to be pretty at all. we have another 2 to 3 feet. that's total forecast here. that's the worst of it here. we see the purple but you see the snow extends further to the north and west. blizzard warnings are still flying. this is the amazing thing as far as this once hurricane, now full-blown nor'easter producing blizzard conditions as well. a long duration event. for the east coast we'll begin to wind things down for today, later on this evening. and then really get into the clear by wednesday. take a look at temperatures here. what is it now, 7 million people? >> 6.5. >> 6.5 million without power. i guarantee you they are going to be very chilly tonight. look at overnight temperatures. we'll be dropping into the upper 30s to low 40s. in your house, if it gets cold that is going to make for a very uncomfortable night whether you're outside, and hopefully

snowshoe is completely covered. more than a foot of snow hit hard by sandy. one woman, sadly, reported dead here as a result of a traffic accident. more than 128,000 people in west virginia remain without power. >>> here is a look at the height of the superstorm as it rolled through point pleasant beach, new jersey last night. the surge came through like a raging river flooding streets, homes and neighborhoods. a mandatory evacuation order was issued for that area. >>> what a difference a day makes. the morning. here is a look at the very same area. homes heavily damaged or destroyed on point pleasant beach, new jersey. superstorm sandy took down the dunehat protected all of those properties. the west coast feeling the effects of the storm. so far, more than 100 flights canceled in and out of sfo. some simply chose to sleep at airport. we have city have stephanie wit latest. >> reporter: at least one flight headed to boston was able to leave on time this morning. some positive news, of course, because some airports were open, but not flying people in and out

this is out in beckly, in snowshoe. they've had 22 inches of snow that. drift was four feet. this is courtesy of christy. i think they're going to see another ten inches before it's all said and done. live outside, our michael and son weather cam. 43. winds out of the south/southwest at 7. pressure continues to rise as sandy continues to pull away from us. next three days, breezy with a shower. 54 tomorrow. not bad for halloween. mid-50s on thursday. a little more sunshine. and then quite low 50s but a bit cool. next seven days, pretty good. mid-as on saturday. turn your clocks back. we get an extra hour this weekend. upper 60s on sunday. rain showers next monday. we'll be back right after this. stay student. tuned. >> that's it. we're back tonight at 11:00 with the latest on the cleanup of sandy. ♪ "e.t." >>> hollywood reaches out to the victims of superstorm sandy. >> it's pretty scary out there. >> these times bring people together. >> millions evacuated. dozens dead. the media fighting to cover the storm. >> my goodness, the wind has just been insane! goodness gracious! >

check out these pictures provided to us by snowshoe mountain resort. there are 4,000 feet above sea level. the rain changed over to snow. this started at 9:00 a.m. this morning, changing to a heavy and wet snow. not enough to ski korea but making the folks happy. we had some chilly rain around here. nothing cold enough to produce no. garrard counties on some flights as well. temperatures have spent most of the day in the 30's. we have seen some light sprinkles and rain showers. not enough to be measured in the rain gauge itself. a trace of precipitation today and i checked at the inner harbor near the maryland science center. a rain delay for some light rain showers. just over 25 inches for the year and we're running a deficit of over 7 inches. the high today, 15 degrees below the average of 69. the record low below freezing in 2001. it is chilly and 53 at the inner harbor. at the eastern shore, temperatures are cool. we're running into the low 50's. there you see the cold producing this out today in the mountains. 34 in oakland. there are freeze warni

snowshoe mountain resort in west virginia, look at the lift with flakes coming down. that started about 9:00 a.m. yesterday. they picked up a light coating there. as far as what we saw around here, we had showers kind of on and off yesterday. and this morning we're still left with a few showers moving through the area. 48 degrees the current temperature. the dew point at 44. so there has been a little bit of fog that's trying to get going but nothing that is all that dense yet. right now the numbers, 45 degrees in green belt, maryland. up north, montgomery county, 45 in rockville. 46 in manassas and warren ton. here we go. clouds across the area. the showers, they've been streaming southwest to northeast. again the last couple of hours. you can see we're left still with a big batch of wet from d.c. to front royal to fredericksburg. i expect that to move out by 7:00 a.m. this morning, jacket, 42 to 49. by noon, a little bit of sun. 52 to 55. the high today, 60. >>> checking the roads for you. looks like good news around the road. early morning construction looks to be

snowshoe, west virginia, completely covered in snow.ried under more than a foot of snow. a woman was killed in a traffic accident there. power outages more than 128,000 people in west virginia without power there as well, so sandy affecting all of the eastern seaboard still. jon. >> it is rough going, thank you very much. it is 5:45 and pg&e is actually sending cruiews out there. >> take a look at this massive transformer explosion in new york. more than 50 employees from pg&e's northern and central california service area are being sent over to help. >>> in the mean time 100 members of the air national guard left from moffett field yesterday to help out with rescue efforts. local chapters of the red cross also sending people to the east coast to help with the devastation. >> as new video continues to come into our nbc bay area newsroom, we'll of course bring it to you lye throughout the morning, both on the air and online. we'll also bring you the latest on the storm and how it is certainly impacting flights at our three local airports

. >>> been trying to pull up the weather cams for snowshoe and elkins and wisp in deep creek. you can get deep creek up, but elkins the camera won't even connect. i know they're talking blizzard warnings out there. >> you said once you get up there and the warnings pass it won't be good snow. >> it will be sloppy and wet, but snow's snow if you like that sort of thing, snowboarding. >> i'm going to take exception with that around here, not yet. >> you just drive out there. >> we'll be right back.  >>> take you downstairs to scott smith who is doing double duty, not a lot of sport to talk about, so we've got him working in the web center. >> that's right. safety first. as sherri ly has been reporting all night from ocean city devastating wind gusts obviously along that ocean line, flooding as well. we'll show you some of the pictures that have come into our newsroom, these incredible photos. mackey's in ocean city almost looks like an island, a popular restaurant only open may to october, just recently closed for the season. now it's seeing serious damage from the storm

we could expect one to two feet of snow at the highest of elevations, in areas like snowshoe, beckly, will be nearly impossible to be traveling later on today because of that snow. cold, blustery day across the country. cold air is being sucked into the storm. it will turn into a really strong hybrid hurricane like nor'easter type storm. again, the big concerns, veronica, the wind, the millions of people losing power. that's when the lights will go going out. the storm surge. high tide around 8:00 this evening. that could be devastating. >> looking at that photo from space, bill. just frightening. >> just a huge storm. big in size. >> it is. >>> all right. thanks for that, bill. well, today president obama is juggling his campaign schedule with his role as emergency manager in chief. he'll appear with former president bill clinton at a rally at the university of central florida this morning. yesterday the president spoke with our own joe scarborough and mika bra skin zi in new hampshire. he talked about a lightening rod issue for this election, the attack in benghazi. >> what my attit

back to you. >> nbc's janel klein reporting in snowshoe, west virginia. our thanks to jannel and all of our correspondents for their reports. >>> we just got a new photograph of president obama this morning making an unscheduled stop at fema headquarters. the president has made it clear that he wants no red tape when it comes to the government getting what they need to hands the aftermath of the storm, for the government to get to people their needs. the president also visited fema ahead of the storm's landfall with that same message. this reminder, he's leaving for new jersey and the meeting with the governor and mayor of atlantic city in the next hour. we'll bring that to you right here on msnbc. the impact of all of this, people still waking up in the dark and that could go on for days. this is a big reality that so many are living with right now. more than six million people still without power in almost 20 states. we have a by the numbers breakdown by state. now, from maine to maryland, new hampshire to north carolina, even in illinois the most affec

i think snowshoe mean up and over the three-foot mark, but we also just got a report from one of our e-mailers, robert lefler, camain at west virginia, 3700 feet and may have 32 to 40 inches. you see boone, north carolina, here, and some heavy snow amounts, they're strong get the equipment out and the down side of this area, the heavy, wet snow in the appalachians is that and that is cutting power and phone service to many spots. it mean a number of days, if not a full week before service is back. closer in, frostburg got four inches, in west virginia, grant county, over 22-inches and big meadows, virginia, madson county, 12 inches of snow and elevation-based. we're glad the trick or treaters don't have to deal with the snow. happy halloween, everybody, we're distracted with what is going on with sandy and this is nice for the kids to have fun and forget about the monster storm. appropriately, we have frightening clouds out there and a ghoulish chill. it will be in the upper 40s as the kid comes around your house and i hope they come tonight. they are going to be dry and it feels dam

from elkins down toward, bekley, you've got spots towards snowshoe and bluefield, west virginia. winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour. traveling on those roads, a little difficult to say the least. they've got heavyweighted snow here that's really coming down. heavy on some of the tree limbs. because of that, they're taufking about power outages across the area. we have power outages because of the trees coming down, but look at these limbs. you get the snowfall ratios is what we've got out there. this is a heavyweighted snow. snow shoe mountain resort sending us this picture where they already had 7 inches. look at that, the ground covered very quickly today. they are expecting about two feet of snow over 2,000 feet and as much as three feet of snow over 3,000 feet. cumberland, oakland, down towards lurae, charlottesville could also see a little bit of snow. and i wouldn't be surprised if wednesday there's a few flakes that come into leesbest of your recollection, winchester or culpper. and look at some of the current windchill readings throughout the area. 39 what it feels lik

. >> reporter: the snowshoe mountain resort was one of the first to see the snow. 4 inches now could grow to a possible 2 feet by tomorrow. some roads are treacherous already. >> our friend's car doesn't have the greatest tires. they've spun around one time so i decided just to come get them. >> you'll do better? >> yes. >> you have a four-wheem drive? >> yes. >> reporter: travis ray is with the state's department of transportation. >> it will be very difficult. you know, there will be guys out there. midnight, in zero visibility conditions. they'll have to work. we have a very dependable work force. but, you know, they're not ideal conditions for people to be out in but we'll be out there to serve the public. >> reporter: the most critical problem here may be if the power goes out. companies are already warning the outages could be widespread, as trees buckle under the early snow and fall on power line. state officials say they expect the next 24 hours here to be the worst. the national guard is on standby and extra power workers and highway workers have been brought in to cope with

snowshoe, about 11 inches. outside thisy morning, 44 at reagan national. stay in the 40's throughout the day with improving conditions this afternoon. back to you. >> thank you. 6:15 now. much more coverage coming your way. >> a live look outside in the , the area ofdrant nebraska and connecticut avenue. our storm chaser vehicle out on someeping an eye it's tuesday morning. they light is about an hour away. we will get a much better idea sandy left behind. jummy olabanji joins us live bethesda this morning. what are you seeing? >> good morning. now on grosvenor lane in bethesda. it's not a wake-up call these folks wanted. out and other cable and now they have to listen to these groups from out who are continuing to fix the massive power outages caused quite a problem in this area. huge trees fell overnight during storm, down several utility lines. now the crews are having to work before the sun is up to get huge tree off the road tso lake effect power lines this morning. no idea on how long this will take. there are several power lines down. some of the po

snowshoe, west virginia, is going, oh, my goodness.t ten-inches plus rain totals in the outer banks. power outages will be the calling card of this thing, incredible numbers. boston all the way, you can see through the mid-atlantic and northeast. we heard people earlier today talking 10 million people could take seven to ten days to recover. you've not seen the wos trst of this. >> the only people happy about it are perhaps the people at snowshoe. >> right. >> alexandra steele, thank you so much. >>> now to south carolina. social security information for millions of people has been stolen in an international cyber attack. 3.6 million social security numbers and 387,000 credit card numbers may have been breached in an attack this month. governor nick haley said it was, quote, not a good day for south carolina. >>> senate majority leader harry reid is out of the hospital after getting into a car crash in las vegas. the accident happened when his vehicle in his motorcade crashed with a civilian vehicle. the 72-year-old democrat suffered s

but speaking of the snow, let's check out what's going on in snowshoe mountain resort. look at this, this is a good thing that we're not going through this for today because this is not a nice sight on halloween. but when it's all said and done, you can still see the snow swirling across that area about two to three feet of some snowfall across that area. so sandy dumped rain, wind, tropical storm force winds and also some snowfall in the interior. let's check out temperatures this morning in mount airy, 39 degrees. it is cold out there. make sure you do have that coat as you head out and about. more of the same in elkton, coming in at 41 degrees. these temperatures are below and they will continue to be below even as we go into the afternoon. temperature in jessup right now at 40 degrees. and the planner for today, you're planning accordingly, it's going to be raw, it's going to be chilly. by lunchtime today breezy with that temperature coming in at 49 degrees. let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good mornin

we have dispatched janell klein in snowshoe, west virginia. >> reporter: hurricane sandy has dumped two feet of wet heavy snow. 26 inches in red house, maryland with a state weigwide blizzard warning. closing schools in 39 counties and leaving more than 300 people in the dark tonight. the blizzard has closed 45 miles of a major interstate between the border of west virginia and pennsylvania. with reports of three roof collapses, the worry now that heavy wet snow could cause more. fog and wind are making it slow and difficult for power crews to repair downed lines. repair workers are eager to see people hit the slopes. >> we break down the ugly truth about insurance. we'll be right back with more. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because pers

. >> is this the one where the paws that acts like snowshoes? >> exactly. i'll show you.he back foot, mother nature invented the snowshoe before man did. >> oh, sam. >> he's going in the snow there. these animals can go to 30, 40, 50 below zero. >> and they can eat animals three-times their size? >> eat other animals? they can eat other people. i don't think any problem with a food source. >> if they have a problem with a food source, they're snacking here. >> that's right. >> oh, look opinion. >> that's a carigal. >> you go inside the mummies and the pyramids and the tombs, you see this on the drawings. the pharaoh, they would worship him as a symbol of power. they will get three-times as big. that animal can catch a bird. can grab a bird flying by. >> leap off the ground, catch a bird in flight. this is amazing. >> a youngster. it has big beautiful tufts. it looks really royal. they're from northern africa. and asia. >> and human flesh, jack? i'm getting a little feeding going on. >> i'm sure they will be giving it to you to have no handler on them. >> and rob's friend

snowshoe, 11 inches. the storm is still sticking around throughout most of today.in the afternoon as the wind begins to die down. we will still see gusts of this morning of 25-40 miles an hour. i have been tweeting out of the river gauges. call me on twitter and send me your pictures from the storm. safety is always number one. from the belfort furniture weather center, now back to the news desk. >> thanks so much. 5:57, 41 degrees. >>

. >> that is the snowshoe mountain resort. at last check they had 20 inches and still coming down, they are expecting about 35 inches. >> we have a report in calvert county that portions of north beach are under water. the evening tide is reaching an area now. as the evening tide is rolling up from south to north, the tides will be running four or 5 feet above normal in some locations. that flooding down in north beach is probably a sign of what you will be dealing with all around the areas of the day as we head into the overnight. it does not reach the upper part of the bay until 11:00 at night. the swirl of rain and snow associated with what was once hurricane sandy sitting out to the west of us. even though the winds are not strong as far as what we were dealing with yesterday, the persistent south wind did not let the morning tied to get completely out of the bay, so the new tide is rolling up in there. expect some flooding problems all around the shore of the bay for the next few hours. let's show you what is going on as

and at snowshoe mountain resort, snowdrifted into piles 3 feet high.hipped by 60 mile an hour winds. truckers and travelers were forced to wait out the blizzard when a major highway from maryland to west virginia was shut down for 50 miles. when we caught up with kevin he had been stranded for 15 hours. >> been here sense what, 8:00. >> in maryland, road crews struggled to open the roads. >> chan saw. >> it took mark wells five hours to hack through 50 to 60 trees, just to got to work. >> it was pretty treacherous. the trees were falling behind me as fast as i was cutting them out in front of me. >> reporter: wells had no sleep and there are more roads to clear. the problem isn't just the depth of the snow -- it is deep. it's the weight. this is a very heavy, wet snow. you can seat branches of the trees, they just can't stand up to it. all of those falling trees, brought,0 down power lines. like everyone here, the myers have no electricity. >> i have seen a lot of snow up here. not from the hurricane. >> reporter: it is not over yet. blizzard warnings

north carolina up into west virginia, snowshoe upward of 15 inches.resorts are loving this -- >> no one can get there. >> absolutely. >> we're dealing with an august hurricane and a january snowstorm all in one. unbelievable stuff. >> what a convergence. hence the name superstorm sandy. thanks, ivan. sandy is crippling not only the new england area, as you saw right there, also causing some problems. the superstorm is causing massive flooding, especially along parts of delaware's coast. that's where we find gary tuchman tuchman. we know it's cold, with windy, what else is going on there? >> reporter: we know you rohobeth because you're from delaware, and people from washington come here over the summer. the good news for the tourists and especially people that live here year-round is that delaware appears to have done very well. >> the rain looks like it's going to stop for the first time in two days. there's a lot of concern here. grave concern over the last couple of days. because it appeared that this hurricane was heading directly towards here. th

snowshoe mountain in west virginia sent us this video of the first real snowfall.arted falling at about 9:00 monday morning and lasted until the afternoon. the resort won't open though until december. >> i don't know. they may think about it. >> that make me nervous just seeing that. >> that will be your house in two weeks. >> don't say that. that is not even our state. i'm going to be depressed just thinking about that. >> just think about skiing and all that. >> i'll think about a fire and staying inside. >> i know wisdom is happy this is not snow. a little bit of drizzle and some fog. this will be out of the way into the course of the morning hours so you won't have to deal with it all day at all. we don't have a lot of sunshine either today so just be prepared for that. this is basically just some light rain showers. you might have felt it a little bit if you stepped outside earlier. let's goit our weather maps to take a look at those degrees atl airpt this r. 48degrees at baltimore as we du hagersto and 43 at martinsburg. so the temperatures still very much on

i got a brand new report, snowshoe, west virginia, 55-mile-per-hour winds, 15 new inches of snow on thea is the blizzard warning and it will snow for the next 36 hour. it's going to be a mess in west virginia. >> it is. i wish the first

the weather channel's janelle klein has a look at the damage at snowshoe. >> reporter: aaron, thousands of people are waking up in west virginia without power. the governor's office is saying now that more than 300,000 people are in the dark this morning as they wake up without any power or without any heat as a direct result of the storm caused by hurricane sandy. in fact, the repair of those lines may be very tough this morning because the weather continues to be so bad. there mountainous area means that helicopters are one main way that crews are getting into those lines to both assess the damage and to repair those lines, and because it continues to be so windy and so foggy with this storm, helicopters are having a difficult time doing that. travel on the roads also very tough. this storm has shut down more than 30 roads and highways as well as a major interstate. 45 miles of an interstate along west virginia-pennsylvania border has been closed because of this storm. not an easy storm to battle. the governor's office trying to help. they have dispatched national guard troops through

look at snowshoe, the other side of the story here, upwards of 16 inches of snowfall. we'll be getting in on that a little later as well and show you what we'll be expecting over the next couple of days. incredible event here. high wind warnings, hurricane watches, hurricane warnings, blizzard warnings all from the same storm. impressive stuff. >> impressive. and very dangerous, too, potentially. appreciate that. thanks so much. at this point, there are an awful lot of people who are in the dark. 6.5 million customers are now without power. those numbers are climbing by the hour, including tens of thousands of people in lower manhattan and staten island after a transformer exploded at a con edison plant on 14th street. extraordinary images. con edison vice president says workers don't know what caused the massive blowout, but it's pretty significant, causing a lot of power outages. it's not just in new york city. this is a glimpse of the situation, utility companies are dealing with right now, up and down the eastern seaboard, the northeast particularly, from virginia

the video is from snowshoe mountain resort that got its first real snowfall of the soap yesterday.t open until december. why wait? as soon as they get that first big snowfall, i would think they would be ready to open the doors. >> i need to put that on my agenda to go up there. >> you are so lying. >> i'm glad there are witnesses watching this because for wisdom to say too bad it is not here. i want to keep that memory here. >> we have four feet of snow on the ground, play it over and over. >> i know it is coming whether i say that or not. >> might as well go with it. >> kind of people are trying to go with the flow this morning even though there is some rain out there. >> it is improving, that is some good news. just a little bit of drizzle across the area. you will see it is already moving its way out to the east. just a little bit of it still lingering across lower southern maryland a little bit and across the bay. generally the improvement is coming at at prity slow pace. he is a look at the highs yesterday and were we ever well below seasonal. up to 20 degrees cooler than we

pictures from snowshoe, west virginia. where up to three feet of snow could fall in the mountains.ter storm warnings are also in effect for parts of western maryland as well. to new jersey now, the normally busy atlantic city. it's become a ghosttown. wind gusts now topping 70 miles per hour. just north of there, look at this photo, waves crashing over a seawall. mandatory evacuations in place by some parts of the state. look at the firefighters there. and this is what we're seeing in philadelphia. this is before sandy even makes landfall. high winds blowing this tree onto this house. the roof damaged. rain seeping into the home there. and here's a photo album tweeted by our nbc colleague al roker from martha's vineyard, with use of heavy wave action there, the water starting to push into parking lots as well as street flooding on parts of that new england island getaway. we'll be keeping an eye on all of the east coast for you. if you have friends and family along the eastern seaboard, this is just the beginning. back to you. >> sure is. thank you, jim. >>> there is more breaking

snowshoe, west virginia, one of the ski resorts there, seven inches of snow.on to the south of flint getting a little bit of snow. kind of a rain/snow mix from columbus down through chillicothe into parts of kentucky and into tennessee. it's going to snow all the way down to tennessee, the north carolina mountains. it's going to continue to blow across this region for the next 36 hours. even though the storm is winding down for some people, not winding down for others. we're going to get winds here, still, every time a squall comes onshore, of 60 to 70 miles per hour. we're going to go through an entire low tide, and then back up to another high tide before this water finally calms down, before this surge finally just settles back out to sea and there's no more surge. i know that was an impressive surge for you, erin. 13.88 feet where you're standing right now above the mean level sea level where the old record was 10.2. over three and a half feet higher than it's ever been before right where you are. >> chad, thank you very much. just a couple of -- not even

maybe we should just to try to lift some people's spirits, there are a couple ski resorts, including snowshoe which is a big one two hours to the south, they actually plan to or think they can open. if they do, it would be about the earliest opening they have ever had. that's the good side of the storm, but otherwise it is predominantly bad, and here getting worse, ashleigh. >> cnn's martin savidge in the bid blidst midst of a blizzard. people are without power in wrve and this is not going to come as a surprise to you. this is one of many areas that has been declared by the president as a disaster area. >> we thought it was going to be a normal florida hurricane and then we started looking at the weather and things aren't the same as a normal hurricane. the wheels of progress. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's

[ both laugh ] ♪ >>> and look at the snow coming town in snowshoe, aptly named west virginia, blizzard there. the heaviest snowfall is expected by 6:00 eastern tonight. the national weather service has now issued blizzard warnings for west virginia and southwest virginia this is on the back end of the storm. the side of the storm. joining me on the phone pennsylvania senator bob casey. pennsylvania is bracing to be hit hard as well. senator, what do you know now about the effect in pennsylvania, what warnings are you getting on flooding and on the wind? >> well, andrea, i think we're just at the very beginning of it. i just left our state capital harrisburg at the operations center there where the governor and his team are the emergency management folks of the state and federal level, so i think we're just beginning to see it in the eastern part of the state. obviously philadelphia first and that region will be hit very hard. speaking to the mayor, mayor nutter, i think they're prepared and ready. this is going to be a very difficult period of time because you have both water in the ea

janelle klein is in the aptly named snowshoe, west virginia, area with an update for us. janelle? reporter: sue, this san unexpected effect of hurricane sandy. certainly this storm was predicted but a lot of people would be surprised to know that the hurricane had this effect, causing a blizzard. the national weather service issuing a blizzard warning yesterday when this storm began, staying might be the only time it's ever done so as a direct result of a hurricane. it dumped up to two feet of snow in places here in west virginia, shutdown many major roads and left thousands of people without power. thousands remain without power today, including heat, throughout the state of west virginia. the governor now declaring the entire state in a state of emergency, setting up shelters through various locations around the state to help people get through the emergency and national guard troops are on stand by to help as well. meanwhile, plows are out trying to get the roads back up. power companies out with their crews trying to restore power as quickly as possible, but's been made very d