our meteorologist tara blake is there live. so tara is stepping out of the vehicle, but you can see the snow coming down. here she is live with more information. well, no, there we have mark. >> here is the location of the accident, just outside of leroy, interstate 90 westbound. you cross over payne creek right there, so you go downhill, and that's most likely where the accident has happened involving 15 semis. the backup quite extensive, all the way to 528 and beyond. then they're stopping traffic going eastbound at route 306 and getting you off and tracking you down route 8 4, then back on into madison. so it's going to be a little while before this gets done. here we go with what happened. we had this big old squall come through. not lake effect, though. this was a trough of low pressure that kind of moved you can actually see where the trough is now from youngstown to near canton and then stretching back to near mansfield. that's the trough. behind it just some widely scattered lighter snow but we've got our heavy snow dete

tara blake out in storm tracker. in the richfield area. tara, where are you now? peninsula. still on 80 west we get closer to route 8. want to show you the roadway situation. ahead of us, you can see the snowfall is soon to be increasing. roadways fine for driving at this point. 80 west as we make our way back toward peninsula and ridgefield. earlier, we were watching snow squalls on top of us. they're back and continuing to hit the exact same places which is typical with lake-effect snow bands. we see the snow as of now just increasing. it is still light. we're heading toward the heavier concentration. let me show you where we're headed. peninsula, richfield, outside dustin heights where the snow is increasing. heaviest snow. back to you. >> now to a news channel 5 investigation after we showed you this massive pile up along asian 90 yesterday. today we found out this -- i-90 yesterday. 40 weeks. it happened on the road known for dangerous snow squalls and whiteout conditions during lake effect storms. we spoke to the sheriff that says he refuses to let this be the norm. wh

tara blake you intercepted this it back home. what do you got? >> reporter: big flakes i want to show you the roadways. that's the major story. you can drive 70 miles per hour on route 2 and going about 45, 50 with a lot of brakes. visibilities have dropped down to less than a quarter of a mile for sure. you can see here that your roads are snow covered. we have seen around two snowplows, now ahead of us you can see the flashing lights and a car now turning on the flashing lights because visibility has dropped so much in erie county. be careful on the west side and head out in cleveland because conditions are fine now but you are seeing what is ahead. and let's go to the east and see the driving conditions with john. >>> check out the radar. plenty of action on the radar have a look. we found snow and decreased visibility and cars have the lights on so they are able to be seen by other vehicles on the roadway. that snow is not sticking to the roadways now but as it persists you can imagine that the snow will continue to stick to the roadways and

tara blake has been following this snow all the way in. tara, the road conditions deteriorating. >> definitely deteriorating. we are seeing the visibility lower and the drivers driving slower and back on 90 as you know, two turns back into 90 as you get closer in. lorain county. let's show you the roadways, snow covered and visibility lower and we have seen a few trucks out. 19 miles per hour and so it is coming in hard and fast and not a lot of brine or salt on the roadways with the cold temperatures in place and it takes longer for that to work. be careful when driving out there. primetime and looking for dangerous than ever. let's check in with john on the east side. >> reporter: we are on 90 headed east and similar conditions. very decreased vision billity and the snow we are dealing with and the visibility probably less than 50 yards. there is a truck in front of us and difficult to see that vehicle. wanted to point out the material freezing on our wind chill so you can see the wipers are going and difficult to get that material off. w

in the meantime, tara blake has been out in the snow finding the squalls. she has this final report. i think things are looking up tara. >> we were trying to make our way to the lake shore. unfortunately we're getting stuck many traffic. want to show you what we're looking at. a flake or two. i noticed additional snowfall trying to show up on our power 5 doppler network. where we expected to see flakes flying. definitely perfect driving conditions for us here in the northern sections of cuyahoga. southern cuyahoga, a little more covered. it has decided to get a lot better here with a lot more cars out which is going to help those headed out here this evening. snowfall was heaviest south. if you're not expecting to see additional issues, i think headed south you're going to notice a lot bigger piles that what you're use to when it comes to lake-effect snow event. for us here in cuyahoga, driving on 90 east, no real issues to show you. reporting back, better driving conditions still. make sure you make it home safe. back to you. >> all right. >>> sex offender

. >> meteorologist tara blake live on interstate 90 where traffic is being diverted off and around the interstate just hours after the crashes. >> reporter: we are now on 90 west, moving away from the accident. we were marking how long people had been waiting, over an hour and a half. the accident happened at 2:34 this afternoon. there's a two-mile backup on the east side as they push towards mile-marker 200. so the accident really causing major problems. we want to show you where we were and the real problem is trying to get people home as backed up. we are hearing that people were trapped and having to be removed from the cars. 15 semi trucks and cars in this accident, and some of those pictures and video tells the story of what was found in the afternoon hours. everyone just trying to make their way home and move around it. this is expected to be an accident that was caused by the weather. now we're moving our way back towards cleveland where we're live in lake county. very light snow. the roads were really starting to lack g. the snow has picked back up as we move towards temperatu

tara blake out in storm tracker 5 out on the east side tracking snow. >> reporter: i am. we just moved out of char don. it was really starting to lateen up as we push back towards kirkland. i want to show you the current road conditions. the advisory going until 7:00 p.m., roadways are wet. we have visibilities down but are really cleared. you can they'll trough is really moving a lot of this snow out of here now. but still, center lane has snow the side of the roads. we're also hearing numerous accidents in geauga county where we just were. so auburn south of wilson mills as well as washington street and auburn road, we've had some vehicles that have had some major problems. so the snow certainly slowing us down here on the east side. but looking much better as far as how much currently. john, how are you? >> reporter: hey tara. we are on 82 near macedonia. the snow starting to lighten up. have a look. pretty clear roadways that we are dealing with now. the snow is really stick on the parking lots and the back roads that don't see as much traffic. but i did want to point

i am tracy carloss along with tera blake. tara, you are tracking that snowfall hour by hour. >> i was watching it all throughout the evening as it got closer and closer. it got -- is kind of died out but not so lucky tomorrow. brings in more beautiful powder herein northeast ohio. 160 is your current temperature for cleveland. some places as cold as 140. southeast winds around 9 miles per hour and wind chills down into the single digits. what a chilly weekend. for many of us, it does feel a little better if you don't have the wind. 150 in but dinah -- in dinah. -30 in mansfield. mansfield, it's gone. but we are awaiting that front to bring in some better snowfall chances. high pressure still trying to dominate at this point. hibernate -- your overnight low will warm as the temperature >>> a wild car crash in akron leaves three women injured and launches a no parking sign right into a house. kristin both is digging into what happened. >> reporter: we know the women in the car were taken to the hospital but there conditions are unkn

tara rios, diana brooks, and gloria clemente. you guys know the deets. this is news to you, blake. over the last 5 years, each of these women have disappeared from a park off the california coast, from as far south as san diego and far north as san francisco. each of them were nannies who were kidnapped while watching kids. thankfully, each of the little ones was returned to a church or hospital totally unharmed within 24 hours. but the nannies were found dead, posed on park benches and los angeles playgrounds. one a year, always on the same date. may 13. the actual abduction date varies from case to case, but the unsub goes to great lengths to make sure the bodies are found that exact day. all except victim number 3, tara rios. somehow she managed to escape. garbage truck driver found her passed out in an alley in hollywood. she had no idea who took her or where he held her. morgan and i questioned her, i even tried to do cognitive, but she was way too traumatized to remember much of anything at all. clearly she dissociated from the event. we've contacted her several times over th