frederick county, northern virginia, that's extreme northern virginia over to west virginia six inches there and washington county, maryland in the blizzard warning before too long. to our friends in hagerstown you have reported 14 inches of snow. keep the reports coming in. a lot of you are just waking up. this is how we know how things are stacking up. wusa9.com. they are posted on-line and we will keep you updated. >> the super ruler is on-line and sammy snow stick on the side to get a better measure of the storm tote totals. mid-20s in cumberland. winds picking up out here. the gusts over 25 miles an hour and the blizzard warnings are coming. when the storm is don't, we are talking storm totals within the six to 12 hour. have 12 plus in the mountains. i will have to bring this back to hagerstown now. looking at the heaviest totals in carroll county, baltimore, north ann east. philly could see two feet. for us six to 12 and bemay have to get that higher. all right. seven-day forecast, got the snow and the wind today. the sun and wind tomorrow. we are good on friday, saturday and sun

we have 1800 trucks on the road out of northern virginia and they are plowing already. we have a couple of inches on the ground. >> that's my next question. we had surae chinn -- i shouldent say surae chinn, actually peggy fox in tysons corner, she was out on one of the main roads, 123 there and said she hasn't seen a plow yet but you say the plows have their blades down and they are moving around and plowing. >> they are moving around and the sign around northern virginia. they will continue throughout the night. they will probably have to hit the roads several times in the same area. they are expecting the snow to fall. we will try to hit the primary and interstates repeatedly. how many drivers do you have and how often are they relieved? >> it is pretty much every truck and piece of equipment and driver we have available to us. that is v dolt drivers and that's contracted drivers. and those folks are working 12- hour shifts and working around the clock. they will be working through this until monday, tuesday and wednesday when we are done plowing. >> very long work s

northern virginia, into west virginia. and then watches stretching through ohio, all the way far back west as indianapolis. central indiana. so this is a two part storm. one low on out of the southwest s secondary low follows that pushing across the midwest. so here is what is happening. closer look. you can see baltimore city, and dc involved with this winter storm watch. timing this out. on our future scan model data. you can see plenty of sunshine tomorrow on. plenty of clear skies. then the clouds start to thicken union thursday night to friday. morning rush hour should be okay. but by the afternoon, start to see some snow coming down, late afternoon. snow in the area. and it picks up in pace. especially toward the evening rush hour. all because of this low pressure that brings all the moisture up out of the gulf. and secondary low behind it, reinforcing it. so we will be hit mainly with the first low. the second low kind of wraps through more potential precipitation into saturday afternoon. but you can see it right he

even people who lived in northern virginia for decades have never seen it look quite leak this. mountains of plowed snow whipped into higher drifts by blasting wind. >> this is definitely snow for the records. this is something we can all temperature our grandchildren. >> it's a day vdot plow drivers won't ever forget. conditions so dangerous they were forced at times to pull over and seek shelter. some 2,000 pieces of equipment were redeployed with reenforcemen from hamilton road. >> a whole different ballgame up here. we were expecting this up here. >> reporter: vdot made so much progress, some crews started to dig into the still-unplowed subdivision snow. even though northern virginians were advised to stay off the roads, some said they just had to get out of the house. >> they did a great job plowing around here. it was time to get out of our house. our road isn't so bad. it's not nearly as bad as sunday. >> reporter: finding someplace to go was the challenge. with its neon open sign glowing, the vienna inn restaurant became that town's escape from cabin fever. >> it's usual

the northern virginia electric cooperative has 430 customers in the dark. southern maryland's electric co-op has ten customers without power tonight. >>> utility crews are racing to restore power before this latest snowstorm can cause more outages. >> joining us now is clay anderson. clay, how are you doing tonight? >> doing fine, jim. >> can you give us an update? how many customers without power? >> montgomery county, we are about to crack the 5,000 mark. i know that doesn't seem like much, but considering this time yesterday we had over 30,000 montgomery county, about 5,000 customers, prince george's county, 180 district of clum be, 157. but the battle zone is montgomery county. we continue to chip away at that outage number. >> clay, looking at the numbers, pepco has had the most people out and is the slowest to get them back on. it seems like as we look at the list. what's -- why is that? >> two things, doreen. the first thing is the ability to get to some of those smaller neighborhoods. i spent the day with our crews in montgomery county. several neig

he has been coordinating teams trying to keep ahead of blizzard conditions in northern virginia. and robert ficano, the county executive of wayne county, michigan, which includes detroit. major wink lerk i want to start with you because you're fresh off the streets here. give us a sense of what we're doing, how your organization is coping with this. >> we're coping with it very well. we're doing everything we can to support the northern virginia area, support the civilian authorities that are out there. and get people to where they need to get to-- nurses, doctors people who have injuries, anyone that needs to get to the hospitals. and we can get into the neighborhoods and help the police firemen and the other civilian authorities who can do those things, get in there and do those jobs for the people in virginia. >> ifill: so you're providing assist expanse transportation support rather than actually physically digging people out? >> we haven't dug anybody out, but we've provided assistance to get people out of their homes and get them to the hospitals so that they-- you know, th

northern virginia, same story there. crews are out treating the roadways. once again, same song, second verse, stay off the roads until crews have chance to get things cleaned up a little bit. we'll be here all day. eun and joe, good morning. >> thanks very much, jerry. >> thank you jerry. another long night for road crews. tra tracee wilkins is standing by in northwest washington. what's it look like where you are? >> v. >> reporter: looking pretty good so far. i was looking earlier and it seems like the snow was heavier then than they are now. it's definitely lighter now, but still coming down very quickly. let me show you what it looks like down here on the sidewalk. we're here at the metro station, columbia heights, they had actually taken care of the sidewalks here. yes have not even an inch, basically just a covering down here on the ground for right now. out here on the roads, you can see the roads are pretty much slushy. the roads that have been treated now just have this slush and that same kind of a covering from what was on the sidewalks out here

we have heavier snow bands setting up across the metro, northern maryland and parts of virginia here. heaviest stuff is east side of town right now. we're seeing some returns here in prince georges county. now, this might be sleet, but if this snow, and i believe it is starting to transition from a moderate to heavy snow, this could be coming in better than one or two inches an hour. same story with the pockets of pink, purple you are seeing davidsonville, hearwood and bowie. and krofton. we are seeing dark blue, where you see that that is three- quarters to an inch an hour. we have winter storm warnings for us until 7. and the pink areas in northern maryland over to annapolis and baltimore and frederick and in the mountains and delaware, new jersey and philadelphia, blizzard warnings go in to affect at 10:00. we are thinking winds could be gusting potentially over 45 miles an hour today. thinking storm totals are six to 12 in the pink areas. and in the mountains where the snow will continue, probably for a couple of days with the upslope. angie is standing by. >> the snowplow drivers

. >>> crews deployed 1400 plows and salt trucks to get northern virginia's rose ready for today's commute. cornyn robinson continues our coverage -- to me robinson continues our coverage from springfield, virginia. >> out came the cleanup crew. the overnight snowfall made it into early morning. some are still digging out from the snowfall. >> it was -- >>bad. >> bad. >> in virginia, they were clear before you open your eyes. >> it is the side roads that have not been cleared yet. >> crews are still out patrolling northern virginia. they were out on the roadways last night and into the morning hours. despite best efforts, there are neighborhood trees like this one of the snowy-slushy mix, and i dreamed needed -- and underneath it could be ice. >> it actually is not too bad driving out, as long as you take it slow. >> others are just liking it. >> do you like the snow? >> we love the snow. >> they are ready for another fall this weekend and crews are getting ready, too. >> turning out to the district, where crews were also well prepared for the storm. the district at more than 180 pieces of

>> we'll head out over to northern virginia. take a live look along interstate 66. the bottom part of your screen on string fellow road. wet roadways this morning. the elevated road surfaces with temperatures very close to freezing could be a danger spot. bear that in mind this morning. let's head over and see how we're doing over the american legion bridge, right side is the outer loop. a little activity on the shoulder. i suspect it could be a plow train going through to clean things up. be careful and watch for the crews out there trying to get their job. that character better get out of the travel lane and get over. stay cautious. >>> it's 5:12 right now. terrorists certain to try attack on the u.s. and soon. >> that's the chilling warning this morning from the government. >>> the group of americans accused of kidnapping in haiti have their moment before a judge. the latest on their situation ahead. >>> while you slept, the snow piled up. the update on the roads and the most recent list of school closings. anne arundel and arlington county both closed this morni

northern virginia, fairfax, fairfax county. four inches that was at 3:30 this afternoon. purcellville and loudoun county five inches of snow in west virginia. checking in with berkeley, martinsburg area, four inches of snow. i want to show you how big of a snowstorm this is. a good friend of mine grew up in falls church and he flew back in town to watch the snowstorm. john you are a big fan of snow. >> have dinner with that guy. i like that guy. thank you, devon. heavy snow tonight, near blizzard conditions. winds northeasterly. doing more snow tomorrow. probably see drifting too as the winds continue and the snow is drier. two to four inches in the morning. temperatures 28 to 32. winds 15 to 25 and gusty. snee taper off one to two inches and highs around 30. winds turn more northernly and northwesterly at 15 to 25 and rather gusty. some of the snow will blow around we think tomorrow. again, the snow gets drier. the next seven days we'll get you through this. blizzard conditions in the morning and taper off. tuesday the next storm approaches late in the day. may see enoug

but we have a little bit better visibility right now here in northern virginia. don't get your hopes up. we haven't seen plowing crews out in virginia for a while, and that is by design, as we've already told you, that crews have been pulled off the roadway for their safety. look at that. there's people saying, this is rush hour, away they go. let's head over to maryland to take a check on things, see what the conditions are like up in maryland. not quite so good over here, visibility still down on the beltway around university boulevard. now, i did see one plow or grader, to be technical, up on new hampshire avenue. but he might have been just been preparing to move from point "a" to point "b." it's just not wise to get out there, folks. in downtown washington, we saw 301 closed at the nice bridge as a result of the whiteout and reduced visibility. we've had multiple accidents, folks that really don't need to be out. and again, the bottom line, we've been saying it ever since the first storm began, is you have to leave the roads open and available for crews to g

dominion has 3100 outages in northern virginia. bge has 5700 outages. many are in anne arundel county and smeco in southern maryland has four outages. >>> and we are tracking the progress of some of those power crews. 9 news reporter alex trevino is in mclean, virginia with more. good morning, alex. >> reporter: goodgood morning, andrea. the big story is broken trees on people's yards. it is hard not to miss in mclean. a lot of limbs on people's yards and one can only suspect it is due to heavy winds. we know 320 families in this neighborhood are currently without power. strong winds took down a tree and landed on some wires at langley high school in the middle of the night which is just behind the neighborhood we are at. the crews from dominion virginia power company replaced the wires only to have another tree topple over the same section of repaired wires. yep, new wires go up and then they come down again. so crews waited for this morning to replace the broken wooded cross arm and restring the wire at that section of the high school for safety reaso

for central maryland, down through dc and northern virginia. eight to 14 inches for the oakland maryland. and southern tip of the dell mall marva, 12 to 18. so we have seen -- this is radar cade snowfall totals. snow started to fall today. right around noon. and takes time for the air to be saturated. but really the snow intensity has picked up here in the past couple of hours. so around 3 1/2 inches in baltimore. and again, this is just radar indicated. so you could add an inch onto the total right here. 4 inches to woodlawn and 3 1/2 inches toward towson. so lots of snow with this system. so next five days look like this. 29 for a high temperature tomorrow. and again we could see up to 3 feet of snow from this system. then on sunday. cold day. dry day. 27 degrees for a high temperature. 31 degrees on monday. and already looking toward tuesday and wednesday. when another system presses in here. not going to be as big as the one we are experiencing right now. but it could drop significant snowfall on late tuesday to early wednesday morning. hav

the northern virginia electric cooperative has 729. and outages are now impacting just six customers with the southern maryland electric cooperative. but more outages could be coming. there were two additional shelters now open in montgomery county for residents who need a warm place to stay. one is at the gwendolyn community center in silver spring. the other is at the seneca valley high school in germantown. a reminder, pets are not permitted at any of the county's warming shelters unless they are service animals. >>> in maryland, there just don't seem to be enough crews or supplies to plow and treat all of the roads. today a ship filled with salt made a massive dump in baltimore. all that salt is being loaded on to trucks and shipped out to the roads that need it. chris gordon has been out patrolling the roads all day long. chris, what have you found so far? >> actually, montgomery county told me that this county has sent 100 trucks up to baltimore to pick up additional salt and ice that was just shiched pped . normally they have ab

northern neck where you will have more mixing to potentially two and a half feet in northern virginia, shenandoah valley. where you will be all snow. i can't believe i'm telling you this, 12 to 30. mind boggling. white is all winter storm warnings. pink is blizzard warnings along the coast. this is a large storm and the moisture is getting in to southwestern virginia. it looks worse here again. this isn't reaching the ground. it will take several hours for the atmosphere to moisten up. 28 for the cold spot. a lot of areas 30 like martinsburg and frederick and culpeper. easton is 30. annapolis and washington sit at 34. we are looking at a lot of moisture coming in here. you can see that. we have upper level energy here and big-time snow totals coming for you. we will look at that later and you can always look at it at wusa9.com. here's the seven day, big time snow later today, tonight and tomorrow sunday and monday are dry and the system is hopefully nothing more than snow showers on tuesday and wednesday. here's angie. >> thank you, howard. >>> the time is 13 minutes from the 7 hour.

and across northern virginia, 4 to 5 inches out in loudoun county. elsewhere, generally 3 to 4, 5-inch amounts in a few isolated locations farther to the west and north. and temperatures now are getting above frzing. w in the mid-30s in prince george's county and in montgomery, arlington, fairfax. farther to our west, it's just now beginning to get above freezing. and in southern maryland, as well, it's cold. it's cold all around the region. but getting above freezing now, eastern shore, right out of the freezing mark in the mountains at this hour. and the view from space, that storm pulling away. it did brush by southern new england, but that's now exiting out over the atlantic ocean. meanwhile, a few lake-effect snow showers coming down off of lake erie into western pennsylvania. otherwise, the storm is long gone. but we have some colder air moving in perhaps after a major storm that will be arriving here on friday. so between now and then, enjoy the relatively mild pattern compared to what we're going to be seeing, by the end of next weekend into

it covers all of maryland, northern virginia, the highlands of west virginia. we know you're getting whipped with strong winds and driving snow and whiteout conditions there in west virginia, as we are here in the district of columbia and across northern virginia and all of maryland, delaware, under this blizzard warning that is in effect into this evening. the national airport just had a gust of 39 miles an hour, 40-mile-per-hour gusts. that's certainly in the blizzard category. anything over 35 miles an hour with driving snow and whiteout conditions is considered a blizzard and we have the criteria fulfilled. that is for sure. look at the visibility now. at reagan national, down to 1/10 of a mile. that's right back down, very low again, from what it was earlier. and it's at about a quarter of a mile now at dulles and at andrews air force base and bwi and indianapolis as well as pax river. those are the lowest visibilities we have now. it's about a quarter of a mile in martinsburg, west virginia, too. and as we take a look at the windchills, it is cold. temper

northern virginia as a whole is a donor area. we provide a lot more money to the state for education than we receid back. and in fact, we've only received about 40% of what we send down. and every year, except for one year in the early 1980s, we're constantly been give more and more funding to richmond. but this year because of the decrease in housing values and because of the increase in the student population by 10,000 students, we were actually supposed to get a little bit more back. but this just happens to be the year that the assembly says we're going freeze. and of course, there's a fairness question there. >> when when you talked with the new governor, i'm sure that you raised this. and was there any indication that the freeze might be lifted? >> well, he's looking at it. and it's going to cost northern virginia school districts $122 million in a single year. and prince william, this means an elimination of 700 position, 200 lay-offs, most being teachers. and this would truly be a crisis to the school district. >> when ca

a little lighter across northern virginia but impressive. won't be surprised if there is lightning and topper shutt has made it in to the building. >> another cry tear a ya is a quarter mile but on the way in it was almost zero in spots. if you get disoriented put your hazards on but really stay home. this is worse in terms of visibility than the last storm. look at doppler 9000 and then go to the computer. some heavier bands of snow and these have been wrapping around the storm. i'm going to zoom in. inside the beltway and just north of town, around bethesda and chevy chase, around east- west highway, very heavy banding. around silver spring and chevy chase, out river road. here's the east-west highway. very heavy snow there and also on the beltway from greenbelt down to lanham and over to fedex field. we have no shortage of snow, but as howard mentioned last night the signature will be wind and i think that is undeniable. the back edge of the precipitation is right here but it is not moving. we will watch that carefully. it will pull to th

. >> what can you tell us about the roadways in northern virginia? >> i spoke with vdot yesterday and they say this is the worst possible storm because we're expecting wet, heavy snow with gusting winds. there will have 1800 trucks on the road in northern virginia by noon today. this started treating the roadways yesterday. the best thi that people can do for them is to stay off of the roads completely. there is no snow falling or on the ground. if you do not have to go into work today, the best thing you can do is to teleconference in because that will keep people off of the roadways. the snow starts falling in comes down very fast and it is difficult to keep up with. >> thank you. >>> 5:22 is your time on this friday. it is going to be a heavier snow. we're expecting a lot of wind. >> there is nothing pretty about this. this is not good. >> looking out the window may be pretty. the wind may pick up. there was a blizzard warning. it is a combination of the wind and the driving snow. we will keep an eye on that. snow is developing throughout southwes

then across northern virginia by 9:00, 10:00 and into the district by noon time. heavy snow about 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon across northern virginia and across the potomac into the maryland and district of columbia. heavy snow tonight from 6:00 p.m. this evening until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow we can pick up a foot of snow on top of three to five inches by sunset today. additional six inches tomorrow with total amounts of 18 to 24 throughout most of the region. >> chopper 4 checking out the capital beltway. georgia avenue both ways traffic moving along nicely. let's head on out and update you, latest information, new york at bladensburg road northeast police have arrived. they are on the scene. assisting with directing traffic. those traffic lights are malfunctioning over there. out on the rails looking pretty good as we get going. metro rail, vre and marc no early delays. >> some programs are staying, others are going. the school budget cuts voted on late last night in fairfax county. new video overnight, tai shan touches down apartment his new home. >> what to expect

northern virginia are. and this watch stretches all the way back over parts of west virginia, hoe he hoe, into indiana. so a lot of folks will be affected by this. as we see the storm push in. for the weekend. now, what are we talking about? well, i am thinking nitrite now, is looking at anywhere from about 16 to 22 inches of snow. across the baltimore corridor down through i-95, dc, northern virginia, sterling and those areas, as you get to western he maryland as much of a foot and a half as well. crossing the bay, it looks like five to 10 inches, and then southern tip of maryland, charles county. about five to 10 inches. and then in a mixed form. in a mix of sleet and snow out closer to the ocean. this is a possible total. totals could be higher potentially or lower. depending on the track of the storm. and how much moisture it really pulls in. right now it looks like a foot and a half, to almost 2 feet of snow at a good potential right now. so looks pretty promising. so be prepared. talking about what's

. >>> julie carey is tracking the storm down in northern virginia. julie, she's looking to be where the food is very quickly, too y would imagine. how is the weatherÑi there, jul? >> it's getting worse out here. conditions on route 123 are deteriorating. i can't tell you like pat can exactly how much snow is out there on the roadway right now, but i can tell you that there is enough that the plows that have been coming by have started to put their blades down and start to pushñr the snow off. that tells us that it's at about the two-inch mark. vdot has 1,700 pieces of equipment spread out tonight to do battle with the storm. that's what they'll keep out on the roads over the weekend. here's a look at route 123 and the traffic tonight. the driving conditions have beei deteriorating. the visibility isÑi getting wor as it darkens. that's something that really worries those vdot plow drivers out there. they don't want to come up paon cars that are in trouble tonight. main roads right now. with the temperatures dropping we know that is going to ice up.

as we go to northern virginia, that's where most of the snow is moving through now. frederick, montgomery county, down i-270 may see a few flakes falling and fairfax and loudoun county and prince william county, you could see a few flakes falling. we will see the general area of that light snowfall moving south, southeast in to the general movement and eventually across the potomac in to maryland. not expecting any accumulation but may see a few flakes fall as the final portion of the upper-level storm rolls through. we are dealing with a touch of fog. visibility is slowly improving. a quarter mile at dulles. those areas had been zero and we sit with 2 1/2 mile visibility here in washington. temperature, well, upper 20s, 27 culpeper. 28 montgomery county and frederick and easton. but many areas, up around that freezing mark. except here in town, 34. wind chill 34. that tells you about the wind speeds. cold air to the north in canada. some of it is sneaking in to minneapolis and in texas, watch over the last 12 hours, the last six how the moisture has exploded here in

over in northern virginia, fairfax county, lorton 5.3. western virginia, warren county, front royal checked in with five inches of snow. west virginia, romney, hampshire county ten inches. i want to touch upon this coming back outside one last time. my great hat here is courtesy of derek mcginty and you may remember he wore that for the inauguration last year. so i joked around. thanks so much for the hat. i was missing one. so i will have to see if i get the flint lock out of my car later. >> i think you need a more stylish hat. >> temperatures 28 to 32 and the winds northeasterly. don't forget to check on the elderly and bring in your pets. shovel in shifts and have flash lights ready should we lose power with the storm. a reminder here, wet and dry snow. one square foot of snow is 0.5- pounds by if you have a driveway with two inches of snow you are moving about 468- pounds times ten. this is just with two inches of snow. that's over 4600-pounds, over two tons. so that's why you are five times as likely to have a heart attack when you

but sweet spot, right over us from maryland through d.c., northern and central virginia. again, amounts by late tomorrow when it all ends, 6:00, 7:00 p.m., we'll be between 20 and 25 inches of snowfall. we're going to be getting a lot of wind with the system as well. could see some gusts to 30 and 40 miles per hour. and visibility is reduced down to zero. so not the night to be out. certainly a storm to stay on top of. >> thank you, veronica. nice to know miami is getting rain at least. >> yeah. they're not down there like -- >>> when we come back, we'll continue to cover our first major, major storm of 2010.çó ♪ many thousand people ♪ living all here together ♪ ♪ on my island in the sand ♪ ♪ where the beaches are ♪ ♪ just as white as snow ♪ ♪ and the people live...♪ is every song in aruba about friendship and happiness ? what about themes likebroken hearts" "losing your house" and "growing old alone" ? ♪ ...peace and harmony ♪ ♪ sha la-la, la-la-la ♪ ♪ la-la-la ♪ sha la-la, la-la-la... ♪ >>> all right. it's winter weather question ti

we have wantder storm warning in effect form about all of northern virginia. the county ins red under a blizzard warning later today and tonight, winds gusting over 40 miles an hour. eastern shore, anne arundel, howard, frederick counties and maryland. that blizzard warning stretches up into new jersey and into long island as well. all the other counties in pink under a wrinter storm warning. this storm is having enormous effects over a wide area. we've got circulation coming in off the ohio valley into the central appalachians. when that gets off the coast, it's going to develop low pressure explosively. that will increase our snow amounts, too, up to 12 inches by the time it all ends by later today around the metro area. higher amounts farther north and east. lighter amounts farther south and west. 45 might be gusts later this afternoon and this evening into tomorrow morning, causing significant drifting of the snow. sun is back thursday, friday and saturday. how is the traffic? >> we'll let the pictures tell the story. this is springfield. we're afraid of t

we have been talking about the trucks in northern virginia. taking a look at arlington county -- they are working in 12-hour shifts on the main road, after the snow stopped falling. they have been moving onto the secondary roads. the side streets -- looking at them, these are not terrible. there is some snowfall on the side streets this morning. it is not as terrible as what we saw in the past. this is something to watch out for when you clear of your vehicle this morning. >> thank you very much. they will stay out as long as necessary in maryland to make certain that the roads are clean. hundreds of trucks are out there across the state. >> many people have decided to stay home, and in virginia, we found people stopping off for groceries and gasoline. the drivers had poor visibility. many residents say that they are just tired of all the snow. >> this is the worst weather that i can think of. i enough is enough. >> this is what it is. >> we just have to make the best of this. >> she should be happy, because another storm is on the way. >> we

the northern virginia area has spent $32 million already this winter. and as you know more snow is on the way. >>> the trains are on time this morning for metro. this wasn't enough snow to impact the rails. as for metro bus many will run on snow emergency routes. be careful getting off and on the buses as sidewalks are very slick around the bus stops. >>> things are moving quite well at the regions three airports. we checked the websites for national, dulles and bwi and all three show a few delays but nothing major. plenty of cancellations. >>> stay with us all morning for the latest on this round of winter weather. we will be on until 9:30 this morning giving you special snow coverage and of course there's more snow coming. >> wusa9.com, follow howard's forecast and go to the traffic page and check out live cameras and upload your snow pictures. it is all at wusa9.com. >>> our time is 9 after the hour. a check on other stories making news is next. >>> more trouble for toyota. in three minutes what might be wrong with prius? >> oh. >>> realize this morn

>> well, wendy, in northern virginia, it seems like neighborhoods are being divided into the haves and the have-nots, those who are able to drive their cars into the outside world and those who can't. >> there hasn't been a plow here in -- well, there hasn't been a plow here. >> reporter: it's been near whiteout conditions in this neighborhood, untouched by plows since friday and patience is wearing thin. >> people who live here have dug themselves out and they've done a lot of this with shovels. not even trucks or anything like that. >> reporter: especially when some who live here have spotted vdot snow plows right down the street passing them by. >> there's equipment sitting on the side of the road idling. that's what we're confused about. what's the plan there given that we have streets that have not seen plows and people continue to get stuck. >> reporter: so necessity is the mother of invention. from walking to nearby stores for food -- >> we have bagel bites. i got the frozen french fries, the chicken nuggets. then i've got meats and ham and all that kind of stuff. >> reporter: t

traffic is moving here in northern virginia. but the only reason it's moving is most people wisely are staying home. that's the latest. we will find out in the morning if the businesses will pen. my guess if we have 1 to 18 inches of snow, they won't. we will see. we will be here in the morning to let you know. >> rough winter for retailers. tough time on a saturday, another saturday yet. >>> let's check in with julie wright monitoring things throughout the region on the roads. how is it looking. >> reporter: not as bad as you would think. we have a couple of problems out there. as you can see from john henrehan's shot and wisdom martin not too long ago, we see the slush accumulating, the secondary roads it's making it difficult and slippery on the on and off ramps. this is the live shot of 270 at 109. within the last hour we are starting to see where the road is becoming snow-covered. we have the slush between the lanes and snow the off ramp. i'll back out of the shot. that off ramp is snow-covered at this point. that is what w

the latest storm reports, looks like northern virginia is coming in with more widespread totals. 5.5, 6-inch totals in northern fairfax loudoun i want to say to the older brother and sisters that will be getting together with the younger brothers and sisters and doing this this afternoon, don't pack it too much. that's an ice ball and that hurts. >> talk from experience. you must have had an older brother taking out out on you. talk about this afternoon, 40, 42. melting done. great igloo making snow, too. friday here is storm number two of three. we'll see snow by the afternoon or evening. in the upper 30s if we are lucky. at the because stop for those going late, mostly cloudy upper 20s to 3 # mid-30s. partly sunny and if we see a little sun i want will be optimistic. tonight, lows in the 20s. the storm there it is and there it goes. quickly leaving, southern new jersey, parts of southern new england dealing with the snow as is western pennsylvania in to ohio and new york state. for us we are done with the storm. so much low-level moisture and light winds that fog is a problem. a mil

we redirected some of the trucks that were at hampton roads last time to come up to northern virginia because this looks like where the heaviest snow will fall. >> reporter: virginia is using money from its emergency maintenance fund to pay for snow removal. a snow emergency declaration will begin at 9:30 in the district. city officials have 270 pieces of snowplow equipment on stand by. most will be dc trucks. roughly 50 of those are private contractors. mayor fenty explained the city's plan of attack. >> essentially we will be approaching this storm, as we did the storm in late december, right before the holidays. we will get our first full shift out at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. those shifts will work 12 hours and then replaced by another shift, the exact same size. we probably will have that going up until at least sunday. maybe in to monday. >> reporter: the mayor also said residential streets will receive the same amount of attention as the city's main roads. >>> well, good luck if you are heading to the grocery store this morning. a thursday night rush left a lot of shelves empty.

. >> and crews will also be hard at work in northern virginia tonight. overnight, more than 600 trucks will treat the roads throughout fairfax and more. the number will increase by 1000 trucks by 8:00 torrow morning. >>> the other big concern is the threat of power outages. maybe in virginia, there was about 287,000 customers that lost service. 400,000 lost it in the district. the hardest hit wasontgomery county. we have more on how they are preparing to be in the cold again. >> a lot of homes in this particular neighborhood were without power for days a earlier this month in the wake of one of those massive storms. tonight, there is a possible anxiety out here. those that live along here have reason to fear. >> we are ready for spring. >> the next system could pack significant wind gusts. >> we have ear muffs, gloves -- >> many of her neighbors had no power for days during the february storm. >> the house got down to 35 degrees. we were shivering under blankets and could not do anything. they were just crying. i cannot get them warm enough fast enough.

. >>> the fresh snowfall tonight significantly slowed down drivers and pedestrians from northern virginia. visibility took a turn for the worse in clarendon. before 7:00, roads were too slippery for some cars to handle. for some neighborhoods, the new snow comes before the plows ever arrived to clear out the snow from the first storm, and for already-angry homeowners, some comments sent them over the edge. jackie benson has coverage in maryland. >> reporter: this is rockville pike behind me. this has been plowed aozens of times since friday. there are some who have not seen a plow one time on their streets. >> that's what they did. that big snow bank right there. >> reporter: residents in camp springs say they got really angry, to put it mildly when they listened to remarks by maryland and prince george's county leaders this evening. >> 90% plus of all the roads in prince george's county, all the neighborhoods are open. i have been told that by midnight tonight, we would have made a single pass through each neighborhood. >> reporter: howie courttill look like this and snow from the next s

it is round two with the snowfall in northern virginia. >> tired of it. >> in tysons corner, the snow is falling thicker and faster. the road surfaces right now are slowly hardening slush. >> virginia is really bad. >> barbara jackson is just trying to get home to gaithersburg. >> i work at fairfax hospital. i have to go to work tomorrow and sunday. just make sure i have my four- wheel-drive on. >> vdot has 1800 plows, sweepers, and trucks out. the interstates are the priority and they urge drivers to stay off the roads. it gets around well? >> yes, but cannot do anything about the ice. >> the beauty shot of the snow. it is coming down good. the big deal is what happens on the ground. vdot calls this kind of snow a plow drivers worst nightmare because it is wet and blowing. it is great for snowballs, but for the drivers, not so good. richard reeve, abc 7 news. >>> let's look at what drivers did to get home a fewrs after the morning commute. the federal government, d.c. government, and many businesses closed early this afternoon, sending thousands of extra cars into the midday commit.

will launch 1800 trucks on northern virginia roads by noon today. in maryland, workers will be on 12-hour shifts around the clock trying to keep the roads open. drivers across the area are being warned to stay out of the way. >> we really appreciate it if people can stay off the roads tolt night. when people are out on the roads and they're dodging and weaving around our plows, it make it hard for us to plow. >> you will want to be ware of the snow emergency routes. drivers can face fines in the hundreds of dollars if you don't move your cars from dignated snow emergency streets. >> if you are relying on metro, once the snow gets to be more than eight inches deep, metro shuts down the above ground stations. amtrak has canceled most of the its service in the d.c. area and the carolinas. can you get travel updates at myfoxdc.com. >>> if you need to hit up the hardware store or grocery store, you better do it early. the coming storm set off a shopper's frenzy. >> i think parse shelves and long lines as many fol are not only stock up on necessities but

currently they have 1100 trucks and plows crisscrossing northern virginia. they're going to continue to do that through rush hour tomorrow. we spotted the first flurries just before 5:00. but because the temperature was in the upper 30s, it took another 2 hours for the snow to give the ground a thin coating. it was just enough for this guy to break out and dance. >> tell me this ain't good weather. woo! >> reporter: john hampton was all smiles, enjoying another snowstorm. he says it feels like home. >> i'm from the midwest, st. louis so i love this kind of weather. this is nothing to me. >> reporter: others are downright sick of the snow. >> i'm kind of freaking out a little bit. >> reporter: kristin domingo moved from southern california. this is her first winter on the east coast. >> everybody told me winter here were pretty mild but i don't believe them. >> reporter: meanwhile earlier today v-d.o.t. trucks were loaded up and dispatched all over northern virginia. hours before the snow fell. although this has been a busy and expensive winter season, they'r

now we go into northern virginia and we see heavier bands. moving northeast, before too long, should be near, probably the ocaquan and into springfield. a couple snow totals as we go into howard county and maryland. we have that heavy snowfall report. frederick, virginia, we've had reports all the way up to 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 inches of snow already topper. >> very interesting to see those heavy bands south of town. 1 to 2 inches from now until 6:00. 1 to 3 inches between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. an additional 1 to 3 between midnight and 6:00 a.m. 3 to 6 inches, that will be our busiest time from early in the morning wednesday until wednesday at noon. it will taper off noon to 6:00 p.m. a 4 to 14 inches is the total and no, these numbers don't add up to that, but i have to cover a lot of ground. 4 inches down to charles county and 14 inches all the way up into howard county. in fact, here is the map that explains it for you. 6 to 12 around metro. 4 to 6 down to the south. 2 to 4 in the northern neck. 12 to 20 plus as you go howard county. snow, he

around the beltway it is looking pretty good in northern virginia. vdot has been out all night long with the snow removal truck and the salt brine trucks. they have been out and melting the conditions and as you can see on the roads they are actually wet. all of the snow is gone from the main roads. and a lot of minor roads have been treated, as well. and the neighborhood, the side streets, you know from saturday those roads probably weren't -- they may not have gotten to those areas. so you are potentially going to have problems on my own street we had a school bus stopped for two hours yesterday, even before the snow started to fall. those are the conditions folks should expect. if you are going to clean out your car, getting ready to go to work, we want to tell you the snow is very light and fluffy. this is great snowball weather. fur going to stick around with the kids, if the kids have off, a great day to make snowmen and maybe snowball fights. something to think of later today. as for now, tysons corner, snow is no longer falling. back to you.

we'll start over in northern virginia, along and 395. right now, the snow is coming down. so far, because of the pretreating of the roadways, just wet. but we'll have to watch throughout the day and into tomorrow morning. bridges, ramps, overpasses, they have a tendency to freeze up first. that's how it's looking over in virginia. on the east side of town, beltway in landover, snow hasn't moved in there yet, but it won't be long. both inner loop and outer loop, dry pavement between the wilson bridge and college park, but we'll keep an eye on that throughout the hour. >> thanks, jerry. >>> the winter weather blast will have a major effect in the skies. air travelers could be in for some massive delays if they get out of town at all. cancellations are certainly in the works, and many passengers are currently trying to change their flights. tracee wilkins join us live from reagan national airport with more on the last-minute rush. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. things have slowed down here at reagan. that's because people got here early this morning, tr

and turns to all snow for northern virginia and starting up probably in the next 24 hours. you start seeing that pileup friday through saturday. all the white is all snow, but so far that's right around kansas and stretching towards nebraska and missouri, too. the northeast looks pretty good, too. here's what it looks like in nyc. you'll get snow out of this by saturday morning, but not that much. when i say not a lot, i'm thinking about one to three at this point. philadelphia, though, could get slammed. maybe a foot of snow for you guys, baltimore same thing. same with washington. tomorrow through saturday. right now central park looks pretty good. what about the advisories? areas shaded in blue green and south and north dakota and into missouri and iowa and new mexico still holding on to that winter storm warning and morning snow by this afternoon and most of it should be gone and look at the next 48 hours tas stretches towards northern missouri and that darker shade of blue that is six inches of snow. you want to see some video coming up from california. this is malibu

they are wshging on just 74 outages in northern virginia. pepco has 79. pge has 21 customers with no service and mecco has 2. appalachian power reporting none. >>> there is one of the days when sane people would stay inside of. wind gusts were up to 63 in frederick county, 55 at lowden and 53 at dulles so of course we sent our own bruce johnson out to get a sense of it. >> reporter: the boss wanted the windiest spotty could find. the roof top terrace of the w hotel. some of the best views in dc but freezing and a bit scary when the weather service issues a high-wind warning. thanks to the criterion create canyon effect it was even windier at street level. >> i think it's horrible. >> are you cold? very cold. >> reporter: weather geeks call it the bernuli principle. the wind starts moving faster threw the buildings. >> we love d.c.. we hate the wind but love d.c.. >> too cold. >> too cold. >> reporter: guesses on wind speed up to 50 miles per hour but the gauge found nothing like that. >> 7, 6? it goes up to another least 8. >> reporter: the storm to the n

police looking for the person who killed a mother and her son in northern virginia. >>> i'm peggy fox the at the scene of the terrible crime. a double homicide. this is the home where the bodies of the mother and her 8-year-old son were found. >> that is very terrible. >> she was killed. the son was killed. >> oh, oh my goodness. >> reporter: 8-year-old paul wilson, was a second grader at porter traditional school in dale city. his mother, 41-year-old nova from bulgaria, a friend says, had several rental properties. >> how were they killed? >> we cannot release that information at this time. >> who found them? >> it was the victim's husband. >> reporter: this man, a bulgarian friend of the victim says he picked up her husband from a metro station last night. >> reporter: he told you that she had opened the door to a stranger? and he thinks that the stranger might have killed her and the son? >> i'm scott broom in northeast washington where a driving incident has shattered two families with unexpected ties. >> we all love him and we're going to miss him a lot. >> reporter: a stunned fa

virginia couple, the sleigh his to crash the -- salahis to crash the president's first state dinner. >>> martin o'malley is in iraq at the invitation and cost of the u.s. defense department. these are pictures with o'malley with maryland's army reserve. in an interview from baghdad the governor talked about how hmm bling his conversations with maryland troops have been. >> the one of the thing that strikes me is the common thread that runs throughout the conversations. and that is just how much the men and women here miss their family and their kids and their loved ones back home. the most common requests i get is repetedly, can you call my mom? can you call my dad when you get home? can you call my kids, my husband, my wife, let them know i'm okay? i miss them. >> he'll have a lot of calls to make when he comes home. he'll be back here in maryland on sunday. >>> jet blew air has cancelled several flights today because of a computer malfunction. the airline says all customers whose flights were cancelled can receive a refund or they'll accommodate them on the next jet blue flight at

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. >>> crews are working to get a jump in northern virginia. 600 trucks have been treating the roads. that number will increase to about 1000 trucks by 8:00 this morning. tree crews will be on hand to clear broken branches. >>> metro rail is expected to operate on a close to normal schedule. they have stage equipment and personnel for the inclement weather. metrobus could be more impacted by the weather. >>> the storm is on track to cause the most problems north and east of the district. that does not mean all is clear in virginia. pamela brown is live and springfield with the conditions there. >> right now it is cold and windy. vdot is getting ready to deploy more trucks now that the rain has tapered off. there are some trucks behind me that are on standby. they are getting ready to treat the roads. it is looking pretty good. things could get worse on the roads for the morning commute. drivers in virginia are growing weather weary. >> it has been an experience, this whole snow event. >> another batch of rain, snow, and wind it is moving through our area and again today. transportatio

you are taking over the next hour. >> peggy looks like she's in eastern europe, not northern virginia. we will continue our snow coverage after this. stay with us.