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that major storm system sweeping across the country and targeting the East Coast from Georgia to Maine let's go right to samor Theodore with the latest sorrow good morning to you good morning Whit now the storm is now moving into the East leaving in its wake numerous power outages dangerous driving conditions and a blanket of heavy snow this morning a monster winter storm hitting the Heartland hard

now moving East as 40 million Americans in 15 states from North Carolina to Maine ready for its arrival Texas hit hard by a massive storm 4 in on the ground in Amarillo while in Galveston the storm brought Heavy Rain to the coastal city flooding streets in Arkansas a crash on Snowy I94 backing up traffic for Miles leaving hundreds of drivers with nowhere to go I always

drive with Google Maps it suggested that I get off and at the last minute I said you know what I'm I think I'll be okay well I chose poorly I was wrong the storm whipping through C Kansas leading to crashes like this one in witch we are slammed with calls I was talking to dispatch while ago and the phones just keep blowing up and now as

the storm moves East people preparing for the worst filled up the gas tanks in Upstate New York winter wary residents stocking up on supplies like ice melt in Wood we get heavy snows and we know just to buckle down for the day while county plow trucks are gassed up and loaded with sand biggest concern is getting overwhelmed with over an inch an hour and in North

Carolina the DOT readying for what's to come pre-treating roads with a salt solution all right so it's Saturday morning who's up next well right now we have 17 States under winter alerts we have winterstorm warnings stretching from Portland Maine down to parts of North Carolina let's time this out this morning it's really bringing Heavy Rain along the Southeast coast there the snow machine kicks into high

gear by around 2 p.m. Washington DC around lunchtime Baltimore you're starting off as a bit of snow quickly switching over to a wintry mix 5:00 p.m. New York City Philadelphia Northern New Jersey a brief Winter Wonderland before turning to that nasty snow really switching over to that rain by 10 p.m. tonight into tomorrow morning that's when we really start to see the heftier totals further Inland

Scranton into parts of Upstate New York speaking of totals we can see anywhere generally from 6 to 12 Ines as far south as Morgantown through Harrisburg right on up into Portland some hot spots in Upstate New York could actually see anywhere from 12 to 18 in so essentially for those living along the coastline and a lot of the m cities this may start off as snow

but it's quickly going to change terrain it's our friends Inland that are going to be posting those really pretty winterland Winter Wonderland pictures that's a look at the forecast back to your in all eyes on the weather Samara thank you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event

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