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Blizzard conditions hammer West Virginia

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    Kelly Wright reports from Elkins, WV

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We are back and that's super storm is now packing blizzard conditions across West Virginia this is just now.

It's like practically a biblical proportions is situation we look at all the different ways it has manifested itself.

They've got parts of the East Coast to continue to -- open the flood damage and any of parts of the state with that up to three feet of snow in West Virginia.

The weather conditions of forced highways shut down knocked out power to hundreds of thousands earlier in the weeks people just literally could not believe what they were -- Crazy you can't get an alert read and write again today -- now.

Not much you can do.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Me get this now on top of -- chaos it is brutal and that is where Kelly Wright is right now for us in Elkins West Virginia this morning Kelly.

-- good morning to you talked about the man being on the mountain is seeing Jack knifed tractor trailers.

We've -- on that mountain or several of those mountains coming -- to Elkins the seat of Randolph county and sadly enough 2 o'clock in the morning I actually saw snow crews out there working they've been working around the clock.

Governor governor -- -- has commended them for the hard work that they've been doing to make sure that the rose can be found.

Here and Elkins you can see that the roads have been plowed we have been all throughout this area.

The one fundamental thing is it is still with -- power some 141000 residents alone in Randolph county.

More than 2161000.

Throughout the state still without power because of superstores sandy.

Bringing in this blizzard.

We've been all over the area we can tell you that it's like a ghost town as some of the areas no gas stations are open are -- hospitals operating on generator power only the -- -- emergencies today.

Also all of this gas stations that are close as well now we've also been in the upper elevations where we've seen downed trees and power lines that's causing a big problem.

They're gonna have to get with that it's gonna take a while back to you.

What Kelly good to -- there I get that story out.

Because is it is awful and it's cold on top of everything else struggles for people who have who have no power in their homes Kelli thank you very much we'll see more related.

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