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Monster blizzard takes aim at Northeast

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    Anna Kooiman reports from New York City

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Are our top story it too big storms colliding today to create a monster blizzard that is now closing in.

On the northeast and it could be one for the record books the number of people has been upgraded to fifteen million who are in its path.

It is a brand new hour of America's Newsroom -- -- and have brought in for Martha -- today.

And I'm -- I'm in for Bill Hemmer -- forecasters are warning that this is a dangerous.

And potentially historic storm in the snow already falling across the northeast seven states under a blizzard warning right now.

-- up to three feet of snow expected in some parts blowing blinding snow is expected in people are already stocking up on supplies.

Since an -- So bad now.

If you know shut off from cape Harris snow -- break.

Have because we do everything by hand and don't get a plowing and then this -- games played OK so.

Snapshot -- today.

And -- is live outside our studios here in New York City so.

And -- what's going on outside right now and talk about the preparations.

-- conditions are certainly beginning -- so worsen Rick I can tell you that much and -- residence here a net transportation officials as well as emergency crews across the northeast.

Are preparing for this year's.

Biggest snowstorm may end and it's expected to bring whiteout conditions.

Which is gonna cause a lot of problems as well as widespread power outages at school officials across the northeast -- upstate New York in New England aren't taking any chances they're canceling classes.

And warning people to stay home salt trucks are -- pre treating roadways before conditions worsen.

An Amtrak is suspending service between Boston and New York this afternoon.

People on the path of the storm are stocking up on food or water batteries and medications but they're taken in stride.

Moving forward.

We live in the New England playing for the past spring break than three weeks at this.

Well like honey didn't I think -- is definitely gonna get -- dead.

-- the worst of the storm is expected to begin.

Tonight the the highest winds and that most snow piling up tonight.

-- -- -- -- The folks up in New England didn't even here in New -- -- used to dealing with.

Harsh winter weather but how about the rest of the country how prepared is America's biggest city just three months after superstar and sandy.

Right the ripple effect could be huge -- New York City saying that.

And we are certainly prepared for the storm but flooding always a main concern especially for the areas left vulnerable following superstore and say they're more vulnerable.

To the high winds and that storm surge here in the Big Apple -- they have 250.

Thousand tons of salt on standby as -- 18100 snowplows.

New York City transportation authority is preparing to use super powered snow throwers in an effort to keep the trains.

Running smoothly York's governor Andrew Cuomo is setting up at noon today his emergency operations center and Rick that's really just to coordinate -- -- relief efforts back to you kind of -- and live in midtown Manhattan New York City and I think you.

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