Transcript for More than 60 crashes reported in Maryland due to snowstorm
We begin with the triple threat of winter storms moving across the country. Millions bracing for snow, ice and heavy rain. The northeast getting hit with a second round of snow. 20 inches of rain falling in northern California. At least one person swept away by flash flooding. Another major storm beginning its March from California all the way to Maine. Airlines reporting delays and cancellations. ABC’s erielle reshef leading us off. Reporter: Tonight, driving conditions deteriorating for millions. Vehicles off the road amid a whiteout in Minnesota. This semi jack-knifing in the Colorado rockies. And across the northeast, a messy morning commute. In Maryland, state police responding to more than 60 crashes this morning, including this fatal collision on the beltway outside Washington D.C. So if this is your normal commute, you want to stay way clear of this. Reporter: In the west, residents assessing the damage after record-breaking rains inundated communities north of San Francisco. Our will Carr is in guerneville. Reporter: The water here is starting to go down fast, but you still have homes and businesses like this putt-putt course that are swamped. The damage is significant with more rain on the way this weekend. Reporter: Those rains part of a major coast-to-coast storm, now marching east. Tom, tonight ice and snow wreaking havoc here at Laguardia airport. More than 650 flights delayed here with another blast of snow expected this evening and another round later this weekend. It will be a travel mess in parts of the country. Erielle, thank you. Let’s get to ginger zee with the forecast. Ginger, good evening. Good evening, Tom. Take Boston for example a city that has had 20 inches below their average this season. They’re snow starved. We’re going to make a dent in that this weekend. I’ll take you to maps now. You see in Minnesota and Wisconsin a low pressure system. Visibility down to zero. For us, we’re getting it tonight. We’ll have the winter weather advisory from New York to Boston. Then we turn our attention to the west coast. That storm hitting tonight in northern California, Denver has the Saturday night snow. I want you to focus on Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Damaging wind is the primary threat. The low becomes a coastal system and impacts us Sunday night into Monday morning, making for a difficult commute. Tom? We’ll stay tracking both the storms through the weekend. Ginger, thank you.
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