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Mike, thank you. Take a look at this from Patricia in Ramsey. Nearly 14 inches of snow there in North Jersey, just one of the many towns in that area with more than 1 ft of snow. And take a look at this video out of Patterson. You can see folks just trying anything they can to shovel around. Their cars just to get them out. The snow going all the way over tires, making it pretty difficult to get out of their spots. The snow on the roads making it hard to get around for sure in South Brunswick too. Police say they responded to 3 crashes and had to help about a dozen vehicles stuck in the snow, including this tractor trailer. The storm, like Mike said, is mostly over, but the aftermath will be felt this morning on the roads and just about everywhere else. News 12 New Jersey's Lauren De is outside this morning. How is it feeling and that car, those cars, the roads icing up to what extent here, Lauren? Yes, yes, you know what, Nick and Sama, this cleanup this morning, it is rough. It is serious. If you have to go out today, we obviously don't recommend heading out right now. Crews are still out there plowing. Mike Rizzo just showed you there are still some roads that are impassable this morning, but you have to give yourself extra time. Here's just one crew car in our parking lot. This is just the wind drift kind of blowing in the car here, and then you have the plows when they're. Plowing through, they created this kind of shield that a car literally cannot get out. Yesterday I was parked in the same parking lot and I actually, I have wheel, I have 4 wheel drive and I had some, a couple of guys actually push the car, the crews that are out here working pushed my car out because it was just stuck. So let me show you what it looks like this morning and because we got all the different types of snow. So here's the snow. You're going to have this layer. Right, so here's your, your icy layer. This is 1 inch, I would say, of just chunk of snow. This is a sheet of ice. I'm gonna smash it down. You can see, ready? how, look at that. Then you gotta go into the snowpack right here, and it's actually still kind of fluffy. Obviously this has been compacted, but the area where it hasn't been compacted, it's still light and fluffy snow. So once you get rid of that. inch of chunk of snow, then you got to dig out the foot of snow in this wind drifted area. This, I don't even know how I'm going to tackle this. I'm going to use this and I, I don't know, I just go to town on it, I guess. Fortunately it's not really crusty and actually, you know what, here if you. If you left snow on your car, your windshield is actually not icy, and this is actually going to be a pretty easy clean up if you left snow on your car. If your snow was removed like I did last night and I think many of us at the hotel did, we kind of cleaned our car before we got started. It was a sheet of ice and we were just chipping away this morning, literally just sitting there and chipping and turning on our cars. So what would take us, you know, 5 minutes to get down the street took most of us over 30 minutes. So that just goes to show how serious and how tough this cleanup is, and that's not a good instance. Also, I want to show you this. You have snow plows that are out here in our parking lot, and they have to navigate the cars that are still parked here so that. That's why there's all these barriers of snow that they push because they have to put it somewhere and it's just really unfortunate that all of our cars are still kind of stuck here, so you might have to dig out again. So take this cleanup very seriously. You have to give yourself extra time and also dress accordingly too. You have to wear the hat. I am wearing. I honestly, these gloves are probably from 1996. I'm not even kidding, but they are the best pair. Of gloves that I have and they're the warmest, so they're bright red. I don't care, but I need to stay warm today and I don't feel like losing feeling in my fingertips. Um, all the layers, 3 layers of shirts, 3 layers of pants this morning, and of course you got your heavy duty snow boots, so this cleanup you have to take seriously. Give yourself extra time. We'll keep you updated. We are outside the News 12 studio this morning, Lauren De, News 12, New Jersey.

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NJ Transit meanwhile expected to get back up and running this morning. There was a system-wide suspension yesterday because of the weather. All light rails resuming this morning and when the roads are clean, NJ Transit says it will increase bus lines. Rail service will have a phased resumption once those conditions allow. Make sure to stay up to date with NJ Transit for the latest on its travel status.

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As crews continue to clean up the streets, drivers in Newark are being asked to stay off the roads to avoid situations like this. You can see in this video someone is stuck there in the snow. The city says even with some 70 trucks out, anyone who is equipped to help remove snow from. Those side streets are being asked to help. We have a link at our website on how you can sign up to help with that. Jersey City says it will help people move their cars parked on snow emergency routes. Parking lots are available for free through 5 tonight. Any cars parked on those routes could be towed. Otherwise, residents are asked to park in driveways if possible.

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Now the storm didn't make it easy for passengers heading in and out of Newark Airport. Thousands left stranded with nowhere to go. Take a look at this. This picture taken yesterday. Travelers having to find anywhere to catch up on some sleep. Let's take a look at the impacts at Newark Airport this morning. It's not getting any better. There are 16 delays so far and over 440 cancellations.

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Well, some good news for those in Kearney. The boil water notice that was issued on Thursday has now been lifted. That means you don't have to boil your tap water to use anymore. However, officials say to run your faucets for a few minutes. And in Bergen County, water service is now restored in Lodi. Crews finished repairing a water main break near Short Street last night. Residents experiencing discolored water should run their tap until the water is clear. And an update for Clifton residents this morning. Crews are working to repair last night's water main break near Rutherford Boulevard. Customers may experience low water pressure, discolored water, or temporary service loss.

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