nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us we start off tonight with yet another late winter punch of severe weather across the country as we begin this week including multiple tornadoes confirmed today in illinois at least a dozen reported from the plains to midwest since yesterday. but we are also watching snow moving east tonight, potentially bringing new york city its first significant snow of the season. right now there are winter alerts affecting an estimated 42 million people. from wisconsin clear to maine for many high winds will make things worse. and there s no break for storm-weary california rocked by more rain and snow today al roker will take us through it all in just a moment but first let s go to morgan chesky in oklahoma where they are picking up the pieces from tornadoes tonight. reporter: tonight oklahoma facing a mangled mess homes shredded and cars tossed. from terrifying tornadoes striking overnight. there s possi
hi, are othello. the epa previously said nor folk southern was completely responsible for cleanup efforts. now the agency says they will review. it is set to start in minutes. we will go to senior correspondent live. communications breakdown has a cleanup stalled in a bunch of contaminated soil and water stuck with nowhere to go. particularly the water used to fight the fires was supposed to go till waste disposal company outside of houston. half a million gallons already delivered. a judge in harris county texas said no one told local leadership and until they can learn all the details harris county will not take anymore east palestinian water. one thing that i want to share that i think the public should know is that i learned about this, not from a regulatory agency, not from the company, but from a member of the press and that is unacceptable. a lot of the soil, 15 truckloads, 210 tons went to a disposable facility in wayne county commission. they also were not in
in ten years be diagnosed with cancer that s from this reporter: these renewed fears come as truckloads of hazardous waste from the site are once again on the move after the epa temporarily paused shipments over the weekend they re now being transported from east palestine to epa-vetted disposal sites in nearby cities the addition of these disposal locations gets us closer to having enough capacity to finish the cleanup reporter: officials in michigan and texas irate over what they say was a surprise delivery of tons of contaminated waste from the derailment. the outward effect of it looks like we re being sandbagged reporter: ohio s governor announcing five truckloads of contaminated soil were returned to east palestine. as the ntsb continues its investigation, norfolk southern says it continues to work on track removal at the site as well as soil excavation. while the cdc continues door-to-door survey efforts to check on residents has anyone been to your door? not one p
product process for scheduling cleaning services. finally, epa and other agencies will participate in a public meeting and open house later this week. more details would be coming soon. i announced moving forward waste disposal plans including disposal locations and transportation routes for contaminated waste would be subject to epa review and approval. today, i am pleased to announce that we have identified epa certified facilities and will be able to accept at least some of these waste. meaning that the railroad will be able to restart shipments tomorrow. as we work to identify additional options, some of the liquid wastes will be sent to a facility in ohio. where we will have them disposed