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
engulfed in flames with thick, billowing smoke from the aircraft, somehow all survived my goodness reporter: the explosive crash at the oroville airpor happened after the twin-engine jet aborted takeoff, sliding off the runway in dry grass, catching fire i came out and saw a lot of black smoke filling up the sky. there was a lot of concern. reporter: with no reports of any serious injuries the plane was taking off from a small municipal airport near chico in northern california, headed to portland, oregon the faa and ntsb will now investigate what went wrong i am really shocked that people got out unharmed in this thing. reporter: with the airport close to homes. the flames are going around it. reporter: but tonight crews have the fire under control, after eight passengers and two crew members walked away from this crash miguel almaguer, nbc news also breaking