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
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
expected to make full recoveries but in this community, lester, the cleanup cannot come fast enough there is another round of severe weather that could spawn even more tornadoes hitting oklahoma as soon as thursday lester all right morgan chesky starting us off let s bring in al roker now who s tracking this winter storm. where s it moving? it s coming right for us here in the northeast, lester. stretching from wisconsin all the way into the northeast to new england. 42 million people. you can see now the snow making its way through buffalo. an icy mix just behind that and we ve got more severe weather, possible risk of severe weather back through much of ohio tornadoes can t be ruled out. snowfall amounts generally anywhere from two to four inches here in new york city and boston four to eight in albany three to six inches in syracuse and out west another big storm coming this is going to be our next coast-to-coast storm and look at this wide swath of severe weather from wednesday