women the recognition they deserve announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening in a year defined by some of the most extreme heat we ve ever seen, along with one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the u.s. mainland, tonight making headlines for unseasonable cold and early snow in the east, autumn interrupted by a sudden and dramatic detour into winter a climate change whiplash leaving 86 million people currently under freeze alerts from the northern tip of texas across the south and up into the northeast. more than 40 record lows possible this evening across 18 states several cities in the south could see their earliest freezes on record al roker will lay it out for us in a moment but first let s go to maggie vespa, feeling the big chill in michigan. reporter: less than a month into fall, a frigid blast blanketing swaths of the midwest in white. did you have to dig out the winter coat? we did. we went for a walk tonight and got them on repo
Sheriffs office and an instructor for the professional association of diving instructors. Maui police say the latest drowning victim was using a traditional twopiece scuba mask and snorkel. John lathbury dive instructor people think its easy to do and you can just throw on a mask and snorkel and there you go, and you really should probably have a little bit of training and, uh, if youre smart, youll actually ask the locals about conditions locally, and wheres a good beach to do this and is it safe and are there riptides and currents and so on. A Maui Fire Services chief says all of the recent drownings happened at what are considered safe beaches. But several victims were alone when they were in the water. Lathbury suggests swimming in pairs and to always wear a lifejacket. Philippe djegal, kron four news. grant breaking news out of southern california. Three people are dead and two others are injured after a small helicopter crashed into a home in newport beach. It happened just befor
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