contaminated waste over that train derailment that was sent to other places without warning. the famous creator of dilbert his shocking comments leading to hundreds of papers nationwide to pull the comic strict. plus, hours to liftoff. a new crew is headed to the international space station after mishaps in spaces on the space station. and the amazing celebration for a team manager who got his big moment on the court. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. that strong storm that dumped rain and snow on california is h heading east now the same scene across new mexico today 11 million people are at risk for wind gusts for 80 and 110 miles per hour, and tornadoes are likely across oklahoma. and in california, after historic snow, now raging rivers. the ground so saturated, rock slides are the concern, like this one northwest of l.a. dana griffin starts us off tonight. reporter: tonight, the remnants of a massive storm that battered the re
reporter: federal funds for school meals expired at the beginning of the fall semester, putting additional strain on families juggling higher costs at the gas pump and the grocery store. this year, schools encouraged families to apply for free and discounted meal programs, but neither kelly nor nolton say they qualified nationwide, 900 schools have racked up over $19 million in meal debt according to the school nutrition association. and that s only since september. at trinity area school district in washington, pennsylvania, there are over $9,200 in the red since the start of the school year. that number is quite frankly scary. how are we going to recover from this? these numbers are go up every single day. reporter: each school district decides what to do with the money they owe. some dip into their own general education funds to cover the balance. others may stop students from walking at graduation. bills can also be sent to collections how do you feel, knowing that some of th
the country received breakfast and lunch at school free of charge, but since that program expired, schools and families have been struggling with the cost on the lunch line our reporter has the story. reporter: for parents like marcy kelly in pennsylvania, feeding her kids lunch is more challenging than ever. have your kids ever asked you about, like, mom, like, are you struggling to pay for lunch? i just tell them, i don t have any money to give you. i get paid next friday reporter: at one point, the single mother says she had over $200 in school meal debt. i never wanted to live like this i wanted to be able to provide my children with everything that they ever wanted reporter: less than 200 miles away in ohio, mom of four mifrd miranda nolton knows the struggle too. today she owes the school nearly $800 what s the hardest thing about being in debt for school lunch? feeling like i m not being the parent that i should be to my kids that s probably the heaviest weight.