on especially eastern part of the country. major flooding concerns around the ohio river valley. across parts of the north ooets down toward the mississippi river valley with all of this moisture. some areas 2-3 inches of rain and snow on the backside of this. we are seeing snow across the areas around the great lakes and heavy rain moving across part of the ohio valley. also a threat for severe weather and the one cell southwest of new orleans has a torn co barning on it. across the west there s a storm rolling in. this will be a big weather mayor for us this week. potentially a blizzard across the planes tuesday and wednesday. last thing i want to show you as we have been talking the rain this will transition into snow behind us. significant snow falling across new england tomorrow and into the day on monday. thank you so much. if you were reading the wall street journal you would have seen an interesting opinion piece by senator jim demint is
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alligator alley into the more populated areas and more action behind that. damaging winds possible and frequent lightning and heavy rain and potential for some rotation with that. tornadoes a possibility for sure. we had a tornado watch krs parts of eastern north carolina exp e expire. heavy rain ee veen through raleigh up through jersey. the pran on the coast line will increase and expand the rain shield tonight will be pretty expansive. could see several inches of rainfall and a little bit of wind. it will be a stormy night across the tri-state area. wouldn t be surprised to see power out because of the wind and rain. places like washington, d.c., saw the cherry blossoms this past weekend. a lot of those blossoms may be down because of the rain and wind. you are traveling today, the usual spots, including the west coast will see some delays. a storm rolling into the pacific
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thumbs but he was a zebra. he was a circus zebra. he was rounded up and marched back to the big top. there s a lot happening in the cnn newsroom. our reporters have several stories they re cooking up for next hour. susan candiotti, there s start with you. reporter: hi, kyra. we re about an hour away from tiger woods expected apology. will he also be announcing a return to golf any time soon? we ll show you the setup coming up live. i think that zebra may be a distraction method from the tiger woods camp. we have a storm rolling through the plains, a little one compared to the one lining up for california and the rest of the west coast this weekend. we ll talk about that at the top of our hour. i feel like all of our stories are competing with that animal. here s what i ve got for you. every single state in the country had all these shovel-ready projects. so which state got the biggest