snow in parts of minnesota. it s just part of a one-two punch of extreme weather affecting the country. in the south officials are assessing the damage of a barrage of tornados ripped across seven states. so far claiming three lives. a live report from this storm as we track its movements. an all-out assault. russia sending new missile strikes in ukraine. kyiv withstanding its biggest missile attack since the beginning of russia s invasion. it s making you scared, you know. never know how it s going to end, like, it s really unpredictable. we re live in the region where there are new concerns russia could be making another push to capture kyiv. new concerns about elon musk s latest twitter policies. several prominent journalists have been suspended from the platform. what he s saying about the
they haven t had an early december dumping of snow like this in a long time. this weekend, we re quiet. it s going to be cold, but not a lot of snow. the exception near if great lakes and south of buffalo, but that s expected this time of year. next week is when things start to go downhill. we re going to have a frigid air mass coming. it s cold in bismarck and rapid city. saturday morning temperature negativebismarck. then this continues into next week. at the same time as all the cold air is coming through the eastern half of the country, a storm develops on the east coast. we have our european and american model. the european is blue and the american is red. it s still six, seven days away. we re going to have a major winter storm thursday, friday
suspensions and why it s raising larger questions. we begin with a major winter storm battering the east. kathy park is in a snowy syracuse, new york, where the state s governor has activated emergency resources. bill karens has the forecast for us too. kathy, it s beautiful behind you, but there s safety concerns. what s it like there? reporter: the snow as you can see, isn t letting up. it s been like this throughout the morning. we ve been slamming with heavy bands of snow throughout the morning. it s a heavy, wet snow. the roadways seem to be okay, just a slushy mess. no major problems on the roadways or for air travel in this region. we had a chance to talk to some of the residents here. they said they live in syracuse,
it s winter. they re used to storms like this. here s what one person told me. take a listen. it gets really messy. the snow is slick, but, you know what, we re used to it. the first one or two times, it s like oh, my god and everybody is panicking. you can hunker down at home with a fire and toddy. reporter: because of the conditions today, a lot of schools are closed and people are encouraged to work from home. the governor of new york told people to stay off the roadways as much as possible because the weather is expected to persist throughout today and into the evening. here in syracuse we have a couple inches of snow on the ground. when it s all said and done, we re looking at close to six inches of snow. the temperature is right above freezing. it s like the wet, heavy snow.
lindsay? kathy, thanks. bill, where is this snow moving to? we have 24 hours of this heavy snow in the northeast. the roads being treated are fine. all rain event, it s been soaking through southern new england. now as we watch the snow head north, it s picking up in vermont and new hampshire and maine. we have 10 million people under alerts, everywhere you see the red colors. the berkshires, and the catskills and the adirondacks under a winter storm warning. we ll pick up another couple inches during the day especially outside the capital district and outside of syracuse. we can still get another foot total. it s going to be a great ski weekend and that s gold.