necessarily what had the fans going wild. the entire state of utah got free chicken nuggets, that is thanks to a promotion with chick-fil-a, fans could get an eight piece chicken nugget while supplies last, of course. that is pretty cool. i would be pretty excited. because he missed two. that seems too easy to fix that. tonight, winter wallop. a dangerous mix of snow, brutal cold and life-threatening windchills from coast to coast. the deep freeze spreading and a big nfl playoff game postponed. i m charlie de mar in davenport iowa.
the midwest. we take a look at some of that snow the west in minneapolis and in minnesota, just tremendous. dragging arteries, roads down. wisconsin the same. the dakotas, flight cancellations all over the place. and people are stranded in airports, like in south dakota. let s listen to one passenger, what he had to say. i could be doing a lot of other things, and i don t have to do things, but i could be, so it s another day out of my life. you hear the frustration, and the thing is, basically in 2023 we have had one weather event after the next. every single week. and now this winter wallop. here s the thing, guys, as i m carefully walking on this ice, you can see their vehicles all over lansing here this morning that look exactly like this. this person very smart by putting up the wipers. but look, this car just covered in ice. the defrost is going to take a
under way after tornadoes sliced through the region including an ef-3 packing winds of up to 140 miles an hour. cars flipped over. livelihoods torn apart. i saw sideways rain, lights flickering. my brain went, oh, crap. reporter: this year there have been 157 tornado reports across 16 states making this the most active january on record. we ve never had a tornado like this in pasadena with this much damage. reporter: with tens of thousands without power in texas, arkansas and missouri, the winter wallop is slamming the midwest. nbc s maggie vespa is there. the snow moving into the midwest overnight making for treacherous road conditions here in indianapolis and causing air travel chaos. flight aware tracking hundreds of cancellations in chicago, dozens of delays in detroit. reporter: now the storm taking aim at the northeast where major cities like new york, philadelphia and washington, d.c. have barely seen any snow at all this winter. boston, a foot less than usual, thoug