classes here are canceled through the week lester. all right, maggie vespa, thank you. severe weather is a threat tonight and tomorrow for tens of millions of people living in the south. al roker is tracking it for us. al, what are we looking at well, lester, on the north side of the storm, 32 million people from the four corners to michigan under winter weather advisories, winter weather warnings, and then to the south of it, we ve got severe weather, especially tonight. we are looking at 14 million people at risk for damaging winds, hail and dangerous tornadoes, in fact, ef-2 tornadoes or stronger nocturnal, and these are twice as deadly as daytime tornadoes. anywhere from about a thousand miles from cleveland down to new orleans, severe weather tonight for 25 million people, two to four inches of rain especially through the southern plains and to the north, lester, from michigan all the way to iowa, anywhere from two to eight inches of snow all right, al, thanks very much fo
While some parts of the Chicago are could see up to seven inches of snow, totals could change, as precipitation types whether it be snow, sleet, or freezing.
we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things even more difficult, some of the areas are under winter weather warnings for snow and high winds and very low temperatures. turkish president erdogan urging for other countries to send search and rescue teams. there s currently really no way to assess a rough idea of how many people are missing right now, trapped under these giant piles of con crete and twisted metal. videos captured the moment this building collapsed in central turkey today. this was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit in 100 years. there were some good moments,
should i do this? i did it anyway. lo and behold, flights got canceled. ed, people are bracing for serious travel chaos. what s the latest? it s going to be several days of this treacherous conditions on roadways all across texas, oklahoma, arkansas as well as into the upper midwest as well. these winter weather warnings and advisories stretching from all the way down as far as south as san antonio. we are hearing of about 1,000 flights that have already been canceled. we expect that to continue to worsen t worsen throughout the day. and we are hearing a number of reports of accidents and rollovers all over roadways across north texas. so emergency officials, traffic officials urging the public, to stay off the roadways. if you don t have to be out, they are telling, asking people to please stay off the roadways. when you see mbehind me, many
so if i stumble through the live shot, it is because every one of these pellets of ice is starting to sting on my ears. but you see that the roads are starting to change dramatically here as the sleet and the freezing rain is starting to fall at a more steady pace here in the dallas area, and this is what the forecasters have been warning people about for the last 12 hours or so, and urging people the stay off of the roadways, because of the office closings, and the school cancellations across the region, you are not seeing that many people on the roadway. but it is treacherous, and you can see here on this pass up to the highway interchange here, there are several cars here struggling to make their way up to the hill as the icy conditions continue to worsen, and it is deadly. in austin, we are hearing reports of one fatality and the winter weather warnings, and the advisory stretching from san antonio all of the way to oklahoma and arkansas as well.