off a really frightening moment, to say the least, for passengers on board. what are we learning? yeah, yasmin. incredibly scary moments. the ntsb and faa are now investigating to figure out what exactly happened. and to ensure that it does not happen again. what we know from witnesses, and of course, that terrifying video, is that it appears that a panel on the side of the plane just blew off while it was in mid air. and you see those oxygen masks that were deployed throughout the plane, when this happened. there s also wind, very strong wind, clearly blowing in. you could see peoples hair blowing as they re attempting to make that emergency landing. one passenger said that that whole was about the size of a refrigerator. i want to play for you some sound from another passenger who was on board that plane describing the moment this happened. take a listen. we just heard like a loud bang. or like a boom. i look up, the air masks are
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wintertimes s pummel both coast today. the mountain west getting hit especially hard with hurricane-force wind gusts, and snow that is already reached 21 inches in some places, and it s not over yet. the california coastline is getting drenched with several inches of rain and last with strong winds. it s the first snow the season for parts of the northeast. with totals ranging from 4 to 6 inches. here s nbc s dina griffin. in northern california, sierra nevada, blinding snow and wind stopping at a astonishing 120 miles an hour. part of a massive system sweeping the west. in south lake tahoe, conditions so treacherous have the ski resort had to stop their lifts. there you see a chair blowing
cooler air blowing in from the atlantic, displacing this hotter air from africa that as been blowing up, according to the weather experts. the scientists who study climate change say this persistent heat this persistent drought which is causing havoc for farmers, are clear signs of the effects of climate change. kim? yeah, no doubt. al goodman, thanks so much. for more on this now, let s go to meteorologist tyler malden who joins us from the cnn weather center. we heard what al was saying there. just more and more extremes. what are you watching for? we re seeing this heat dome meander across western europe. it s not just western europe. as al mentioned, parts of the mediterranean are being encompassed in this heat dome, also northern africa too. this is a large area of high pressure that is leading to the record heat across much of the region. and the dry conditions, that is all leading to those fires. you can see that we do have a