type of recovery you have got it properly secured. reporter: and at least two people died after a crash on i95 take it easy. it s obviously more slick than it usually is. reporter: winds packing a punch. up to 70 mile an hour gusts in cities like new york and boston, powering monstrous waves in massachusetts and flooding coastal communities. it s amazing, you know, that it s reached this point. reporter: the day s long winter wallop impacting the majority of states from maine to florida where cleanup crews face a mangled mess after five reported tornados tore through dozens of homes. we made it inside and ten seconds later, it hit. reporter: tonight the travel nightmares persist. more than 1,500 flights canceled in the u.s. today after 3,000 were grounded sunday. it has been crazy really bad reporter: a winter weather beatdown that forecasters warn won t be this season s last. emilie ikeda, dare i ask: how do conditions look for the rest of the week