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More than 10 million people facing the threat of large hail, wind damage and possibly tornadoes. tyler malden has the latest from the cnn weather center in atlanta. all right, tyler, how bad is this going to get? >> yeah, it can get really rough for us this afternoon and this evening. here across the northern plains, the upper midwest we have a poet entitle s -- potent storm system coming together. it pushes minnesota, south dakota under the threat of severe weather. a level 4 or 5 risk. were ta...

MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. (AP) — A tornado that produced winds of up to 115 mph (185...

Their home of 52 years was destroyed, yet they managed to escape unharmed.

The evening hours where it makes it that much more dangerous. notice the threat expands a little farther towards the east on wednesday. 100 million americans going into wednesday afternoon storms. potentially a more significant setup when it comes to large hail, straight line winds and an ef-2 or greater. >> presidents headed to iowa today landing in des moines. well see what the weather means for his plans. >> nice to see you. the wnba commissioner is doing all it can to bring home brittney g...

Their home of 52 years was destroyed, yet they managed to escape unharmed.

But if you look at this snow in areas inland, the concern really eastern ohio, western pennsylvania, pittsburgh, cleveland, buffalo. widespread power outages, but the ice, jim, im really concerned about, i do want to take you down to florida because at 7:30 a tornado developed right near areas of fort myers. this was an ef-2 declared by the national weather service, that means maximum winds at 118 miles per hour, it only lasted five minutes, 108 homes damaged, 30 of them completely destroyed, so...

Struggling just to reach stranded cars and trucks. in buffalo, shattering their daily record by 6:00 this morning. neighbors are trying to free this bus right now. it got stuck trying to back up on this side street. if you look up just a block ahead, theres another bus that was already stuck. in niagara falls, stephen michaels shoveled six hours to get to work. >> more than what we expected. definitely. havent seen this winter in a long time. >> reporter: where there wasnt snow, there was ice. w...

Tonight, tracking that deadly winter storm moving up the east coast. snow, ice, freezing rain, and severe storms from georgia to maine. white outconditions. more than two feet of snow in some areas. hundreds of car accidents on the highways. tornadoes touching down in florida. including a confirmed ef-2. strong winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour. and a new cold blast on the way. wind chills down to 40 below zero. ginger zee tracking it all. americas major airlines sounding the alarm over str...

Up, you know, but for right now just a waiting game for me right now. >> its coming down pretty good here. >> reporter: parts of northern georgia seeing more than four inches of snow. and a short-lived ef-2 tornado kicked up from that same system in fort myers, florida. >> this terrible, fierce storm came through here. it lifted me off my feet. >> reporter: more than two dozen homes destroyed there. edward murray says he was trapped under his for 30 minutes before firefighters rescued him. >> ha...

And spencer christian, thank you for joining us. we will see you back here at 6:00. breaking news tonight as we come on the air. the monster winter storm striking the south, now taking aim at the northeast. tonight the dangerous storm impacting more than 100 million americans. in south florida, an ef-2 tornado damaging more than 100 homes. other areas blasted with powerful winds, torrential rain, and crippling snow and ice. some 190,000 customers without power in southern states. and more than...