already tonight, wind gusts at 50 miles per hour, sparking power lines right there in rocky hill, connecticut. winter alerts from ohio to massachusetts. here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, severe storms moving through the heartland. as another system wreaks havoc from the great lakes to the northeast. a falling traffic light near buffalo, new york. a security camera capturing a terrifying moment when brittany gardner and her daughter arrive home near cleveland. you can hear the wind. gusts up to 60 miles per hour in the area. when this happens. daughter, madison, holding on for dear life. mom racing to her. madison wasn't hurt. in detroit, an arrest in the wind-whipped apartment fire that killed five. authorities now believe it was arson. hundreds of thousands in the area without power.