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♪♪ hi there, everyone. It's 4:00 in new york. At this hour, millions of people along florida's gulf coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. The outer bands of hurricane milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10:00 p. M. Eastern and 2:00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to s...

Messy commute. >> rain and snow and cold, freezing branches breaking down power lines. >> reporter: an unusually weak winter tonight is tightening its grip. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, concord, new hampshire. all right, let me turn to al roker tracking it all. >> well, lester, still no snow for new york city, but other folks getting plenty of snow as we mentioned, 31 million people impacted from the great lakes all the way to new england and down into the appalachians watching this system now as it pushes to the north. you can see snow stretching from minneapolis, chicago, detroit, heavier sno...

To coast across america, across any country, it's a big deal. it's a huge deal. and everyone got a chance to see it today. >> and this isn't over. as you indicate, a lot of these communities are going to be enjoying the after grow. >> the financial after glow, yeah. >> that's true. but the partial eclipse as well is going to continue for a while in a number of these cities, right. down in charleston i think it's going to go on until just after 4. >> that will stay running for a while because remember that partial started well before we took that shot. they still had that will little edge showi...

Advisory you see here for winter weather. that's now in effect as of the 5:00 a.m. hour. we're looking at the threat for very heavy snow in a certain part of new england. first, watch as the front moves to the east. we'll get plenty of rain in mid-atlantic. eventually low pressure will develop off the coastline. when it does, it's interesting because if the low was further out into the atlantic, we'd see more of a snow event for places like new york and into southern connecticut, but that's not what we're going to see. it'll be more of a rain event here. then when you start heading north of po...

Why does that matter? well, about 26% of the state now is in the highest category of drought. the reason this is so important is it means that the ground is almost like concrete. it is so dry that any rain that comes down completely washes off. so, that's the reason. there is also the concern for the burn areas, very dangerous there, but even just regular areas will really have the threat for a lot of flooding. look at this huge low, too. this is the biggest storm they will have seen in three years affecting the region, and this will affect the entire country, because once it exits california,...