Bomb cyclone to bring severe weather and Arctic cold across US

Americans across the country are bracing for more winter weather, with 35 million under a severe weather risk. As people out West recover from deadly avalanches, more twisters and hail will hammer the South while blizzards blanket the Midwest. NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports and TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the latest forecast.

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BASICALLY TAKES AIM AT A NATION DRYING OUT AND DIGGING OUT FROM THE ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT HIT JUST DAYS AGO. THIS MORNING, THE LATEST WAVE OF BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER IN THE FORM OF A BOMB CYCLONE, DETONATING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF TWISTERS

AND HAIL HAMMERING THE SOUTH AND BLIZZARDS SLAMMING THE MIDWEST WITH BLINDING SNOW AND WHIPPING WINDS CAUSING WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS, SNARLING ROADS AND BLANKETING NEIGHBORHOODS. >> WE’RE MAINLY DEALING WITH ACCIDENTS. >> Reporter: TEMPERATURES PLUNGING WELL BELOW ZERO, SETTING THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE

THE COLDEST IOWA CAUCUS IN HISTORY MONDAY WITH WINDCHILLS EXPECTED TO FEEL LIKE 30 BELOW. MORE AVALANCHES IN THE WEST. AUTHORITIES SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED. ONE IS STILL MISSING. AND A SECOND AVALANCHE IN LAKE TAHOE AFTER ONE WEDNESDAY KILLED ONE PERSON AND BURIED THREE

OTHERS, INCLUDING JASON PARKER. >> YOU SAID YOU COULDN’T MOVE? >> NO. YOU CAN’T MOVE AT ALL. IT’S A SCARY FEELING. >> Reporter: RESCUERS SEEN HERE DIGGING FOR PARKER, WHO WAS TRAPPED UNDER CLOSE TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW. THEY FOUND HIM AFTER EIGHT MINUTES. >> I STARTED YELLING, HELP!

HELP! AS MUCH AS I COULD. MY ADRENALINE IS RUSHING. JUST IT WAS SO — IT WAS SURREAL. >> Reporter: IN THE NORTHEAST, ANOTHERRENTIAL RAIN IS SET TO BURDEN NEW JERSEY. HARD-HIT COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE PREPARING FOR MORE LOWS AS MOTHER NATURE SHOWS NO SIGN OF LETTING UP. YEAH.

THAT AVALANCHE INTERVIEW WILL STICK WITH ME FOR A WHILE. SO GLAD JASON PARKER IS OKAY. THIS IS A CITY. THIS IS A POPULATION USED TO SEVERE WINTERS. PEOPLE HERE ARE USED TO CONDITIONS LIKE THIS. BUT THIS BOMB CYCLONE IS SET TO BE SO INTENSE THAT OFFICIALS ARE

PLEADING WITH PEOPLE TO JUST THIS MORNING ADJUST FOR FLAT-OUT CANCEL THEIR MORNING COMMUTES IF THEY CAN. JUST WORK FROM HOME KNOWING THE OTHER DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR OF THIS STORM IS THAT BRUTAL COLD. LOWS OVERNIGHT HERE IN THE CHICAGO LAND AREA ARE EXPECTED, CRAIG, TO HOVER BELOW ZERO WELL

INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. >> MAGGIE VESPA IN A COLD, WINDY AND SNOWY CHICAGO. THANK YOU. >> WELL, AL IS TRACKING IT ALL. >> YES. LOOK AT YOU. TAKE IT, GIRL! >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN NONSTOP.

145 MILLION OF US UNDER WIND ALERT FROM TEXAS, THE ROCKIES INTO NEW ENGLAND. FLOOD ALERTS FOR 35 MILLION. 56 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER WINTER ALERTS. LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE TORNADOES. SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 11:00 THIS MORNING CENTRAL TIME. WE HAVE TORNADO WATCHES AND

TORNADO WARNINGS AS WELL AS WE GO INTO MISSISSIPPI AND INTO ARKANSAS. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM, UP TO THE NORTH AS MAGGIE WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN SEE THIS SNOW BACK TO DES MOINES. THIS THING WILL BE REALLY INTENSE. IN FACT, 29 MILLION PEOPLE THIS

MORNING INTO TONIGHT UNDER RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. WE’RE TALKING TORNADOES, WIND GUSTS OF 75 MILES AN HOUR. THESE HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS STRETCHING FROM JACKSON ALL THE WAY TO WILMINGTON. SO AS THIS BOMB CYCLONE MAKES ITS WAY UP INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST, BITING COLD, BLUSTERY

AND COLDER IN NEW ENGLAND. INTENSE SNOW BANDS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. BY MONDAY, CHICAGO COULD SEE 9 INCHES OF SNOW. THAT WOULD BE MORE SNOW THAN THEY GOT ALL LAST YEAR. HOURLY SNOW RATES LIKELY AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR

MORE IN THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND. GUESS WHAT? COMING UP NEXT WEEK, HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER STORM POSSIBLE. TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK, AGAIN, THE TRACK UNCERTAIN, BUT WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE,