Alerts from Texas all the way up into the Northeast tonight and a tornado watch in several states as we're on the air tonight in New Orleans.

Look at this.

A powerful gust of wind through this office building, a suspected tornado downing trees and power lines in Martinsville, Mississippi.

The severe weather heading toward the Southeast and then up the coast, ABC.

Steve O's and Sound Me from Atlanta.

Tonight, there's a long night ahead for parts of the South.

A strong storm pushing through is bringing tornado warnings in Martinsville, Mississippi, a possible tornado knockdown pine trees and power lines and block this highway that is big thes air pictures just now coming in from New Orleans.

The hail and high winds are forcing them to take cover.

In the lobby of this building, a blast of wind broke through the revolving doors.

Those same high winds brought down this scaffolding crushed several parked cars.

One person was hurt.

This is the wet side of a 2000 mile storm that's also dumping ice and snow to the north, making it dangerous to travel for millions on the highways in the Tulsa area.

They had trouble trying to keep on the roads.

In Oklahoma City, people had to push cars.

Absolute mess.

Here on I 40 eastbound cars have been here for over an hour now east of Chika Shea, this tanker truck slid into a creek.

The driver had to be hospitalized in Missouri.

This crash, involving at least two semis and three cars, shut down part of Interstate 70 west of Colombia.

At least one person here was hurt, too.

The storm is now headed our way here in Atlanta, where heavy rains are expected this evening.

We're already under a flash flood warning, and there's the chance of a tornado.

David Atlanta in the bull's eyes.

Well, Steve, thank you, meteorologist Rob Marciano.

He's live in New York City tonight as this whole system stretches right up into the Northeast.

Rob, it's a big storm David impacting everyone in the eastern half of the country and that tornado watches on Lee, expanding a dangerous situation across parts of the Southeast.

Flood watches up winter weather alerts as well.

This thing will time out over a 48 hour period with heavy rounds of running.

With that severe.

Across the Southeast, the Mid Atlantic up I 95 mostly rain.

They're up north of 9 90 will be mostly snow ending sometime Friday.

Within the winds Get cranking Friday night, David Rob Marciano will be watching it.

Hi, everyone.

George Stephanopoulos here.

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