NBC News Sets East Coast Blizzard Coverage

NBC News will offer complete and extensive cross-platform coverage of the historic blizzard that will impact the northeast over the next several days.

Blizzard 2015 Special Edition of Rokerthon:

• NBCNews.com and msnbc.com join forces for a special edition of Rokerthon as the story unfolds. The time will be announced shortly.
• Al Roker will provide continuous forecasts, analysis, and video while interacting with the audience on social media.

NBC News correspondents are reporting from all over the region to cover the emergency response and relief efforts and share the stories of those impacted:

• Anne Thompson, Harry Smith, and Kate Snow will cover the emergency response in the New York City area. NBC News will embed with a police operations team in Suffolk County. Ron Allen will ride out the storm in Long Island and report on storm surge.
• Miguel Almaguer and Dylan Dreyer will report from the streets of Boston as the snow piles up. Kristen Dahlgren embeds with a family in Canton, MA, as they hunker down and prepare for the storm. On the roads, Rehema Ellis will report on driving conditions in the Providence, RI area.
• As the storm creates air travel problems up and down the east coast, Tom Costello will report from LaGuardia Airport in New York, with Luke Russert at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, D.C. John Yang reports on travel as he is en route to Maine.
• Dr. Nancy Snyderman will offer important tips on emergency preparedness, including essential supplies to have in your home and car.

Coverage will continue on "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" tonight and tomorrow on "TODAY."

NBCNews.com will provide the very latest in storm coverage at www.NBCNews.com/Blizzard15, including live streams from areas impacted, along with real-time updates from airlines, emergency agencies and transportation departments.

On social, NBC News will share the latest information and images from the blizzard at @NBCNews on Twitter and facebook.com/NBCNews. NBC News encourages viewers to share their best snow pictures using the hashtag #Blizzard2015.

In addition, Stringwire will be following storm updates throughout the day on its live weather channel here: stringwire.com/watch/mTAs. Users are invited to share their own perspective and live storm video via the Stringwire iOS and Android app.

BreakingNews will send proximity alerts to users on the latest developments that impacts their specific area.

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