Millions of Americans closing out 2025 with brutal winter weather

Millions of Americans will be closing out 2025 will brutal winter weather.

Millions of Americans will be closing out 2025 will brutal winter weather.

An estimated 67 million people remain under wind alerts across the Northeast and New England, including metropolitan areas stretching from Washington, D.C., to Boston, according to an NBC News analysis.

Wind gusts will get as strong as 50 mph in Boston, 45 mph in New York and 40 mph in the nation's capital.

A woman walks through the snow-covered Boston Public Garden on Saturday.John Tlumacki / Boston Globe via Getty ImagesSeven million people will also remain under winter alerts for the ongoing lake effect snow. Areas downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario can expect an additional 12-24 inches of snow with locally higher mounts up to 36 inches.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency in part of the state on Friday in response to a snowstorm and expanded it statewide on Monday.