oh, it's massive! >> a devastating tornado in texas. the latest impact of a winter storm warning system. at least 11 killed outside dallas. elsewhere, whiteout conditions and a state of emergency in new mexico. the intense fight to take the city of ramadi back from isis. in chicago new calls for accountability after police kill two this weekend. and peyton manning's furious denial against an allegation he used human growth hormone. >> complete and total joke. it's defamation. it really ticks me off. >> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm jeff glor.

the dallas area in 88 years. an ef-4 with winds topping 160 miles an hour plowed through garland, texas, flattening hundreds of homes. in north texas at least 11 were killed, part of a system of severe weather this weekend from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes. the death toll from five days of storms stands at least at 41. including 11 people swept away by floods in illinois and missouri. we begin with david begnaud in rowlett, texas. >> there is no mistaking a tornado disaster zone. along this residential street where we are every home is damaged. some severely. these vehicles here look like they crashed into each other. this one right here, the windows blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the windshield, impaled in the passenger seat. eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7:00 p.m. and lasted less >> there it is, i see it. >> reporter: even by texas

the highway right there. big, big tornado. >> reporter: at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardest-hit areas are garland and rowlett. >> oh! there's stuff flying in the air! >> reporter: damage has been reported along a 40-mile stretch of homes and businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. entire communities are flattened. many of the houses still standing are without roofs. vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. in garland the storms killed eight and destroyed 600 structures in a two-mile area. in rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40 homes. high winds tossed trailers at this mobile home park and damaged this strip mall. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott says more storms today are complicating recovery

>> i want you to know that texas is doing everything we can to help you piece your lives back together, to help you better deal with the challenges that you are facing right now. >> reporter: this afternoon, mike girard brought his wife nancy back to their home for the first time since they lived through the tornado last night. >> we were on our patio in the back of the house. >> what was that? >> that was the ceiling falling in. we went from being just inconvenienced to -- to realizing that we could have been dead. and in an instant, it hit. and less than 60 seconds, it seemed like eternity, it was gone. >> nancy, are you okay? >> no. my boys grew up in this house. everything's gone.

>> i'm sorry, baby. >> everything's gone. >> we just -- we -- we don't know what to do. we went from happy to homeless in a minute. but we'll -- we'll rebuild or we'll do what we have to do. >> reporter: mike says when the tornado finally moved out of the area he walked outside to see what was left. and he saw his neighbor, who lives here on the second story of her home. the roof was gone. and there she was waving for help. jeff, she was stranded but she >> david begnaud in rowlett, before this week, 2015 was shaping up to be a record low year for deaths from tornados. but since wednesday, they have nearly tripling the number this year. survivors are telling remarkable stories tonight. here is dan hagerty of our cbs dallas station ktvt. >> it's unbelievable anybody could come out of there alive. >> reporter: linda helen's

family survived. they had two minutes to get into a closet when the tornado hit. >> the front of the house is gone. the only thing left was the closet they were hiding in. and the kitchen. >> reporter: the twister ripped off the roof of neighbor david dennison's house. >> me and my roommate were holding each other. i was just praying, whatever. you just -- it's crazy. it's -- it's an experience i wouldn't wish on anybody. >> heartbreaking. you know, lose everything you ever owned. >> reporter: michael norris was at a christmas party. his house is now gone. >> i -- it flipped over and hit my car, hit the next door neighbor's. now i got to start all over again. >> sounded like a train. >> reporter: frank montgomery and his family took cover under a stairwell. >> sounded like so many trains were coming. it was frightening for all of us. >> reporter: several homes were destroyed in the glen heights community outside dallas. residents broke down to tears

it's hard to see all these people's livelihoods gone. cars destroyed, flipped over in front of houses. it's just hard to see. >> reporter: here in garland more than 600 homes were damaged. eight people lost their lives. and jeff, many others returning to scenes like this, total losses with nothing left to return home to. >> dan hagerty, thank you. more dangerous weather tonight. blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. let's bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our oklahoma city affiliate kwtv. david, what's happening there? >> well, it's been a wild day so far. we've had a lot of ice, a lot of sleet in oklahoma. flooding rains in eastern oklahoma. just a big mess around here. i-40 westbound west of oklahoma times today, to just simply too much ice and sleet. we are not through, more on the way. jeff, back to you. >> david payne, thank you very much.

mexico, here's cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. >> i'm standing in two and a half feet of snow, it's up to my knees and causing dangerous road conditions. several roads have been shut down due to dangerous conditions across the area. police are asking people to play it safe and stay off the roads saying they've never seen snowdrifts like this before. the snow started falling yesterday and hasn't stopped. a blizzard warning is in effect across the east central plains. yesterday people here in roswell scrambled to get last-minute essential supplies, clearing store shelves of snow shovels and other goods to tide them over through the storm.

cope, cbs news. more now on the forecast from chief meteorologist eric fisher of our cbs boston station wbz. even with all of this activity the storms aren't done yet. >> certainly not. very powerful winter storm here. jeff all sorts of weather hazards from blizzard conditions eastern new mexico and west texas, flooding in between, a tornado watch is in effect to the east, and more flash flood watches farther east than that. so everything in a very sloppy storm system. we've already seen some destructive storms with this. we'll be tracking it north and eastward through tonight. by tomorrow evening all the wintry mess across the upper midwest including chicago, davenport, des moines, heavy rain on the eastern end of the storm. tuesday by the morning we've got our first winter storm in the northeast. many folks seeing snow and ice for the first time this season. it took quite a while.

finally it all winds down on tuesday evening. in terms of the snow, a swath of very significant snow totals here. around kansas reaching up toward the twin cities and into parts of wisconsin into that snow on new england. some of their first snow of the season. the other thing to note, heavy, have already seen their wettest year on record. >> eric fisher, thank you. the iraqi army tonight is claiming they are close to a major victory over isis. after weeks of fighting in the western city of ramadi. >> reporter: gun battles raged on the streets of ramadi today as iraqi soldiers pushed to retake the city after months of isis control. an iraqi military source says troops control most of the city though pockets of resistance remain. united states defense department could not confirm those reports. troops inched forward street by

street securing a path to its intended targets. a government compound held by isis fighters. iraq's counterterrorism soldiers moved cautiously, tearing out buildings once controlled by isis fighters, fearing that some of the structures had been rigged with explosives. the offensive, which began five days ago, has been slow and tough going. iraqi forces were hampered by sniper fire and were forced to navigate roads littered with ieds. recapturing ramadi will not only be a psychological leap for the iraqi military, which suffered a humiliating defeat and were seen fleeing the city when isis took control of it in may this year. but it will also serve as a stepping stone for the iraqi military's plan to take back mosul, the largest city in iraq controlled by isis. tonight a major wildfire in southern california is 70% contained. it destroyed more than 1,200 acres this weekend in ventura

here's maria villarreal. >> reporter: this is the nightmare southern california residents fear most after four years of drought conditions. a wall of flames overtaking a major highway within inches of homes and evacuees like jane johnson, caught in the middle. >> go, go go! >> reporter: it's been more than 40 years since the coastal community of solimar beach last burned. as flames exploded this family had minutes to evacuate. >> we're probably going to head to santa barbara. i'm 29 years old. i don't think there's ever been a fire here. >> reporter: once residents escaped crews attacked the fire head on. this video from the ventura county fire department shows a bulldozer scraping brush near the flames. santa monica deputy fire chief tom clemo -- >> despite the challenges of high winds, steep terrain, significant brush, we were able to bring a stop to all forward

progress of the fire and did not lose any structures. >> reporter: it may be another day or two before the fire is fully contained. all that remains now are hot spots, calmer winds, and relief that a major disaster was avoided. maria villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. tensions remain high in chicago after a police officer shot and killed two people this weekend. one of them it appears accidentally. here's anna warner. >> reporter: chicago police admit an officer mistakenly shot and killed a 55-year-old mother of five, betty jones. jones was reportedly shot in the neck as she waited for police to respond to a domestic disturbance. jacqueline walker is her long-time childhood friend. >> she was shot down. a beautiful woman. a beautiful woman. it hurts my heart. to see that. >> reporter: jones was one of two people killed in the police shooting early saturday morning inside this chicago home. after police responded to a call

at 4:28 a.m. >> upon their arrival they were confronted by a combative individual. resulting in an officer firing shots. >> reporter: that allegedly combative individual was 19-year-old quintonio lagreer. police shot him multiple times. photos shows a bloodstained floor and bullet in the wall. wearing a sweatshirt critical of chicago mayor rahm emanuel, lagreer's mother spoke to the media. she says her son was a college honors student but was mentally ill. >> i used to watch the news daily. i would grieve for other mothers, other family members. and now today i'm grieving myself. >> reporter: the latest incident comes amid protests over a string of deadly police shootings including the death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald, shot by officer jason van dyke 16 times in october of 2014. >> when is the man going to step up? when is he going to step up? because we can't get no help with the police.

>> reporter: the justice department is already investigating whether chicago police used deadly force appropriately. the families of betty jones and quintonio lagreer say for them the question has already been answered. anna warner, cbs news, chicago. off the coast of florida the holiday weekend began with a wild boat chase. julianna goldman has this story. >> reporter: the high-speed chase began early christmas eve when authorities were alerted to a boat theft in ft. myers beach, florida. the men tried to ram into the sheriff's boat and then fled, skimming across the gulf of mexico for nearly 20 hours at speeds of over 70 miles per hour. as the boat approached international waters, the coast guard was called in with three aircraft, the small boat crew, and the coast guard cutter "william trump." that was the ship that finally stopped the stolen boat on christmas morning. the suspects had led authorities for more than 345 miles and

ended up about 65 miles off the northwest tip of cuba and about 125 miles east of cancun, mexico. >> these folks that were taking part in the illicit activity, they weren't going to quit and neither were we. >> reporter: today the coast guard returned the three suspects to shore in handcuffs. julianna goldman, cbs news, washington. coming up, peyton manning slams a report accusing him of using human growth hormone. a lucky survivor from the australia wildfires can't tell his story but we will.s, and getting some rest. and you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. no other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, minerals and herbs. so when you want to support your immune system, take airborne,

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today peyton manning fiercely rejected an allegation that he used human growth hormone while recovering from a career-threatening neck injury four years ago. that claim was made in a documentary by the al jazeera network. >> it's completely fabricated. complete trash, garbage. it's more adjectives i'd like to be able to use. really makes me sick. >> reporter: peyton manning won the mvp award a record five times. he comes from a family of nfl quarterbacks. the 39-year-old has built his career on hard work. >> for my 18 years of playing in the nfl, there are no shortcuts. >> reporter: in a new documentary on sports doping by the al jazeera network, hidden cameras capture a man named

charles sly claiming the mannings were receiving banned human growth hormones in 2011. >> all the time we're going to be sending ashley manning drugs. like a growth hormone. all time, everywhere. florida. it would never be under peyton's name, it would be under her name. >> reporter: sly claimed the mannings received the drugs from called the allegations simply not true and said mr. sly was never an employee of the guyer institute and his brief three-month internship occurred in 2013 during which time peyton was not even being treated. the documentary alleges several other professional athletes, including baseball players ryan zimmerman and ryan howard, took illegal performance-enhancing drugs too. their attorney says he plans to take legal action against al jazeera. surprisingly at the end of the documentary, al jazeera says sly backed off his claims.

>> charlie sly said his statements about athletes were false and incorrect. >> reporter: the documentary offers no further explanation. manning questioned why the network decided to release the story, knowing one of their main sources changed his. >> i've done it the long way, i've done it the hard way. to insinuate anything otherwise is a complete and total joke, it's defamation, it really ticks me off. >> today the colts and broncos came out with strong statements defending manning. al jazeera america says despite all the denials the network will

breaks a speed record. china's one-child policy is officially coming to an end. starting in the new year couples will be allowed to have up to two children. according to a law ratified today. china's one-child policy had been in place since 1979 as a way to control the population. a heart-warming scene amid the devastation of australia's wildfires. a koala was saved from the ashes. firefighters found him, he wasn't moving but he has since been nursed back to health and been given the nickname constable k. fair. the box office force is strong with "star wars: the force awakens," the fastest movie ever to hit $1 billion in global sales beating the previous record held by "jurassic world." it took "the force awakens" just 12 days to reach that milestone. still ahead, their plans for

went downhill fast. more unusual weather. now in the northeast where those dreaming of a white christmas had to settle for shades of gray and brown. >> reporter: at camelback resort in pennsylvania the chair lift has been temporarily rebranded the sky ride. riders tim and grace drummond from dallas planned this trip six months ago. did you buy skis, buy the gear, buy everything to come out here? >> we packed it all. it's sitting in the hotel room in the luggage. >> reporter: in a typical winter camelback makes 15% of its winter revenue the week between christmas and new year's. drew jackson is head of marketing. >> we have 100% snow-making coverage. we just need it to be cold. we don't need a whole lot of natural snow falling from the

sky, just cold weather and we can be in business big-time. >> reporter: unseasonably warm weather along the east coast is inspiring new holiday traditions. in vermont, baseball players were the only ones on mounds christmas eve. and santa did get on skis. however, it was on the potomac river outside washington, d.c. when guests can't hit the slopes they can go to the beach. camelback built a water park to better position itself than most winter resorts with weather-proof activities. they're also zip lining and getting on a roller coaster. however grace drummond would rather have snow. >> how much better would it be with snow? >> probably a lot better. >> reporter: according to snowcountry.com 47 out of 91 resorts in the northeast remain closed due to lack of snow. by contrast, deep snow out west has been a boom for resorts. it was a white christmas at southern california's big bear resort after receiving 6 inches of new snow in the past 72

now if it would only push east. that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and "cbs this morning."