before sunrise to see a wall of wind and cloud in the form of a waterspout move onshore across panama city beach and toppled buildings behind you. that is what residents of panama city beach, where i'm located, woke up to this morning. terrifying moments. this house was taken off of its pylons and it is now supported by its neighboring home. look at the neighbors house and some of the paint that has been etched off because of the power the wind and the sand. even here on the right side of this leaning building is another home without its roof. that is the scary moments that people had to deal with. there are even condos here from this waterspout turned tornado. one of several tornadoes that moved onshore along the florida panhandle, ripping off some of the protective barriers on the outside of the condos. there are currently over 500,000 customers without power along the entire seaboard. this is a time also is a day across the eastern seaboard. >> really intense picture of the structure. thank you so much. >>> before you buy that next bottle of water, you may want to hear about this new study, i

tonight from multiple storm locations, and cbs's dave malkoff will start us off from hard hit panama city beacher: parts of the florida panhandle pummeled by a powerful tornado blasting through block after block, blowing apart buildings, shredding structures, and lifting homes off their foundation. >> every storm has an indelible image. >> right. >> and i would guess this is it. >> reporter: gary michaels rode out the storm across the street from a house that looked like this before the tornado tore through. >> it was a freight train hitting a brick wall. that's how loud it was. it was extremely scary in the house. >> reporter: then the winds whipped north. >> about 600 miles of warnings. >> reporter: heavy rain flooded roads and stranded drivers. >> the water was up to my door, so i had to roll my pants up, put my shoes in my bag. i had to actually walk through that water to get out of there. >> reporter: tonight 84 million people are under flood watches and warnings along the east coast. in baltimore, sandbags are helping protect low-lying areas, and the governor of new jersey has declared a

as a powerful tornado. >> headed towards panama city now. >> reporter: daylight revealing roofs ripped from homes and apartment buildings. in panama city beach, the boat storage barn mangled. our faith abubey on the ground. >> the power of those winds knocking this oceanfront house off of its foundation. you can see it tilted to the side, leaning onto the neighboring house. officials say there are serious injuries in this area, but miraculously, no one was killed. north of there, in marianna, multiple homes destroyed, entire rooms exposed to the sky. >> i just put all the kids in the bathtub. >> reporter: beverly gray and her newborn are okay after she, her three kids, and her sister's family took cover in her bathroom. >> i ran over there and got my sister out of the camper and her three kids, and i was like, hey, look, y'all need to come on. it's about to get bad. >> reporter: in claremont, north carolina, one person was killed at this mobile home park, one of at least four fatalities in the storm zone. the massive system bringing blizzards to the nation's midsection. relentless wind creating whiteout conditions and huge drifts. and in iow

dave malkoff in panama city beach, florida, thank you.rom wanton rights storms and those bearing down on the northeast let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes, from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the expansive storm across the mideast through the evening. a lot of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible. the entire system should begin to push its way offshore by around midnight or so tonight, but the threat will still remain from florida all the way up to at least virginia. now in the northeast, big issue is heavy rain and very gusty winds, they could be extreme. 65 mile-per-hour winds possible in new york, 70 mile-per-hour winds possible in a place like boston as the rain is moving out. snow will still remain across the midwest. now on the heels of this one comes another one friday into saturday. it also produces a large swath of snow in yet again places like chicago, detroit, also a target here. norah, some of the snow totals going into the weekend could top a foot. >> norah: wo

he's joining us from panama city beach in florida. derek, i understand the damage is already very extensive. >> reporter: yeah, here's an example of that, wolf. what you're looking at behind me over my right shoulder was a house that was toppled by the wind just like a large tree in powerful winds. but this one is being supported by its neighboring home. this is just a drop in the bucket of the damage that we witnessed here within panama city beach as over a dozen tornados tore through the south eastern u.s. over 107 reports of severe wind gusts. it was a morning and day full of terror interest these people because what you're witnessing behind me is just simply incredible, hard to put into words as well. the threat is not done even though the severe weather is slowly starting to wane. what we're focusing on now is the potential for flash flooding overnight. you get to my graphics and you'll see just what we call an atmospheric river of moisture that is pluming into the east coast an this could bring up to 2 to 4 inches of rain on an

so much the damage this drone video was taking in florida earlier today, north of panama city beach,e homes are just rubble as you can see. >> other parts of the country including the northwest are bracing for their round of snow and wind. meteorologist bill karins is tracking it all for us but let's start with marissa parra, you've been getting out there looking at the damage and what are you hearing and seeing from people in the community. >> reporter: an hour ago that you saw us a couple of blocks away from we are, we had a chance to explore a little bit more, we're seeing businesses and homes significantly impacted by this tornado that came through here in panama city beach the rows of homes here that no longer have a second story, you can see the exposed, not only rooms, bedrooms, living rooms that are exposed right now the second story roof completely taken off and if you go further this way this marina, some of the most significant damage i've seen since we arrived, this is one of the many places that was still recovering from hurricane michael, remember we are geographically

cbs' dave malkoff is in panama city beach. >> reporter: the national weather service is trying to figure out how fast this tornado was actually spinning. >> bending steel beams like this and yanking them out, they're pretty will secured. this would be an 125 mile-per-hour wind. >> reporter: what ef? >> a two. >> reporter: some new jersey residents trapped in their home surrounded by floodwater. how high do you expect it to get? >> all the way up to here. >> reporter: charles mcdougal and his family moved here in 2017. this is the third time he's been hit. back in december when the flood hit, it went above that mailbox? >> yes. >> reporter: how much damage did your house suffer? >> $10,000, $20,000 maybe. we're just getting through. >> reporter: emergency crews are going door to door advising people in low-lying areas near the passaic river to evacuate before it crests. meg oliver, cbs news, paterson, new jersey. >>> the next big system in a parade of cross-country storms is moving east. across the south where they are still cleaning up from last tornado outbreak, another chance of severe

this video shows the widespread damage in panama city beach. the power of those winds knocking this oceanfront house off of its foundation. >> you can see a tilted to the side, leaning onto the neighboring house in marianna, florida. >> multiple homes were destroyed , with entire rooms visible from above. beverly gray says she, her three kids and her sister's family took cover in her bathroom. >> i just put all the kids in the bathtub overnight. >> gusting winds and flooding rains pounding the northeast, causing flooding in new york city, more than 400,000 homes reported outages across new york, new jersey and pennsylvania. >> we could see winds to 60 miles an hour. so anybody that lives in the northeast needs to be ready for the potential of their power going out. >> the severe weather canceled more than 1000 us flights yesterday. the powerful winds in the washington area forced vice president kamala harris's plane, air force two, to divert to dulles international instead of joint base andrews. the massive system also brought blizzard conditio

cbs's dave malkoff is in panama city beach. >> reporter: the national weather service is trying to figure how fast this tornado was actually spinning. >> bending steel beams like this, and yanking them out, they're pretty well secured there. so this would be about 125-mile-an-hour wind. >> reporter: what ef is that? >> that's a 2. >> reporter: and tonight, some new jersey residents trapped in their home surrounded by floodwater. so high to you expect it to get? >> i expect it to get all the way up to here. >> reporter: charles mcdougald and his family moved here in 2017. this is the third time he has been hit. so, back in december, when the flood hit, it went above that mailbox. >> yes. >> reporter: how much damage did your house suffer? >> about $10,000, $20,000 maybe. >> reporter: you are just cleaning up from that. >> we are just getting through. >> reporter: tonight, emergency crews are going door-to-door advising folks in low-lying areas near the passaic river to evacuate before it crests tomorrow. norah? >> norah: time to heed those warnings. meg oliver, thank you. and we should not

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look what happened to this truck as a water spout turned tornado moved onshore here in panama city beach. it looks like there was a can opener taking the metal and peeling it back. the pressure of the wind blowing out the driver's side window of this particular truck as well, and then, of course, this home behind me that's a living room or what used to be a living room. you can see the people's couch, even the staircase leading up to the second floor of this home, just left in shambles. unfortunately we are in this very hyperactive weather pattern across the united states and mother nature just throwing everything she has at us and the results have been unfortunately horrendous, which you can see behind us. you know, this is part of a broader storm that just ravaged the southeast with nearly 300 severe wind gusts, hurricane force across some portionses of north carolina, and then not to mention the destruction from the tornados. right now we have over a half a million people that are without power as we speak across the entire eastern seaboard. that's customers. that's not necessarily pe

i was in new orleans and panama city beach. now we're covering avalanches and the threat of additional tornadoes today. that avalanche, there were winds clock ed at 110 miles per hour around lake tahoe. that's nearly category 3 status. so is a powerful category 2 equivalent winds. there's a lot of energy moving from the west coast towards the interior. we get the collision of air mass in the springtime, but this time we're going to have a multifaceted storm unfold from today right through the early parts of the weekend, including the snow through the rockies, blizzard conditions across the midwest including chicago, but as this cold front slams the southeast, the potential for severe weather is what we're going to keep our focus on at least for the time being. today we have an enhanced risk from the storm prediction center. little rock to shreveport, that's a level 3 of 5. you have a greater chance of ef-2 tornadoes, that's winds over 110 miles per hour within that shaded area. then the threat shifts eastward for the day on fri

. >> emergency responder say they're seeing significant damage around panama city beach.cnn meteorologist, chad myers, tracking all of this for us. chad, where the storms now? >> eastern georgia, parts of south and north carolina, moving into northern and western florida. a new tornado watch was just issued, including tampa and orlando. this is the area that we're really concerned with at this point. along this line of weather here, on the northside, you showed pictures earlier of the blizzard. back in nebraska, colorado, iowa, kansas, parts of texas, it is the same storm, just the cold side of that storm. but the severe weather -- probably a couple are on -- you need to keep your radio on or make sure you have some way of finding out what is going on in your area. if you are west of -- you are in the clear. if you're east of that line you still have the potential for some weather still going on. there will be whether throughout the afternoon. tornado watches are in effect, in parts of florida. this is going to be the area that we are still seeing in the pink boxes. some

in panama city beach, tornadoes left a trail of destruction, twisted metal, and a reminder how brutal storms can be. this home seen tilting was knocked off its foundation due to the severe winds. florida governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency for 49 of the state's 67 counties. >> we have the resources needed to help impacted counties and impacted floridians. >> reporter: in the northeast, widespread rainfall fueling flooding fears. >> i urge all residents to use extreme caution. >> we're preparing for the worst. >> reporter: since monday, heavy rain, high winds, and tornados have been reported across the southern and eastern united states causing various weather impacts. these storms have knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the south and northeast. and also caused major disruptions to air travel across the country. on tuesday, flight aware reported more than 2,200 flights were canceled and more than 23,000 flights delayed nationwide. as the storms passed through, the time for cleaning up begins in many of these communities. in bamburg, south carolina,

a violent tornado ripping through panama city beach, florida.sidents capturing video of the winds. houses have come down. boats are spun out of the water. additional warnings have been issued now. a long line of storms now forecasted to hit tornadoes in coastal flooding from florida up to the southeast up into the northeast today. a big, large system. got just about everything and tornadoes and rain and wind and it has snow and ice at the end. so look out. it might be coming your way if you are east of the mississippi river today. all right? there is that. >> dana: overall there is a massive storm system moving across the entire united states bringing blizzard conditions to midwestern states like iowa. voters may have trouble getting to the polls for the state's caucuses on monday. fox weather correspondent nichole valdez joins us from des moines, iowa. hi, nichole. >> relentless snow and blizzard like conditions cree iting a challenging tuesday morning in the hawkeye state city capital of des moines. a live look what's going on. all of the snow

we're in panama city beach and cleanup is well under way. talk about a stroke of bad luck. so this is the pirates cove directly behind me. it's the marina. you can see several boats impacted by some of the apparent tornado damage. believe it or not the same structure on the other side was heavily damaged by hurricane michael back in 2018. fast forward a couple years, to 2024, yesterday, and now we have destruction from an apparent tornado. that was what people had to deal with and contend with here. this is part of the over a dozen tornados that came ashore, they started as water spouts in the gulf of mexico, moved onshore across the florida panhandle and caused this path of destruction. this is just a drop in the bucket, but i want yous to get a little bit closer here because we had some intel from some of the local residents here that there are a million dollar plus boats at the bottom portion here. a couple have seen damage, but several barred from the worst of this. the sleet metal just wrapped around some of these boats within this area. we have seen complete buildings

she's in panama city beach are more on the tornado damage there. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. thousands of customers are waking up in the dark across florida this morning after the powerful storm system ripped through the area in this community. there's extensive damage. homes ripped to shreds. roofs peeled back. windows blown away. take a look at this house. pow powerful winds knocked this house off its foundation. you can see that right there. that used to be the garage. it's disappeared. what's left of the structure is leaning onto the neighboring house. officials tell us across the area there were serious injuries reported but no deaths so far. crews are working quickly to restore power, as homeowners are cleaning up. governor ron desantis has declared a state of emergency to free up resources for the recovery. now, as for schools this morning, many of them will reopen for the first time since the storm. robin. >> destruction we are seeing there. thank you. going to bring in sam, who's in for ginger, with more o

take a look at this video out of panama city beach, florida.ed homes and overturned cars. in south dakota, snow blowers and plowers are out as the midwest braces for another dumping of snow. bill, what's going on and where is this thing heading? >> jose, we have many life threatening conditions happening now in many different states. we'll start with the tornados. we can call this a tornado outbreak. we know of one fatality. an 80-year-old woman in a mobile home got hit this morning just outside of dothan, alabama. in panama city, the tornado came through before sunrise and did significant damage there. so the tornado threat continues. we have watches that extend from fort myers, tampa, jacksonville, savannah, and a new tornado watch was issued from wilmington to raleigh so the chances will continue through the afternoon and today. we have a couple of active warnings. most located in southern georgia. these little red triangles in here. these will be making their way in between jacksonville and savannah in the next half hour. savannah to brunsw

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panama beach. look at that. a lot of roofs missing, even along the coast. a cold front sweeping through the midwest causing a mess in big citiesnd des moines. let's check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. for the most part that, storm is blowing out and another storm is coming behind it. >> janice: we have a very active storm pattern, not only, you know, last night, yesterday, but tomorrow, kind of some of the same areas being hit hard by not only tornadoes and blizzard conditions but also another nor'easter. take a look at it. real quick. we had over a dozen reports of tornadoes yesterday, stretching from florida all the way up towards south carolina and then a lot of high wind warnings still have hundreds of thousands of people without power. that area of low pressure moving in towards the great lakes. the rain and the snow for the most part over with, but we are still going to feel gusty winds across the northeast later this afternoon into this evening. then you see that next storm system across the west. yes, indeed. that's going to be our next weathermaker as we go through the next cou