the last el nino. they think it's the calm before the storm. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >>> the impact of the monster el nino will be felt in california, the coastal city, but will be seen inland. experts expect changes across the south and east coast. wherever you live, you'll feel it. this el nino intends to make it known to the foundations of this community nt on that here is correspondent jake ward. >> this is what 5 inches of rain in an our does to a baked hillside. this spilt over a freeway taking with it hundreds of cars and stranded passengers. that is nothing compared to if an el nino arrives. >> take the smaller event and make it rain longer. >> geologist jeff mount is an expert on the rivers and water supply. >> we are not ready for the large floods. >> to keep floodwaters under control. california has 13,000 miles of levies, a katrina type disaster poised to flood california. >> there are two kinds of levies, those that have failed or will. eventually your system will be overwhelmed the the question we have is this the year. the year that the system is overwhamed. >> the california delta

starvation, the monster el nino underway right now, that's right, a crisis caused by this massive weather system. we get an idea from correspondent david mercer in guatemala. >> family worked hard to prepare these fields and plant them with corn but nothing could prepare him for the effects of el nino. el nino is being blamed for a drought with gripped guam guatemala for much of thguatema. most of his corn harvest was ruined. poverty in guatemala is widespread with millions of people surviving off the land. so changing weather is cause for alarm. the world food program's mike vargas has been visiting subsistence farmers across guatemala. some farmers say they have gone a month and a half without rain during the critical growing season. in some parts of central america an estimated 60% of corn and 80% of bean crops may be lost to dry weather caused by el nino. the united nations says hundreds of thousands of families will need food assistance. >> translator: this is the worst dry season we have had since 35 years ago. and it's affecting not only guatemala but from nicaragua up to here. el

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. >>> this monster storm the most powerful el nino on record. that is no coincidence. the weather phenomenon is fueling this wild and unpredictable season including this system, blizzard conditions, ice and tornado warnings from the same storm deep into the south. nbc's gabe gutierrez has that part of the story. >> reporter: a caravan of power crews headed to north carolina. >> the biggest impact power outages with 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of ice. >> reporter: where they are bracing not just for snow and sleet but crippling ice. >> our goal with this potential winter storm coming to north carolina is to be overprepared and hopefully underwhelmed. >> reporter: the savage storm comes from what some are calling a godzilla el nino. the weather phenomenon brought on by warm pacific waters could be fueled by a strong dip in the jet stream funneling low pressure systems across the gulf. it's been one extreme after another. in south carolina, historic flooding in october. >> it doesn't feel like the holidays without being cold. >> reporter: new york, record high december. around c

. >>> this monster storm comes in the middle of l el nino on record. that is no coincidence. the weather phenomenon is fueling this wild and unpredictable season including this stem, blizzard conditions, ice and tornado warnings from the same storm deep into the south. gutierrez has that part of the story. >> reporter: a caravan of power crews headed to north carolina. >> the biggest impact here in charlotte with power outages with inch to 1/2 inch of ice. >> reporter: where they are bracing not just for snow and sleet but crippling >> our goal with thispotential winter storm coming to north carolina is to be overprepared and hopefully underwhelmed. >> reporter: the torm comes from what some are calling a godzilla el nino. the weather phenomenon brought on by warm waters could be fueled by a strong dip in the jet stream funneling low pressure systems across the gulf. it's been one extreme after another. in south carolina, historic flooding in october. >> it doesn't feel like the holidays without being cold. >> reporter: new york, record high temperatures in december. around c

. >> reporter: carrie jackson knows the power of an el nino storm and a monster wave. >> i tell you, when it hit me, i, i'm a pretty strong little girl, woman, but i tried to push away from the building and it was literally pushing me forward and it was the most frightening thing i think i ever felt. >> reporter: carrie was picking up wood panels from her damaged fence this morning when she turned her back against the ocean. that's when it wiped out her entire front yard and slammed her right in to her fourplex. >> the surge had lifted hit, up in to the building and came down and pulled everything out. >> reporter: and that sent her front yard crashing right on to her toe, leaving it possibly broken. carrie is just one of many structures -- carrie's home is just one of many structures battered by the storms. many homes have sandbags out. and now the is city needs help from the state and federal government to fix infrastructure, like the pier and this crumbling sea wall. >> this is going to be a wild ride, we haven't even started! >> reporter: many residents i spoke to tonight say they

the one that sat right behind me for $2.1 million. maria medina, kpix5. >> el niÑo is also to blame for this monster sink hole that opened up on the oregonorder. a stretch of highway 101 is closed tonight in the town of harbor. look at the size of that thing. it is 50 feet in diameter and about 70 feet deep. there is also a smaller sink hole nearby. so far, no cars have been swallowed up. >>> we are just eight days away from superbowl 50. the game airs right here on kpix5 next sunday. andria borba is in superbowl city right now as it gets ready for its grand opening tomorrow morning. >> reporter: well ken, we are waiting for the gran opening but we got a test of what traffic might be like all next week with the friday night commute combined with all of the road closures. on a soggy san francisco night, superbowl city was filled with sound. as finishing touching ... >> i know it looks like a lot to do in the course of 24 hours. >> reporter: faced off with friday night commute. with traffic on battery street looking like a gridlocked los angeles freeway, the traffic boom doggle we have been warned about hit us with foliferousty. >> what ca

the coming weeks. people should watch for those. >> all right. lisa, our health editor, thank you. >> thank you, thuy. >>> this month's powerful storms have duffeled snow and rain across california amid what's expected to be a monster el nino welcome news for our state, now in its fifth year of the worst drought in california's recorded history. will the projected storms be enough, though, to bring the state out of its dire conditions? with me now in the studio is long-time bay area weather expert, meteorologist jan nall. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> with the rain this week and continuing to have, what are we at now in terms of reservoir and snowfall totals? >> the reservoirs are coming up. they're not -- historical averages for this time of year. the snow pack is a better picture, above where we would normally be by a few percentages points. with the upcoming storms, those numbers will rise in the next week. >> where do we have to be at to declare an end to the drought? >> you know, actually declaring an end to the drought is the political move by the governor. as a practical number, if we see 150% of the normal rainfall and snowfall for the year, that will cover most of the activities, most of the users in the sta

is literally the sand that came with the waves >>reporter:carrie jackson knows the power of an el niÑo storm and a monsterwave. >> i tell you, when it hit me, i am a pretty strong little girl, or woman, but i try to push away from the building and it literally was pushing me forward and it was the most frightening thing i think i've ever felt >>reporter:she was picking up what panels from her damaged fence this morning, when she turned her back against the ocean. that is when it wiped out her entire front yard, and slammed her right into her for plex >> the surge has literally -- literally lifted and hit the building and they came down and pulled everything out. >>reporter:that sent her front yard crashing right onto her toe, leaving a possibly broken. her home is past -- is one of structures around pacifica that have been battered by el niÑo storms. on beach boulevard, many homes have sandbags out. and now the city needs help from the state, and federal government to fix infrastructure. like the peer, and this crumbling seawall. >> this is going to be a wild ride. we have not even started >>> resident sa