last night about 6:45 when this tornado hit. we now confirmed that we have eight fatalities from this storm. we have more storms that are rolling through this morning. so we're battling the rain. we're going house to house, apartments were involved in this. and trying to check for other people. our fear is that our death toll will rise today as the sun comes up and we're able to get in and around all the homes that we need to. >> do you have any guidance or advice for people there who are planning to hit the roads today? you say these storms are still churning. >> right now it's rain, it's thunderstorms. they didn't -- they are not calling for any more severe weather. our roadways are slick. they need to be careful. however, that's also hindering our emergency workers trying to go around to each home, each apartment and check for other possible victims. >> all right, joe harn the public information officer for garland emergency management updating us there that there have been eight deaths as it reflects this very powerful storm

tornadoes, floods and snowstorms. the damage and what's still on the way. >>> and a terror warning for several cities across europe preparing for possible attacks that could happen before the new year. >>> and donald trump extending attacks to hillary clinton's husband now. it is 30 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. we begin with brutal christmas weather killing 43 people across the country. the state of texas hit the hardest. thousands of people picking up the pieces this morning. their lives shattered by devastating tornadoes. hundreds are huddled in shelters right now in the suburbs of dallas. homes and churches and businesses flattened by 11 tornadoes. one classified as an ef-4 with winds up to 180 miles an hour. an infant killed and the damage is calculated. >> it is through the grace of god. i'm grateful. my wife works not far from here. if i didn't call her, she would be here right now. my kids, too. you know, a lot of things. >> i actually looked

with the tornado in the distance. it touched down for about two minutes and lifted into the clouds. it did not touchdown again. the national weather service is headed there tomorrow to assess the damage and the size of the tornado. the national weather service says they will wait until the morning to determine how much damage in mcdowell county. the tornado threat has come to an end across the area. now it is about the flood threat. yellows and oranges mean torrential rain, very heavy right now. it is moving into greenville county. northern greenville county getting a deluge of rain. towards spartanburg, about to see the rain. let's put a track on this. it is moving through travelers rest towards greenville. spartanburg, gaffney, union, shortly thereafter. transylvania county seeing the heaviest rain. the reds indicate rainfall rates of about two inches per hour. henderson county seeing heavy rainfall. flash flood warning, this area has seen most of the rain so far, jackson county, graham county, oconee county, and ra

the tornado you just saw a moment ago is called a long track tornado. typically tornadoes stay on the ground for about five minutes or so. they last about maybe a quarter to half a mile, but this particular storm saw the tornado likely stay on the ground uppardons of 135 miles. that actually needs to be verified by the national weather service, regardless of that information. this puts it at the upper echelon of long track tornadoes. only 0.1% of all documented tornadoes sing records began back in the 50s have seen tornadoes last over 100 miles like this. we've got a lot of dynamics here taking shape. service level winds are coming out of the soerl directions across central portions of the united states, really bringing in all of that impressive mois chour laiden air from the gulf of mexico. but at the mid levels of the atmosphere, this is what's bringing in what's called a voritiesty or wind shear, change in direction with height. this is important because this sets up fornadic developments. i'm going to show you exactly what i'm talking about in this

a large destructive tornado! this is a really big tornado. this is large, large, large tornado. i'm stop iping. this is a tornado emergency south of batesville. >> you can hear the adrenaline just pumping in his voice. that's one of the many people following this system when it was on the ground. on the phone now is another storm chaser and meteorologist. thank you so much for gegts on the phone with us. you heard your fellow storm chaser the adrenaline in his voice. what was it like for you? >> well, i was driving down i-55 and i saw the storm on the radar and i knew it looked pretty serious. if you get a tornado it's likely going to stay on the ground. i saw the tornado and large funnel on the horizon. and i pretty much positioned myself to where i can safely intercept this. safely have the tornado cross kind of close to meso i can take good vud oideo of it. and get up right behind. it and hopefully tail it. yesterday's storms were moving 60 miles an hour so i can only tail it for maybe five minutes until i ran into some trees blocking the road and that was the end of my storm

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 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 efforts. >> 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

thankfully none reported yet but tyler to lovecon, that tornado watch continues. and even a few significant tornado, those are ones that are typically the most deadly p. western portion of tennessee and then towards nashville and

the only rotation is with this new tornado warned storm -- the tornado warning that was going to expire down towards rutherford county has been extended to 7:45 p.m.. in many supercell, it is a loan cell by itself. it is rotating here. we have temperatures in the mountains in the 70's. it is a serious situation for the mountains. we do not typically see tornadoes. at this time. i am a specially concerned about where this is heading. let me show you what i am talking about. i am turning on the velocity, you can see where we are talking about and where the cook is. it is moving just over i-40. the sugar hill road, the exit off of i-40 and to go to downtown marion. that exit seeing the strongest of the storm right now. it is heading towards pleasant gardens, hankin, tom's creek, eventually woodlawn. i may put a tracker on this for you a better perspective. there is where the cell is, it is moving towards the north at about 30 miles per hour. 733, woodlawn 745, bradley creek at 801, ingles at 816. it is a serious situation folks. many folks do not have their guard up as far as severe weathe

>> it's a tornado watch. we expect several today east of where we had the tornado last night.red shareded area is where we expect our severe weather today. rain in general will stretch from texas to new england. warm humid air coming up from the gulf and cold dry air coming down from canada. this is where we have the greatest threat for severe weather today. orange area you see here, that is our enhanced threat for isolated tornadoes and also damaging winds. but you'll have severe weather anywhere from san antonio up to paducah down into new orleans today and that is where our target area is going to be. it's a huge differences. look at the warm out ahead of the front. 74 in shreveport and 33 in wichita falls. that is how strong this storm is. we have flood watches out ahead of this system. likely to get some tornado watches out ahead of this testimony as we go through the morning. then we have all of our winter watches and warning, including blizzard warnings for parts of texas and oklahoma where we can expect up to 15 to 20 inches of snow. that is once the system moves throu

look at this monster twister captured. >> tornado! large tornado! holy mackerel. large tornado! south of exit 43. large, destructive tornado. getting ready to cross 55. this is a really big tornado. this is large, large, large tornado. very large. i'm stopping. tornado emergency south of batesville. this is coming into the city of batesville. tornado emergency. go south of batesville. that's a large, massive, destructive tornado. trying to get traffic stop. trying to get everybody to stop. >> you can hear it in his voice. as the sun rises, look at the damage. exstending across three states, mississippi, arkansas and tennessee. let's get to victor blackwell. >> there is no good time for this to happen. states of emergency in mississippi, tennessee, as crews are working feverishly to assess the damage, search for the missing and families begin to sift through what's left. >> reporter: this christmas eve parts of the south and midwest are destroyed after an overnight outbreak of violent tornadoes. officials fear the death toll could rise. dozens are hurt. mississippi suffered the w

isolated tornadoes not ruled out. you consider 70 tornadoes in the past seven days. conditions still producing these tornadoes. one in garland at an ef-4 scale. that puts you with the devastating damage. another way to look at it with 50,000 tornadoes observed since 1950 in the united states, you are talking about several hundred of them that have been this strong. one happen in the past couple days. let alone in the month of december. the pattern is not just severe weather. you touched on it a few moments ago, the flooding across the midwest and gulf coast states. the rivers are high. another 300 plus rivers near flood stage. that additional rainfall is expected to come down and the temperature trends coming back down to reality. dallas at 42. on saturday, they made it up to 82 degrees. high temperature is struggling to get out of the 40s. up in boston and new york, temperatures dropping off into the 40s and parts of the south hanging on to the warmth a little longer. mother nature is going out with a blast for the last few days of 2015. >> freakish weather. pedram,

an ef-4 tornado. the most powerful tornado out there. winds up to 200 miles an hour.ou can see what it ran into at this apartment complex. the first residents from this complex just now starting to show up. you see them sifting through belongings and trying to sift through what is left. i spoke to one inside the complex with his wife when the trchd tornado hit. he said the family is okay. when he walked out to this area, you could see the tears in his eyes. what he's been through in the past couple of days. the path is evident. it came through, this is probably one of the hardest hit areas in garland which suffered the brunt of that ef-4 tornado. 8 of the 11 killed here in this area happened in garland. i just got off the phone with the mayor pro tem tells me dozens of people are without power. dozens of people had to spend the night in shelters box there's no places to go. the mayor said they are coping here. the red cross is helping with shelters. they're getting a lot of help from the emergency management team. like that one resident that's come back, it's heartbre

right now they say it could be the same tornado. a powerful winter storm system three-to-seven inches on el paso and more than a foot of snow in higher elevations. the national weather service issued a winter storm warning for several areas in and around el paso through tomorrow night. officials are telling people to stay off the roads because this storm could bring in the most snow they've seen, at one time, in the past ten years. ...wind advisory in effect until 10 pm pst this evening... .tonight...windy...c older...clear. areas of blowing dust in the evening. lows 23 to 27 on the west side of the valley...26 to 29 on the east side. north wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. north wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon. .sunday night...mostly clear. lows 23 to 27. winds generally light. .monday...mostly sunny. highs 43 to 46 on the west side of the valley...44 to 48 on the east side. winds generally light. .monday night...mostly cloudy. of the valley...31 to 34 o

boxing day, we saw six reported tornados, one lone tornado in oklahoma as well. the national weather service still has to assess the damage, once that first glimpse of sun starts to peek its head over the horizon early on sunday morning. then we'll start to see the extent of the damage that took place. this is the radar. that's the actual tornado super cell that moved through the dallas ft. worth metro area. fortunately, it didn't make its way through the actual city center, but nonetheless, it still went through an extremely populated part of that region, dallas county being the second most populated area of texas. let me try and break it for you to show you what's happening next. severe storms slide ever so slightly to the east. the cold air behind it changing the precipitation from rain to frozen variety. a full-blown blizzard expected across the panhandle of texas and oklahoma. houston, shreveport, little rock, jackson, new orleans, you're notice firing line four the potential of tornados, damaging winds and large hail. so take the necessary precaution now. p

we do have our tornado watch. a lot of heavy rain up the gulf coast and moving up the eastern sea board. be careful of that fog in the mid-atlantic and southern new england, it's dense this morning. tornado watch has been issued for areas of the texarkana area of shreveport, and lufkin. during the day today things will get more favorable for additional tornadoes. so, about 42 million people have a chance of severe weather today all the way up to southern michigan, even chicago, in late december, that's how unusually warm it is. it's so warm it's like april-like weather pattern out there across the country. so today, that severe weather

check your scheduled on line. >> nearly dozen people are killed when deadly tornado multiple tornados sweep through the dallas area. the powerful twitters leveled hundreds of homes. officials say it will take month or possibly years for residents to rebuild. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us in the satellite center with the latest on the devestation, justin, good morning. >> good morning, on the grounds, in dallas, being told total devestation. eleven dead, dozens injured, thousands of structures damaged and those numbers are likely to rise. this morning, crews are working to restore service and continue clean up and we now know storm trackers count nine tornados hitting the dallas area. >> lightning flashed lit up glimpse of turning tornado, damage easily seen after a twister touched down in coke ville texas. this home destroyed. >> it was pretty pretty traumatic. we just came taught assess our own damages, and he's over there yelling for help. >> we realize that he was running across the road, with his baby. >> debra lee king's neighbor beg her to take his two day old

by the united takes on average we get about 20 or tornadoes. without almost three times more tornadoes this month than in a normal number. the most tornadic the number of all time on record. >> we will be monitoring that texas morning. year. >> the 20 morning. right now down the freezing mark. with that of the southwest of war. we don't get into the 20 area often. we're at 29 degrees on the left side. currently of 30 degrees. this will get lower as we get towards sunrise. the lowest temperatures all day will come right around 30 or six morning. eight degrees below normal with a few breezes. lacks weather continues to be a top story area take you back to texas for this one. throughout the christmas weekend we are also monitoring the life is coming into his morning. that state in particular in the mixture of heavy rain for nato's that makes it very dangerous. on your screen, a news throughout about the marshall to the dallas. in his interest that's a report morning on the tenet best tornadoes that destroyed homes. class only when lightning last i

completely silent and empty just a few hours after the tornado hit. people who live in damaged homes...gone to stay with family and friends. s/autumn green/east texan "on the movie twister, when they had the two win tunnels twirel around each other...that's what it looked like." the tornado narrowly missed green's path. she was able to find shelter for her and her husband. s/autumn green/east texan "it was scary because, what if we had been there. and we would have been in the plan of the storm." her home is okay... unlike these homes..destroyed in minutes...without a warning. desmond king really took it up a heart disease. asthma. diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. but in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. hillary's going to take on the drug companies. require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. and cap monthly prescription costs for every american. the drug companies have been over charging long enough. it's time to fight back. i

so east of the dallas area, tornado watch meaning that conditions are favorable for tornadoes. we had a tornado warning around the lufkin area. that's been lifted. keep on alert. make sure you have your noaa radio on. behind this frontal system is where we have the blizzard which we'll talk about in a second. the severe threat continues across arklatex into mississippi and alabama, the florida panhandle tomorrow and the tornado threat will diminish heading into the monday. the winter storm threat continues with blizzards for texas, new mexico, oklahoma. we also have an ice storm warning for central oklahoma and north texas. we could see quarter inch to half inch of ice on roads, power lines, bridges. people are urged not to travel. we have winter weather advisories that stretch up to the up to the great lakes and upper midwest. rainfall 4 to 6 inches. flash flooding a concern. 6 to 12, 18 inches of snow blowing around that will cause blizzard conditions. look at the tpz, eric. we've got 30s, single digits and we have got 80s in front of this front. that's one of the ingredients

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 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 efforts. >> 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 wi

so -- how common are tornadoes in december? what conditions must exist for a tornado to form? when was the last torordo in iowa in december? a very unusual event. bruce? thanks, britley. thousands of people in at least seven states are assessing damage from several tornadoes that killed at least eleven people. a-b-c's elizabeth hur reports the damage in tennessee and mississippi is so extensive, the governors have declared states of emergency. kathy swopshire church damaged phil bryant governor of mississippi elizabeth hur new york the tornadoes.. so powerful.. homes were demolished.. tractor trailers flipped and debris tossed for miles.. atman: "just rumbling thunder with lightning striking and then you see it and that's when it was really really intense." from tennessee.. to mississippi.. gwendolyn jones: "it lasted.. we heard this great big whooo- train and it was gone." at least two dozen reported tornadoes touched down.. cutting a path of destruction? and leaving so many.. homeless. weather pkg ms holly springs damage/reax"it 's devastating. it kind of crushes you here at

tornadoes were reported in 10 states including michigan which , recorded its first ever tornado in december. the deadliest storms were in texas where at least 11 people , died when tornadoes hit areas near dallas. now a historic snowstorm is heading toward dallas after causing blizzard-like conditions in new mexico, oklahoma and , western texas. mississippi, six more in -- another 10 people died in tornadoes in mississippi, six more in tennessee. flash floods also killed at least 13 people in missouri, illinois and arkansas where as , much as nine inches of rain fell on some areas. a birmingham, alabama, resident described the destruction after a tornado touched down. >> feel thankful just to be alive. thankful to be alive. it was so horrible. roof like flying at the cla -- at the roof. the rain was sowing thick. it was a nightmare. if i had not moved one inch back into taking cover, the whole blast would have been in my bed where i was laying. it blew out the windows. amy: meanwhile, heat records were broken on christmas day across the east coast from maine to florida. on christmas eve, th

there were no tornadoes in iowa, but several touched down in il wednesday. the rain/snow mix is gone for the night, and travel conditions should improve. however, watch out for any moisture on " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" welcome to local five news... i'm stephanie angleson. jack off. there are 16 for president by now, you've probably heard. lots of time in up to the but there are bunch more who are just trying to catch a little bit of the national attention. and one of them just moved into a west des moines neighborhood. his name is rocky de la fuente and there's a problem-- his neighbors and the city, don't want his campaign there. stephanie: joining us now to explain is local five's nikki davidson. nikki presidential candidates like to make a splash when they come to town-- with mega events or celebrity endorsements. this one however.. is getting noticed for something that's in his front driveway... which has become a neighborhood controversy. west des moines police are getting involved. (bells) when democratic presidental candidate

this tornado watch in effect through 8:00 central time. we've seen numerous tornado reports throughout the evening. we'll continue to see that throughout tonight. now even into tomorrow this is your sunday. another severe threat. 22 million people at risk for strong to severe thunderstorms. isolated tornados a possibility including houston and new orleans. now this is going to be a massive storm for days. you can see it tracking snow to the west, ice to the north, and tons of heavy rain off to the east. a flood threat significant over the next few days. to the west in the colder part of the storm, a blizzard warning in effect from eastern new mexico into texas. places like roswell, amarillo. we could see record snows. we could see the most snow we've ever seen in new mexico. over a foot of snow as we head throughout the rest of the weekend. lots of folks trying to get around, getting home from the holidays. and look at how much rain we're expecting. a significant flood threat. over 6 to 7 inches of rain expected in spots that have seen qui

it is now making its way eastward. >> it's ayou big tornado, big, big, strong tornado. >> reporter: over the christmas weekend, texas bearing the brunt of the storm, ravaged by nearly half a dozen deadly tornadoes. an airport passenger taking this stunning photo of the massive storm on a flight to dallas. two powerful twisters making a path of destruction, the death toll 11, making this the dead i left december for tornados in 60 years. justin schuler sifts of what remains through his home in g ax rlin. >> i stepped out because i heard the roaring. that's when i saw it. >> willard jordan heard the tornado rip through his neighborhood in dallas. his family and home spared. >> buildings cracking, ripping stuff up. all we could do is run to the closet and pray. >> reporter: this woman rescued. >> i stayed in my closet all night long, shabing looing a leaf on a tree. >> reporter: flash floods and whiteout conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. in month many, more than 100 water rescues, at least six people in pulaski county, swept away by floodwaters saturday night. >

millions are now in the path of possible tornados, flooding and snow. " atathicago's o'hare.. long lines are usually expected.. but on this day.. ((sot)) avni patel "i was not expecting this, and i didn't come early enough." the rush was on bright and early.. with more than 38 million flying this holiday season and 3 and a half million traveling through o'hare.. ((sot)) julie scholl "i think i've never seen a line like this in all of my years coming to ohare airport." air fares are actually down this year.. more than 4 percent.. because of lower jet fuel prices.. ((nat)) ?? car beeping ?? and you can also thank low gas prices for what could be the busiest day on the roads.. according to triple-a.. the national average price for gas dropped below two dollars a gallon for the first time in more than six years.. so with more crowds on the roads and at the airports.. you know the drill.. pack your patience.. ((sot)) herbert judon/assistant aviation director "we had a ground stop so there were some flights that were coming in or leaving out that were delayed for a while." especiall

spawning rain, winds and hail and tornadoes. look at the twister tearing across the landscape in northern mississippi. >> look at that. >> oh, man. i hope it's not hitting houses. >> unfortunately, it did. major damage to homes and vehicles and power lines along the tornado's path. >> we actually did see it happen. he actually looked out the window and saw the grass circling and tons -- it wasn't really trash, but tons of our neighbor's house blowing into the yard to the interstate. >> emergency mississippi officials say four people were killed in the state and 40 injured. in one case, a 7-year-old boy in a car with his family died when a tornado came through. >> and north of there across the state line in southern tennessee, authorities reported two people dead and two missing when a tornado tore through perry county. >> we were in the house. we heard the wind picking up. we dashed to the storm shelter. we had 45 seconds and it hit. >> what does it look like? >> it looks like a waste land. there's nothing left. >> and in arkans

were you able, stas to survey the damage this tornado did because i know this tornado crossed a largewatch of land. >> caller: yes, sir, i tried to keep up with the tornado 50 to 60 miles an hour and trees in mississippi and i actually ran into a tree down the road. >> how long have you been a storm chaser? >> caller: how long? a year. i moved to oklahoma from florida after i got a job in me meteorologist and i want to continue doing it. i love it and will do my best. >> how does this compare to others you've chased? >> caller: this is probably my closest one and most, i guess, i was with it the longest. i have a video recorded about 15 minutes long i was in view of the tornado. but it definitely wasn't the strongest but very, very photogenic. >> stay safe over there. we'll take a quick break and be right back. gifts for the tech-savvy uncle. and the 5-year-old. done and done. with up to 50% off our hottest tablets, like the ellipsis 10-inch tablet for $99.99. get the best deals and the better network. ♪ well, hello... ♪ santa? ♪ (flourish spray noise) ho, ho, ho! dad...what are you d

a major tornado outbreak. the national weather service tonight calling it a particularly dangerous situation that will extend into the evening. more than a dozen homes have been badly damaged in northern mississippi where a tornado struck this afternoon. one of numerous southern states under severe storm threats today. earlier at least one person was killed when violent weather rolled through arkansas. it is typical spring weather in those parts. but certainly not the usual stuff of early winter. and unsettled weather across the country has forced numerous flight cancellations and extended delays as flight tracker gives us a look right now at the busy skies over the u.s. nbc's mark potter now with the very latest. >> you could see the wedge, cone-shaped tornado on the ground. >> reporter: near clarksdale, mississippi, a funnel cloud ripped through this afternoon. people throughout the south and midwest were on edge. with numerous tornado watches and warnings in at least ten states. >> that is tornado damage if

this tornado was a wedge type tornado.a rope tornado that you typically see this time of year in northern texas. this was a rare wedge. shaped tornado. you could see it last night between flashes of flight thing as it moved northward across this area. rowlett, garland, rockwall, those communities were touched by the tornado. in the town of garland, eight people died. that's where most of the fatalities happened and most of those were motorists who were traveling over an i-30 overpass and were swept away just as the tornado came through. their cars were swept off the roadway and then smashed on to the pavement below the yoef pass. at least five people died in that manner. two people died in a gas station in the community of cookeville just to the north of here when that gas station was wiped away. sadly, an infant was killed in the town of blue ridge to the north of us here. today it is about picking up the pieces. daylight is here now. you might be able to see from the aerials how widespread the damage is. it ranges from t

with numerous tornado watches and warnings in at least ten states. >> that is tornado damage if i've ever seen it. you see trees striped like that. >> reporter: this morning in arkansas, soaking rains and high winds pushed a tree on to a house with five people inside. killing an 18-year-old woman and trapping an 18-month-old girl who was rushed to the hospital. >> you only hear about the stories. you don't expect to be in them. >> reporter: meteorologist say this weather pattern is the result of several weather patterns coming together. >> we have record-setting warmth across the eastern two-thirds of the nation the entire month. you combine those two with a big digging jet stream and voila, you get thunderstorms and a tornado threat. >> reporter: the system brought dark, low-lying clouds and heavy winds that made for truf driving for truckers and holiday travelers away. and it caused flooding large hail was reported in arkansas, and missouri, covering farmfields and roads and sounding like breaking glass. and we are just learning of reports of possible tornado damage in illinois and

oh, i think that's a tornado brewing up." over least 24 tornadoes reported sot- mos i looked up and it looked like the roof was blowing off the house. watch as these two tornadoes merge into one massive twister. swirling winds lifting this tractor trailer and send it ng on its side in holly springs mississippi - nats- "monster tornado" the national weather service says this tornado was at least an ef 3 - and may have tracked over a hundred miles across two states sot- sherry keel it was like a war zone first responders rushing to help the injured - including retired nurse sherry keel - she was on her way home from last minute christmas shopping sot sherry keel: ditch // she kept asking about her child. that child - just seven years old - didn't survive sot- sherry keel: i just can't imagine how that mom is going to feel when she's told her child didn't make it. mena: so this is where you and your daughter and your granddaughter hid during the storm? gwendolyn jones had no storm shelter - she and her family took cover in the s

we have a tornado watch. now the threat has pushed further to the east into the houston area of texas. this is where we have a tornado watch until 4:00 p.m. cluing northwest louisiana. southwest arkansas isolated tornadoes, damaging winds and hail with those downpours. looking on further for the entire day we still run the risk of severe weather as far east as gulfport, mississippi and new orleans and northward into shreveport. but look at this. incredible. we have ice right now. bit 31 degrees in oklahoma city. ice, freezing rain coming into that region and then very heavy snow just to the west and heavy rain to the east. tulsa getting a little bit of a wintry mix as well. this is dangerous across a good portion of oklahoma and texas. in fact travel not advised in some locations. other areas saw complete road closures this morning from eastern areas of east amarillo all the way to the new mexico border in texas. blizzard warning remains. we're getting snow drifts up to ten feet already reported. very dangero

spawning rain and high winds and tornadoes. watch the twister in northern mississippi. >> look at that. oh, man. hope it's not hitting houses. >> unfortunately it did hit houses. major damage reported to homes, vehicles and power lines along the tornado's path. >> he actually did see it happened. he said he looked out the window and saw the grass circling and tons of, it wasn't trash, but tons of our neighbor's house blow in our yard all the way to the interstate which is a way over that way. >> parts of the neighbor's home flying in their yard. mississippi emergency officials say four people were killed in the state and 40 injured. in one case, a 7-year-old boy in a car with his family died when a tornado came through. >> north of there across the state line in southern tennessee, authorities reported two people dead and two missing when an apparent tornado tore through perry county ripping apart three homes with the residents still inside. >> we were in the house. we heard the wind picking up. we dashed out to the storm shelt

this is in the vicinity of south central arkansas, a tornado warning, a tornado sighted on the ground in the vicinity of hampton. poppy, back to you. >> thank you so much for that. we'll keep a very close eye on this. it's an active situation. tornado spotted on the ground in arkansas, quick break. we're back in a moment. ♪ well, hello... ♪ santa? ♪ (flourish spray noise) ho, ho, ho! dad...what are you doing? i am not your dad... i am santa claus. then who's that? ♪ this holiday, share the joy of real cream... (flourish spray noise) share the joy of real cream... ...with reddi-wip. ♪ (flourish spray noise) ♪ >>> major development in the war against isis, iraqi security forces say they now have full control of a government compound in heart of ramadi. it was previously held for months by isis fighters. the entire city fell to isis back in may. a spokesperson for iraq's military says to us here at cnn that government forces have not yet entered the compound. they are advancing slowly because they believe that isis has left explosives strewn all over the place. iraqi military does expect

big big tornado! good at least eight tornadoes exploded through dallas county. the hardest hit communities are garland and rowlett. damage has been reported along a businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornadoes was clear. flattened. many of the houses still standing are without roofs. vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. in garland the storms killed eight people and destroyed 600 structures in two mile area. in rowlett, the twisters killed two people and damaged 40 homes. damaged this strip mall. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member. abbott say storms are complicated recovery efforts. >> i want you to know that texas is doing everything we can to together. to help you better deal with the challenges that you are facing right now. >> this afternoon, mike girard brought hi his wife nancy back home since they lived through the tornado last night. of the house. >> what was that? >> that was the ceiling falling in. we went through just being inconvenienced to realizi

a tornado outbreak in december is fight rare because typically tornadoes peak in spring and it's the fso far this month, ab0 tornadoes have been reported. more tornadoes on the way across the deep south. there's a slight risk for tornadoes and thunderstorms across the deep south areanto your monday and flash floods will be at high risk across this area. record-breaking heavy rain fell in missouri and illinois over the weekend, killing at least 11 people. now, to the north, winter storm warnings are in place across the u.s. midwest. heavy snow is expected and freezing rain is expected across the northern areas. so driving is going to be very hazardous. please watch out for that. temperatures are going to be very low across much parts of the continent. negative 15 degrees in winnipeg but in the southern areas. spring-like conditions, 22 degrees for the high in atlanta, 27 degrees expected in miami on your monday. a series of low pressure systems has been bringing wet weather to the united kingdom. now, earlier this month, a storm killed at least three people, causing significant floodi

were you able, stas to survey the damage this tornado did because i know this tornado crossed a prettyge swath of land. >> yes, sir, i actually tried to keep up with the tornado. but the storm motion was 50 to 60 miles an hour. and trees many mississippi made it impossible. i i actually ran into a tree down the road. that ended my storm chasing today. >> how long have you been a %-p? a year. i moved to oklahoma from florida after i got a job in meteorologist and i want to continue doing it. i always wanted to chase storms since i was a little kid. so i got into it. hopefully i'm going to keep doing it. i love it and will do my best. >> how does this compare to others you've chased? >> this is probably my closest one and most, i guess, i was with it the longest. i have a video recorded about 15 minutes long i was in view of the tornado. but it definitely wasn't the strongest but very, very photogenic. >> well, i'm glad you're okay. thank you very much and tlanks for sharing that video with us as well. stay safe over there. we'll take a quick break and be right back. when you've got a ho