. >> he gets up close and personal that blew through wayne, nebraska. this was shot by a storm chaser named adam. he's driving down the street in wayne, nebraska. you see the torn dough oado off distance. but that's not the way a storm chasers, is it? >> it did damage homes and building s in the area. luckily no one was killed. thank goodness adam was not injured. >> he comes up this field and that tornado is coming right at him. he starts backing up and up hear the fear in his voice. >> we're going to be all right. >> it looks as though it's blow right in front of him. and in fact it did. let me show you what this thing did to his truck. >> roof's off, back window blown out. >> to tell us all about this video and what it was like, we have video via skype from illinois. this is intense video. what was it like being there? >> it was definitely a scary moment that happened very fast. my original thought was to beat the tornado north. and then i realized it was coming directly for us. >> what did it physically feel like to have that kind of pressure at at

the worst in wayne, nebraska. millions in damage. one home, completely gone. abc meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast in a moment. but we begin with abc's clayton sandell on that very early winter. >> reporter: tonight, wyoming and south dakota find themselves dragged head first into winter. heavy snow from a major blizzard is overwhelming trees. >> a huge tree fell down, fell on my grandfather's car. >> reporter: knocking down power lines, leaving thousands in the cold and dark. >> day two of being trapped. we lost power yesterday. >> reporter: travel is treacherous. airports are closed. roads vanish under mountains of white. parts of interstate 90 shut down. the official snow totals, impressive. buffalo, wyoming, 30 inches. 48 inches in deadwood, south dakota. rapid city hit with 23 inches. their second highest snowfall on record. >> a little too early for me to have this bad of winter. >> reporter: made even worse by snow drifts piling up much higher. i'm six feet tall, or 72 inches tall. this is higher than me. as people begin digging out, some are t

several injuries reported in wayne, nebraska after an apparent tornado slashed through. out that hail. meanwhile, behind that front, a blizzard for the books. >> a huge tree fell down. fell on my grandfather's car and flattened the tire. it took out the whole windshield. >> reporter: texas, wyoming, paralyzed under record-breaking snow. airports shut down. closing highways. from the windy and cold. to windy and dry, wildfires flarg in northern california. all this as tropical storm karen tries to swirl toward the coast. scurrying to sandbag outside of louisiana. >> i'm very stressed. >> reporter: so, overnight the storm did weaken incredibly. let me show you the path of karen. i doubt it will stay a tropical storm for very long. as it slips past that landfall. and then eventually into the florida panhandle. what it will bring, rain, especially the slower it moves. that's something that we're watching. a whole lot more coming up in the nation's weather including severe weather forecast for today. yes, more chances of damaging winds. dan and bianna. >> ginger, thank you. y

. >>> people in wayne, nebraska are picking up the pieces after this, a tornado ripped through their friday night. damaging homes. flattening two hangers that airport. and causing damage to an industrial park. sunday the governor there took a first hand look at the damage he walked through the community. peak winds from friday's tornado reaches 170 miles per hour. >>> people in south dakota are dealing with a different situation. they are digging out after a powerful winter storm hit them this weekend. take a look at this. this is waul, south dakota. heavy snow and winds make it impossible to see the roads. it left behind massive snow drifts. 30 inches of snow fell in rapid city. >>> rain was the problem in kentucky, major downpours and flooding. 6 inches of rain fell in 2000 hours. water creeping into homes and car -- many people are waiting to start the cleanup. >>> and a fire breaking out at the camp pendleton marine base in california. the video is from saturday. crews are billing lines around the wildfire that scorched 4- square-miles forcing people to evacuate the base. the fir

. >> reporter: that ef-4 twister, ripping through wayne, nebraska, and up to 170 miles per hour. more than a mile wide at times, traveling 19 miles. launching farm equipment and destroying the town's airport. >> the wind started blowing and it started to rain a little bit. it got pitch black and lots of noise. most of us hid for cover. >> reporter: one day later, another reported tornado, in tennessee. and in rapid city, south dakota -- so many opening a snow-caked door to this. that record-breaking blizzard, swallowing parts of the state in a surreal two to four feet of snow. >> day two of being trapped. we lost power. we're running off battery power in the trailer. >> reporter: anthony, his wife and dog, joining the hundreds dropped just outside rapid city. folks plowing walls of snow to get out. >> i wish it would have waited a little bit longer. little too early for me to have this winter. >> reporter: all of the intense weather coming just as what's left of karen sits over the ocean. but a shelter in belle chasse, still remains almost at capacity, despite evacuation orders c

. >> reporter: several injuries reported in wayne, nebraska, after an apparent tornado slashed throughthat hail in council bluffs, iowa. meanwhile, behind that front, a blizzard for the books. >> a huge tree fell down, fell on my grandfather's car and flattened the tire. it took out the whole windshield. it looks like the frame may even be twisted. >> reporter: texas, wyoming, and south dakota, paralyzed beneath under record-breaking snow. the rapid city airport shut down. winds gusting over 70 miles per hour, closing highways. from the windy and cold, to windy and dry, wildfires flaring in northern california. all this, while tropical storm karen tries to swirl toward the coast. surging surf in alabama to scurrying to sandbag outside of louisiana. >> i'm very stressed. i have been very stressed for a few days knowing it was coming. >> reporter: the path of karen, even though it weakened, 40 miles per hour, we still do have a center that will try to make its way past the eastern part. you see pensacola and into panama city, still all in that cone it will pass through next week. i think

a tornado packing estimated winds of up to 200 miles per hour devastated the town of wayne, nebraska on frida poppy harlow surveys the damage. violent. large tornado..wow" as afternoon turned to evening.. this massive twister kept wayne's residents frightened.. ad in search of cover: in these pictures.. you get a sense - if not the scope - of the destruction. trees split in two ... taking power lines wn with them.. even big semis were no match for the powerful winds.. this woman told reporters that -- as the skies darkened and the winds began to howl.. she and her husband feared the worst: we just knew there was a trnado. the sirens went off in the town. my ans wan it was going to hit the town of wayne. he ran in and we went to the basement. when the couple emerged from their shelter.. their home was gone. thankfully, she said, her children spent the afterno elsewhere and were fie. meanwhile, mayor kenneth chamberlain , e ag stnkful no one was killed: everybody that we know of is safe and sound. some injuries..those folks have been taken to hosptial d treated. poppy harlow. cnn atlant

emergency shelters are in place in wayne, nebraska, leaving behind millions of dollars in damage, authorities say no one was killed but more than a dozen people were injured. tornadoes swept through south dakota and iowa also. >>> tropical storm karen seems to be losing strength as it makes its way through the gulf coast. expected center is near the southeast louisiana coast and there's a slight chance of its strengthening tonight. >> i'm meteorologist dave warren. showing the slrgs with karen but the thunderstorms not right with the circulation. not intensifying, but 50 miles an hour, latest observation that came in friday evening, 250 miles southeast of new orleans. passing by south of louisiana. this time seems to be saturday and sunday impacting louisiana with wind and rain, then sunday afternoon and evening going up in alabama and florida. could be anywhere in this area, focusing on alabama and the panhandle of florida. it will eventually move across land but by honorable is near south carolina and georgia and could cause flooding problems in the mid atlantic, could be absorbed by a stor

this ef-4 tornado tearing through wayne, nebraska leaving homes, businesses, and even the airport in pieces. >> you never think it's going to be you, and it was us this time. >> reporter: forcing evacuations in kentucky. and forcing evacuations from flames to crazy cold. in south dakota, a record- breaking blizzard dumping as much as 4 feet of early unwanted snow. >> a little too early for me to have this bout of winter. >> reporter: winter weather in the north, a tropical storm karen started its weekend in the gulf and then dispating. people prepping for what they thought would be the worst weather in the country instead got a weekend of unexpected sunshine. >>> that same storm that's dropped 4 feet of snow is actually the same storm giving us storms for tomorrow. we'll talk about that in one second. here's kent island. it is really warm. this 73 should be normally our daytime high for this time of the year and that's our 11:00 temperature. we hit 86 degrees today. we should be at 70. that's 16 degrees above average. the record high tomorrow 96 set back in 1941. 11:00 observations,

." >> first, to wayne, nebraska, shocked by a tornado.esidents waiting for the sun to rise to see the damage left behind. fortunately, it looks like no one was killed but as many as a dozen homes were lost. it is rare to see a tornado this time of year. but it's not unheard of. while there's a lot of rebuilding to be done, people there are just grateful they escaped with their lives. >> violent, large tornado, wow! >> reporter: as afternoon turned evening, this massive twister kept wayne's 10,000 residents frightened and in search of cover. in these pictures, you get a sense, it's you not the scope of the destruction. trees split in two, taking power lines down with them. businesses like this one crumbled. even big semis were no watch for the powerful winds. this woman told reporters that as the skies darkened and the winds begin to howl, she and her husband feared the worst. >> we just knew there was a tornado. my husband was out watching. i heard on the radio it was going to hit the town of wayne. he ran in, and we ran to the bsement. >

in wayne, nebraska, a tornado destroyed as many as a dozen homes. fortunately, no one was killed. t the only state hit by severe weather, from california to the midwest and down to the gulf of mexico, rough weather is sweeping across the country. alexandra steele is busy in the cnn severe weather center. we have a hodge podge of everything. i see snow flurries, windy conditions, everything. >> it is a weather trifecta. snow, tornadoes, and fire risk. we will start with the snow, where wave seen it and how much we have seen. it is an incredible amount. look at the pictures, wyoming more today, heavy, wet snow. saw it in eastern wyoming. western south dakota, the bull's eye today, once again around rapid city, maybe another 10 to 15 inches, coming in as one of the top ten snowfalls. in addition to that, it is blustery. from snow to tornadoes, large, violent tornadoes. conditions were perfect for this. 18 reports of tornadoes, six have been confirmed in three states, iowa, nebraska, and south dakota. national weather service is going out today to do a post storm survey to assess damag

farther east, a rare october tornado ripped through the city of wayne, nebraska, destroying a dozen homesand damaging businesses. a few people were hurt, but no one was killed. >> and then, there's tropical storm karen. sizzling out in the gulf of mexico, it's now weakened to a tropical depression, all watches and warnings have been canceled along the gulf coast. and alameda is getting a $5.7 million makeover. the regional park district is replacing more than 80,000 cubic yards of sand that has been washed away and pumping it in for about two months. the goal is to restore the beach and system to how it was 25 years ago. >> well, the sounds of musicians picking a banjo filling the air at golden gate park this weekend while bluegrass is drawing its usual large crowds, patrick tells us there's something missing this year. >> it's the first weekend of october and with summer now a memory, a familiar sound. the hardly striply bluegrass festival. >> it's a lot of music that is directly related by the fact that it's real. >> hundreds and thousands of people attended the annual event. this, the

the national weather service noun says this one in wayne, nebraska, was an ef-4, winds of about 170 miles per hour. almost a mile and a half wide. >>> to the south, what was tropical storm karen has now weakened into a tropical depression into the gulf of mexico. parts of southeast could still get one to three inches of rain. >>> six days into the partial shutdown of the government, one big group of federal employees is headed back to work tonight while those who have the power to end the whole thing showed no sign they're any closer to doing so. here is the latest. >> reporter: more than 300,000 civilian defense department employees once furloughed are headed back to work at the orders of defense secretary chuck hagel, including 3,000 at the pearl harbor shipyard in hawaii. >> by saying that we get the retro pay and recalled in is a a huge relief. >> but another roughly 400,000 workers are off the job. the president is urging them to re-open the government without trying to delay the health care law. >> there are not the votes in the house to pass a clean cr. >> reporter: they accused th

in wayne, nebraska, as many as a dozen homes were destroyed in the storm. unfortunately no one was killed. the storm also knocked out power to half the residents of rapid city, south dakota. >>> a little further north, some states got a dumping of snow. parts of south dakota saw more than 30 inches of snow. that's unbeliefable. here's a look at the mess in rapid city. things weren't much better in other parts of wyoming where blowing snow created blizzard like conditions for drivers. >>> so a tornado, blizzard, aren't enough that we've got in a tropical storm out in the gulf, as well. no longer a danger to becoming a hurricane but residents along the gulf coast are still being warned. cnn's chad myers is here with more on this. so tropical storm, might it dissipate into a depression or is it still threatening as a tropical storm? >> you know, i've seen storms get stronger over swamps. literally. and the bayou of southern louisiana is just that, it's wet. it's not dry land where storms usually die. you get a storm to move in on mexico and it's a desert and t

the twister ripped through the town of wayne, nebraska.ornadoes also touched down in south dakota and iowa. >>> what was tropical storm karen has now weakened to a tropical depression. about 200 miles off the louisiana coast, right now karen is not moving and wind gusts have fallen to 35 miles per hour. nonetheless, officials in the gulf states remain cautious this afternoon, warning residents from louisiana to northwest florida to brace for high winds, flooding and power outages. >> the latest storm projections are encouraging, but we're not out of woods yet. >> you get tired of going through the same thing over and over and now it's getting to be a couple of times a year. >> tonight forecasters say they expect the storm to continue to weaken. what is left of the system is expected to hit shore on monday. >>> it seems that the town of newtown, connecticut will have a new school building to replace the abandoned sandy hook school, the site of the second deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. they accepted $50 million in state grant money

. >>> a tornado struck the small town of wayne, nebraska, on friday.t least 15 were injured. there were no reported deaths. tornados hit iowa and south dakota but caused no significant damage. the other part of the storm was snow. snow blanketed casper wyoming, and brid nearly 3 feet of south dakota. it knocked down trees and power lines leaving thousands without electricity. motorists were stranded. interstate 90 remains closed. >>> at the same time tropical storm karen is weakening as it approaches the central gulf coast but it still pack as punch. let's get more on this from meteorologist david bernard of cbs station wfor. good morning, david. >> good morning, anthony. that punch is packing quickly. basically karen is a minimal tropical storm winds of 40 miles an hour. it's 250 miles southwest of new orleans, now speeding up a bit. it's moving to the north at 10 miles per hour and whether or not this even retains its status as a tropical storm today remains to be certain, but the track will be quickly northeast tonight and into sunday into the south

a tornado struck the small town of wayne, nebraska on friday. at least four homes were destroyed. damage to the town is estimated in the millions. at least 15 people were injured. there were no reported deaths. >>> tornadoes also struck iowa and south dakota. they caused no significant damage. the other part of that storm system was snow and it's being blamed for at least three deaths. between 5 and 10 inches of heavy wet snow blanketed casper wyoming, and nearly 3 feet buried parts of south dakota. the snow knocked down trees and power lines, leaving thousands of people without electricity. motorists were stranded and part of interstate 90 was closed. >>> down in the gust states people are preparing for tropical storm karen. meteorologist david bernard at cbs station wfor is tracking the storm this morning. good morning. >> good morning, vinita. it's very weak. karen, a minimal tropical storm. it may not hang on much longer. it's moving north-northwest at eighth. it's moving south-southwest of new orleans. and the thinking is what's left on of the storm will approach louisiana co

is the tornado that smashed as many as a dozen homes in wayne, nebraska.hat you heard there was the tornado siren. it was one of at least 1 twisters that struck three states overnight. the good news here is that no one was killed. but the mayor of wayne says several people in his town were hurt. the american red cross is sending teams to help in that area. >> number four, hope is fading that anymore survivors would be found in the wreckage off the coast of italy. 111 people are confirmed dead. more than 200 others are still missing. the boat was packed with m migrants. italy observed a national day of mourning for them. >>> iran supreme leader is praising the diplomatic approach taken by his country's new president but he also said the u.s. cannot be trusted. that's according to iranian state media. he recently talked by phone with president obama. it was the first communication between the country's two leaders since 1979. >>> well, the government may be shut down for the fifth straight day, but politicians have been anything but silent. there have been a

a tornado struck the small town of wayne, nebraska on friday. at least four homes were destroyed. damage to the town is estimated in the millions. at least 15 people were injured. there were no reported deaths. >>> tornadoes also struck iowa and south dakota. they caused no significant damage. the other part of that storm system was snow and it's being blamed for at least three deaths. between 5 and 10 inches of heavy wet snow blanketed casper wyoming, and nearly 3 feet buried parts of south dakota. the snow knocked down trees and power lines, leaving thousands of people without electricity. motorists were stranded and part of interstate 90 was closed. >>> down in the gust states people are preparing for tropical storm karen. meteorologist david bernard at cbs station wfor is tracking the storm this morning. good morning. >> good morning, vinita. it's very weak. karen, a minimal tropical storm. it may not hang on much longer. it's moving north-northwest at eighth. it's moving south-southwest of new orleans. and the thinking is what's left on of the storm will approach louisiana co

and iowa with witnesses at this moment saying a large tornado has touched down in the town of wayne, nebraska. the national weather service in nebraska said a farm house has been destroyed. farm animals running loose on the highway. the vehicles flipped upside down. it is moving north of sioux city, eye waffle these tornadoes can come out of nowhere and wreak horrific damage. what do you know about these in. >> they were big. they may have been to a mile wide at a time and they're still up and down in the sky, out of the sky tonight. this is just the beginning. we think of fever weather season as spring. that's when the warm air pushes away the cold air. there are the storms, sioux city, iowa, just to the north of sloan, iowa. if you see a hook or a c almost, we call that a hook echo. that's where the tornado is. one right there. that just went north of sloan. one there that went near jefferson and sioux city, iowa and more toward southwest that will develop tonight. so you may have just gotten missed, sioux city. there may be more developing to your southwest and it could develop all the way

at least 13 people were hurt after a tornado touched down in wayne, nebraska. damaged several homes and businesses. tornadoes were also reported in iowa and south dakota. >>> the enrollment section of the health care overhaul website will be taken down for several hours this weekend to fix some of its glitches. and thieves stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of watches from a luxury store in paris using axes and hammers to smash the cases. i'm veronica de la cruz. let's get you back to lockup. >> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ ♪ corcoran holds more than 5,000 inmates with an average stay of just under 22 years. these inmates have plenty of time to get involved with violence. >> the smallest indiscretion could go ahead and kick off straight war. could kick off straight war. >> hand to hand transactions of dope, weapons, whatever. >> there have been more than 350 stabbings since the prison opened its doors in 1988. >> i enjoy hurting people. >> they don't play games here. >> bottom line, it's easy to get into corcoran. >> a

look at the violent video we have -- this one -- right there, wayne, nebraska, all of that debris justting upward. it's so wild to see the chunks going up. ened that snow, i had to show one more image from wall, look at how much snow, oh my goodness, they'll get more as we go into parts of today and tomorrow in south dakota. i want to leave you with look at the storm animation. severe storms in the middle of the nation. that's the big picture. >> this weather report brought to you by target. we'll head right back into the studio, but we'll be waiting for karen right here along the gulf coast. >> that image of that snow is incredible. all right, ginger. thank you. >>> well, let's get a check of the final headlines this morning and top stories from abc's matt gutman in for ron claiborne. hey, matt. >>> good morning. in the news this morning, new details about that road rage incident in new york involving a confrontation between motorcyclists and a suv. the nypd is revealing that they're investigating reports that as many as five off-duty cops may have been among the bikers that day. he d

the twister moved in from the southeast and hit outside of wayne nebraska.t eight people have been hurt. powerful winds destroyed a farmhouse, flipped a vehicle and mangled fences. >> and i got to say we've had our own extreme weather of sorts. i couldn't believe it. i was out at a football game for my son and that's what everyone was talking about, how hot it was, and it was not even noon yet. >> that's exactly what's happened in the last couple of days, august weather in october. unbelievable. it's all starting to come to an end. sweat it out today, you're just going to have to. let's look at the numbers from yesterday. 89 degrees at rayieagan international airport. we should be in the low 70's. mother nature is dealing us quite a different hand. as far as the skies are concerned today, we have clouds starting to roll in a little bit. mostly sunny for the course of the day. a little bit of morning fog in our neighborhoods so visibility is certainly reduced. be careful out there. it's 71 at d.c. and 67 in dulles and 68 degrees in baltimore. for today, we're

there you see the pictures of the tornado damage yesterday, parts of nebraska, the town of wayne that was hit, sloan, iowa, just got missed by a very large tornado tomorrow. we'll keep you advised tonight, there could be more bad weather this evening. >> the bearer of bad news, chad mye myers. >>> we want to get the latest on the tropical storm zone. john zarella is on the move right now. where are you? and is the weather turning ugly yet? >> reporter: oh, no, not at all, don. and we are actually in cnn's rolling coverage vehicle, so we'll be able to give you a look out the front and we're actually down here in an area just going into destin. we left ft. walton beach, we're into destin. over to my right side, you really can't see it now, are all the sand dunes which are really nature's natural barriers to storms. fortunately not going to have to deal with this, anything like that in this particular situation. but when we get around the corner here, you can see a lot of the sea grapes and different kind of vegetation here. again, a lot of the natural barriers to protect against storms,

the twister tore through the town of wayne, nebraska. at least 15 people were hurt.ather servicevice says it was an e. f. had, the send most powerful tornado. ef-4. spring-like weather hitting. more summer-like weather here. deall don't have to with any major storms. sto we've had the heat. but we do have storms in therms forecast for this afternoont sofo let's get to it.t. we're going to tell you what to expect and a big change inchn our temperatures. the heat was on t this weekend. it felt like august in october. we were hitting into the upper 80s, into the 90's record-breaking highs. unprecedented for this time of year.te we're now getting back to t reality, folks, but todaybut will be another day where it will be fairly warm. 74es great at national airport. woaf a 72 at annapolis, not anis police, baltimore,timo annapolis is not even showingng up. look at the national temperatures, it's a real telling story about what is happening with us, because weus, have a very strong cold front headed our way. way ahead of the cold front youou can see up and down the mid-atl

incredible videos posted massive tornado in wayne nebraska.mage yesterday as a massive storm system really packed over the great plains there. >> the national weather service says 17 possible twisters were counted yesterday. only six have been confirmed so far. at least 15 people have been hurt. >> this is the same storm system that dumped at least 33 inches of snow in south dakota and parts of wyoming. killing three people there. the storms have caused millions of dollars in damage. let's check in with rick for a look at all of this and where that storm is headed. >> really oddly that tornado that touched down in wayne was a very large tornado and about 12 people at least injured there going right through the town. as a kid, i lived in a town called stanton which is around 20 miles away that tornado started in stanton. these towns have 600 people in them. very small little towns dotted right through there. when i first heard stanton i thought i can't believe that that small town getting the start of this and going over towards wayne. a lot of

engineering >>> hey there, i'm veronica dell cruz, 13 people are hurt after a tornado touched down in wayne, nebraskareached two miles wide. it caused a gas leak and car accidents. wayne's mayor says everyone has been accounted for and none of the injuries are life threatening. as many as 17 tornadoes were reported in nebraska, iowa and south carolina. i'm veronica de la cruz. another update in one hour. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ >> cramer. rodriguez. ♪ >> 44. >> now. >> 44. >> you hear those whistles and you hear those officers yelling, you know it's not a false alarm. >> call him in, will you? code four. fistfight. second tier landing. >> an alarm sounds in the sensitive needs unit after yet another fistfight breaks out on the tier. >> take yours down first. >> swing your feet around. swing your feet around. >> i heard a whistle and responded to the second tier landing south block. and found the inmate laying face down. the officer said he had just been in a fistfight. >> i knew i had to get out of the way. >> see you guys. >> i then proceeded to take him dow

in wayne, nebraska, a possible tornado caught on tape. the storm destroyed at least four homes and a sports complex. 15 were injured. tornados reported in iowa and south dakota as well. to the south, tropical storm karen is headed to the gulf coast but she is losing some steam. for more on the mixed bag of weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good morning, mara. we didn't throw in the fire danger in california. we have smoke going into san francisco last night from some of the blazes. as far as karen goes, this is the best news of all. this has been an incredible hurricane season. none of the storms have overachieved. they have all overachieved. there's a good chance it goes down to tropical depression. people expecting a rainy saturday on the gulf are going to be partly cloud wherewith breaks of sunshine. just breezy companies. the radar barely shows any rain at all. this could go down as a tropical depression at any time. it does not show any intense fiction. it will be a nonevent. just an increase in waves an

here in wayne, nebraska a couple of tornadoes and then not too far from jefferson and iowa. this storm kind of fizzled out around hinton. another big storm through sloan, iowa. missed it by a mile or two. on up here toward cherokee. that's the storm we're worried about. we think of severe weather system as spring. that's because warm air is pushing away cold air. now fall is cold air pushing away the warm air. it's still the clash the warm and the cold. it's snowing in the black hills. it's snowing feet of snow in the black hills. wyoming 24, 46 inches of snow and wind blowing at 40 miles per hour with this storm. so yes, it's a big weather setup. there's warm air on this side. severe weather here. and tornadoes right along the front. lots of snow. south dakota, parts of nebraska. it even snowed in boulder, colorado. that had the flooding just a couple of weeks ago. >> crazy. what about the tropical storm karen? where is it right now? >> reporter: it is stationary. and i don't like it when storms get stationary. they can die, but that also means they can spend more time in t

ktvu channel 2 morning news, boy you are looking at the damage and clean up efforts begin in wayne, nebraska after a tornado ripped through a small town, it happened on friday in the early evening. the national weather service reports winds reached speeds of 170 miles per hour. yesterday the state's governor got a first hand look at the damage. fortunately, no injuries are reported but the damage is estimated in the millions. >> time now 5:13, the government shut down goes on this morning and republicans and democrats in washington seem no closer to making a deal on the new budget. ktvu's kyla campbell live in our washington, d.c. newsroom now to tell us how house republicans say they will not agree to end the shut down or raise the debt ceiling. >> dave house speaker john boehner said they won't vote on those things until the white house makes concessions, without a budget deal 800,000 federal workers were sent home without pay last tuesday morning, now the pentagon is calling back to work almost all of its 350,000 furloughed civilian employees this week. but the government shut down is in

and a severe storm system spawning damaging tornadoes in the great plains people in wayne nebraska sufferingamage. a twister damaged several businesses. 15 people are hurt, but none of them suffered life-threatening injuries. with tropical storm karen threatening the gulf coast curfews and evacuations in effect for parts of louisiana, karen set to make land fall saturday and could bring up to 10 inches of rain through sunday night. now back to "hannity" for latest headlines log on to fox news.com. >> welcome back to this special studio edition featuring college students and recent grads. i don't like that we are giving your generation more debt than has ever been passed down this this country. we are unfair to you. >> i think even on the panel is in college. i don't know fur financial situation but if you ask 25-year-old miss the work place having to support themselves how they feel about being taxed 60% to 70% and they know the true economic nature of our country, i don't think they would agree as much as these young people to do. right now we are lucky enough to be at prestigious schools.

in wayne, nebraska, a tornado destroyed as many as a dozen homes. fortunately, no one was killed. the storm knocked out power to half the residents of rapid city, south dakota. >>> if hurricanes and tornadoes weren't enough, some states got a dumping of snow, too. what? before halloween? in south dakota, parts of the state saw more than 30" of snow making a mess in rapid city. things weren't much better in wyoming where blowing snow created blizzard conditions. blizzard conditions for the drivers. that's a nasty scene there. from california to the midwest to the gulf of mexico, rough weather in all fashions, all extremes. alexandra steele in the weather center. how unusual to talk snow before halloween? >> that's not so unusual, fred. >> no? >> as the aggregate, it may be one of the first times in modern history we have a landfalling tropical storm, the incredible amount of snow and blizzard conditions, the tornadoes we witnessed last night, plus extreme fire danger in southern california. so it is really an incredible scenario. let's kind of break it down. indra took care of the