i guess, let s just start with what were you seeing on the ground there? you know, it was very devastating. driving up to boulder, you can see this massive smoke plume, you saw smoke as far as 25 miles away in denver, it was ash was covering i-25, people trying to get out, just a really devastating scene all around. i mean, it s apocalyptic. colorado wildfires, western wildfires can be horrible, but in this kind of a densely populated suburban community, with 115-mile-an-hour winds, i don t think i ve seen anything like it, have you? no, this is the nightmare scenario. people have talked about something like this happening in ever green, colorado, which is equally as densely populated but in the mountains. we don t see wildfires that come through a suburban type neighborhood. i grew up in the philadelphia area, it is like if a wildfire went through there and destroyed everything around it, it is unbelievable.
the hurricane bearing down on the u.s. a record tenth named storm to strike the u.s. just this season alone. delta gaining strength tonight, back to a cat 3 now, 115-mile-an-hour winds. on track to hit nearly the same spot in louisiana where hurricane laura struck. ginger zee and rob marciano both live from louisiana tonight, and ginger, i know you ve got the newest track? reporter: i do, and where i m standing here in louisiana could see up to nine feet of inundation. so, storm surge is going to be a big problem. and i want to take you to that track, which goes just east of cameron. so close to laura s track. up to alexandria, we have the hurricane warnings, but the tropical storm warnings go from new orleans back to galveston. wind-wise, it s 24 hours away, so we re talking about landfall tomorrow night. that s when the winds will be at their heftiest. port arthur, near 60 there. gusts near lake charles up to 80. if you don t have a roof, that is not going to hold up well. it s goi
was a miami pool boy. the world s fastest man revealing he s tested positive for covid-19. and america strong tonight. we cannot forget the work of the firefighters. good evening. it s great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. and we bght. and we begin tonight with that major hurricane threat. forecasters say what could be a major category 3 hurricane is about to hit the u.s. more than a half million people ordered to evacuate in texas and in louisiana. tonight, hurricane laura is mexicocted to slam ashore f as that cat 3. 115-mile-an-hour winds. the urgent call tonight to leave galveston, causing very slow-moving traffic. families all going one way to get out. a line of cars heading out of businesses areing do and i n t ofarm s way.inewrlea g, too. 15 years after katrina now, and
an ef-2 tornado with 115-mile-an-hour winds in guntown, mississippi. and in louisiana, one tornado on the ground for 63 miles, destroying this church in alexandria. the track and the timing of this brutal cold that comes next, and abc s gio benitez in the storm zone tonight. reporter: tonight, freezing rain and black ice are making travel treacherous for millions in the northeast. in north haven, connecticut, this multivehicle crash shutting down part of i-91 for a time. in massachusetts, this pickup truck colliding with a tree on cape cod. two teens taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. and this is what makes freezing rain so dangerous. sheets of ice all over the place. and when this is on the road, it s almost invisible. the same system bringing more than two dozen reported tornadoes in four states. yep, there it goes. reporter: west of huntsville, alabama, a frantic search for survivors. two people killed. and in louisiana, this twister killing one and promptin
myrtle beach. 65 to 85-mile-an-hour winds. that water right now is at three feet. it is all about the timing. you don t want the surge at high tide. that could be the case around myrtle beach later on. a lot of these areas could get up to a foot of rain. we could have possible land fall around willington with the peek of the around about 11:00 p.m. to midnight. 90 to 110-mile-an-hour winds. hatteras, up to 115-mile-an-hour winds. flash flooding and rain. after mike pence s chief of staff told reporters that