holiday travel plans and once millions finally arrive to their destination, who will have a white christmas? right now it s looking like colorado and parts of the great lakes. just want to give you a quick picture of what it is we re expecting. heavy rain, icing, even threat for severe weather including tornadoes. we even have a moderate threat as we go in through saturday. we ll give you the details how all this pans out. the timing of it all. all that will be coming up in just a few minutes. thanks so much, indra. a night at the theater turning into a real live drama in london. it unfolded when an actor on stage shouted to the audience, watch out. seconds later, a huge chunk of the ceiling came crashing down. cnn s erin mclaughlin has the latest, live in london. good morning. reporter: good morning, kate, a very scary night for over 700 theatergoers here atland done s
historic apollo theater, more than 70 injured, 7 seriously. after a section of a roof collapsed, sending members of the audience and actors alike running for cover. many saying they initially thought it was part of the performance. it was certainly not your typical thursday night at london s historic apollo theater. an audience of over 700 people, families and children had assembled for a performance of the curious incident of the dog in the night time. and then a loud bang and the ceiling came down. it we thought it was sound effects of the theater and then, yes, we just looked up and the whole ceiling was like slow motion. reporter: parts of the roof started caving in. a lot of dust, chandelier, wood, all that sort of stuff, landed on about five or six rows. reporter: panic erupted inside the auditorium. i was right next to the steward. we were at the back.
reporter: witnesses say people stayed calm and helped one another. quickly, everyone was out. injured people, bloody and in shock, were treated at the scene. some taken to the hospital, aboard a london bus. we don t want to go into too much detail about the why and what s happened. suffice to say there s been a collapse of heavy plaster from what appears to be the roof of the auditorium within the theater. reporter: british prime minister david cameron tweeted his thanks to first responders. i m grateful for the fast work of the emergency services and helping the injured. as for the cause of the collapse, that s still unclear. the police later saying, there is no suggestion at this stage that this was the result of a criminal act. however, at this stage, we are keeping an open mind. reporter: i talked to a spokesperson for the local council. she told me they believe this is an isolated incident. overnight they checked the roof. they say that s secure. more checks today as they
the christmas travel season. tornadoes could touch down in the south. severe storms and snow expected in the midwest and heavy rain will fall in the northeast. you should expect big delays if you re trying to make your holiday getaway. be sure to check the airlines before you fly, of course. the impact is being felt out west. snow made a mess near salt lake city, exploding a power line and shutting down the capital s airport for a few hours. still no official cause of the ceiling collapse during a performance last night in london s apollo theater. more than 700 people were packed into the theater when a huge chunk of the ceiling came crashing down on to the audience. seven people were seriously injured, among the dozens who were hurt. an update to the death investigation of a georgia teen that cnn has been following. the fbi said to be seizing the original hard drives from the surveillance system at lowndes high school where kendrick johnson was found dead in a rolled up gym mat earl
white christmas? right now it s looking like colorado and parts of the great lakes. let s take a look at the map. you want the big picture and what it is we re expecting? heavy amounts of rain, flooding concerns, icing concerns and heavy amounts of snow and not to mention record-breaking heat along the east coast. we re not done there, of course, a severe weather threat including the threat of tornadoes. we ll break it down coming up in just a few minutes. chris and kate. indra, thank you so much. a real life drama played out at london s famed apoll low theater. part of the century old ceiling of the theater came crashing down on to the audience of more than 700 people. officials are left asking how this happened. they re clearly still investigating. erin mclaughlin is in london with more for us. erin? reporter: more than 70 people were injured, 7 seriously after a section of the ceiling collapsed, sending members of the audience running for cover. they may have come here to