let s look for another one. take a look at the maps, guys. it s very cold out there. especially across the northern plains. 2 degrees in rapid city after getting a foot of snow yesterday. that area got pummeled. take a look at the video coming out of the minnesota area. st. cloud minnesota. significant snow there yesterday. first big snow across the northern plains. first snow people maybe having to learn how to drive. good in money society. 400 car accidents in the state of minnesota yesterday. one fatality from that around 50 people were injured from this storm. just in the state of minnesota. the heavier the snow was back across south dakota. big storm there. that is going. now take a look at the forecast for the day today. northeast looking really nice. temps about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. yesterday was about 10 degrees warmer than the day before. nice warming trend. there will be a few light showers there across interior sections of pennsylvania. maybe upstate new york. n
in towards the northeast. by wednesday, take a look at this. all of this rain that we re going to be dealing with in the east coast, not good news across that east coast. it s going to be meaning delays from new england to the atlanta area that busy hub, of course. we have got that rain. behind that for thursday we will clear out quite a bit. much colder in across much of that area. today looking pretty good out across the east. out across the west. that s where we have got this big storm big weather maker for us all week long. back to you. the super committee is on the verge of becoming a super failure. promise to go big by reaching a deal. mark says maybe they should go small. he will explain that. a personal side of the g.o.p. candidates. they got a little emotional, maybe a lot emotional at a family forum in iowa last night. what s got the waterworks going? we will play this for you after the break don t you know [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up!
across the country later today. if you are interested. now, we re not going to spoil it for you, but oprah says leaving the show is not bittersweet, it s all sweet. no bitter. more on our top story. deadly tornados, severe storms. people in arkansas, kansas, oklahoma, they are just starting to survey all of that damage and in joplin, missouri, the national weather service upgraded the tornado there to a 5. that is the highest level on the scale used to measure intensity. a meteorologist describes it as six miles of total destruction. jackie jeras is in joplin. give us an update on the clean-up efforts taking place and there was a scare last night when folks thought there was going to be another big, big storm there. things have really changed a lot since yesterday. the mood and the scene here, you take a look off to my side,
and power back to the american people. that is going be our focus. shannon: we will be following you every step of the way. thanks so much for your time today. merry christmas and happy holidays. merry christmas to you. shannon: heavy rains causing big problems on the west coast. a major storm is barreling ashore. officials are bracing for mud slides, flooding, power outages and in the mountains they are now actually starting to have to worry about avalanches. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth from the fox weather center joins us with the latest. hi, rick. big storm there. a lit bit of the storm across area of the east as well. 36 boston. a little snow later on. the east coast looking good. it is the west coast, shannon, what you were just saying. days and days of rain and mountain snow. california, this is your rainy season. want to get as much precipitation as you can get. getting a little bit too much too quickly. 8 and 9-inch rainfall totals across the mountain ranges and
that caused minor mud slides. the same is true for this weekend. heavy and consistent rain is forcing evacuation. 200 people have been told to leave by 6:00 tonight. the emergency folks are keeping an eye on that area. the concern of heavier rain causing more evacuations. thank you for that report. ginger zee is tracking the storms, both coasts for us. we have new nfrgsz on the amount of snowfall. this is one for the record books, right? i thought it would be. it moesz definitely is. central park brought in their latest number, 20.8. 20.8 inches in central park. it puts them at fourth in terms of biggest snowstorms ever, in history. it s incredible. the storm is incredible as far tazz winds go. wind is going to be a problem for a lot of us as the