For people in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas is like no other. The death toll has risen to 14. Ages 7 to 70. After a violent system of tornados devastating a swath of the country, making for catastrophic cleanup from the deep south extending north to michigan. And to add insult to injury, another wallop of weather could hit the south as millions of holiday travellers are expected to return home on the roads or in the air. We begin tonight with nbcs mark potter. Reporter in holly springs, mississippi, families spent Christmas Day trying to salvage christmas. Speak of the grinch that stole christmas. But spared our lives. Reporter the spirit of giving took on new meaning in this community, with donations pouring in. Christmas toys along with food and clothing. We came out with the clothes we had on our backs. When something happens like this, we all come together and taking care of. Reporter as many as 20 homes are gone around clarksdale. My heart goes out to these people. They are
Steady or falling to around freezing through the day. The big story is the potential for a winter storm to track into eastern iowa monday. Timing and track of the system is still a bit uncertain but confidence increasing that iowa will be impacted by this sttm. This is a tricky system to forecast as models are indicating a surge of warm air mondaymorning. This means freezing rain sleet and snow will all be possible. Can you believe it . We say goodbye impacted by this storm. This is a tricky system to forecast as models are indicating a surge of warm air monday morning. This can you believe it . We say goodbye hello to anonoher year. Butt this ear still has one of its biggest shopping days on the calendar. That day is today shoppers are expected to snag more deals today than on black friday and cyberermonday. Shoppers are going for big post holiday discounts and some plan to buy presents for next year already and of course use gift cards they got for christmas. And if youre looking for
At the right time. The family also wanted to thank the denver volunteer firefighters and the other emergency crews who responed on christmas. Weve got you covered live in the newsroomjessica hartman kwwl news. Thank you jessica and crews were on scene for nearly two hours this morning containing the blaze. Waterloo firefighters respond to an Early Morning Apartment Fire in waterloo. It happened in the 36hundred block of ravenwood circle. Heres a look at video from the scene this morning as crews responded a little after seven exhaust fan sparked the fire. At last word nobody was hurt and crews were on scene for nearly five minutes to contain the flames. A combination of rain and snow is in part of eastern iowa lets go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your first forecast. Kyle . From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen stormtrack 7 weather team thats right there is a Winter Weather advisory for the far northwest part of the kwwl viewing area. This is i
Used for storage owners say it isnt a big loss but the flames could have easily spread to the family nearby home or the horse barn. But thanks to a man named mike from missouri driving by at the time he was able to alert the family. After seeing the fire mike stopped at their home and woke the family who had no idea about the blaze it could have easily; in the phone and get my shoes on, the whole structure was engulfed in flames. It went so quickly and he really was like a Christmas Angel that came by and just made sure we were all safe. Crews worked for nearly two hours to put out the flames and make sure the property was safe. Authorities say the fire took the main electricity poll on the property leaving the family with out electricity for the weekend. At last check the family was working to find generators for their horses water tank from freezing. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Jessica hartman kwwl news. Authorities say nobody was hurt during the fire and the family be
That cord after breaking into the trains cab. During a News Conference held this afternoon, which we took live on myfoxboston. Com. The t also confirmed the operator also did not secure the brakes. The operator of the train remains on leave, but could face termination. Also new tonight, changes are happening Effective Immediately and those changes could be noticeable to riders. Fox 25s Kerry Kavanaugh is litch livein boston with the reason these changes are going to happen and the safety protocols could mean more delays. The reporter well, the governor said today, many times, this was one person who made multiple mistakes, so the new procedures are designed to prevents them from happening again, but they could come at a cost to riders and specifically, their time. Multiple safety procedures were not followed by one individual, which led to the incident yesterday. Fox 25 was first to report one of those breached safety a passenger on board gave us an exclusive photo of the operators cab