U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton officials said they are setting off high explosives at the military base north of Oceanside from Monday, Aug. 1 to Sunday,.
we were lucky to be alive. i was just thankful. thank god. ful to be alive. reporter: tonight, downed trees and power lines in mississippi, and this harrowing story from alabama. i heard something coming and it just got louder and louder and louder, and then i heard this boom. seemed like the house just shook. ( siren ) in memphis, this massive tree fell on a row of apartments. marcus butler s home is just a few feet away. what happened? i just heard a loud boom, and i said, wow. so i came outside and, sure enough, there it was. going to take them a while to get this cleaned up. reporter: and tonight this is the type of damage we are seeing across the region, large tree limbs just snapped in half. and across the country march is on track to have almost double the number of tornadoes than it normally does. norah. o donnell: wow, janet shamlian, thank you. well, to find out where the system is headed next, let s bring in meteorologist mike