Evening of fun and music and the dropping of the crystal ball. There is celebration but also deep concern in citits around the world as wesher in 2016. A massive fire broke out in a high rise hotel in dubai, hours before the midnight fireworks, which went on as scheduled. Police in munich, germany evacuated two train stations after receiving what they called a serious imminent threat of a terror attack. Brussels canceled its party as arrests were made i a terror plot. Security is tighter than ever in new yorks times square, which is jammed with a million people. We have a team of correspondents covering this. Rst, h hly williams who has been following the fire in dubai. The fire broke out on the 20th floor of hotel, engulfing the 63 story luxury hotel and apartment building. The fire apparently began at around 9 30 p. M. Local time. You casee the entire skyscraper lit up. Now, the dubai Authorities Say that they now have the fire under control, and they also say that only one person wa
Forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio over what appeared to be a wing irregularity. A piece of the wing that reduces drag tilted at an angle. The plane landed safely and those are some of our top stories on this monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with a weekend of severe weather. All across parts of texas. Yeah, at least three confirmed tornadoes destroying entire neighborhoods forced the mayor of one town to declare a state of disaster. Abcs Kendis Gibson has the latest from east texas. Reporter a view from the air of devastation across the state of texas. Wow. I think thats a tornado. Reporter in willis, a tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. Tornado just hit. Reporter tiny lyndale, texas, described as a disaster by its first responders. A tornado damaging up to 50 homes. We are striving to keep unnecessary people out and have only the people that need access into this area. Reporter
We expect for him to be fully exonerated. Missouri governor jay nixon says the Missouri River is expected to crest later today and hit alltime high levels. Rivers in arkansas and kentucky are still rising and threatening to break levees. The socalled affluenza teens mother comes back to the united states. Her son is still in mexico. A plane that left 21 people hurt. Like you see in the movies where they all go up to the ceiling, okay . Everything went to the ceiling that wasnt anchored. Brussels has cancelled new years eve celebebtion and paris cancelling a fireworks show. Extra security in times square for the celebration. Dozens of check poise. Enrique marques who allegedly supplied the guns to the San Bernardino terror couples admits. Stealing a game ball. All that. Its the war on hairspray. You cant use hairspray, because hairspray is going to affect the ozone. They want me to use a pump because the other one, which i really like better than going bing, bing, bing. And all that mat
No one fell out of the train, but some passengers fell out of their seats. As we look at their own video posted on youtube. News of the eight injuries, four were minor. They were treated at the scene and released. Four others have moderate injuries. They were taken to Dominican Hospital in santa cruz including that young child you were talking about, we hear was 4 or 5 years old. The train has been brought back to the station while the investigation continues. Thats the latest from the newsroom. More breaking news. This in Sonoma County where a persistent elephant seal is causing traffic problems on highway 37. Earlier this afternoon the large mammal crawled on to the highway. You can see it brought traffic to an absolute crawl, people not wanting to hit it, obviously. Wildlife rescue crews coaxed that elephant seal back into the water, but it keeps trying to cross the road. The chp tweeted this photo of the crew using wooden boards to block it from the road. Theyll remain there to mak
Of rain. Thank you, drew. What a difference a few months can make. The left side of the screen is video from the final snow survey of the season, in april. The right side is from today, when crews took the first manual survey of the season. Chris nguyen was there and joins us live from the sierra with more. Chris . Reporter good evening. Take a look at the snow bank. The take away from the survey is that Officials Say its going to take more snowfall to make a dent in the drought. Behind the old phillips post office, state water officials are keeping an eye on the snow. A good part is going to soak into the ground before we start to see the runoff. Frank gerky is here to measuring of the season. 100 feet from the pole. The snow pack measures about five feet, 150 of average for this location. The sierra is nearly 110 of average, however. Its still not where wed like to be. Reporter up the hill at sierra at tahoe resort, positive vibes all around. Theyre not seeing rocks on the runs and t