National Weather Service Officials Say the system began tuesday around utah. Then moving east into the nations midsection. In knoxville iowa. Powerful winds and rain packing a punch. Tearing down trees and ripping through Industrial Buildings in this toto. Nearby, flflping this semi on its side. The driver doingngk. In a a. 3 rollover mi truck wrecks reportedsday near avoca iowa. Nats wind blizzard the storm didnt stop there. Ortions of new mexico, wyoming, colorado, nebraska and kansas saw blizzard like conditions. Some of those same states hit with thunderstorms well. Truck driver its been rough, slow going. 55mph from kansas city, thats about all i could get. You just wanna go, go, go but you cant nats snow scraping. From snow to ice. In colorado. . Frozen roads more like an ice skating rink for drivers. Nats wind blizzard he saving it, he saved it lighter snow in western kansas. But residents bracing themselves for slower commmmes. In northern california. The early dosesef Winter W
Studio with us now. Fred, when do you think things will begin to calm down out there . fred after midnight, the precipitation will end, but the wind will not. Here is a look at the storm reports for today. Jenna todays storms caused problems in the mornignsidede area e elier this afternoon after lightning struck a a home. Authorities say that lightning hit the chimneu of this home on the 49hundred block of morningside avenue around 1 30. Two people were at home, but they werent hurt. The home did suffer minor smoke damage to the chimney and attic area. Tim over 11 thousand people in and around sioux city were without power briefly today after problems at a local sub station. Officials with mid American Energy tell us that the outage that hit around 11am. Lasted only for out 4 minutes, but affected customers as far away as jefferson, south dakota and dakota dunes. As well as on the citys west side. Jenna authorities have released the name of a north dakota man found dead at a pomeroy, i
Congress. The president never called it anything but a Police Action and the other people called it a korean conflict and as soon as iwas over the people responsible in washington forgot about it, said muilenburg. The chilly weather didnt stop people from attending and to jerry that meant something special. I think its neat, it surpriris me how many people. , said muilenburg. Although veteranan day is typically spent thanking former Service Members. Many veterans at a cross town celebration at the sioux city courthouse say theyre the ones who are thankful for the support thats been received. Its very satisfying to see the recognition that we are getting now. When we came back, people literally turned their backs to be recognized and to get a free meal, you know. Its a nice deal and we appreciate it very much, said david binder. Thank yous and video presentation would make up majority of each event, but the most important theme from all event in siouxland is to not take the countrys ser
Parents. Outside. Sc reaming for help. As a mom of four kids i could not imagine having to worry about the cost o oa funeral let alone, losing my child, sasa misty rains. Misty rains. Didnt know nico personally. Or his parents but she did know his aunt. And after learning of the tragedy on facebook. She knew she had to hel instantly i mean, within minutes it just popped into my head, said rains the plan. Host a silent auction. Were just here to do what we can. Any little bit helps at this point. , said rains. Tina lopezs son is Close Friends with nicos older brother. I didnt know who it was until i saw it online and thats when my heart just broke. Because i knew nico, my son knew him. Said tina lopez. After seeing mistys silent auction event on facebook. She jumped onboard. So far, theyve recieved close to 44 thousand dollars in donations. Not only did they lose everything in this house but theyve lost something precious to them that they can never get back, and they really need this f
Traffic is backed up in the area. Steve were also getting more reports of damage on the southside of des moines. Kccis ryan smith is live at 4020 southwest 26th street. Ryan right behind me here is that group of massive oak trees in that familys front yard that came crumbling down in a matter of seconds during that quick storm we experienced earlier this afternoon. You cant walk but a couple steps in this yard without nearly tripping over these branches that are scattered. We are located right now at 4020 southwest 20 six st. This family has a lot ahead of them in terms of cleaning up. I am joined with the homeowner. Explain to us what you heard, what you saw. We were in the living room actually, and the sky turned a really strange color. All of a sudden, the wind picked up and it really looks like a blizzard. I dont even know how to describe this. It was kind of machine kind of whooshing. I yelled at the kids to have for the basement and thats when i saw things flying past, trees comi