viewers in the united states and all around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom , outrage across israel after the idf mace takenly kills three hostages. the what the families are saying about the tragedy. plus 17 million americans are under severe weather threat as heavy rain and wind is expected to slam into florida and then up the east coast this weekend. more on the timing of the major storm from the cnn weather center. and tiger woods and his son charlie set too compete at the championship this weekend. andy scholes joins me live to preview the father-son tournament. it is 10:00 a.m. here in london. residents in one neighborhood are being to gather supplies. operations in part of rafah to allow civilians to replenish basic necessities like food and water. in the meantime, the hamas-controlled ministry of health says airstrikes killed at least 14 people. all this coming amid grief and outrage in israel. several dozen protesters marching overnight. the crowd chant ing
turn around, don t drown. never cross flooded roadways. it s the best advice. this is the storm system that continues to bring the flooding rains to california. while the rainfall totals are impressive, we have seen some of the mountainous regions upwards of 10 inches of rainfall with some impressive totals for los angeles. they did not set a record, but they are just shy of that. still a significant population density under a flash flood watch. we also have the potential for heavy snowfall. it s already ongoing across the mountains just outside of los angeles into ventura county where we will be measuring this snowfall in feet. it s not only the heavy flooding rain, the mud slides, but it s also the strong winds that have toppled trees that have been standing for over 100 years. and also taking downpour lines with them as well. at last count there s been over
authorities believe bloody debris left by a fisherman drew them to the beach. because of the heat wave many people returned within a half-hour to cool off. remember this government official enjoying wine at the spa? las vegas on the taxpayers dime? good news coming from this photograph. the government is leaving sin city. a new study shows the government spent $92,000 on las vegas hotel rooms in 2013, down from $2.5 million in 2010. the g.s.a. spent $800,000 on that notorious lavish conference in 2010 that led to public outrage and investigation into those pricey trips. 27 people have died in the freezing weather sweeping the northeast and canada. the region is still dealing with some very frigid temperatures out there left behind by an ice storm that knocked downpour lines and left tens of thousands without power.
downpour lines and also reports of tree branches also came down. thee reported tornadoes three different areas in texas along the oklahoma-texas border and down in through parts of central texas. granbury, texas, there is a particular tornado that we do have reports that it was about a mile wild and could have leveled some about a mile wide and could have leveled some homes. we won t have kweurgs of that until later today when the sun rises and survey crews head out and survey the damage. that s when we ll know approximately what the wind speed was that that tornado did have if it indeed did rip through that area. take a look at the radar picture from yesterday. 7 p.m. local time when those storms rolled through possibly producing tornadoes as well as large hail and damaging winds. today we don t have as much of a severe weather risk but we still have those storms in eastern texas producing heavy rain.
will relate to other parts. the third type of power outage is power that s out because of tr trees being down and having pulled downpour lines. that s more in the burros outside of manhattan. as of early this morning at around 9:00, we had half a million, give or take, buildings without power. a customer in new york is a building so it s not the same as a person. people have begun to get power back. we could be at 400,000 now. i don t have an updated number. we ll see power come back on over the next few days and con ed is working to get that done. it will not be, boom, everybody in all the burros back on. it will roll back on. how big a challenge in national terms do you think it s going to be for new york to repair the infrastructure damage that was done by this storm? somebody watching this show right now is sitting there in wisconsin trying to get a handle