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the icing is going to be a huge concern because we know that just a little bit of ice can take down those trees and power luns so we could possibly see power outages across those areas. the severe weather threat will be for portions of alabama, mississippi, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. we do not think the risk will be as severe as it was in texas. this is weakening just a little bit. we could have a little bit of rotation and a couple of isolated tornadoes. keep those weather radios handy for today. look at the temperature difference. 37 in dallas, 29 in abilene. the east side of the mississippi, temperatures in the 70s. 71 in jackson, 73 in mobile. as that front comes through, the temperatures will continue to drop. look at this, watches, tornado watch in effect across portions of mississippi and we also have a tornado warning in effect for mississippi as well. that s in effect until 5:45 central time. we also have a severe thunderstorm warning just outside of new orleans. this
we re looking at the deadly weather. 43 deaths in seven states in days. north texas picking up the pieces from a series of weekend tornadoes that killed 11 people in the dallas area. the governor there declaring a disaster in four counties. the threat from severe weather is not over. snow and freezing conditions are expected to follow those deadly storms. that s right. winter storm warnings stretching from texas to michigan. states of emergency in missouri because of deadly flooding. in new mexico due to heavy snow. state of emergency there, as well. let s begin with nick valencia in hard-hit garland, texas, this morning. hi, nick. good morning, don. we re standing directy in the path of the ef-4 tornado, when it hit garland texas over the weekend. this apartment complex behind me suffering the brunt of the damage. we re told the winds from the force of the tornado were up to 200 miles per hour.
few miles just inside of dallas. but as soon as the storm had passed we were out here in the area within 30 minutes of the tornado passing and talking to the people. they were walking around, bewildered and dazed from what had just happened. many of them were at home when it happened. and they had seen notices on tv, some of them did report hearing the sirens. so as mayor pro tem williams was saying, our systems were active. they were everybody did what they were always instructed to do, got to a safe point in their house and hunkered down. mayor williams, now the part becomes as the search and rescue effort continues, also is housing the people who have been displaced. so many people have been, hundreds of homes destroyed, hundreds of buildings damaged. we also know it s terribly cold there now. we ll talk more about the weather that s coming. talk to me about the sheltering.
pulaski county, swept away by floodwaters saturday night. it s a small, dark highway. they probably didn t know what hit them until they hit the water. reporter: the massive system dumping more than 16 inches of snow in new mexico. icy roads backing up traffic and shutting down interstate 40 in albuquerque. back here in texas, we re in garland, probably the hardest hit area from the storm that swept through here over the weekend. out of the 11 deaths in the dallas area, 8 of them happened here. christine? thanks to are that, nick. where is the severe weather headed next and could winter be about to rear its head here in the northeast finally? jennifer grey has the forecast. we ll see more severe weather for today. that storm is on the move, pushing to the east. and then, yes, a winter storm watch in effect for new england. a lot of folks up here will see their first snow of the season, finally. winter storm warnings in effect as well for the plains and midwest. that flooding