And we do say hello on what is turning out to be a busy Tuesday Morning. Im kendis gibson. And im Adrienne Bankert in for diane macedo. We start with breaking news. Fastmoving wildfires forcing evacuations in a popular resort area of tennessee. And this video from inside one popular hotel, you can see the flames surround the building. The dry and windy weather there fueling the fires overnight. One fire now on the edge of dollywood where people are being brought to safety. Overnight, fierce flames and blinding smoke racing across the tennessee mountains. Oh, my god. We need to leave. Reporter the wildfires engulfing the resort towns of gatlinburg and pigeon forge, home to Dolly Partons theme park, dollywood. We relocated 19 families that were staying with us in our Cabin Properties and then room guests here at dollywoods dream world resort. Reporter officials ordering everyone to leave calling the fire unpredictable. Were dealing with a situation here that is very dynamic. Its changing
Weather with eileen. Much needed rain today tomorrow unseasonably warm to end november cooler drier for the first few days of december today cloudy, warm, and breezy with periods of rain. Steadiest rain through early afternoon. Patchy fog and low clouds. Highs 6067 winds s 1015 g 20 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Stray shower. Patchy, dense fog. Lows 5059 winds sw 510 mph wednesday cloudy with rain. Isolated thunderstorms pos winds s 515 mph happening in the day resume at Ohio State University thats where police say a man drove a car into a crowd of students. Now, the search is on for answers. Janai norman joins has the latest as investigators look into possible links to isis. Be the first to know about breaking news you can sign up for text alerts by going to wjla. Com slash text. Breaking news out of montgomery county. Two people injured in a stabbing in gaithersburg. Officers were called to lost knife circle just after midnight for the report of multiple stabbing victims. There Police S
Annemarie green. Well, this morning, windstoked wildfires have forced the evacuations in two popular tourist towns in east tennessee. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for downtown gatlinburg as flames and choking smoke swept through the area around the Great National mountain park. An advisory was issued there, some areas nearby pigeon forge were also evacuated. Police have been goingr door to warn residents. The wind direction is swirling. Weve picked up many embers and started spot fires. Multiple trees began to fall, taking down power line which is caused other fires to occur. We are in the process of fighting multiple natural fires. The National Guard has been mobilized. Nearby, the dollywood resort was also evacuated last night. Will help control the fires. A chartered jetliner with join people on board crashed in central colombia last night. A Brazilian Soccer Team was on board but there are reports of survivors. Officials say at least 75 people were killed. Rescue operations h
Here after midnight, and this morning is partly cloudy with temps in the 40s. This afternoon is sunny, breezy and mild with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s, and a sw breeze to 20 mph. Tonight is mostly cloudy with lows in the upper 30s. Incident freedamptraffic building on the roads above posteddrive times protests are scheduled in milwaukee today as part of the fight for fifteen effort. Fast food workers say they want wages of 15 an hour. Pete zervakis is live with how theyre getting that message out today. In about half an hour fast food workers and retail an hour say theyre going to protest outside of this mcdonalds at 9th and north. This is supposed to be part of a national day of protests. According to organizers. The first demonstrations for 15 an hour wages began on this day four years ago in new york city. They point to 15 dollar an hour minimum wages now in effect in new york. California. And the cities of seattle and washington d c. Saying their protests have worked. In a
The fire started on chimney top mountain, one of the smokies most popular hiking destinations, then quickly spread to the quaint resort cities of gatlinburg and pigeon forge. 10news reporter Sarah Hollenbeck is in the newsroom. Sarah, hundreds of acres are burning right now and the fire is only getting stronger. Yes, its not only destructive but extremely dangerous, as emergency workers evacuate people in gatlinburg, pigeon small towns around the area, firefighters from 16 states are working to battle the massive blaze. Right now the fire continues to burn around the city of pigeon forge, were at least 500 people have been evacuated. Sharing terrifying videos as they leave their homes, hotels and businesses behind. More firefighters will be getting to tennessee from around the country this morning to smoke in the air is so thick that several schools and daycares are forced to close this morning. More than 1,200 people are in shelters right more than 1,200 people are in shelters right n