lightning, meaning no one witnessed that but there were definitely lightning strikes in the area. that was at 6:30. after that it cleared out. the first call came in at 8:00 p.m., so roughly an hour and a half after the first lightning strikes happened. you can speculate from there trying to figure out if a lightning strike could have hit, smoldered for a while and lit, but you can t rule anything out right now at this time. they re also looking as well at electrical issues that might have been involved there. a lot of heavy rain there. there s a possibility of that too. bill karins watching close to greeleyville. thanks for that. as we wait for that news conference we expect to have in just a couple minutes from officials there out of south carolina, there is another story we want to watch at this moment for you. the top u.s. diplomat on the ground in cuba has just delivered a letter from president obama to raul castro
the runway in nepal. the front landing gear snapped and it forced the plane to bounce off the runway and into the grass. it was soaked after two days of heavy rain there. all 238 passengers on board frantically tried to escape. no one was seriously hurt. thank goodness for that. extreme weather, 30 states across the country now under winter weather advisory. icy roads believed to have caused this crash in missouri. one car left completely smashed and then a truck on its side. one person was killed in that accident. an suv slipping and sliding down a road in chicago. look at that. the coating on the roads around the windy city. it is dangerous on those roads. be careful if you have to head out. check out this ice off the coast of cape cod in massachusetts. the nantucket ferry plowing through the water there.
monitoring the holiday travel live from reagan national airport in virginia already you re seeing signs that it s going to be clogged, right? yes. we are seeing signs of delays, you talk about the roads there. we re paying close attention to the i-10, i-95 corridor. we re expecting some heavy rain there. so if you re driving, a lot of people will be because the gas prices are so low, you do know it s going to be a messy commute. as far as air travel goes, take a look for yourself, the rush is under way. the crowds are here, we re seeing people checking in for their flights at reagan national airport as they make their way to their destination. nationwide what the picture looks like this morning at this hour, we re talking about more than 2,000 delays, and they are racking up hour to hour, we re seeing more added to the list as far as delays go. and as far as cancellations, we re over 400. we re going to be paying close attention, though, chris, to the airports in new york city. we re
then we go back down. not as cool as what we saw yesterday. temperatures are going back to around average. except if you look in the long run. it was so cold early on, at least for the next two weeks everyone is going to be normal or above normalal temperatures. that s the one plus out west. still looking for heavy rain there. thanks, indra. big shake-up in israel, top officials getting the boot. and new elections have been call what is prime minister benjamin netanyahu trying to accomplish? . new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in. nineteen years ago, we thought, wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad? so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie s list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers.
that people are found alive in that terrible wreckage of a hill slope and community. the force involved is unimaginable. but we can all pray that they find people safe in a pocket like that, but it s, you know, with every passing day it becomes a lower probability that the search efforts are to be commended for their action. yeah, and, obviously, the focus here is on if it s at all possible to find survivors, but also giving some peace to the family members who have lost loved ones, because they are going to continue that recovery effort, but we have to look at a bigger picture, as well. it was way back in 1999 that dan miller, a scientist, warned of the potential of a large, catastrophic failure here. you heard what bill karins had to say just now, there have been some complaints from neighbors in that area about logging, about the amount of deforestation. obviously, they had a period of heavy rain there. what are we looking at in terms of what might have caused this?