We want to begin tonight with more than 95 million americans in the path of severe storms from texas to pennsylvania with the danger said to last well into tomorrow. 19 states are under the threat of wild weather, Tornado Watches are already up in five states with more expected as the night goes on. Hail the size of grapefruits could damage cars and homes from san antonio to st. Louis. This massive storm system brought flooding to the west coast this weekend, and now charges east bringing flooding and even snow to the northeast. Cbss Omar Villafranca will start us off, tracking this powerful storm. Reporter tonight, the countrys midsection is bracing for severe spring weather. A storm system with heavy rain flooded roads in Oklahoma City this afternoon. But thats not the biggest threat. The Tornado Threat is definitely there today. We are concerned about some large potentially very large destructive type of hail. Reporter kansas also on alert, as ominous dark clouds crawl across the pl
Traffic jams, flight delays, and Severe Weather. The Memorial Day Travel rush is off to anything but a smooth start tonight. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Maurice Dubois in for norah. Nearly 44 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air, and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. First, there is a near recordbreaking number of travelers. The tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. And then, there are the widespread storms thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. All complicating the holiday getaway. We have Team Coverage of the weather and travel, and cbss Kris Van Cleave will start us off. Reporter major gridlock on an l. A. Freeway, halting the memorial day getaway, shut down for three hours during a police standoff. And those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. Brake lights outside. Look at this line. Reporter and these long
The forecast . Cbs evening news starts now. Traffic jams, flight delays, and Severe Weather. The memorial they traveled rushes off to anything but a smooth start tonight. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. I am barista bought in for norah. Nearly 34 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. Wrist, there is a near recordbreaking number of travelers. At the tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. Than there are the widespread storms, thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. All complicating the holiday getaway. We have Team Coverage of the weather and travel, and cbss Kris Van Cleave will start us off. Reporter major gridlock on an l. A. Freeway holding the memorial day getaway. Shut down for three hours during a police standoff, and those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. Break likes outside.
Threat tonight. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Tonight, tens of millions of americans are in the path of dangerous storms from texas to vermont. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Its a fourth straight day of Severe Weather bringing destructive wind, flooding, and tornadoes. Several twisters touched down last night in the hawkeye state, including one with winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. And the scope of the devastation is heartbreaking. This is what the small town of greenfield, iowa, looks like from above tonight. Home after home brought to the ground. Search and rescue operations are underway right now, with the governor revealing its unknown exactly how many people are dead or missing. Cbss Roxana Saberi is in greenfield tonight, talking to families who lost everything. Reporter the tornado that ripped through greenfield, iowa, left a trail of destruction several miles long. This is a Search And Rescue mission, and it will continue to be throughout t
What you would see from just the turbulence. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Truly a nightmare at 37,000 feet on a flight from london. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. This was the scene on board a Singapore Airlines plane. Debris strewn everywhere, dents in the overhead compartments after unbuckled people slammed into them during severe turbulence on the way to singapore. One person is dead, dozens are injured, tonight seven are in critical condition. The chaos lasted less than 2 minutes, forcing the pilots to make an Emergency Landing in bangkok. Cbss Kris Van Cleave has more on what happened from passengers who experienced it. Reporter passengers describe a sudden drop during a meal service that left passengers bloodied, overhead bins and oxygen masks dangling, dented ceilings, and debris everywhere. During the few seconds of the plane dropping, there was awful screaming. Reporter it happened about ten hours into Singapore Airlines flight 321