Killed three people and injured dozens. The flames whipped up by 60 miles an hour winds. The fire has destroyed more than 100 homes and businesses including a resort. And even the mayor suspects his house is gone now too. Here is danny roberte. We have been overwhelmed at the destruction in the county and primarily in the city of gatlinburg. Reporter flames are seen surrounding a driver evacuating the ar tennessee. Fire threatened to block off the only road to safety. At one point, sparks flew over the windshield. Almost every cabin is burning to the freaking ground. Reporter flames closed in on the Park Vista Hotel in downtown gatlinburg. People trapped inside recorded video on their cell phone as the fire burned. The lights flickered off and on in the smoke filled lobby where guests wore masks. Logan baker inside. For now. But is smoke is really bad. Reporter at one point, at least 30 structures in gatlinburg were burning. We are just now beginning to assess the loss of structures an
Dia 14. Fort collins at 23. The wind is not as strong this morning as yesterday at this time. Still, when you factor in the wind it makes it feel colder. Windchill at the airport is zero. Feels like 2 in limon and minus 14 in leadville. Dry conditions. No chance for any precipitation along the front range. In the mountains there could be a couple of snowflakes today. Its not going to amount much. Maybe very minor accumulation over the higher peaks and passes. 9 00a. M. , 23. By noon 37 and a high today of 40 with again, less wind. It will feel just a little bit warmer this afternoon than it did yesterday afternoon. Lets get over to joel for a check on traffic. Good morning. Weve been watching up into the high country. Good news is the chain and passenger traction restrictions have been lifted as you travel along i70. Still in place u. S. 6 over can see why, it will be icy up there. Across the denver metro area a lot of green. Thank you so much. Severe weather overnight in the south kil
Thank you. Severe weather overnight in the south kills three people. A tornado hit northeastern alabama overnight and there are multiple injuries reported at a 24 hour Day Care Center center in dekalb county. This is from winston county, alabama, about 75 miles away from birmingham. Police say there are multiple areas of damage in several counties. More than 3500 homes are without power this morning as Douglas County high school has been arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a student. Our jeff todd has the story. Reporter this was the letter sent home to parents today by the principal at ponderosa high school. It says a member of the Security Team is being investigated for an inappropriate act. The Denver County Sheriffs Office says it got a report monday that gary postel sexually assaulted a student. Suspicion of two felony counts of Sexual Assault by a person in a position of trust and one misdemeanor county of Sexual Assault of 10 year age difference. The School District says it
This morning his family issued a statement thanking everyone sink there are no words to express how great our losses. Cody was the rock of our family take a want to ask everyone to drive carefully into slow down and move over saying two little girls will grow up without their daddy and there is just no good reason. Jamie leary is live in jamie you have a firsthand look what Law Enforcement faces of their on the roads. We did and we saw somebody get pulled over right next to us. Five agencies from around the area are partaking in this Educational Campaign and i want to show you how they are executing. Take a look. We are hanging out with the Greenwood Village to Police Department and they are looking for drivers who are speeding and when they pull someone over move over violations and since it started they have found dozens of cars who just wont move over. Officials say i did the drivers dont know about it or choose not to move over and it results in needless accidents. And as we saw wi
After closing last year because of insufficient funds and lack of grant funding, the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Illinois, stationed in Carbondale, intends to reopen through fundraising and