Making this a devastating christmas for so many families. At least 24 reported tornadoes touched down. Across seven states. Including mississippi. Arkansas and tennessee. In Holly Springs mississippi a monster tornado left a 7yearold boy dead leaving residents scrambling for safety. Gwendolyn jones tornado survivor and we all closed the door and laid in the floor 11 30 46 it lasted we heard this great big whwho train, and en it was gone 11 30 55 and ititas over. A state of emergegey has been declared in both tennessee forecasters say tornadoes is heavy rain and continuing concern across southern alabama and northern georgia. Tim iowa got a bit of a dusting this morning, parts of central iowa seem to be getting it the worst, even prompting a closuer of interstate 8 8 locally we mayay have gotten less but down in omaha they werent so lucky. The omaha metro area got over a half a foot of the white stuff. The snow began falling before dawn this morning causing several fender benders and sp
Gatherings to celebrate and then there are people who like putting up holiday lights. One homeowner in davenport. Put up about 36thousand lights and synced it all together withthusic for all totonjoy aarik k ods from our quad cities affiliate checked it out you have nine of the White Christmas trees, which only had 400 white lights on them. But i put 600 red lights on each one of the trees. When it comes to holiday decorating. Theres one Davenport House that stands out. Since im retired now, i itook me three e eks of anywhere from five to ten hour days. James peachee puh shay runs what he calls candy cane corner. Thousands of lights. Likely hundreds of cords. And one computer program. Its all defined over here on the left hand side. Tells me which exact tree it is, where its at, and what it does. The result is a mix of music nat and lights that work togegeer in harmony. Jenny schaumburg Siberian Orchestra and he does one of their songs and its just beautiful i mean its just breathtakin
Roommate who lives here with the homeowner whom he identified as matthew ayers. He says both of them will not be coming back for a while as they are concerned for their safety. This as police move forward with the investigation including whether the young suspects had hit other homes in the area before. Marilyn Mcphun neighbor a house in the corner is an easy target. Patranya Bhoolsuwan Marilyn Mcphun says she was shocked to see police tape around her neighborhood when she came back from running errands wednesday morning. Marilyn Mcphun my son has a gun actually. When i saw i thought maybe somebody broke into my house and my son shot somebody. it turned out another homeowner on the 14hundred block of daybreak drive. Shot 17 year old Manquise Adams whom police say broke into a house with another teen. Manquise family spoke out to 8 news now wednesday night. Saying they wish the situation had turned out differently. bobbies adams teens grandmother they were fearing for their life. I can
The overwhelming percentage of locals who shop on the strip and why. Denise Valdez what about saturdays hours . Sharie Johnson many malls are opening a little early, including this one, opening 8am. And saturday is expected to be the superbowl of shopping because its been a while since christmas fell on a saturday. Paula Francis a deadly shooting at a mall in North Carolina sent Holiday Shoppers running for cover today. Police there say an off duty officer shot and killed a gunman in charlotte. They say the shooting followed a fight. In which several shots were fired. The gunfire sent shoppers running through the mall. A medic on scene reported another person suffer a leg injury. Denise Valdez its Christmas Eve. His holiday tour of the valley. Today hes in the northwest near gowan and el capitan. Tedd. Weve been saying theres a slight chance of getting some flurries tonight. It that still possible . tedd florendo not as mild as yesterday, but still right near average for late december.
This christmas several tornado warnings and flash flood warnings are in affect throughout alabama. You can see the big storm moving across the the southeast right now. The governor of alabama has issued a state of emergency excessive rains and flooding. Roads and bridges in some places are washed out or impassible. Emergency crews are warning motorists not to drive through high water because it can be dangerous and unpredictable. Firefighters and paramedics have been going doortodoor in some neighborhoods to reach those trapped by flood waters. The National Weather service has issued multiple flood warnings across north alabama as heavy rains continue to fall. Theres storm damage in georgia too. Flooding in Fayette County washed away an entire road people across the south and midwest are picking up the pieces after this weeks deadly prechristmas tornadoes. At least 14 people died in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. A Mississippi Bank surveillance camera caught this compelling image