Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The cold winter air in the east is filled tonight with the sounds of plows in search of pavement and shovels in search of sidewalks. After the storm, new bedford, massachusetts, is digging out of more than a foot of snow. Roads throughout the northeast and Midatlantic States are still icy and dangerous. This is virginia. And now temperatures many the region are plummeting again. Today it got as low as nine degrees in washington, d. C. , seven in new york city and boston. Watertown, new york, hit 37 degrees below zero. We have a team of correspondents covering the story. First, Michelle Millner hanover, massachusetts. Just southeast of boston. Michelle . Reporter scott, blizzard warnings were in effect in parts of massachusetts throughout until this afternoon. Now, the heavy snow that wrecked last nights commute for millions in the midatlantic made driving treacherous for much of the day her
Mason good evening, for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition, im anthony mason. Scott pelley had been reporting from the new jersey shore but the hurricane has knocked out our link to him. Hurricane sandy is about to make landfall near Atlantic City, but the impact of this storm is being felt all along the east coast. The governors of 14 states from North Carolina to maine have declared states of emergency. Lets get the latest now from cbs news hurricane consultant David Bernard. David . Good evening, anthony. A lot of trouble up and down the east coast tonight. Sandy is basically not a drop cam system anymore, but the effects are all going to be the same. Lets start with where the storm is right now and, again, we are looking at very strong waves occurring all across ptions of the jersey and also Long Island Sound. Notice just offshore were seeing some of these wave heights still indicated near 45 feet, maybe higher. And even though the storm is here, antho
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you can see it s gone. in fact, most of this house ended up a couple hundred yards away. if you can see that tree behind me, there is furniture from this house in that tree. but even more amazing, there was a man who was in the bedroom where i m standing. he was picked up by the storm, thrown something like a quarter of a mile away, landed and was injured but is going to be okay. an amazing story of survival. still, there is just devastation in this tiny town of just 100 people. flattened trees and snapped power poles marked the tornado s path. debris is scattered over two counties and at least 14 homes and businesses are damaged or destroyed. my whole house started shaking, the windows started busting out and then it was gone. reporter: an elderly couple was killed when their home collapsed, as was a 78-year-old neighbor who was in his barn milking cows. there were numerous injuries, some critical, but everyone is accounted for as neighbors rescued neighbors. i heard h
smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. tornados are about the last thing you d expect on new year s eve, but the conditions were right. a fast-moving cold front came up against unseasonably warm air from the gulf of mexico early today. that set off a giant wave of violent storms throughout the south and midwest. the twisters hit four states, including missouri. in a matter of minutes, dozens of homes were torn apart. utility poles were ripped out of the ground and three people were killed. there were also three deaths in cincinnati, arkansas, a small town near the oklahoma border. a tornado hit before dawn, tearing roofs off houses and leaving a trail of destruction. don teague is there tonight. don, what s the situation? reporter: good evening, harry. we now know about 24 homes were destroyed here in cincinnati. i m standing in what was the living room of one of those homes, a two-story house. you can see it s gone. in fact, most of this house ended up a couple hundr