The woman who drove her car into pedestrians in las vegas. Deborah friends of spencer wrestler Austin Roberts share their memories of their fallen friend. Deborah one of the oldest pilots in the country is still taking to the skies. And hes from right here in iowa well introduce you to him. This morning on abc9 news. Deborah good morning and thanks for joining us. Im deborah souverain. Jessica rae has the morning off. The woman accused of plowing her car into pedestrians in las vegas was a poster child for turning her life around. Police say she hit the crowd on purpose, but theyre not sure why. Reporter Stephanie Elam has the latest. Natsot didiatcher shut pretty much this wholelelace down. We have multiple people that are not breathing. Police say when Lakeisha Holloway plowed her car into a crowd of pedestrians on the busy Las Vegas Strip sunday evening. She killed 32 year old Jessica Valenzuela and injured more than 30 people. Now, holloway is being charged with one count of murder
Times squar that wasme. We want too get right to that middle of the country. Youre looking live at dallas, texas, where tornadoes left at least 11 dead there. In missouri, this morning, a state of emergency. Heavy rains leading to dangerous flash flooding. This drone video showi small creeks now spilling over theheir banks. More than a dozen deaths. 11 states under a winter storm warning. Four states u under a tornado threat this morning. This huge system i is stretching from new mexico and east. Our extreme weather team covering every angle for us rob marciano is in st. Louis for us this morning. Good morning, rob. Long. We got anotherer 1 to 3 inches coming. Flash flooding warning in effffect the rivers behind me continue to filling up. Overnight a state of emergency in the hearand, as severe ather pounds the region. Producing flash floods and at least 15 people are dead. The in tennessee, the river surginin to the highest its been in 11 years. There is the probably the worst floodin
Today, our snow should be over with. Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings continue through 9 oclock this morning. There are some slick roads so make sure youre driving cautiously temperatures are in the upper teens and lower 20s. The dayplanner shows that temperatures are going to stay in the lower 20s through most of the and iowa dot has some tips to share with drivers that will allow highways to be plowed more efficiently. We do the primary highways so in this area that would be interstate 29, us20, us75 and iowa 12, said schultz. Winter storms have hit the siouxland area and iowa dot would like drivers to utilize some safety precaustions before deciding to travel on snowy roads. The Department Says that for everyones sake, it would be best not to be on the roads if you dont have to. Travel when the better, but if you do come across the snow plows. Give them plenty of space, said schultz. Dakin schultz also drive slow because visibility for snow plow operators is limit
Want to give them plenty of distance. Operator is everything in front said schultz. For more the conditions of highways, you could always call 511 or visit iowa dot dot gov for traffic information or live time photos cf road conditions. Bria dot will continue to plow highways as we are expected to receive snow all the way up until tomorrow the way up untilt tomorrow morning. Reporting live in jenna and slick roads have caused a number of accidents already in the metro this year. Todays ststm marks the sih time the sioux city metro has received more than a half inch of snow this winter. According to the Sioux City Police department, the city averages between ten and 15 crashes on an average winter day, however there are a number of factors that make a day more prone to crashes. So far this year, the city says the most crashes back on november 20th, which was the first snowfall of the winter. That day there re 36 wrecks in town. So far today reported to police. Jenna our elisa raffa has
Stretching from new mexico to michigan and georgia. Continu eastward this morning. At least 43 people have been killed in 7 states from severe weather. Abcs megan hughes has details. The christmas twisters marched across the texas landscape in the neighborhood of rowlette they tossed trucks and tore trees from the earth. The twister that hit garland, texas was clocked as an ef4. Mos you could see transformers blowing up the survivors count themselves lucky. Norma jimenez grateful were alive and safe. This can be replaced mandatory on screen courtesy youtube roamin rich in missouri, flooding like this led to several deathsand led the governor to declare a state of emergency sunday night. In oklahoma, west mexicosnow created whiteout conditions on the roads. nats snowplow in oklahoma Mike Springer from affiliate koat cut after coated in snow just last week it was 60 degrees in roswell now its covered in snow. Trucks out of control rest in the snowbank more than 20 motorists were stranded