according to the survey team, was about 160 miles per hour. widespread damage across that region. they re still without power, but not just there. also, into northeastern texas, also a portion of arkansas, with that outbreak of tornadoes. now, what we re looking at across the eastern third of the united states are these exceptionally warm temperatures. very un-november-like. but this warmth will continue, not just through sunday, but also going into monday and even some people may see these mild temperatures lasting into tuesday before just about everybody will see much-cooler temperatures. just want to show you, erie, pennsylvania soared to 78 degrees on saturday afternoon. now, typically, they would be in the upper 40s or low 50s. a year ago, it was only 47 degrees. but that was just one of dozens of cities across the northeast and new england. boston, new york, into
to-do list! now, in many states, the first lady is more popular than her husband. and she s using that popularity to get out the vote for democrats. cnn s kate bennett reports. first lady jill biden, one of the big names on the campaign trail in the run-up to midterm elections on tuesday, spending lots of time crisscrossing the country, going to swing states, where even president biden has not been, including georgia where jill biden spent saturday. sunday she ll be in texas, monday she ll be in virginia. first lady jill biden is speaking mostly to women voters. she s talking about issues involving families, abortion rights, and working moms. this is one of her specialties, as most first ladies try to engage female voters in the run-up to the election. don t expect to see jill biden, however, on election day. she will be where she normally is on tuesdays, in the classroom at her other day job, teaching
broken bow. that s just about in this vic vicinity. but that s not exclusive to there. we saw reports extended over if into arkansas and also louisiana. now, because some of that daytime heating has ended, we did see the return of warm flow come in. still capable of producing heavy downpours, lots of lightning, potential for some hail. just to give you an idea of dallas, the temperatures soared to some 80 degrees. but in amarillo, texas, it was sno snowing. we talk about this clash of air masses, and, indeed, that s what we ve seen here in the past 24 hours. as we go into saturday, it looks like for birmingham, maybe a slight chance for showers in tlachbl but we start to see this weather system kind of fall apart. that will be the good news, kim, because no more severe weather. we don t need that as we go
watch. i appreciate your analysis. thomas gift in london. thanks, kim. remember to join us tuesday for the special in-depth coverage which will determine control of congress. that starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern time, 9:00 in the evening in london. well, have a look here. a frightening sight for people in a number of states. more than a dozen todays were reported late friday across oklahoma, arkansas, texas, and that number could increase in the coming hours. officials in oklahoma say at least one person died in the storm, and they re searching for possible missing people. at least ten people were injured in lamar county, texas, after a tornado touched down there. let s get the latest from cnn meteorologist karen maginnis. those pictures are really frightening. what more can you tell us? yes. typically people don t think about tornado season extending into these fall months, but, in
fact, this is the second peak of the tornado season, the peak being during the springtime months. now we see the second peak going into the late fall days. we ve already had eight reports of tornadoes, most across northeastern texas and oklahoma. i want to show you pictures coming out of sulphur springs, texas. this is in northeastern portions of texas and a number of cities here. here, they had reports of damage and injuries here. also in the area around clarksville and honey home. also reported a tornado there as well thchlt looks like a roped style tornado. there are typically five types of tornadoes. you can t really judge the intensity of these just by how they look. we did have a report of a fatality. that near ida bell, oklahoma. this is near the vicinity of