A dramatic new outbreak of twisters in the midwest. One taking down this starbucks in indiana as customers were seeking shelter. And incredibly, everybody got out alive today, thursday, august 25th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its thursday. Nice to have you with us. We have two big weather stories this morning. Al is about to join us. Hes keeping an eye on those tornadoes that you talked about. One in indiana and others in ohio. Then he has that storm hes looking at down in the tropics. He will be here in a couple of minutes. Still a tropical disturbance. Well see what al says in a couple of minutes. Lets go right to this overnight investigation into the devastating earthquake in italy. As we just mentioned, the death toll jumped dramatically overnight. Officials now say at least 247 being slowed by hundreds of aftershocks that have shaken that region. One area of foc
Around noon time and then later in the day its the later storms that have the better opportunity of giving us moderate to heavy rain. It is going to be warmer today with midday breaks in the overcast and temperatures move into the 70s. Marty weve got a big alert for anybody traveling along those rtd lines theyve been doing emergency repairs at the h line between yale or from yale to colorado. Those have been finished its really created some major delays. The lines are affected not only the h lines but f and e lines as well so be aware as you head out and about. This is a look at 225 a spot where we arent seeing too many problems this morning 225 and mississippi looking really good a few more of you are getting out on the roads so that slows folks down but right now great speeds in the 60s. Its a 10 minute drive between i70 and i25 this morning. Like to keep it, but i doubt it stays that way but well take it while weve got it. Enjoy it right now yes, becky thank you. We do have a Traffi
Of rain pummeled our area earlier today. At last check 2thousand people were without power in the milwaukee area this afternoon. Is our wet weather done or could we see more rain meteorologist jesse ritka has the all showers will be gone before midnight, and tonight is partly cloudy and becoming less humid with lows in the this is the view from the International Space station of two different hurricanes. Lester. Which is currently churning in the pacific ocean. And madeline which could cause issues for hawaiis big island. Zika alert. Theres new evidence that the virus may be causing hearing loss in babies. This hearing impairment was found more commonly among babies who had microcephaly and whose mothers developed a rash during the experts say its possible for children without microcephaly to face hearing loss as well. Deputies in South Carolina are increasing patrols after receiving reports of clowns trying to lure kids into the woods. The reports have people in several communities on
And lightning also a part of the equation. Parts of the denver area remain under a flood warning. Ed greene is tracking this Violent Storm from colorados weather center. First Lauren Dispirito is right in that mess up in adams county reporter people say thef never seen anything like this, hail covering the par its about a foot deep here, some say its been higher than that. Its small hail, not very large. But when it came down, people say so much of it came that it not only covered the parking lot but flooded pecos. Flooding was about kneedeep any trapped, none were injured. There were a lot of people in this area, a drivethru, a store. I got scared because i thought it was a snow storm in august. It was coming down so thick, i couldnt even see 10 feet in front of me. Reporter part ever the theres debris clogging the road and drainage points. So crews are waiting for road and bridge crews to come in, push some of this out. That storm fired up about packed a wallop. This is just what we
People say so much of it came that it not only covered the parking lot but flooded pecos. Flooding was about kneedeep any an hour ago. Some drivers were trapped, none were injured. There were a lot of this area, a drivethru, a store. I got scared because i thought it was a snow storm in august. It was coming down so thick, i couldnt even see 10 feet in front of me. Reporter part ever the problem is that with the hail, theres debris clogging the road and drainage points. So crews crews to come in, push some of this out. That storm fired up about 6 30 or so. Packed a wallop. This is just what we saw in Colorado Springs get a small area of hail, but they introduce a lot of it nothing going on. Just to the east, sunshine. Showers and thunderstorms continue at this hour. Anywhere from 0. 40 to 2 inch was rain in just a couple and they go until 11 00 or midnight tonight. Earlier today, we had nothing. Now just the opposite. Drying out across the state. Will these storms be back tomorrow . Th