Michigan are cleaning up after more than three dozen tornadoes touched down. So your trailer was here. Yeah, my trailer was here. And now . Now its over here. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We come on the air tonight with Breaking News with another outbreak of tornadoes, this time in tennessee, illinois, and missouri. This is the Third Straight day of dangerous and possibly deadly weather moving across the u. S. Tens of millions of people tonight are in the path of this massive storm system that stretches from texas to virginia, with severe thunderstorms, destructive winds, large hail, and more twisters. Todays threats follow another Night Of Terror in the midwest and the ohio valley, with at least 19 tornadoes in eight states. Homes and businesses were torn apart, including this Fedex Facility in the town of portage, michigan. Thats just south of kalamazoo. Trees were ripped up and power was knocked out for Tens
Norah communities from oklahoma to michigan or cleaning up after more than three dozen s touched down. So your trailer was here. My trailer was here. An out . Now its over here. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts right now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We come on the air tonight with Breaking News of another outbreak of tornadoes, this time in tennessee, illinois, and missouri. This is the Third Straight day of dangerous and possibly deadly weather moving across the u. S. Tens of millions of people tonight are in the path of this massive storm system that stretches from texas to virginia, with severe thunderstorms destructive winds, large hail, and more twisters. Todays threats follow another Night Of Terror in the midwest and the ohio valley, with at least 19 tornadoes in eight states. Homes and businesses were torn apart, including this fedex facility in the town of portage, michigan. Thats just south of kalamazoo. Trees were ripped up and power wa
University hospital on the east side of the city when that facility lost power forcing the evacuation of hundreds of patients just as the storm was at its most severe. Rehema ellis is there covering it for the last several hours. Whats the latest . Reporter chris, i can tell you its an eerie scene where you go up to a hospital and theres just row after row of emergency vehicles of ambulances, theyre not there dropping patients off for care, but they have lined up to pick up patients. More than 215 patients and transport them, evacuate them from the hospital to another facility. Transporting them because as you say, they have lost power in this area. New york citys mayor Michael Bloomberg talked about there are massive Power Outages and flooding in the area. You can see the lights behind me but when my cameraman will pan up a little bit, take a look, you can see the traffic light but the power is out. Imagine what it will be like in the morning if we still do not have power and people d
Whats being called the storm of the century crippled new york city cutting power and plunging manhattan into darkness. More than 13 feet of water wushds over the seawahl in battery park, rushing into tunnels and subways. It could leave the city paralyzed for days. When do you expect the subway system to be up and running again . Four or five days i think. At this point we dont know. If you had to guess, con ed and the subways, three, four days and i would be happy if thats what it turns out to be. The mta reporting that seven tunnels have been flooded announced in our 108 years our employees have never faced like a challenge like the one that confronts us now. 215 patients were evacuated from new York Hospitals when backup yen raters failed. Queens, firefighters battled a blaze that consumed 50 homes. Meanwhile, a crane mangled from heavy winds dangled 80 stories above midtown, manhattan. President obama has signed major disaster declarations for new york city, long island and new jers
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