Christmas from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters in new york. Thanks for joining us. Im jamie yuccas in for annemarie green. This christmas morning, at least 14 people are dead, killed by tornadoes and violent storms that ripped through the south. Dozens of others are injured. The storms destroyed homes in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. Search teams are combing through the rubble for survivors. Reporter on this holiday of giving, some people in Northern California are taking stock of whats lost after an outbreak of tornadoes. Seeing trees swirling like a blender, like they were in a blender, it was pretty scary. Reporter cell phone video captured the twisters roaring through El Dorado County and modesto, bringing down power lines and uprooting trees. Weve been here for 45 years, and weve never had anything like this before happen. Reporter Mike Churchill saw a tree crash down on his neighbors car. A child was inside. The kid said hey, mom, stop and hit the back and just
Us. We will top out at 57 degrees today with light winds 5 10 mph. Christmas eve we pick up afternoon winds gusting to 35 mph with a slight chance of showers through the afternoon a high of 59. The cold front will slide through Christmas Day drop our daytime highs to just 49 degrees with a slight chance of showers through the morning breezes 1020 mph. By the weekend mostly sunny skies return with temperatures in the upper 40s before going back into the 50s on monday tuesday with clouds back in the forecast for the beginning of the week. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk the woman accused of driving her car onto a crowded sidewalk along the Las Vegas Strip. Killing 1 person, and injuring dozens. Will appear in court this morning for the first time. The official charges agai
Christmas from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters in new york. Im jamie yuccas in for annemarie green. At least 14 people are dead, killed by tornadoes and violent storms that ripped through the south. Dozens of others are injured. The storms destroyed homes in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. Search teams are combing through the rubble for survivors. Experts say the unseasonably warm weather contributed to the deadly conditions. In the west, two rare tornadoes touched down on Christmas Eve in california. Don champion is here in new york. Good morning, don. Good morning, jamie. At least three tornadoes were reported across the country yesterday. In Northern California, teams with the National Weather service will head out to assess the strength of at least two twisters that touched down there. Reporter on this holiday of givin giving, some people in Northern California are taking stock of whats lost after an outbreak of tornadoes. Seeing trees swirling like a blender, like
Set back in 1998. Meanwhile it is a driving rain out here. Looks like the heaviest rain half hour. Thanks for the confirmation. He said, its raining. Sade, rob, back to you. Thank you lee. Get back inside and dry o. Were going to check with lee in a few minutes. Now we want to go to michelle from laguardia. Reporter a lot of delays. Nice to be dry inside but a two to two and a half hour delay here at la guard i cant. People are lined up all the way down, probably 10 lines. The lines are moving. A lot of people working those lines, but folks are in very good spirits. I have to say they expected with the weather and the fact this is a Holiday Travel day, one of the most busy of the year that they would see these delays. This is definitely the day as we look at the de par taurus departures get out of dodge. We wish you a Merry Christmas reporter these are the busiest days of the year for travel. Laguardia did not disappoint. Long lines were moving. Are you delayed . Going to raleigh . Yes
In effect for this afternoon until 6 00 here, morris county, sussex, hunterdon, monmouth, ocean. As you see that fog is just kind of all over the place and reducing visibilities in a lot of spots. The rain im talking about is coming up from the southwest. It will be pushing here. See this big batch to the south. That really gets going this evening through the evening commute. Rainfall amounts so far, theres been a trace in the park, not much. We are going to be looking at record High Temperatures tomorrow, and we possibly could have a record High Temperature on Christmas Day. Well talk about that too in your accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. Back to you. Thank you. As bill mentioned, the fog is having a real impact on the airports in our area. Eyewitness News Reporter Michelle Charlesworth is at laguardia air and continues our coverage. A lot of folks behind you michelle. Oh, yeah. Thanks liz. Bill was talking about its fog by out here. Theres drizzle. And unfortunately