northeast. i would appreciate it if you could give me an update on ski reports from now to christmas. you re a big skier. ski or snowboard. skiing. not to assault snowboarders out there. my husband is a snowboarder, as well. we just lost a lot of viewers. still ahead, very latest on the political standoff that is taking place in zimbabwe. ew di. . . ew division. ew division. ew division. ew division. ew division. ew division. ew division. ew division. ew division.ew divisio. . . . . . . than ever before.
reporting to a gas leak in august when a duplex exploded showering the street with debris and engulfing one of the officers in flames as you can see the video there. according to police, the officers caught in the blast continued to assist with resident evacuation while suffering second degree burns. unbelievable. quite a hero there. 61-year-old homeowner later died from the blast. the hurt officer has since recovered and returned to full-time. it s an incredible reminder of the risk and danger that first responders put their life on the line to help the people in need. let s switch gears for a moment and bring bill karins back with us. bill, bring us a new word to learn in this segment. that ayman can then define. i ll dig deep. i don t want your brain to implode. let s go to the west coast. watching all the bad weather over the last couple of days. couple of the ski reports. some have picked up 40 inches already this season. jackson hole, stevens picked up 12 inches of
ski reports are going to be getting up to 2 feet of snow. that s great news for. they rain moves farther toward the north and specific northwest is going to deal with a very very rainy week and snow. they need it so they will take that as well. here are the high temperatures today. looking good for this time of year, 50s and 60 s across the central plains. not bad at glul last year because you were shooting down that nor easter thing for thanksgiving which is good for the parade. everyone wants to see the macy s thanksgiving day parade. nobody wants to see balloons fly away. lapse year did they cancel it. last year was a little bit windy so they lowered them a little bit. when it gets windy they bring the balloons down. if it s steady they let the balloons go as high as they can. there we go. rick is out there and reporting. out there holding the snoopy balloon this year. thanks, rick. coming up, hamas firing hundreds of rockets into israel as the crisis in the middle east in
now. that s the way to do it. we re going to try. happy thanksgiving to you and everybody else out there. hopefully you ve already gotten to your destination. if not, you re on your way. we re going to be looking for nice travel conditions. the roads have been plowed in northern new england. we didn t see much snow, if any, here in the albany area. it was really the mountainous areas up north. we had 6-12 inches in some p spots. the ski reports were loving it. windchills this morning are in the 20s. a lot of people heading towards new york city for the parade. temperatures are going to be brisk, especially early today. once we get to the afternoon hours t will start to warm up. wind chills are not much of a factor around the country. we re in the 30s and chilly in minneapolis. that s probably where you should be this time of year. the troublesome weather today is out on the west coast. that s where we re watching chilly air, rain, and even snow.
found. this is video out of that area. we are trying to find the latest on them. amy, thank you very much for your account. we ll be covering what is happening in vermont over the next couple of hours. not just vermont, you can see from the pictures just how hard what you are friends there were hit. we want to make sure we get them the help they need and get the word out about what they are experiencing again. including what is happening in jamaica. i want to show you this incredible video that we just got our hands on. it looks like an earthquake hit. it s the route to the popular vermont strao vermont ski reports. hundreds of people drive these roads each year. raging water sweeping the main bridge away. a couple of houses swept away. the president saying a hurricane of this magnitude will length