some downpours in a few spots. right now the hudson valley soaked in rain. we have rain from new york city all the way through central portions of new england. right now, as i mentioned, airports are doing okay, but they re just getting up to speed. and once the volume increases, that s when we ll start to see some of the issues, probably about an hour or two from now. we will see even periods of heavy rain at times with thunderstorms. it s a very humid, warm air mass. it will clear out of new york city, philly and d.c. by about noon today. new england, you ll have to wait till later. the rest of the country, we look okay, but it s a raw, cold day from minneapolis to chicago. and then quickly, the rest of your weekend, the storm exits. and actually it looks like a pretty nice weekend for most areas of the country. and it s actually a warm weekend, too. everyone should really enjoy your weekend plans. today, this morn, the trouble spot, one of the worst for the airports will probably be
i m in front of an apartment complex where six people lost their lives. i ll bring you the whole story from here and from the whole area in the south and midwest that was hit by these deadly storms. and winner take some. mitt romney wins michigan but splits the delegates with rick santorum. romney also picking up another state. this all happening right before super tuesday. and after three days at sea without power means no lights, no toilets, no showers and infested waters, a cruise ship arrives in port finally. and people, boy, they have some stories to tell. but first, we re going to get right over to harrisburg. i was reading that it looks like a bomb went off. i was looking at the aerial pictures. just total devastation where you are. it definitely looks like a bomb went off. just look behind me at the garden heights apartments. it s hard to believe this was an apartment. you can see the car in the smashed garage. then when you look threw the wreckage, you can see re
the foundation and literally right next door is a home where there is almost no damage at all. this home lost a little siding and a broken window, beyond that, it s not really bad. that s what i always find very challenging in covering tornadoes. so much loss and then some people who are able to get out of the area with just their lives. today, of course, a number of people who are injured. 100 injuries or so reported. many of them came right from this area and no surprise because look at the damage here. people had to hold themselves out of the rubble, in many cases, or wait for rescuers to come in. we ll have a chance to talk to some of those victims, as well. want to introduce you to family members. can i bring you over here for one second. the the osmonds lost their mom yesterday. thank you for talking with us. you basically did this very walk right after the tornado hit. basically 24 hours ago i made this same walk that i just made this morning coming in to talk to you
be dealing with icy roadways. as the storm exits, it will be a quick mover, by saturday afternoon it s out of there, then we have another clipper that is waiting to move across the great lakes. a little bit of a busy pattern over the next several days. there is your snow accumulation again anywhere from the new york city area up towards connecticut, one to three inches. which is kind of nice. we ned a little snow this wins, jon, back to you. jon: i love snow. reporter: i know you do. jon: thanks, j.d. jenna: this is an interesting fact, it s exactly one year until inaugurations day 2013. think about that. republicans are getting ready for the south carolina primary tomorrow. we are going to bring in van hitt, he worked on creating the first presidential prime air r primary back in 1980. and troy murdock, thank you for
travel problems for sure. current temperatures, you can see the real difference between the cooler temperatures and then the way warmer than average temperature phos raleigh up towards new york, 54 degrees, 66 in atlanta, and because we re going to deal with warm temperatures, it s going to be hard to get that changeover into snow as we head towards christmas. so future radar, we head further out in time, this storm exits, another one starts to form, as alisyn mentioned, across the southeast, then as we get into thursday and friday, nasty if you re traveling here across the northeast. look at the snow that s flying up towards upstate new york and new england and then mainly a rain event for new york down through philadelphia. but again, things can change, so stay tuned, we ll bring you the very latest. just a real quick look at your christmas day forecast, as of now, it looks like it s going to be sunny and 44, new york, five # in new orleans, with a few showers here and there. other