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news starts now. maurice: tonight, 62 million americans are under threat of severe weather from alabama to new york. good evening and thank you for being with us on this memorial day. i am maurice dubois in for norah o donnell. tonight, storms a part of the same system that brought deadly tornadoes to the central u.s. this weekend. this is valley view, texas, where tornadoes bulldozed through, turning homes into unrecognizable piles of lumber and metal. at least 23 people have been killed, including two children, in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, kentucky, and virginia. the force of the winds clear from the sheer scale of the damage tonight. now that system is drenching parts of the northeast, slowing down returning travelers. more than 5,000 flights have been delayed in major hubs like atlanta, chicago, and new york, with alerts posted up and down the east coast. cbs s meg oliver starts us off with more on these catastrophic storms. reporter: shattered homes and debris
cbs evening news starts now. tonight, 62 million americans are under threat of severe weather from alabama to new york. good evening and thank you for being with us on this memorial day. i am maurice dubois in for norah o donnell. tonight, storms a part of the same system that brought deadly tornadoes to the central u.s. this weekend. this is valley view, texas, where tornadoes bulldozed through, turning homes into unrecognizable piles of lumber and metal. at least 23 people have been killed, including two children, in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, kentucky, and virginia. the force of the winds clear from the sheer scale of the damage tonight. now that system is drenching parts of the northeast, slowing down returning travelers, more than 5,000 flights have been delayed, and major hubs like atlanta, chicago, new york, with alerts posted up and down the east coast. cbs s meg oliver starts us off with more on these catastrophic storms. reporter: shattered homes and eve
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after this break. first steven romo is here with the headlines. mehdi, thanks. much of the central and southern u.s. still reeling tonight after a chain of tornadoes ripped through that area. dozens of people have already been confirmed dead. the death toll only expected to rise in coming days. arkansas, illinois, kentucky, mississippi, missouri, and tennessee all pummeled by the severe weather. but kentucky appears to have faced the brunt of the storms. kentucky s governor andy brashear declared a state of emergency early saturday morning describing the disaster as the deadliest tornado event in the commonwealth s history. on sunday he announced that kentucky s state parks will be open to shelter thousands of displaced residents. president biden meanwhile released a statement on twitter calling the storms a, quote, unimaginable tragedy. he also offered the federal government s support to affected communities. the president is reportedly planning to visit the region sometime later th