molina s area and we join her with news on this tuesday morning or rather wednesday morning, of great interest. good morning. the months of april, may and june typically are the most active in terms of severe weather, in terms of tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. right on schedule mother nature bringing us a storm system where anywhere from texas to illinois we could be seeing severe weather later on this afternoon and evening. tomorrow there is a higher danger. there is a moderate risk. that means we could see more violent tornadoes including western parts ofç tennessee and missouri. this is a big concern. everyone here needs to have a way to get those weather warnings. a big concern is the fact that also the peak hours we see tornadoes are during evening hours when people are heading home from work. what do you do if you re in your car and a tornado hits? a former navy seal and a survival expert showed us how to survive the
marathon runner and survival expert. for eddie and i and so many other alaskans the wilderness is our homes. i would be far more afraid spending a week on my own in new york than i was a week on my own in alaska. reporter: that s nice and cold. there you go. reporter: dallas and eddie are two of the motley crue of elite who have put their life skills on the line for the national geographic show, ultimate survival alaska. snowshoeing with dallas and eddie, they told us staying warm and having something to drink is critical. you warm the core. heat people from the outside in, fire warm clothes, et cetera. but if you drink something hot, all of a sudden you are burning up. reporter: we stomped on snow to clear an area to make a fire and gather wood with a fold-out saw. even when everything is soaking wet, they showed me birch bark
we have a survival expert on the program to talk about how they made it. in a moment one of the rescuers. he and his partner were the first to reach the scene. before we do that, let s get the latest from stephanie elam in nevada. stephanie, we know the family was rescued earlier today. what s their condition right now? reporter: what we are hearing is that the family is resting comfortably. there was no frost bite issues. apparently the adults here did a good job of keeping these children warm. we hear they started a fire outside the car and warming rocks and bringing them into the car. all of them resting well right now here in this hospital in pershing county. this was a huge rescue effort with several hundred volunteers involved, not to mention people in the air as well. how exactly in the end were they found? reporter: it s pretty amazing how they were canvassing looking for this car. what at the end helped them out is the fact they were able to look at cell phone forensics,
that upside down in a ravine is their jeep which skidded off the road on sunday in arctic conditions, 21 below. we have a survival expert on the program to talk about how they made it. in a moment one of the rescuers. he and his partner were the first to reach the scene. before we do that, let s get the latest from stephanie elam in nevada. stephanie, we know the family was rescued earlier today. t co now? reporter: what we are hearing is that the family is resting comfortably. there was no frost bite issues. apparently the adults here did a good job of keeping these children warm. we hear they started a fire outside the car and warming rocks and bringing them into the all of them restinwell right now here in this hospital in pershing county. this was a huge rescue effort with several hundred volunteers involved, not to mention people in the air as well. how exactly in the end were they found? reporter: it s pretty amazing how they were canvassing looking
at the damage. as a reporter about 20 years ago, i got my own lesson in how fast mother nature can unleash her fury, i was chased on a kansas highway to refuge under the steel girders of a bridge. it sounded like a freight train, it just passed right on top of us. people are very upset. people underneath the girders of this overpass. gregg: 24 people died that day in kansas. so what are the best ways to survive if you find yourself in the middle of dangerous weather? ross mcfadden is a survival expert and joins us now. ross, let s begin. we re going to talk about twisters, hurricanes and lightning storms but let s begin with tornadoes. you got to make a plan,