more from abc s ginger zee. violent, large tornado. reporter: we know that colossal tornado in nebraska was ef-4. winds 170 miles an hour. ripping across the earth for 19 miles. oh, god! reporter: it crushed the airport, destroyed ten homes and sent a dozen people to the hospital. the tornado was right in front of her house. reporter: the same cold front that kicked up the tornado did this to louisville. more than a half foot of water falling in just hours. basements full of floating furniture. we had 17 inches in our living room. reporter: this man s said the flooding forced him to kayak around town. 100 people evacuated from their homes. the same cold front that brought louisville seven inches of rain in the last two days comes to the east coast today. let me show you what will happen. red areas have one to two inches overall.
story of kevin ware. but for a moment a freshman stole the show, gave michigan a big lead but then the game s mvp luke hancock got superhot and in the second half louisville did what they ve done all season and closed the game. rick pitino cuts down the net because the first college basketball coach to win a championship with two different schools, he spoke with our rachel nichols after the big win. was there a moment as the clock is ticking down that it hit you, we re going to win this game, we re going to be national champions? i was trying to find the clock. when it was 16 seconds. i knew it. and then for the first moment, because when we prepared for after north carolina for colorado state i knew it could end with them. they were that good. then i knew it could end with oregon. then i knew it could end with duke. we were playing so many great teams. so many great coaches. but this is a special group of young men. congratulations, obviously, to louisville. the michigan guys sh
some rain from boston to d.c. heavy downpours, hail, and gusty winds from richmond to charleston, south carolina. also some rain from milwaukee to louisville and snow showers in the upper midwest and colorado rockies. 41 in colorado springs. 62 in sacramento. and 44 in seattle. a snowy 29 in fargo. 43 in omaha. and 40 in chicago. upper 50s in new york, baltimore, and atlanta. well, we can t wait to bring you the high-flying tale of ripples the cat. not ruffles? no, ripples. like the chips? no. ripples. plenty of people up in canada a bit irritated at him yesterday. yeah. that s because he escaped his container after being carried onto a plane that was supposed to fly from nova scotia to toronto. but he ran into the cockpit and hid in the plane s wiring, and that s where he stayed for four hours. oh.
god s sake. turn the letters, spin the wheel. how hard could it be? you don t have to be totally sober to do that. we do this show completely. completely sober. every day. yeah. here s your friday forecast. a wet day from miami up to boston. some storms and hail in the carolinas and virginia. an icy mix changes over to all snow in northern new england. up to three inches of snow from fargo to michigan s upper peninsula. rainy in milwaukee, chicago, cincinnati, and louisville. you re a bad man, rob nelson. mostly 50s from boston to atlanta. 37 in minneapolis. near 50 in kansas city and 71 in dallas. phoenix hit 73. salt lake city 38. this is a very popular weekend in the town of frankenmuth, michigan. frankenmuth. not muth. whatever. simply because it is the 21st annual snowfest featuring one of the nation biggest snow and ice carving competitions.
your weather channel broadcast. and i said the search and rescue teams heading out there, the weather today will be essential. yeah, they need to get stuff done early because unfortunately, the area around joplin, there is a chance of more severe weather later on this afternoon. first, though, we had other severe weather yesterday. of course joplin the damage there is probably worse than anywhere else combined, but it doesn t mean other people weren t affected by storms. we had 42 tornadoes yesterday, the border of iowa, wisconsin, minnesota, also central missouri. and a lot of hail and wind damage. so i m sure a lot of people cleaning up just the trees on their property. now, today severe weather. the areas in yellow means you have a chance of getting strong thunderstorms. that includes new york city, philadelphia, all the way through eastern pennsylvania, d.c. to louisville, but it s this area in red that s of greatest concern, a moderate risk of severe storms through tornado alley