Its hard to see all these peoples livelihoods gone. Cars destroyed, flipped over in front of houses. Its just hard to see. Reporter here in garland more than 600 homes were damaged. Eight people lost their lives. And jeff, many others returning to scenes like this, total losses with nothing left to return home to. Dan hagerty, thank you. More dangerous weather tonight. Blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. Lets bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our Oklahoma City affiliate kwtv. David, whats happening there . Well, its been a wild day so far. Weve had a lot of ice, a lot of sleet in oklahoma. Flooding rains in eastern oklahoma. Just a big mess around here. I40 westbound west of Oklahoma City has been shut down several times today, to just simply too much ice and sleet. We are not through, more on the way. Jeff, back to you. David payne, thank you very much. Mexico, heres cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. Im standing in two and a half
The dallas area in 88 years. An ef4 with winds topping 160 miles an hour plowed through garland, texas, flattening hundreds of homes. In north texas at least 11 were killed, part of a system of Severe Weather this weekend from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes. The death toll from five days of storms stands at least at 41. Including 11 people swept away by floods in illinois and missouri. We begin with David Begnaud in rou let, texas. There is no mistaking a tornado disaster zone. Along this residential street where we are every home is damaged. Some severely. These vehicles here look like they crashed into each other. This one right here, the windows blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the wind shield, impaled in the passenger seat. Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less than 45 seconds. There it is, i see it. Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, its crossing the highway right
Super busy. In the morning i got here and it wasnt as bad and then it hit afternoonish and it was crazy. Everybody was coming in with returns, with coupons, with exchanges of sizes. Weve had lines on our Cash Register since 12 so its quite busy, said rue 21 sales associate, joanna soto. According to an American Express survery, the day after christmas may be the busiest shopping day of the year. Surpassi ng black friday and cyber monday. And, employees from siouxland stores. Agree. A ton of people behind you and youre just like i need to get this transaction done because i need to go on to the next one and so its been hectic. Theres really good deals around christmas time so its a really good time to shop here, said rue 21 sales associate, joanna soto. Shoppers say whether stores were busy. All came down to the deals. The good deals. Getting good bargains, said larissa waggoner. Were just looking out for christmas deals, seeing anything we can grab for clearance prices, said kelsey mom
Almost 100 feet. So far authorities have not released that persons name. We will keep you updated on this story as we work to learn more. Moving now. To the southeast. Where the death toll has risen to 18 people. Severe weather wreaked havoc over the christmas holiday. Flash floods took over parts of georgia and alabama. Meanwhile a tornado smashed through birmingham on christmas day. It was like pouring down, heavy rain. And then all of a sudden the glass and the windows just broke out and then it sounded like someone was clawing the tin off of the house the roof more thunderstorms are expected going into next week. Now to a developing story were following back at home today. Sources tell us two metro officers shot what they thought was an intruder overnight. Turns out that intruder. Was one of their mothers, according to a metro source. North Las Vegas Police tell us midnight startled the couple. Thinking it was an intruder. The married pair fired approximately 27 rounds. Hitting the
Us. Its december 26th, 7 00 a. M. Claudine wong. As you can see there thick powder covering slopes. Something visitors have been missing for several years. That resort is family owned. And managers say theyve been dreaming of a White Christmas since the start of the drought. Weve been praying for this christmas for a long time. And this is absolutely vital to our season. Reporter beautiful out there. Officials at donner ski ranch say they got 4 feet of snow and its really, really nice day. A little cold. Youre right, but beautiful if you had a jacket. And its going to be the same for today. We actually start out this morning with a freeze warning like claudine mentioned. Giving you a live look there over the skyline. Temperatures just as chilly, even chillier in inland locations. Some of us are actually starting out a little warmer than we were yesterday morning in any case. Lets take a look at this freeze warning in place until 9 00 this morning. Issued by the National Weather service