weather wreaking havoc across the heart of land overnight. tornadoes touching down in at least six states. more than a dozen tornadoes were reported in iowa alone. steve: historic winds near 100 mile-per-hour, keep in mind we are in december, tearing through parts of colorado, new mexico and kansas leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electric power. widespread damage in portions of minnesota as well. ainsley: this on the heels of last week s tornado outbreak leaving 90 people dead at least that we know of. let s check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for fox weather forecast. janice. janice: last hour you were asking me how rare this is very rare especially for places like minnesota. we have never had a tornado hit that state in the month of december for iowa we have had several reports of tornadoes. we have had five since records began in 1950. this is quite an event. can you see that cold front slicing across the central u.s. behind it obviously cold air.
had captioning sponsored by cbs o keefe: tonight, deadly tornadoes rip through several states, the damage catastrophic. president biden says help is on the way. the federal government will do everything everything it can possibly do to help. o keefe: kentucky hardest hit, up to 100 people may be dead. the governor declares a state of emergency. this will be, i believe, the deadliest tornado system to ever run through kentucky. o keefe: cbs news is there. in illinois an amazon warehouse takes a direct hit. i m jenna rae in illinois where responders are digging through rubble. o keefe: weather wreaking havoc across the country, snow in the midwest, heat in the northeast. more ahead. also covid comeback, the delta
live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix 5 news. right now , straining on cbsn area, a live look outside, it s about to get what. the storms expected to slam the area bring storm winds, heavy rain and a dusting of snow. we can see it showing up on the doppler. i want to time it and - - coming up. the warning from chp ahead of the winter storm. in burlingame, parklets will be permanent in the landscape. thank you for joining us. i m juliette goodrich. the storm heading closer
might respond to a potential russian invasion of ukraine? reporter: that s right, the president said there would be severe economic consequences. we ve heard that before, but he went a step further and said if president putin ventures into ukraine the u.s. will send troops into the eastern flank, all the countries where we have a sacred obligation to defend them against an attack from russia. that s not to say american forces would be sent into ukraine but might be needed to bolster american allies in europe. ed. o keefe: christina, thank you. one person was killed and five rescued in an avalanche at the crystal mountain ski resort in washington state. in minnesota, as many as 20 inches of snow in some places and 280 car accidents. joining us to explain why we re seeing the extreme weather, and where the simples are headed, cbs jeff berardelli. what makes the storms historic? reporter: we had a tremendous
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