People killed this week by tornadoes that swept across the south. In alabama, where another twister touched down christmas night, nearly 200 roads are closed due to flooding, and the threat of extreme weather is not over yet. The South Central u. S. Faces everything from more tornadoes to blizzard conditions while part of the midwest and northeast could finally get their first real taste of winter early next week. We begin tonight with Mark Strassmann in mississippi. Yeah, you cant live like that, sweetheart. Reporter kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. Her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. Six of them were her neighbors. My 72yearold blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. So for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head ohis forehead, no broken bones, not severely hurt, didnt have to go into i. C. U. , im good with that. Reporter in northern alabama, flash flooding was a threat all day. In some areas, people were warned to avoid driving. On christmas night, a twister struck birmingham, the states biggest city. Rattled residents described seeing white rain. Pouring down, heavy rain, just boom, boom, heavy rain. And then all of a sudden, the glass in my windows just broke out. Reporter two homes in the States Capital were destroyed, otherring badly damaged, but no one was killed. Since christmas eve, unseasonably warm weather across the south has fueled killer storms. Thousands of victims in tennessee, arkansas, and georgia spent their saturday cleaning up. Thats not even part of my house. That came from my next door neighbor. Reporter what williams found scattered and shred everywhere was a lifetime of memories. I mean, theyll live within me forever family times, the thanksgivings, the christmases, a lot of my friends from college used to come out here with me and everything. So, you know, thats the heartbreaking part of it. Reporter williams told me her family plans to rebuild right on this spot. Jim, they lost their house, but this is home. Axelrod an important distinction in the face of such tragedy. Mark strassmann, thank you. Meteorologist Jeff Jamieson is with our cbs dallas station kttv. Jeff, who is in the danger zone now . Jim a big Severe Threat across Central Texas right now. Tornado watch for the rest of the evening, including the dallasfort worth area. Weve already had a few confirmed tornadoes in east texas and the threat of Severe Weather really goes all the way up into the midwest, including chicago, for the rest of this evening. The Severe Weather threat tomorrow will be basically in the same areas, maybe farther east in louisiana, arkansas, and mississippi. On the backside of the storm, its all about snow. A lot of snow . New mexico and far west texas right now. Blizzard warnings in effect for the texas panhandle. This could be an historic storm for them as were talking about 1218 inches of snow on the ground by tomorrow night. A lot of that blowing snow with up to five to sixfoot drifts and winds around 60 miles per hour. Axelrod Jeff Jamieson with the extreme weather. Thank you. North of los angeles tonight, firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire thats been threatening homes. More than 1200 acres have burned since the fire started last night near the Coastal Community of solimar beach. Heres mireya villarreal. Reporter dramatic video captures what uvacue ease faced as they drove right past the erupting fire. They were fleeing the Small Community of solimar beach and a nearby campground battling the traffic as the flames edged closer. This is insane why are we stopping reporter the fire shut downus 101, a major link between los angeles and santa barbara, jumped the highway, and also closed the Union Pacific rail line. Ventura county fire battalion chief fred burris. The fire was wind driven with an offshore wind and blew down to the coast. Reporter thats where firefighters made their stand, preventing flames from reaching solimar beach, where three dozen upscale homes are sandwiched between the highway and the pacific ocean. Were hitting it with everything weve got. Were making an allout assault to get this thing boxed up, especially with the heavy weather. Reporter Ventura County division chief norm plott says potential downpours driven by el nino may be on the way, but in the past six weeks, this part of the county has received less than. 10 of an inch of rain. The fires going to resist our control because were at the end of this drought hopefully were at the end of the drought. And were not quite out of the woods yet. Reporter but even when the fire is fully extinguished, residents here could face a new danger mudslides. Were still predicting an el nino to fall on the hills after the first of the year with heavy rains and so thats something that im sure engineers will be looking at for stabilization if we do get some heavy rains. Reporter investigators still dont know what caused this fire, but at this point, it is only 10 contained, and, jim, firefighters tell us they expect to be out here for at least three more days. Axelrod mireya, thump. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in great britain. In lankerr sheer, northwest of london, many had been to be rescued by boat and the military was deployed to stack sandbags. Fedex said Stormy Weather is partly to blame for late holiday packages. On this night after christmas, their trucks are still making deliveries. Heres marlie hall. Reporter for this customer, fedex was a day late, and he was more than a dollar short. Its december 26, and this package just showed up. Looks pretty nice, doesnt it . Yeah. Good work, fedex. Thanks. Reporter others took to social media, where hashtag fedex fail is trending. One person wrote, so much for the guaranteed twoday delivery. I want my money back. While some came to the carriers defense. They cant control the weather. And did you wait until the last minute to place your order . Prechristmas storms in the south and deadly tornadoes slowed deliveries. Employees who volunteered to work delivered thousands of packages on christmas day, and the Company Opened some pickup centers on Christmas Morning for customers to get their packages. But for this man it was all too late. He picked up a gift for his father today that was supposed to be delivered by christmas eve. One get it right on time. Two, deliver it to my, you know, loved ones. So its a little disappointing. Reporter fedex shipped a recordbreaking 317 million packages between black friday and christmas eve, a 12 jump from last year sparked by a surge in online orders. Kevin hills is with stella service, a Retail Research firm. He says after weatherdelayed holiday packages in 2013, fedex and ups made improvements to cut down delivery times. Overall, theyre getting better. Yeah, and i think its easy to blame the carriers when we see things like weather and bad things happen, especially around the holiday season. But i think overall, the carriers are getting faster. Reporter fedex Officials Say theyre still catching up with christmas deliveries today, but rival u. P. S. , said it was done with its 630 million deliveries by 8 00 p. M. On christmas eve. The ups air hub is in louisville, where bad weather wasnt an issue. Jim. Axelrod marlie, thank you very much. It has now been more than six mongst there there has been word from the leader of isis, abu bakr albaghdadi. Tonight it appears he has broken his silence. In london, heres Jonathan Vigliotti. Reporter reclusive isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi, seen here in july of 2014, released a 24minute audio message today where he vowed that russia and u. S. Led airstrikes would only make the Islamic State tougher. In the recording he said, those taking part in the fight against the Islamic State will pays pols message was, for the first time he admitted isis had suffered serious setbacks on battle field. Those losses were documented in a report this week by a leading conflict monitoring group. They say Islamic State lost as much as 14 of their territory in 2015. Just last month, u. S. Backed iraqi forces pushed isis out of the town of sinjar. This week, iraqi troops advanced on the isisheld city of ramadi. The groups largest stronghold in iraq. Baghdadys last public message was posted in may of this year. This new recording, released on an isis twitter page, refers to events as recent as december 14. Baghdadys health has been in question for many months. Hes been reported injured or killed several times in the past. But, jim, apparently, hes still alive. Axelrod Jonathan Vigliotti covering for us tonight in our london newsroom. Thank you. The Washington Post reporter imprisoned in iran had some christmas visitors. The iranian government allowed Jason Rezaians wife and mother to see him for several hours. Rezaian has been in jail for 522 days, convicted of espionage on evidence that has not been made public. The Chicago Police officer shot and killed two people early this morning. The officer was responding to reports of a Man Threatening his father with a baseball bat. Both the man and a neighbor were killed. Chicago police, currently under intense pressure for the Fatal Shooting of an unarmed teen last year, say this latest shooting is under investigation. As maz shootings dominate the headlines, the threat is dominating many minds. Now, as Julianna Goldman shows us, a fitness ipstruck thor in ohio is offering classes on how to fight back. Runnings not off the table. Running is always the best joyce. Reporter Aaron Jannetti runs endeavor defense and fitness. Tonight hes holding a free active shooter response training course. Right now theres a big buzz going around in the wake of paris and san bernardino, things like that. Reporter since the recent terrorist attacks, demand has skyrocketed. We filled a january course thats going to be coming up here in a couple of weeks, 40 people already, and i he ming ht about every day, jannettis course outside of columbus, ohio, is one of many being offered across the country. As the year draws to an end, Mass Shootings are weighing heavily on peoples minds. A new poll shows that 68 of americans listed Mass Shootings in the u. S. As very or extremely Important News events this year. Linda gause was among the nrl ad fight back when and if possible. Im older than a lot of people here, and for me its a matter of having confidence as i go forward. Generally, when we think about guns, knives, and scary things, we think about running. We think about hiding. And, unfortunately, that reality is just not there. Reporter the f. B. I. In this video encourages people who find themselves in an active shooter situation to run, hide, or, as a last option, fight. Jannetti is certified in defensive firearms tactics. screaming you just had People Holding up their fingers saying, pow, pow. I dont think you would feel nearly the adrenaline rush that you feel when people come in in high gear with things that look like rifles. We try to get them in there fighting and make them at least understand if thats where you would find yourself, then you need to be able to do it and youre capable of doing it. Reporter preparing people for the worstcase scenario. Julianna goldman, cbs news, washington. 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A year ago, more than half of these turtles were dead when they washed ashore because the water was so cold. Connie merigo, who spoke with us then, is director of the sea Turtle Hospital at the new england aquarium. When they come here, a lot of these turtles are so cold that their heartbeat is somewhere around one, two, three, four boots a minute. Reporter but officials with the Massachusetts Audubon Society say this year the sea surface temperature in cape cod bay is the warmest its ever been. Bob prescott, who has been rescuing turtles for more than 30 years, says the kemps ridley are getting comfortable in the bay. Water temperature being very, very warm late in the season keeps them here longer. Two weeks ago when we had a big pulse of turtles, 80 to 90 of those turtles were still alive, which is just unheard of for december. Reporter a december to remember for the volunteers who are expected to save more of the endangered species and return them to where they belong. 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