of that. last month, an inch of rainfall. the ground is parched. it doesn t take much to ignite that parch vegetation. 100% of the state under some sort of drought classification as we speak. we know what the result was, 6,000 acres, nearly 600 structures torched or completely destroyed. leaving these neighborhoods in complete rubble. this is very hard to see. it was indeed a new year s day miracle that no fatalities came out of there. wind gusts 107, that s equivalent to a category 3 hurricane, people. look at the colors that shade of pink over boulder, that is winter storm warning, winter weather advisories across the front plains, and east of the city of denver, that s because snow is moving through. you can see it on the current radar. along the boulder region, south of there, there s the area of superior that had so much damage. this saul part of a larger storm
police. the investigation is going on, headed up by the new york state police as well as the national transportation safety board. they re sending a team here too. worldwide tours is the name of the company running the tour bus. according to a federal transportation department records, they seem to indicate that the company had two crashes within the last two years, but we re still going through those records and have yet been able to reach the company to get their reaction. however, they are rated as satisfactory. so it will be a long investigation ahead of authorities here. fred, back to you. thanks so much, susan candiotti, appreciate that. remember just moments afoe i told you about these grass fires taking place in oklahoma. chad myers is back with us in the weather center to give us an idea how the weather is cooperating with them trying to battle the blazes. a little bit better today. yesterday the winds were gusting to 40 miles per hour in oklahoma. there were 22 separate