georgia. winds as strong as 200 miles per hour ripped through towns. at least 37 people are dead. as many as 17 million people were impacted by the storms. scores of injured people waking up in hospitals this morning. their homes and the homes of their neighbors gone. people now picking through the rubble to find anything they can salvage. president obama is offering federal assistance in the areas battered by the storms. in the little town of west liberty, kentucky, the town felt the full force of a tornado s 1 135-mile-per-hour winds. it leveled building, uprooted trees. cnn evers rob marciano is there getting the first look at some of the town s most extensive damage. rob, good morning to you. good morning, gary. they ve finally got the roads cleared enough to where larger vehicles can get in here including obviously rescue and recovery vehicles and our satellite truck so we re getting now a first look at a live look at the main street. over my left shoulder you re see
so the warmth is still on. a little caveat, though, here in the southeast, from charlotte to atlanta, to memphis, new orleans, moisture coming in. you can see the surface winds coming up from the gulf. warm air, yes, but clouds and a few showers. not a total long shot by any mean, but a few rain showers. windy conditions in the midwest. we ll see winds coming in. maybe a little lake-effect snow coming in, but very little. high pressure in control. high and dry for the plains. beautiful conditions, though, along the west coast. sunny skies. gorgeous conditions from phoenix all wait to los angeles. enjoy the weather today in the northwest. some clouds and rain coming in tomorrow. so in terms of temperatures, wlook whe look where we should be. live picture from washington, d.c. how about 63 in january in washington? you know, we re a little off the mark. 53 in boston. new york seeing 56. incredibly mild. again, ahead of the front, temperatures begin to cool down, really slightly. there we
more. a complete list of what you can expect to pay more for in 2012. captions by vitac www.vitac.com one teenager s stunned saga ended with her return to the united states. this is exclusive video of jakadrien turner arriving at the airport in dallas. she spent most of the past year in colombia after being deported by the u.s. government. the problem is, she isn t colombian. these an american teenager who ran away from home. shoplifting, arrested in houston, convinced colombian officials her name was ortega cortez. her family wants answers from the federal government, but right now are just happy their daughter is home. they want to get some rest, to reunite the family. that s the purpose of this day. they re very happy that we were able to get them home. what a story. federal immigration officials are investigating. much more a little later in the show on the situation, including how her family finally found her. well, a two-ship convoy is making the first of it
all that counts is my family s still here. a spokesman with the texas state lonestar incident management team tells cnn that evacuation orders put in place yesterday were lifted as of this morning. let s bring in our severe weather expert chad myers. chad, you talk about these texas wildfires. 20 minutes, that just shows you how fast and deadly and dangerous these things are. the winds at the time were blowing 68 miles per hour. there s just nothing you can do to get out of the way when a fire gets in front of you. those firefighters were scrambling to put out hot spots as one jumped in front ever the other. then wind shifted direction and blew from the north at 50 miles per hour. it s been a brutal day in texas yesterday and still in east texas now. we have a new big red box. there could be tornadoes. we talked about this last hour. we could see the tornado threat from charlotte to atlanta and now it is there. we expected it. this is not a surprise, but right now if you re in chat