los angeles. reporter: the weather outside is frightful, making travel treacherous out west as parts of the region reckon with a deluge of rain and snow in northern california heavy rain spun flash flooding south of san francisco. two died thursday when their car became submerged. it s absolutely terrible reporter: the nonstop rain sparked mandatory evacuations in parts of burn-scarred southern california a power line toppling, trapping dozens of residents in their homes. for folks that want to leave we re going to do our best to get them out reporter: mud devouring back yards we ve got about three or four feet of mud up against the house. reporter: in washington and arizona heavy snow roads shut down for hours. thursday in wisconsin twisted metal after a semi trailer slid on ice and burst into flames, causing a massive multivehicle pileup authorities say somehow no one was killed this as the pacific northwest braces for a
has played out over the last few days. this is the latest coming through right now, packing very strong winds, very heavy rain, raising concerns of possible flash flooding south of the great lakes. this storm followed a vicious one over the weekend that spawned a series of devastating tornadoes. north carolina had basically four hours of hell on the ground in this area. and they are not used to this kind of tor of tornadic activit. the death toll has risen to 24 after an infant was injured by the storm and a little six-month old baby was in the hospital and sadly we are now reporting that that child has passed away. our affiliate is live in raleigh with this story. erin good afternoon to you. reporter: good afternoon, mart that. that was an absolute dead on description there, four hours of hell. it was certainly hard here in north carolina, it s still hard. as you mentioned this morning people here in this community, the stony brook mobile home park