From the airport connector. To warm springs this is a look at our traffic map in real time. adlib those closures went into effect about two hours ago. 13 action News Reporter mahsa saeidi is in our live drive with a look at the conditions now. Mahsa. Tricia steve. Right now we are on xx going xxx. Lets turn the camera around. So you can see for yourself. Ad lib. Now driver to get to the airport. But if youre not headed to the airport. Youre going to want to avoid this area overnight. The delays are expected to be significant. If youre headed to henderson on 215 east,,you should use an earlier exit. Jones. Decatur. Diamond road or st. Rose parkway. Take it over to the 215. The lanes are scheduled to reopen at 5am. No closures are scheduled for the 215 west. Breaking right now a plane carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team has crashed in colombia. The plane went down about 22 miles from the airport in the city of medillin med a jeen . 72 passengers and nine crew members were on board. The flig
We are learning the plane declared an emergency before the crash. But investigators are still trying to piece together what happened. Happening right now. Over a dozen devastating wildfires are forcing families out in tennesee. Theres a mandatory evacaution order for People Living in gatlinburg. A town outside of knoxville. You can see just how close the flames are to a familys home in the video on the right. Emergency Officials Say about 1hundred homes are affected by 30 buildings have already been burned. Inside one hotel. Dozens of guests were trapped. The fire surrounded the building and caused trees to go down the dry and windy weather is fueling the fires cold front has passed and chilly air takes over as it is whipped into the valley. Mainly sunny skies will be common throughout Southern Nevada but highs in the city will only range between 54 and will be whipping up from the north between 10 and 20 mph through most of the day with an occasional gust between 25 and 35 mph. This g
Now. The dry and windy weather are fueling the fires and now theyre threatening popular tourist locations in two towns. Weve seen some incredible video come down overnight. The wildfires have engulfed the resort towns of gatlinburg and pigeon forge, home to Dolly Partons theme park dollywood. Video posted online shows people getting out of dodge. As fire creeps close to the roads. Listen as a 15year old boy describes being stuck at a hotel. Because the only road sot logan baker were on the first floor because they had to break the windows on the top floors because we were thick. We had masks but it was too thick for the masks one more video to show you. Same hotel. As smoke fills the room. The man who posted this says theyre safe now. Firefighters hope an incoming storm will provide some help in fighting this blaze. A live look outside now. You may notice how cold it is as youre getting up. Were under a freeze warning right now. Greg bennett is with us. With more on todays forecast. Co
Home. Our big story of the morning. A major drop in temperatures. Greg. Just how cold can we expect it to get today . Cold front has passed and chilly air takes over as it is whipped into the valley. Mainly sunny skies will be common throughout Southern Nevada but highs in the city will only range between 54 and 59 degrees. On top of the cold air, winds will be whipping up from the north between 10 and 20 mph between 44 and 49 degrees right now wildfires are southeast. Forcing thousands to evacuate overnight from popular tourists spots like dollywood in tennessee. Owners are trying to protect hotels and lodges already lit up with holiday lights. More than 1t are trapped at Ripleys Aquariam of the smokies. At least 100 homes have burned. The fires are being fanned by strong winds, and the worst drought in a decade. Smokypresserwvlt 01;01;00;15 Gatlinburg Fire chief greg miller if youre a person of prayer, we could use your prayers ground crews are struggling to put out the flames. And h
Common throughout Southern Nevada but highs in the city will only range between 54 and 59 degrees. On top of the cold air, winds 35 mph. This gives the valley a feellike temperature range between 44 and 49 degrees tomorrow morning, a freeze warning will be in place for the city due to temperatures dropping to between 28 and 32 degrees during the hours of 2am an ready to fight one of president elect Donald Trumps campaign promises. Parker collins shows us what students and faculty are doing to make the university a sanctuary campus 19 06 4919 07 21 ive been speaking with some of the faculty that helped write this petition thats been going around unlv for a little while now its online take vo at it is hoping to make unlv a behind it if deferred action for childhood arrivals is repealed that is president obamas executive action theyre hoping that the university wont turn over information of students and faculty who are affiliated with the University Take sot conrad pilapio, unlv student 2