day weekend right now, more than 100 million people are at risk of severe weather as deadly and destructive storms. sweep across the central us these new threats come just hours after powerful storms killed at least 13 people across the south overnight, at least four of those killed were children homes were obliterated. 18 wheelers flipped over and power lines knocked out coming back to visualization right now for the first time, knowing that i was just here and it s all destroyed. it it s mind-blowing. i m still trying to process it. it s shock this everything you had worked so hard for all these years is don cnn s ed. lavandera is in valley view, texas and meteorologist, at elisa rafah is tracking the storms from the weather center. so ed, let s begin with you. i mean, bad. i mean terrible damage behind you. how are people doing? trying to capture the magnitude of the devastation that we re finding here invalid the texas, which is just north of the dallas, fort worth
Brown is in about the last hour. We are looking from school house road and highway 140 where some evacuees have gathered. Thick black smoke across the horizon. The fire 5 contained. Infrastructure, water, communication and power is damaged. 300 structures are threatened. Nearly 800 fire personnel working the fire right now both from the air and on the ground. Thank you. It has been a race for people to get out of their homes. One structure destroyed. You just heard max tell us 300 structures are in the path of the fire. People living in the area say they cant believe how it happened so quickly. Scarey situation. Pray for the people of mariposa. Just these winds are totally different this year and it is a lot of fuel. A lot of fuel. Very thick vegetation that grew because of all the rain we had. Thick, and difficult to get to. In spite of the fire and the road closures, we are still hearing that the park is still open. But this is how hazy the view is. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri i
To nothing throughout palo alto. Montara picks up. 69. The loser is south bay. Trace amounts to. 01 inches. In terms of the next storm, this has a better shot of rain for those down in the south bay. Were tracking this storm system. Well have the fulltime line coming up. Take a look what the storm did in walnut creek. A tencar pileup. One of the cars flipped on its side. This happened on northbound 680 around 3 00 this afternoon. Paramedics rushed five people to the hospital. In terms of the backup in traffic, it went back for miles. From the east bay to the north bay, marin county got hit hard. Jody hernandez is there with more. Reporter marin county got quite a nice soaking today. In fact, it is still a little bit drizzly outside. It has been raining here for most of the day. In fact, it is causing a bit of a slowdown right now for the evening commute. Youre looking at highway 101. The roads are still quite slick. For most, most are grateful for the wet weather. I love it, its finall
This is the first of three storms heading our way. Our live hd camera is taking a peek outside. Stormy skies in san jose and San Francisco. Jodi hernandez is in the north bay with people who were caught offguard. Reporter they were. People here really didnt expect this storm to attack quite the punch that it did. I will tell you it rained here much of the day. In fact, you can see the after math here. Look at this giant puddle. Folks here got quite the soaking. Folks across the bay area woke up to the sound of rain drops, the first in a much needed series of storms to hit this week. I cant believe how many months went by without rain. So we need this. Its the best thing. They said we might not need wipers on full speed. Im thrilled. Reaching for the rain gear is something folks just arent accustomed to anymore. Vicki wrestled a bit with her leopard print umbrella. A muscle that hasnt been used recently. Rain coats and ponchos. Reporter a rush on rain gear this morning. They thought the
Marginal risk before. There was an older set of classifications for Severe Weather and high, moderate and slight. Now the Storm Prediction Center has added both enhanced and marginal. We are at the most bottom base level of that Severe Weather risk but it is still worth the mention and might have stronger gust that is do pick up with storms that erupt this evening especially. But initially it is primarily just a foggy start to the day, and then a nice mild afternoon. We should hit daytime high in the 60s after 3 00 p. M. But that is just ahead of the potent cold front. Rain drizzle intermittent up until that point and line of nonsevere then are storms for have been will come through but victoria at least across southeastern portion of new jersey they may have more gusts as they roll through. That can be a dangerous traffic situation so we want to mack sure everybody takes it easy. Even with the low visibility as a result of fog can set you back. Good idea that one youre tuning into cbs