and cars colliding. we begin tonight with abc s gio benitez live here in new york city tonight. gio, good evening. reporter: david, good evening to you. this storm has been pounding the east coast all day long, from tornadoes in the south, to dangerous high winds right here in the northeast. tonight, a dangerous commute home in the northeast. in philadelphia, winds over 50 miles an hour knocking over this tractor trailer on the walt whitman bridge. the threat extending all the way south. a violent tornado captured on camera in pompano beach, florida. watch as this driver approaches a massive twister. the street becomes an obstacle course. security cameras catching the storm move in. planters and debris becoming projectiles, even destroying the security gate. in all, 20 reported tornadoes across five states in 24 hours. near pensacola, a miraculous rescue. an elderly woman pulled from under the rubble after a tornado hit her home. chain to get her out. hallelujah! report
winds about 100 miles an hour. drivers there on i-95 in the middle of it all. and you will see the rescues in a moment, playing out elsewhere. meanwhile, the chain reaction crashes further north. a mix of rain and sleet, a coating of ice in pennsylvania. i-81 outside scranton, trucks and cars colliding. we begin tonight with abc s gio benitez live here in new york city tonight. gio, good evening. reporter: david, good evening to you. this storm has been pounding the east coast all day long, from tornadoes in the south, to dangerous high winds right here in the northeast. tonight, a dangerous commute home in the northeast. in philadelphia, winds over 50 miles an hour knocking over this tractor trailer on the walt whitman bridge. the threat extending all the way south. a violent tornado captured on camera in pompano beach, florida. watch as this driver approaches a massive twister. the street becomes an obstacle course. security cameras catching the storm move in. planters an
gio, good evening. reporter: david, good evening to you. this storm has been pounding the east coast all day long, from tornadoes in the south, to dangerous high winds right here in the northeast. tonight, a dangerous commute home in the northeast. in philadelphia, winds over 50 miles an hour knocking over this tractor trailer on the walt whitman bridge. the threat extending all the way south. a violent tornado captured on camera in pompano beach, florida. watch as this driver approaches a massive twister. the street becomes an obstacle course. security cameras catching the storm move in. planters and debris becoming projectiles, even destroying the security gate. in all, 20 reported tornadoes across five states in 24 hours. near pensacola, a miraculous rescue. an elderly woman pulled from under the rubble after a tornado hit her home. the rescuers forming a human chain to get her out. reporter: just north of scranton, pennsylvania, a eight tractor trailers slamming into