south dakota and parts of montana. if you re traveling interstate 80, say, through cheyenne or 90 through rapid city, this is tomorrow afternoon. that low pressure system gets real tight. the temperature gradient, the isobars close together. it just means super windy and the visibility will be nearly 0. now, that s the northern side of the system. the southern side comes through in the overnight hours tonight, there s a tornado risk, damaging wind risk. you include dallas, wichita falls, texas, up to tulsa. tomorrow afternoon, the skies open up. shreveport, alexandria have a tornado risk. and by wednesday, dinnertime, new orleans has that blast of damaging winds. and a quick look at that isolated threat, again, this all moves to the northeast. we could be talking about 6 to 12 inches, especially interior new england to kick off this weekend. the band-aid of winter has been ripped off and we ve got more to come by friday and saturday. ginger zee leading us off tonight. ginger, thank y
everyone. in fact, we are expecting fog to form and it could be really dense and stubborn to clear by the time we get to thursday and friday. we are expecting fog to form tonight in the south of the country, in particular, once the stamp drizzly weather clears away and the skies open up, the winds will fall light and we have got the temperature is dropping away to freezing or below and that will allow dense fog to form. further north, milderand in the western isles 8 degrees and the ocean breeze blowing here and that will continue through tomorrow and cloudy with showers. plenty of sunshine for most of us, but a few patches of stubborn fog. it should clear by the time we get to lunchtime and certainly there are early or middle of the afternoon. temperatures typically around seven or 8 degrees and milder in the western isles of scotland. hello this is bbc news. the headlines:
eric: hurricane ida is nearing category 5 intensity, it s beginning to move into louisiana, the storm driverring winds up to 150 miles an hour. it s already caused some power outages along with the dangerous storm surge and heavy flooding rains already from louisiana s central coast up to mississippi. you re looking at christian, mississippi where you can see it s beginning. meanwhile, the alabama border also not spared. officials say this could be the most powerful storm to hit the gulf coast since the 1800s. fox weather correspondent steve bender is with us, on the ground in lafayette, louisiana, just north and west of new orleans. steve, how s the situation there? reporter: it is quiet right now. we just had an outer band move through. it dumped some good rain on us but already seeing the skies open up. as you mentioned, we re on the western edge of this. when you look on satellite and radar there is not much on our end. it will move through later this
as he talks about his heart break, the skies open up. it s raining right now, he says. the god of the olympics is angry. i think it s a sign. it s not too late to allow spectators. an olympic dream about as distant as a sunny day. will ripply, cnn, tokyo. dozens of wildfires are already burning across the western u.s., and high temperatures and dry lightening this weekend could spark even more. we ll have the details ahead. also devastating floods have ravaged those communities in western europe. up next we ll visit a small german town that was left in tatters by the rising waters. i m standing at the banks of the river. this hotel right beside it had water all the way up to the third story.
coast. this after parts of kansas and pennsylvania were hit hard tuesday night. we do have debris on the radar confirmed. reporter: a huge rain wrapped tornado touched down. i just feel my house coming apart. the skies open up. it was raining like crazy in my basement. reporter: tim says the tornado destroyed the brick wall. across the street ron and fran took cover in their basement near minutes before storm turned their main floor into a pile of wooden debris. where were you last night? right down there is the washroom and we were underneath the stairs right there that could come up to the kitchen was the kitchen was right there. there s the refrigerator. just took like 30 seconds.