The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to see below-normal levels of activity, as the La Niña conditions present last year have dissipated and it
norah: good evening, thank you for joining us, and thank you for joining us. it s a dangerous evening across the midwest and south, a massive storm system unleashing violent tornadoes on the threat is going to continue into the night. nearly 60 million americans on alert across 12 states, now under tornado watches or warnings with a numbertwisrs aln from little rock, arkansas, to des moines, iowa. this enhanced storm risk is actually the largest ever issued by the nationaleather gornor s huckabesanders just decsa. in little rock, a catastrophic tornado ripped apart homes and flipped cars. are cbs affiliate kt hv in little rock reports police have been transporting the injured in their patrol cars because there are not enough ambulances to respond.
more than 20 lives across multiple states. in hartsell alabama, family and friends remembering kenneth cooper after storms crushed his trailer homer. fema officials tell me they are worried about the survivors who don t want to leave their damaged homes. they are urging people to come forward. there are resources available. david? so many of those families telling you the same thing, they don t feel like asking for help. they re proud people. we understand that. thank you. as i mentioned, we are tracking a new system that could set up the very same severe storm risk, a potential for more tornadoes, in that same region. let s get to chief meteorologist ginger d this had nearly 60 feet in this part of the northern sierra.
welcome back, we re tracking severe thunderstorms moving across the southern portion of this country leading into friday, targeting texas, running to the mississippi river valley. there will be rain early this morning, this is not severe weather, heating of the day allows this to fire up. i will track it a bit. early this morning, thunderstorm activity, this will intensify as the day goes on, not often you get significant storm risk. big area seeing higher risk than we usually do see this time of year. that could mean major thunderstorms, hail, it will mean strong winds and isolated tornados getting up to ef-2,