the rain will continue through the evening ending overnight. several communities were evacuated because of flooding like this, and the risk of mudslides, major. garrett: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. next to cbs s lonnie quinn with the forecast. lonnie, good evening. reporter: good evening to you, major. toughest weather anywhere in the country in colorado today. thes wind gust 115 miles per hour. currently the winds are gusting around 60 miles an hour, down to te 50s, 40 miles per hour through the overnight hours. still it s really hard to fight any fire burning out there and no help from mother nature. more wind and rain. where the rain is falling from georgia to south carolina, severe thunderstorm threat for that area till 9:00 p.m. new year s eve, i m going to focus from nashville to memphis, arkansas. new year s eve, that s where you have a risk for severe weather. into nears day, snowfall anywhere from kansas city through portions of the