The update. Jenna fred is back inside. And has an update on what we should expect. Tim fred fred up to 1of slushy, sloppy accumulation will be possible tonight. After midnight, the precipitation will end, but the wind will not. Here is a look at the storm reports for today. Jenna todays storms caused problems afternoon afafr lightning struck a me. Authorities say thatightning hit the chimney of this home on the 4900 block of morningside avenue around 1 30 this afternoon. Two people were home at the time the incident happened however, they were able to get out of the home ok. The home did suffer minor smoke damage to the chimney and attic area of the home. Tim over 11 thousand people in the sioux city metro were without power briefly today after some problems with a local sub station. Officials with mid American Energy say that the outage only lasted about 4 minutes right around 11 this morninin the company y ys that the outage occured at a sub station where crews were already working,
53 in west chicago. Even the big skyway bridge, parts shut down becausesef flyiyi debris. Itit whipping up snow and Severe Weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] [. Reporter overnight, a massive storm s9stem rattling more tn 30 Million People. Tornado forming. Wow. Reporter tornadoes breaking out in the midwest. Tnado warning. Tornado on the ground. Reporter ten tsters reported in iowa alone. Wow, look at that thing. Reporter one of them ripping through this farm. Sheet metal sent flying landing on top of trees. Flipping vehicle, big and small. One after another. And unleashing a string of lightning bolts. The storm stretching further east. Here in ilillinois, toppled electric poles speng balls of fire. And down soh, watch as high winds up to 70 Miles Per Hour caused these power lines to clash. Instany bursting into flames. Three mile long walls of firire stampeding across oklahoma prompting urgent evacuations in at least temp towns engulfing homes like this one. And winds here in chic
National Weather Service Officials Say the system began tuesday around utah. Then moving east into the nations midsection. In knoxville iowa. Powerful winds and rain packing a punch. Tearing down trees and ripping through Industrial Buildings in this toto. Nearby, flflping this semi on its side. The driver doingngk. In a a. 3 rollover mi truck wrecks reportedsday near avoca iowa. Nats wind blizzard the storm didnt stop there. Ortions of new mexico, wyoming, colorado, nebraska and kansas saw blizzard like conditions. Some of those same states hit with thunderstorms well. Truck driver its been rough, slow going. 55mph from kansas city, thats about all i could get. You just wanna go, go, go but you cant nats snow scraping. From snow to ice. In colorado. . Frozen roads more like an ice skating rink for drivers. Nats wind blizzard he saving it, he saved it lighter snow in western kansas. But residents bracing themselves for slower commmmes. In northern california. The early dosesef Winter W
Congress. The president never called it anything but a Police Action and the other people called it a korean conflict and as soon as iwas over the people responsible in washington forgot about it, said muilenburg. The chilly weather didnt stop people from attending and to jerry that meant something special. I think its neat, it surpriris me how many people. , said muilenburg. Although veteranan day is typically spent thanking former Service Members. Many veterans at a cross town celebration at the sioux city courthouse say theyre the ones who are thankful for the support thats been received. Its very satisfying to see the recognition that we are getting now. When we came back, people literally turned their backs to be recognized and to get a free meal, you know. Its a nice deal and we appreciate it very much, said david binder. Thank yous and video presentation would make up majority of each event, but the most important theme from all event in siouxland is to not take the countrys ser
Parents. Outside. Sc reaming for help. As a mom of four kids i could not imagine having to worry about the cost o oa funeral let alone, losing my child, sasa misty rains. Misty rains. Didnt know nico personally. Or his parents but she did know his aunt. And after learning of the tragedy on facebook. She knew she had to hel instantly i mean, within minutes it just popped into my head, said rains the plan. Host a silent auction. Were just here to do what we can. Any little bit helps at this point. , said rains. Tina lopezs son is Close Friends with nicos older brother. I didnt know who it was until i saw it online and thats when my heart just broke. Because i knew nico, my son knew him. Said tina lopez. After seeing mistys silent auction event on facebook. She jumped onboard. So far, theyve recieved close to 44 thousand dollars in donations. Not only did they lose everything in this house but theyve lost something precious to them that they can never get back, and they really need this f