Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. I see it. Its crossing the highway right there. Big, big tornado. Reporter at least eight tornadoes exploded through dallas county. The hardest hit areas are garland and rowlett. Oh, theres stuff flying in the air reporter damage has been reported along a 40 mile stretch of homes and businesses. In the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. But by this morning the path of the tornadoes was clear. Entire communities are flattened. Many of the houses Still Standing are without roofs. Vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. In garland, the storms killed eight people and destroyed 600 structures in a two mile area. In rowlett, the tornadoes injured 23 and leveled 40 homes. High winds tossed trailers at this Mobile Home Park and damaged this strip mall. We pray and support those who have lost a family member. Abbott say more storms today are complicating recovery efforts. I want you to know that texas is doing everything we can to help you piece your lives back together. To help you better deal with the challenges that you are facing right now. Reporter this afternoon, mike giroud brought his wife nancy back to their home for the First Time Since they lived through the tornado last night. We were on our patio standing on the back of the house. Reporter what was that . That was the ceiling falling in. We went from just being inconvenienced to realizing we could be dead. In an instant, it hit less than 60 seconds. In a second it was gone. Reporter nancy are you okay . [ crying ] sorry, baby. Everythings gone we just we we dont know what to do. We went from happy, to homeless. In a minute. But well rebuild or well do what we have to do. Reporter mike says when the tornado finally moved out of the area he walked outside to see what was left. And he saw his neighbor who lives here on the second story of her home. The roof was gone and there she was waving for help. Jeff she was stranded but not hurt. Glor David Begnaud in rowlett, texas. Before this week, 2015 was shaping up to be a record low year for deaths from tornadoes. But since wednesday, they have claimed at least 28 lives nearly tripling the number this year. Survivors are telling remarkable stories tonight. Here is dan haggerty of our cbs dallas station ktvt. Anybody could come out of there reporter linda hellands family survived. Into a coat closet when the tornado hit. The whole front of the house is gone the only thing left is the closet they were hiding in and the kitchen. Reporter the twister ripped off the roof of neighbor David Dennisons house. Me and my roommate were just holding each other i was just praying and whatever it is crazy its an experience i wouldnt wish on anybody. It was heartbreaking. You lose everything you ever own. Reporter Michael Morris was at a christmas party. His house is now gone. It just flipped over and hit my car and hit my next door neighbors. Now i have to start all over again. It sounded just like a train. And his family took cover under a stairwell. Sounded like so many trains was just coming. It was frightening for just all of us. Reporter several homes were community outside dallas. Residents broke down to tears when they saw whats left. Its sad, hard to see all these peoples livelihood gone. Hard to see. Reporter here in garland, more than 600 homes were damaged, and eight people lost their lives. Jeff, many returning to scenes like these, total losses with nothing left to return home to. Glor dan haggerty, thank you. And there is more dangerous weather tonight, blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. Lets bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our Oklahoma City affiliate kwtv. Well, jeff its been a wild day so far. A lot of ice a lot of sleet in oklahoma, just a big mess around here. I40 westbound, west of Oklahoma City has been shut down for quite a while today, too much ice and too much sleet. We are not through yet, more on the way. Very much. Farther west in roswell, new mexico, heres cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. Im standing in about two and a half feet of snow and its causing dangerous road conditions. Several roads have been shut down due dangerous conditions across the area. Police are asking people the play it safe and stay off the roads, saying they have never seen snow drifts like this before. The snow started flowing yesterday and hasnt stopped. A travel warning is in effect here, last minute the central plains, last minute central supplies, clearing shelves of snow shovels and others to tide themselves over. In roswell, new mexico, cheyenne cope, cbs news. Reporter more on the forecast from chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station, wbz. Eric, with all of this activities the storms are not done yet . Certainly not. Very powerful winter storm here jeff. All sort of winter hazards all flooding in between, a tornado watch is in effect to the east and more flash flood watches further east than that. Everything a very sloppy storm system weve already seen destructive storms like this, tracking it north and eastward throughout the night. All the wintry month across the midwest, chicago, davenport, eastern part of the storm, tuesday morning, first winter storm in the northeast. Many folks seeing snow and ice for the first time this season, it took quite a while and finally it all winds down after tuesday evening. In terms of snow, quite significant, wisconsin, snow on the northern end coming across new england ski area finally getting some of their first snow of the season. Heavy, heavy rainfall in areas that have already seen their wettest year on record. Glor eric fisher thank you. The iraqi army tonight is claiming theyre close to a major victory over isis tonight. After weeks of fighting in the debora patta reports. Reporter gun battles raged on the streets of ramadi today as iraqi soldiers pushed to retake the city after months of isis control. An Iraqi Military source says troops controlled most of the city although pockets of resistance remain. United states Defense Department could not confirm those reports. Troops inched forward street by street, securing a path to its intended target, a government compound held by i. S. I. S. Fighters. Iraqs counterterrorism soldiers moved cautiously, clearing out buildings once controlled by of the structures had been rigged with explosives. The offensive which began five days ago has been slow and tough going. Iraqi forces were hampered by sniper fire and were forced to navigate roads littered by i. E. D. S. Recapturing ramadi will not only Iraqi Military, which suffered a humiliating defeat when isis took control of the city in may this year. But it will also serve as a steppingstone for the Iraqi Military plan to take back mosul, the largest city in iraq controlled by i. S. I. S. Debora patta, cbs news, london. Glor tonight, a major wildfire in Southern California is 70 contained. It destroyed more than 1,200 acres this weekend in Ventura County, north of los angeles. Here is mireya villarreal. Reporter this is the nightmare Southern California residents feared most after four years of drought conditions. A wall of flames overtaking a major highway, within inches of homes and evacuees like Jayne Johnson caught in the middle. Go go go we got to get out of here reporter its been more than 40 years since the Coastal Community of solimar beach last burned. As flames exploded this family we are probably going to head to santa barbara. Im 29 years old. I dont think theres ever been a fire at this hillside here. Reporter this video from the Ventura CountyFire Department shows a bulldozer scraping brush near the flames. Santa monica deputy fire chief tom clemo. Despite the challenges of high winds, steep terrain, significant brush, we were able to bring a stop to all forward progress of the fire and did not lose any structures. Reporter it may be another day or two before the fire is fully contained. All that remains now are hot spots, calmer winds and relief that a major disaster was avoided. Mireya villarreal, cbs news los angeles. Glor tensions remain high in chicago, after a Police Officer shot and killed two people this weekend. One of them, it appears, accidentally. Here is anna werner. Admit an officer mistakenly shot and killed 55year old, mother of five, bettie jones. Jones was reportedly shot in the neck as she waited for police to respond to a domestic disturbance. Jacqueline walker is her long time childhood friend. She was shot down. A beautiful woman, a beautiful woman. It hurts my hear to see that. Reporter jones was one of two People Killed in the Police ShootingEarly Saturday MorningPolice Responded to a call at 4 28 am upon their arrival, they were confronted by a combative individual, resulting in an officer firing shots. Reporter that allegedly combative individual was 19year old quintonio legrier. Police shot him multiple times. Photos show the blood stained floor and a bullet hole in the wall. Wearing a sweatshirt critical of chicago mayor rahm emanuel, legriers mother Janet Cooksey spoke to the media. Mentally ill. I used to watch the news daily and i would grieve for other mothers. Today im grieving myself. Amid protests over a string of deadly Police Shootings, including the death of 17year old laquan mcdonald, shot by officer Jason Van Dyke 16 times in october of 2014. When is the mayor gonna step up . When is he gonna step up . Because we cant get no help with the police. Reporter the Justice Department is already police use deadly force appropriately. The families of bettie jones and Quintonio Legriers say, for them, the question has already been answered. Anna werner, cbs news, chicago. Glor off the coast of florida, the Holiday Weekend began with a wild boat chase. Julianna goldman has that story. Reporter the high speed chase began early christmas eve, when authorities were alerted to a boat theft in ft myers beach, the men tried to ram into the sheriffs boat and then fled, skimming across the gulf of mexico for nearly 20 hours at speeds of over 70 miles per hour. As the boat approached international waters, the coast guard was called in, with three aircrafts, a small boat crew, and the coast guard cutter William Trump that was the ship that finally stopped the stolen boat on christmas morning. The suspects had led authorities for more than 345 miles and ended up about 65 miles off the northwest tip of cuba, and 125 miles east of cancun, mexico. 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Reporter in a typical winter, camelback makes 15 percent of its winter revenue the week between christmas and new years. Drew jackson is head of marketing. We have 100 snow making coverage so we just need it to be cold. We dont need a whole lot of natural snow falling from the sky we just need some cold weather and then we can be in business big time. Reporter unseasonably warm weather along the east coast is inspiring new holiday traditions. In vermont, Baseball Players were the only ones on mounds christmas eve. And santa did get on skis, however it was on the potomac river, outside washington, dc when guests cant hit the slopes, they can go to the beach. Camelback built a water park to better position itself than most winter resorts, with weatherproof activities. Theyre also zip lining and getting on a roller coaster. Stuff. How better would better would it be if there was snow . A lot better. Snocountry. Com, 41 of the resorts in the northeast remain closed due lack of snow. By contrast, deep snow out west has been a boom for resorts. It was even a White Christmas at Southern Californias big bear resort after receiving six inches of new snow in the past 72 hours. Now, if it would only push east. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, tannersville, pennsylvania. Glor that is the cbs evening news. Later on cbs, 60 minutes, and first thing tomorrow, cbs this morning. Im jeff glor in new york, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group access. Wgbh. Orgeveryone to do. Sharie Johnson cutting down on the number of People Killed this holiday season. The message advocates want revelers to hear. As new years celebrations near. the red cross is working to make the valley a safer place to live. How the organizaiton is working to cut down on the number of injuries and deaths. Caused by house fires. and be sure to bundle up. If youre heading out this evening. Just how cold its going to get in the valley. And how long this chilly weather will stick around. now, nevadas first choice for news, this is 8 newsnow, Weekend EditionSharie Johnson good evening and thanks for joining us. Roads across the vlley are busy with holiday travelers. As people head to hang out with those they love. Stop dui advocates are urging drivers not to get behind the wheel after drinking while celebrating. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin has more on the efforts. Mauricio Marin reporter theres only a few days left in 2015. Roads are busy as people travel for new years eve. In factrtc alerting drivers to heavy traffic and long delays for those heading to california and arizona today. Stop dui advocates urge drivers to look out for each other this holiday season. Sandy Heverly stop dui responsible is the key word. Thats what we ask everyone to do. We cerinly dont want to put a downer on nobodys parties or social activites. We want them to be safe and be responsible and evryone to be in contact with them to be safe as well. according to the national Highway Safety administration more than 700 people died in alcohol related crashes last december nationally. A drastic increase from other months. Stop dui advocates say these deadly crashes are avoidable. So theyre urging drivers to think ahead and call a cab. If youre hosting a party. Think about the and if you are caught behind the