Matt gutman. This is the home turning into a pillar of fire as it blew up transformers. Thats a tornado. And sparking panic. Those 11 People Killed in separate locations at least five died as the storm dcended on i30. I see it. Its cssing the highway right there. I can see it. Reporter in the pitch black saturday night, those flashes of lightning. Gosh, its big, illuminating that monster. The sirens blared as that wedge darkened the sky. That same system bringing flash floods all the way to missouri. The tornado that crashed down in garland, texas, clocked in as an ef4. In the morning light, the devastation revealed. Walking and driving around the area, you can see it is total devastation. Reporter you can see that line of damage, a football field wide. As if a giant claw had raked this neighborhood in rowlett. Trees uprooted, oaks snapped. The winds so strong they destabilized the towns water tower. Authorities evacuating everyone within a 250 foot radius. Power lines twisted around t
Good morning. Lets get to our lead story. The deadly storms in the nations heartland. More extreme weather on tap for the south and midwest after a severe storm system claimed at least 19 lives. The dallas area in particular hit strong with nine strong thunderstorms. We get more now from abcs megan hughes. Reporter the christmas twisters marched across. In rowlett, they toss trucks and tore trees. You can see the transformers blowing up. Reporter the survivors count themselves lucky. In flooding like this led to this. In oklahoma, west texas and new mexico, snow created whiteout conditions on the roads. Koat. Today, everything is covered in snow. Reporter trucks out of control rest in the snow bank. More than 20 motorists were stranded on i40 between amarillo and the new mexico border. All of this weather impacted air travel, too, more than 1,000 flights in the u. S. Were canceled. More than 4,000 delayed. I would call it living hell. As megan mentioned the storm system is now heading
Right now at 10 00, here on fox 29 news, Doppler Radar lighting up. Some local areas seeing several inches of rain today and its not over yet. Did evening, everybody. Im joyce evans. And im dawn timmeney. Lets get over to mike. Now were starting to dry out in the city, still overcast conditions and some cooler conditions starting to move in. Take a look at our radar estimating between 1 to 3 inches falling north and west of the city and it was so weird because we saw another batch of rain run off the coast and philadelphia was sajd witched in between. We got lucky in some spots. You got lucky because the downpours were more towards the north and to the west. Still seeing some scattered showers and good downpours coming down as you get north and west into lehigh value, north shampton, the deal is isolated the downpours the rest of the evening. Not expecting any kind of widespread flooding concerns. I cant rule out the possibility of say shower or a clap or two of thunder. This low is st
Mexico, snow created whiteout conditions on the roads. Mike springer from affiliate koat. Just last week, it was 60 degrees in ross well. Today, everythg is covered in snow. Reporter trucks out of control rest in the snow bank. Mo than 20 motorists were stranded on i40 between amarillo and the new mexico border. s western oklahoma the National Guard has been deployed to help people stranded. All of this weather impacted air travel, too, more than 1,000 flights in the u. S. Were canceled. More than 4,000 delayed. I would call it living hell. Reporter megan hughes, abc news, washington. As megan mentioned the storm system is now heading east. Lets get the details now from accuweathers paul williams. Thanks reena, kendis. Unfortunately it looks like Mother Nature is going to target missisppi, alabama, as well as tennessee, into kentucky for the next round of storms. Its over for texas and louisiana. There. Yes theres a real possibility and likelihood of tornadoes. Then, actually, rain to
Good morning. Lets get to our lead story. The deadly storms in the nations heartland. Theres more extreme weather on tap for the south and midwest after a severe storm system claimed at least 19 lives. The dallas area in particular hit hard with nine strong thunderstorms. We get more now from abcs megan hughes. Reporter the christmas twisters marched across the texas landscape. In rowlett, they tossed trucks and tore trees from the earth. You can see the transformers blowing up. Reporter the survivors count themselves lucky. Just very grateful were alive and were all safe. All this can be replaced. Reporter in missouri, flooding like this led to several deaths. And led the governor to declare a state of emergency. In oklahoma, west texas and new mexico, snow created whiteout conditions on the roads. Mike springer from affiliate just last week, it was 60 degrees in ross well. Today, everything is covered in snow. Reporter trucks out of control rest in the snow bank. More than 20 motoris