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Wildfires. >> yep, thats right. in fact, new overnight, some of those very same areas youre mentioning have gone from evacuation warning to evacuation order by local officials. and that means its actually unlawful to remain within this particular area as this atmospheric river of moisture just unloads itself across the western u.s. making those burn areas particularly vulnerable. we talk about this bomb cyclone. there is a specific definition to the storm. its a strengthening process that takes ...

Well advertised. and were really honing in on sunday into monday, that is the time frame when the strongest part of this system, the parade of storms, the series of storms that will impact this region, that will bring the potential for mudslides and localized flash flooding as well. so there is a flash flood watch. debris floe threat with the recent fires. there isnt a lot -- there is a lot of charred landscape. so precipitation doesnt soak into the ground as easy and we get the mud and rock flo...

Chicago could see wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. that will absolutely impact flights there. then, on thanksgiving day itself, it moves into the northeast. that could cause trouble. 20 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts could potentially effect the balloons. some snow showers there. but how about that storm thats hitting tonight? this could bomb out, as we call it, drop 24 millibars in less than 24 hours. that means up to 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts, it means one to two inches of rain in souther...

David? >> to make matters worse for sure. steve, thank you. lets get more on the system set to move right across the country, in fact. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us. ginger? >> reporter: david, even jackson, mississippi, could break a record by tomorrow morning. thats how far south this cold goes. and stretches with freeze alerts from texas to north carolina, even north florida. its not going to be warm in the northeast, either. look at some of the numbers tomorrow mornin...

The ground, rivers all overflowing and the water needs to go somewhere. so well be seeing flash flood problems and also maybe mud and debris floe. so well give you an update here in the next hour or so. >> a tough go the next couple weeks. shawna mendiola, thank you. joining me now is admiral that h thad allen with the u.s. coast guard. he was in charge of hurricane katrina. thank you. so as were hearing some of these efforts, walk us through what the government response looks like at this poi...