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Jillian: we are not seeing a tonel of flooding. right here we have a little bit of localized street flooding on the corner. its not significant. i would agree with what matt finn is saying but we have been seeing a little bit of it we have been driving throughout the morning on bayshore boulevard. we were on davis island earlier this morning. we have not seen any homes damaged by flooding. im not saying thats the case everywhere. im telling you what we have seen so far this morning. what we are ...

We definitely felt the hurricane-force winds in this area, category 1. we got a glancing blow from hurricane irmas extreme power. we know the keys were hit hard. marco island and still raising across the peninsula. a lot of down trees, down power lines, stuff youd expect with a category 1 hurricane or impact from a category 1. there are over 850,000 customers without power in miami-dade alone. thats 79% of the people who live within this particular area that have electrical power -- electricity ...

You only have about 24 hours left. you dont want to be sheltering in place unless you really have to. we slowed this down a little bit. as of 2:00 a.m. monday, it will still likely be a category 2 hurricane right over the top of central florida. thats where all our models are pinpointing. thats extreme power outages and a lot of down trees. people didnt have power for two weeks. dont think that further north is that much safer. by the time we get to 10:00 a.m. on monday, its still in florida. we...

Of our law enforcement are amazing. they do great work every single day. but its individuals like joe arpaio who get to flaunt their racism and give law enforcement a bad name. pank panties -- boxers are a perfect example of that. but even more importantly the law and order president pardoned someone today, don, who was in contempt of a civil rights violation, which was racial profiling. and i think david said it earlier, david said it best, theres a director correlation between what happened tw...

They mountain range hinds me. these fires spread incredibly quickly. >> one of the many firls burns in and around gatlinburg and pigeon forge. hurricane force wind gusts and extreme doubt drought combined to form a perfect storm. >> it is common to pick up embers of fire and take them more than a mile away. at the same time were facing that challenge, those high winds were knocking down trees. the trees he were hitting power lineses and they were fueling this very dry extreme drought-like condit...

Three burn victims are now in critical condition. a drought and hurricane-force winds fueled flames overnight and spread embers. >> the high winds were knocking down trees. the trees were hitting power lines and they were falling on this very dry, extreme drought-like condition, and everything was catching on fire. >> reporter: thousands forced to evacuate. many taking shelter at evacuation centers. some had to abandon their pets because they simply didnt have enough time. others had to drive st...

Trying to fight a fire. those winds of that nature, it is common to pick up embers of fire and take them greater than a mile away. at the same time, we were facing that challenge, those high winds were knocking down trees. those trees were hitting power lines and they were falling on this very dry extreme drought-like condition and everything was catching on fire. thats how it got to that point so rapidly. >> any other questions? >> the people in gatlinburg, check on home, business that are affe...

York, a confirmed tornado near rochester taking down trees. two tornadoes reported in florida. and in the deep south, deep water. louisiana along the red river, the highest the river has been in 70 years, the water flowing down river from texas and oklahoma from rains that fell in may. residents now waist deep, sandbagging, trying anything they can to hold back the floodwater. >> right now, all we can do is wait and pray and stay hopeful. >> reporter: the severe threat for friday will include a ...

>> severe weather caused some major travel problems and headaches across the country. in total, 55 million people min 24 states faced winter advisories and the first major storm of 2015. karen mcguinness has details for us. >> reporter: the first major storm of 2015 bringing severe weather to much of the eastern half of the country just as millions of travelers are headed home from the holidays. in all, 55 million people in 28 states faced winter storm watches, warnings and advisories this weeke...

♪ wow, thats a whole lot of people traveling right there, 98 million, woo! severe storms striking the deep south just before christmas. hopefully you arent going to get caught in any of that. tornado ripped through eastern louisiana, damaging more than a dozen homes, knocking down trees, and power lines there. the same storm system being blamed now for four deaths and dozens of injuries in southern mississippi. the governor called a state of emergency for that area. cnns jennifer gray is at ...