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Possible flooding with gulf coast here to new york. the northern plains and the western great lakes also facing some pretty damaging storms. >> thousands of customers without power in southern kentucky. a late afternoon thunderstorm packing powerful winds there, taking down power lines, taking down trees, several homes reportedly damaged but no serious injuries. torrential rains in central maryland. >> oh, my. >> thats the college park area hit especially hard. homes, highways flooded. there c...

This is a community and one of many here throughout the area where people had to sleep, you know, in the cold, without power. in this particular case, we spoke with the crews, and apparently, theyre waiting to get permission from the power company to move that tree. they want to make sure that the line is safe. certainly, were keeping a good distance away from it as well, as you see -- you may not be able to see it, but the yellow tape there, staying away from that. but again, this is something ...

5:00 a.m. in the east. >> well begin with what is happening up and down the coast now, from the south all the way up to new england. look at that. that tells the story. snow, heavy snow, and theres ice, too. very, very dangerous, very deadly. already ten deaths have been connected to this storm. more than 4,000 flights have been canceled from atlanta all the way up to boston. 700,000 people without power. >> 71,000 flights canceled since january, billions of dollars out of travelers pockets. all...

From being still to gusts coming through here but its much cooler than what theyve seen. 40% containment at this hour. almost 30,000 acres burned. they are cautiously optimistic as they move forward. you can see some of the firefighters with smiles on their faces saying you know what we are feeling pretty good about this one although its a big one still. jenna: we hope they continue to feel that weigh. adam, thank you. jon: a fox news weather alert now and the remnants of the deadly storm system...

Turkey. we also have some dramatic video from earlier today. people angry over the governments plan to revamp istanbuls main square. many of them staging a sit-in, theyre hoping to stop developers from knocking down trees. protesters using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds. watch out, this boor guys about to get knocked down. bam, there he he goes. protesters blame the prime minister who they say has authoritarian tendencies. jenna: wow, that cannot feel good. jon: no, thats a lo...

Shopping center and they tried to block bulldozers from taking down trees. thursday was the third consecutive night of protests. this informal referendum of sorts on recent turkish government policies. an american woman killed in syria in the midst of the civil war there. syrian tv reports a 33-year-old woman from flint, michigan, was killed by government forces. they claim she and two other westerners died fighting for the rebels there. nick walsh is tracking these developments and is joining...

Was telling what the needs were, and if they had needs, and so -- and i think the president has approved all the declarations that have been requested from the various states that were affected by hurricane sandy. jenna: governor, what does west have need right now? >> our biggest concern right now is the amount of customers out of power. weve gone from 140,000 customers at 6:00 this morning now there are over 275,000 customers without power. that number continues to increase as the snow continu...

Incidents statewide involving highway lane closures. most of these closures are results of down trees, utility poles and flooding. the highest concentration is monmouth county and no county has been spare soda, void travel unless absolutely necessary. i want to say this now to private employers. unless you can identify a safe route for your employees to get to work, id ask you to allow them to stay home from work today. weve deployed 800 employees from njdot to clear these incidents and we were ...

citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nations capital, and the most outages five days after the storms hit, west virginia. 5,000 homes are without ai...

>> on this holiday morning. >> and weve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars....