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We are going to take you to missouri next because look at this. hundreds of cars and trucks stranded for hours as the winter storm pummels the areas and it is moving east. eric van dam joins us with more about it next.

The wint er storm is packin more damage and could do more damage with cities inundated with the stuff. st. louis, missouri has received a blanket. eric van dam is covering this story. its heading east and getting more powerful. >> its center over st. louis right now. but the mid-atlantic states theyre going to be feeling the impact from the storm system as well. thats not just for heavy snow. its across the western portion of north carolina into virginia. look at the warnings, heres the

Listen. >> this investigations in its early stages. there are actually two parallel investigations going on. the ntsb is conducting an investigation into the sinking of the vessel and the circumstances surrounding that immediate event. missouri state highway patrol is conducting a broader investigation into the circumstances that led to this tragedy before hand and whether or not this should be treated as a crime scene. >> again, we know that it went down during a storm. were going to turn now t...

Latest ensembles and its showing a high probability of tropical storm force winds at the minimum for the louisiana and mississippi and alabama coast, especially as we head into saturday night overnight period and into the day on sunday. that is the time frame we are looking for across the gulf coast states. in the immediate term, the short term here for honduras, nicaragua, tropical storm to hurricane-force winds for the yucatan including cozumel and into cancun. as we head into the day on sunda...

West told martin savage, residents need to be prepared for the conditions, you see there the conditions many will return home to. >> i tell them that be prepared to be shocked when you get here. dont expect ah tll the service that you need, that you can just call somebody and they will come over and fix it. be patient. if you do come back, dont be upset when things dont go exactly as you plan. and if you come back, be part of the solution not a problem. >> such a strong storm, a lot of devastati...

23.5 million votes. you see mr. rouhani there. this video taken earlier. again, he wins the election in iran. time to talk about weather. major flooding has taken a southern indiana city, forced water rescues, causing millions of dollars in damage. power out in many places. eric van dam has more. >> talking washington county in southern sections of indiana, population of about 6500 people. salem the name of the town. we have footage to show you what they had to deal with late friday and into t...

Snow is headed next. meteorologist, eric van dam, has the latest from the cnn weather center. >> we just came across a stat na authorities responded to over 500 accidents in the state of virginia. 650 abandoned vehicles because of the winter storm that moved to the region. can you imagine just driving through some of these treacherous roadways, almost impossible. we have blowing and drifting of snow. you have dangerous conditions and unfortunately the bad roadways have led to two fatalities from...

Evacuated from a vacation at the south pole because doctors say he was dangerously ill. hes in a hospital in new zealand. he apparently has fluonid his lungs. doctors say he wasnt responding well to antibiotics. its a physically-demanding trip. you have to climatize before climbing around. you can walk around the whole earth in a few steps. hopefully he can recover and go back. a blast of cold air and snow for parts of the northeast this weekend. lets bring in eric van dam. >> this is what you...

Promise is trying hard to close the place. >> reporter: so far this year, 17 detainees have been transferred out of the facility. 112 detainees remain at guantanamo bay. many have been okayed to go home, its just not clear when. >> with we want to return to breaking news out of egypt with a russian bound commercial jet carrying 224 people crashed in the central sinai. eric van dam is following this and joins us in the weather center with more details. what have you learned? >> obviously, informa...

Which is an important milestone. i just love mother nature at its finest, with the baby calf enjoying that first home. atika, the best part about this, this birth took place on mothers day. >> that is a very good thing. yeah. >> thank you so much, eric van dam for us at the international weather center. well, in asia now, a dire station, thousands of migrants trapped at sea with no place to land and suffering from dehydration and hunger. well have the latest on whats happening in southeast asi...