where highway crews are working around the clock to clear people, get them out off the coast line. ed: officials already warning the shelters are not strong enough to with stand this hurricane s wrath. ainsley: many people are refusing to leave. todd piro picks up our team coverage live in myrtle beach, south carolina. hey, todd. good morning to all of you. this place is somewhat of a ghost town. there is a little bit of activity here along 17 right now. but, again, you go for huge stretches, minutes where you don t see a single car. you can hear your voice echoing on a road that is typically filled with people, filled with chores, filled with individuals, hoping to enjoy a golf vacation. that s not happening this week. you can see like many businesses, this business boarded up ready for whatever florence will bring. at least that s what the business owners are hoping. that said, despite the warnings about the storm of a lifetime, people we spoke with said they re not going anywhere.
the truck caught fire after some of the chemicals it was carrying began to leak. residents have been given the green light to go back home. highway crews worked through the night to have that open in time for rush hour. on the 1st of december congressman forbes asked general dunnford, have we currently contained isil. general dunnford, no, we have not contained isil. bill: that s a stunner, those comments contradicting president obama. that was a day before paris was hit, two weeks before california was hit. sir, good day to you.
tornados throughout the day. blizzard warnings span 700 miles stretching across northeastern parts of arkansas, northeast missouri through parts of ohio. many of these warnings do go into effect not just later this evening but some of these across ohio are into effect till tomorrow morning a long prolonged period of time blizzard conditions south of the great lakes. we had a little issue with our graphics. a lot of bad weather, gregg, occurring. gregg: there is bad weather. we ll say that much. maria molina thanks very much. thank you. patti ann: officials in oklahoma city reopening part of a major highway following a 21-car pileup. police say it happened when a tractor-trailer jackknifed on a bridge over the oklahoma river. freezing rain from a passing snowstorm may be to blame. highway crews are warning drivers to be extra cautious of black ice. that is when the road looks wet but it is actually coated with ice. as authorities in oklahoma recover from that
we have trees that are down and branches that are down on roadways. we have power lines that are down. so conditions there are some dangerous conditions out there across the state. if people go out too early, we could have some issues. we don t want to have that because we have come through pretty good so far. people just need to take a day, stay home, let the highway crews go out and clear the roads. let the electrical crews go out and put the lines back up and deal with those situations and not have to go out and try to rescue people who get themselves in trouble because they just went out too soon. gary lange joining us, and a good piece of advice for people not just in delaware, buts all across the affected state. take a day. thank you very much. recapping the very latest now from this monster storm known as sandy. the system has actually lost some strength since hitting the northeast quarter.
suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. this time it happened like, now. before we knew it was coming, it was taking time. a brush fire overran several homes and this church in oklahoma city. crews say the fire, it is contained, but they re working hard today to make sure it doesn t flare up again. irene, long gone, but folks are still feeling miserable in parts of the northeast. forecasters say the pasaeic river in new jersey has peaked but it probably w