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Pileup that closed interstate 57. at least one of the seven tractor-trailers involved caught fire. emergency crews couldnt get to it quickly because the road was blocked by other vehicles. about a dozen people were injured. none of them critically. as for todays forecast, watch for light snow in the northern rockies. major snowstorm in the upper midwest winds down today, but it will be windy. showers and thunderstorms from virginia to northern florida and also in the northeast. >> temperatures...

To this 20-car pileup on interstate 57. many of those vehicles were on fire. the highway had to be shut down for hours. at least ten people had to go to the hospital, but the injuries are said to be not life-threatening. flooding is now becoming a concern in many areas as well, as the snow melts and the rain falls. its called minor so far in chicago, where the pictures are from -- these pictures are from. >> yuck. >> crews are working to clear snow out of storm drains so the water can make its...

Spent that has some people all lit up. youre live in the cnn newsroom. good morning, i am carol costello. thank you for joining me. a huge swathe of the country slammed overnight by wet, weird winter weather. storms and high winds swept across tennessee, nashville pelted by rain and hail as lightning struck a skyscraper known as the batman building. in illinois, several hurt when a 20 car pile up hit down interstate 57 an hour south of chicago. police blame dense fog. and the twin cities of minn...

Pileup that closed interstate 57. at least one of the seven tractor-trailers involved caught fire. emergency crews couldnt get to it quickly because the road was blocked by other vehicles. about a dozen people were injured. none of them critically. as for todays forecast, watch for light snow in the northern rockies. major snowstorm in the upper midwest winds down today, but it will be windy. showers and thunderstorms from virginia to northern florida and also in the northeast. >> temperatures...

Pradaxa side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. if you or someone you love has afib not caused by a heart valve problem... ...ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. >> severe weather across several states is causing structural damage. car pileups and sent a few hosp. a high school east of nashville, powerful wind gusts blew part of the gymnasium across the parking lot. school officials say their air conditioning unit, which was once on the roof...

Chicago is way up here. to the south of chicago we are looking at a tornado warning. a dangerous situation which is across this region. here is interstate 57, much of these storms or many of these storms are moving towards the east as 55 and 65 miles per hour. if a warning is issued in your area you need to take shelter. lets show you what is happening in missouri. there is peers to be quite a bit of activity here right now. the storm predition sction cent just about ready to issue a watch. frid...

Reports of some funnel clouds no tornado on the ground with that thunderstorm cell right now, north of the kansas city metro area, you need to take shelter, the lowest level of your home away from windows. especially here around north central missouri, warnings for the cedalia area, reports an active tornado on the ground right now in the area, so, portions of benton, camp ton, hickory and morgan counties under tornado warnings, please seek shelter. thunderstorm that have been brewing in the mor...

Ce cedalia, missouri. that tornado at last report spotted on the ground a couple of minutes ago, around 135 and metca metcalf. you need to take shelter now this is an early start to what is going to be another day of severe weather. we have already seen some back into illinois with a seem my blown over on interstate 57. part of a roof of a school taken off between peoria and springfield. and watch is out, tornado watch is out for that area back toward missouri this watch into missouri, northern ...

They are saying dont get on those roads. there are already sending out people to rescue some 20 cars, 20 people who have been stranded along rte.50 that runs parallel with the interstate 57. the illinois state police say they are rescuing police and it is bitterly cold and they have no access to anything. whatd you are stranded and those windshield factors that are double digit below 0 are making it especially dangerous. want to show you what we anticipate the system is going to do over the next...