back to you, rob and peggy. thanks a lot, ava. now we turn to a developing story out of china this morning. a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck a province in that country s southwest region not far from the border with myanmar. there are now a growing number of fatalities, at least a dozen. china s news agency is reporting several injuries. a supermarket is among the buildings that collapsed. a student from saudi arabia has been indicted by a texas grand jury on terrorism. prosecutors say khalid adawsari was attempting to build a bomb with components he bought online. he was considering attacks on dams, nuclear plants and the dallas home of former president bush. if he s convicted, he could spend life in prison. heartbreaking story this morning. a small central pennsylvania community is rallying today to help a family that has been totally devastated. unbelievable. seven of the family s eight children were killed when their home went up in flames. t.j. winick has the details. g
several rivers have already overflowed their banks and it s not looking good for the next storm. the storm could make a mess out of travel and cause a lot of property damage. let s check in with meteorologist ava dinges at accuweather. good morning to you, ava. good morning, rob and peggy. the same powerful storm system that brought the severe weather to the south over the past couple of days, now affecting the east and the northeast. we re still talking about a severe threat out there ahead of the storm system into the eastern tier of north car back into the dva, potential of a few isolated tornadoes, high wind and hail, especially into the late half of the day. even these thund wil bring extremely heavy downpours causing concerns of isolated flash flooding. as for the northeast, widespread flooding a potential as we go into friday morning because the storm system ushering in a lot storsowgstem ushering in a lot this rain will be stuck ince for a long period of time. heaviest into
all that heavy rain and flooding taking aim at the northeast. downpours are expected through the day from washington to new york, and water-logged new jersey could get up to 4 inches more of rain. the governor has already declared a state of emergency and two swollen new jersey rivers may push floodwaters from last week even higher. let s get the latest on this storm system and the damage it could bring. our coverage continues now with meteorologist from accuweather, ava dinges. good morning. good morning. you can forget about dressing fashionable in the northeast today. today is all about staying dry because we do have a very powerful storm system moving into the region, the same one that sparked that severe weather in the south over the past couple of days, now it s bringing very heavy rain across the mid-atlantic, eventually into the east coast as well. and it s also bringing a bit of snow. mainly a mix out there in upstate new york, even into northern new england to t-b cha
after a half foot of snow fell on milwaukee. and here in the west, some areas expect more rain from a pacific front. that s after a big windstorm that knocked out power for thousands earlier this week. peggy and rob? now we get the latest on all those watches and warnings and this big threatening storm system. accuweather meteorologist ava dinges brings us up to date. good morning. good morning, rob and peggy. a very volatile weather pattern across the east coast. this time across the eastern mid-atlantic from north carolina back into virginia, even into southern maryland where a few storms could produce isolated tornadoes, high winds and the potential for hail. alongside that we ll be tracking extremely heavy rain. this is a slow-moving storm system. this rain is going to be stuck in place all the way into friday morning. some places in the northeast in that dark shading of green, another 3 to 4 inches of rain.
pennsylvania but shifting to the east coast later half of the day, where some places will s another 2 inches ofn, upwaes iate new that will continue to add water to the rivers, which are alreadt melt frs ve win so, i hope you have your w you need them. thanks, ava. there is a developing story out of china we re following this morning. an earthquake there has shook a province in the country s southwest region near the myanmar border. there are many injuries and a growing number of fatalities at this hour. at least a dozen so far. china s news agency says it was a magnitude 5.8 quake that literally leveled a supermarket. members of nato meet today to address the deadly unrest libya but no immediate decision at iming several oil ins bur1 o cameraman were detained at a checkpoint monday and held for nearly a day. they said they saw some rebel prisoners who were tortured while being held.