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Manville, new jersey. look at this devastation here. this was a home that exploded after residents believed was a gas leak because of the rising floodwaters from a river thats about a block away from here. the ems medical personnel could not get to this home because of how high the floodwaters were. this home exploded and the house next door caught fire because the emergency personnel could not get her. luckily there were no injuries from this building. but across the state of new jersey, 25 dea...

Infrastructure to handle the deluge of water that comes now with the storms and i take it thats what were learning in the northeast, that the infrastructure may not be able to handle monster storms that drop rain at the rate this one did. >> reporter: it is interesting you bring that up, chuck. seems like we just dont. we got the answer last night. speaking to folks in new york city which is where i live, building folks, said new york is not built to withstand storms we had in the last summer. t...

That storm. its a pattern we have seen in recent years, and we would not be seeing this in the absence of human caused climate change. the warming of the planet, the record temperatures of our oceans in recent years, has fueled these monster storms. >> yes, they have. craig, let me ask you this. you mentioned that these storms are different this time around. and they are. not everything is exactly the same as came before. but whats different this time around, which wasnt there in 2005 with katri...

These devastating events now. they dont care about whether youre a red state or a blue state. the climate doesnt care about your politics. all of us are subject to these monster storms. were seeing out east, you know, and in the gulf coast, but lets not forget out west right now, were still seeing record wildfires burning right now. we still see the dixie fire, the second largest wildfire in california history, is currently burning. it is threatening to become the largest wildfire in california ...

But we have a little bit to the north, all right? so theyre going to have a little bit of a longer duration of rain, and that moves in, in a matter of hours. some of these thunderstorms, its even see some of the lightning strikes. thats going to be a concern. however, the winds, the tropical storm force winds do not extend outward very far. this time of year, we dont see the monster storms. that doesnt mean over in surfside, they could have an isolated thunderstorm that develops a tropical storm...

Feel the impact from heavy snow winds. more than 2,000 flights were canceled or delayed today in the u.s. are only going to get worse. weve got a team of reporters covering these monster storms and where theyre heading. barry pedersen leads off us in denver. barry, how are things in the mile-high city? >> reporter: the conditions are getting a little better, but because of the storm, hundreds of miles of interstate were closed in colorado, kansas, wyoming, and nebraska. and thats a preview of wh...

With two storms, one that the national weather service says is dangerously strong and unprecedented. both could ruin thanksgiving travel plans for tens of millions. snow is falling right now in salt lake city, the leading edge of a storm that will dump about a foot of snow there by the holiday. more than two-thirds of americans could be hit by powerful wind, rain, or snow. wcbs lonnie quinn has the latest forecast, but first adriana diaz is at chicagos ohare airport. adriana, this is shaping up ...

New report from the united nations is looking at the sweeping consequences of climate change. the report by the inter governmental panel on climate change is having an impact on the world on the ice that makes up so much of the earth and rising seas and melting glaciers is all but certain. and the report claims that the warming climate is killing coral reefs with monster storms and deadly marine heat waves and record losses of sea ice even worse. the panel says given current emissions level, a n...

Tragic example of that. >> thank you. a massive storm is being blamed for two deaths and flooding in the south and it could bring blizzard conditions to millions this weekend. >> good morning, erica. we have a lot to talk about. we have the storm system stretching from the northeast all the way down to the south, bringing monster storms to places like new orleans this morning, and also raining in d.c., new york, atlanta, boston, and getting a mix of rain and even a little bit of snow, but all ...

Temperatures make it that much stronger than it normally would have been? thats where the science has taken us. so were trying to advance the narrative. did this storm happen because of a warmer planet, but was this storm worse because of a warmer planet? >> it does seem like the warm waters of the gulf were a factor in terms of the rapid intensification. >> guaranteed. this is usually the peak of the warmth there anyways. in october, weve had monster storms in the gulf before. a lot of times th...