38, and now theres a Tornado Warning not far from the track where thousands of fans are outside. Tom slater is here following this very important story and the developments. Whats going on . Fredricka, weve got 33 of 200 laps completed and they had to halt because of rain. Rainfall, which is quite heavy from louisiana right across northern florida, but its getting a little closer here because without a severe thunderstorm watch, without a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch, warnings have been issued by the natural weather service. In pink is the Tornado Warning. This first one was issued at 2 32. Just moments ago the National Weather service issued a new Tornado Warning and it seems as though this severe thunderstorm cell is starting to turn a little more southeastward toward Daytona Beach. Why is this so important . Weve got the Daytona Beach, the speedway there, capacity is about 147,000. If you include everyone in the infield, the vendors out in the parking lots, weve got a quarte
5 30 a. M. Cal tile. And then the captain asked to climb higher because of storms. And nouw, family, of course, they are desperate for any sign of what may have happened to the plane. No american ss were on board. Almost all of the passengers were indonesian nationals. The ntsb is monitoring the situation, and of course, they are prepared to assist if asked. Despite a Massive International search effort, there is still no trace of the aircraft or the 239 people on board of mh370 which crashed in march. And now we go to the missing jet from surabaya where it took off en route to singapore, and now Andrew Stevens is just south of the Crisis Center, and what are we hearing from the authorities there . Well it is just after 1 00 in the morning, martin. There has not been much new information that i can the tell you about. And what i can say is that the search resuming at full force, there will be several vessels, and singapore is sending one aerial reconnaissance airline, and we dont know
His take on what the president had to say. And Bobbi Cristina brown was found facedown in a bathtub full of water. The news starts right now. Thank you for joining us. Here we go again, some 100 Million People this time are or will soon be under some sort of winter storm watch, warning or advisory as another massive winter storm is beginning to unleash this time across 18 states. Snow is already hitting the midwest, more than 2,000 flights have been cancelled and if youre headed out to a Super Bowl Party this evening. Well the weather could be even worse on the way home. Well have full coverage for you. Ryan young is in chicago, Martin Savidge in cleveland and sarah is in Laguardia Airport in new york. Ryan lets begin with you in chicago, first of all, welcome to cnn, your first assignment and youre in the middle of snow. Reporter we have been tracking this event since about 3 30 this morning and theyre calling it an extreme weather event. And if you look around you can see all this sn
Powerful. And on bar buddha, the Prime Minister says the island is literally rubble. My goodness. Look at those pictures. Up to 37 Million People at risk tonight. 37 Million People at risk. And thats just the beginning. There are now three hurricanes in the atlantic. Irma, jose and katia. Our reports are live tonight all across the region weve got this covered. Cnns tom slater is in the Weather Center for us and thats where were going to begin tonight. Tom, this is a mon sfer itormon monster of a hurricane. Its time to pack up and head out because weve seen now 32 straight hours plus that this system has been churning with winds at 180 miles an hour or greater. We havent had systems like this. This is the strongest to ever impact the Leeward Islands and last night we were concerned about barbuda. In fact around 1 00 a. M. In the morning, barely habitable. The French Foreign minister said the four tallest billings on the island are completely destroyed, as well as most of the buildings.
Listen to the sound as irma hit the caribbean island of st. Martin. Powerful. And on barbuda, the Prime Minister says the island is literally rubble. My goodness, look at those pictures. Up to 37 Million People at risk tonight. And thats just the beginning. There are now three hurricanes in the atlantic. Irma, jose and katia. Our reporters are live tonight throughout the region. Cnns tom slaters in the Weather Center for us. Tom, this is a monster of a hurricane plowing throughout caribbean right now. Whats the latest on this . Youve said t perfectly, dont. Were running out of add jaefs to scribe it. When a meteorologist run out of those its time to pack up. Weve seen 32 straight hours that the system has been churning with winds at 180 Miles Per Hour or greater. This is the strongest to ever impact the leeward islands. Last night we were concerned about barbuda. In fact 1 00 in the morning, the Prime Minister said st. Martin the foreign minister said the tallest buildings on the islan