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Responding or not. plus devastating storms hitting the south for a second straight day. new video of the damage and where the severe weather threat is right now. >> i mean, it started lightning real good for 10 or 15 minutes. it came down for another good 10. then you heard the tree branches break. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, weve worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. weve shared what weve lea...

Light. also arkansas hit by severe weather, an 18-wheeler was tipped over, homes suffering severe damage. four people were injured in arkansas according to authorities. again, investigators have been dispatched from the national weather service to confirm if these were tornadoes, because witnesses say they put eyes on four different funnel clouds there. and minnesota the ice was the culprit. this icy rain builds up on the tree branches, weighing them down. they snap off and take the power lines ...

Arkansas and st. louis county. both areas saw damage to structures, homes and trees brought down. we have showers and storms across parts of houston, all the way up into parts of michigan and across the great lakes. very widespread storm system. on the back end of it, heavy snow, eight to 12 inches of it. icing is another concern. we have some video well show with you an ice storm warning in effect across southeastern parts of minnesota, a glaze of ice out here of up to a third of an inch is pos...

Also, christine, another concern, snow hanging onto the trees. just want to show you this. you can see how the snow is pretty much just hanging on these branches. some of it is actually pounding down on our heads. this is a serious concern because a lot of this snow could snap those tree branches and come down on power lines. obviously thats a concern. another thing is clearing the snow, right here on this property that were on, we spoke with the snow plow operator just moments ago. i asked him ...

Jenna: well now a fox news weather alert a major winter storm closing in on millions of americans. snow is falling in parts of the midwest. heavy snow and strong wind and flooding all possible as the system sweeps through a huge part of the united states. meteorologist maria molina has the details from the very extreme weather center. maria. >> hi, jenna. seems like every week we have some extreme storm to track and this week its a major snowstorm, possibly the biggest so far this season in the ...

Kansas where both places have had two days of kind of drenching with this snow is really causing havoc and power lines. this heavy snow, it clings to tree branches. those branches droop, sometimes they fall. take the power lines out with them. thats a problem over in southeast michigan right now. so, if this is whats happening now, it may be much worse up in the northeast and this is why, particularly in the northern regions. northern new york, northern portions of new england, they are projecte...

Left behind, about ten inches of snow came through the area. at it all headed to chicago where it becomes everybodys problem. it starts starts to inhibit air. in kansas city we had problem on the road. the road crews with bigamous, had a hard time staying ahead of it. it hit in the middle of the night so they were able to plow. cars on the street slipped around, a lot of them got stuck. the issue now is all of this snow that is stuck to the trees, thats weighing down the tree branches, that weig...

An hour and you get gusts still going to 30, 40 miles an hour and the big issue here, though, the power is out for a lot of people in downtown and its easy to see why. you see some of those power lines now sagging pretty close to the ground and they have a nice coating of snow and an icy mix on top of them. it has forced a lot of tree branches down and a lot of power lines down and certainly the road conditions are no better. you see it here. you can make out the double yellow line here, but ple...

>> bill: two injured people were smoking on top of a storage tank when the. fire engulfed two of the five tanks of the place. crews sprayed foam to keep the flames from spreading elsewhere. one of the victims suffered severe burns to the face and chest. the other is currently on life support tonight. >> today marks three months since super storm sandy devastated parts of the northeastern u.s. a major effort now underway to recycle huge amounts of all the debris that sandy left behind. and crews ...

Midwest over the weekend of the it is making its way east make a messy commute for some folks. >> you have to be careful. >> not in a hurry to get anywhere. watch the road. watch where youre going. martha: got to worry about the ice. the snow is okay. ice not so great. were watching this and its pat. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox news weather center. maria, what do we have coming our way here? >> martha, good to see you. good morning, everyone. we have the storm that impacted por...