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From one extreme to the next is becoming just too much to bear. neighbors now coming together tonight to do what they can to help those who have lost so much in these storms. >> it is just sad to see. it is heard to see these peoples livelihoods gone. it is just hard to see, so, its just unbelievable to me. >> right now severe weather alerts are in effect from the south to the midwest as the threat is not over yet. will carr is live on the ground in rowlett, texas. will, how are residents coping...

Came through and you could feel the house shake and shimmy. >> reporter: in nearby garland eight people were killed when the tornado swept across an overpass knocking their cars down onto the ground 20 feet below. about 600 structures were damaged there. and the city mayor came out and issued a state of emergency. also, the governor of texas coming out today issuing a state of disaster for four counties. >> and what is the death toll across the region right now? >> reporter: well, its almost 30 ...

Came through and you could feel the house shake and shimmy. >> reporter: in nearby garland eight people were killed when the tornado swept across an overpass knocking their cars down onto the ground 20 feet below. about 600 structures were damaged there. and the city mayor came out and issued a state of emergency. also, the governor of texas coming out today issuing a state of disaster for four counties. >> and what is the death toll across the region right now? >> reporter: well, its almost 30 ...

From one extreme to the next is becoming just too much to bear. neighbors now coming together tonight to do what they can to help those who have lost so much in these storms. >> it is just sad to see. it is heard to see these peoples livelihoods gone. it is just hard to see, so, its just unbelievable to me. >> right now severe weather alerts are in effect from the south to the midwest as the threat is not over yet. will carr is live on the ground in rowlett, texas. will, how are residents coping...

Texas on saturday, and over the past week, all across the country, 43 people have been killed from weather-related storms, greg. >> will carr live in texas, thank you very much. forecasters say the storm system creating blizzard-like conditions in some areas and could dump up to ten inches of snow in the midwest. trace gallagher monitoring all of that. trace, bad weather is certainly causing major problems for folks across a huge section of our country. >> and you got to keep in mind, greg, th...

The winter storms now tracking across the midwest. officials have cancelled nearly 2,000 flights at u.s. airports, stranding holiday travelers. it is the latest in a string of severe storms that killed more than 40 people in the united states. we have fox team coverage now. trace gallagher has more on the flooding and snow. janice dean has the forecast. but first, lets check in with will carr who is live in texas. will, how is it looking on the ground there? >> reporter: were inside a home. the ...

Had pretty good rain in los angeles and orange counties, we literally have had maybe a tenth of an inch in the last six weeks. >> and its been a very active fire season for california this year, take a look at some of the numbers, there have been almost 6,300 fires that are burned, more than 307,000 acres. compare that to 2014 when you had almost 2,000 less the number of fires and only burned about 191,000 acres. gregg, fire season in california used to be from may to september, but with the fou...

Order. will carr with more on this. will? >> reporter: the biggest threat right now is that this fire continues to burn near several oil fields in the area. those oil fields are held to the same restrictions that homes across california are so that they cant have any brush or trees within 100% feet of the oil but that being said, firefighters said it quickly threatened 50 to 60 homes prompting mandatory evacuations and at one point, jumped the 101 freeway, a major artery that runs north an south...

A lot of slides. the grass is bone dry and helping to spread the fire really quickly. >> shutting down portionings of 101 and pch. big bear lake always gets hit with something. what do we know about the fatal fire in big bear? >> yeah. thats right. a tragic fire on christmas inside a mobile home. a mother and three children were killed in the father. the father grabbed a hose and tried to spray down the home. it was like watching a water gun on a volcano, say witnesses. >> will carr, live in los...

Another life. greg. >> brian, thanks very much. >> and a winter storm of epic proportions could be on the way. forecasters predicting a, quote, historic blizzard for the texas and oklahoma pan handles. blizzard warnings going into effect this hour as the storm system takes direct aim at the southern plains. parts of oklahoma could get up to 15 inches of snow. now to that out of control wildfire we told us about in california. it is threatening dozens of homes and forcing evacuations north of los...