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S my husband. Crews have been working to fix the roof. But itts been windy. Now the family is hoping for no rain until this roof can be fixed. We werent the only ones to get hit with severe weather. Powerful storms slammed the gulf states. Leaving at least 3 people dead. And dozens hospitalized. Yesterday. This is video of damage. In pensacola, florida. Where at least one tornado was reported. As you can see trees are toppled over. And some homes have been leveled. Because of the storm. Now peop...

Roads are blocked by downed tree, power lines and piles of debris were torn from homes. And take a look at this video of the storm passing over the white house and the washington monument. Some pretty scary stuff. Scott, were being told that just over the boarder from washington in maryland in at least one floodprone area, people are being rescued from their cars. Pelley chip, thanks very much. Tornadoes killed at least three people yesterday in mississippi and louisiana. At an r. V. Park in con...

The wind advisory kicks in from 7 00 until midnight for the entire viewing area, and we could see gusts, especially at the higher elevations. Until 7 00 in the morning on friday, and we will talk more about this wintertype weather later on. Back to you, gabrielle. Gabrielle lets talk about the wind again. It made a mess, and some of it is in spartanburg. Mike mccormick covers it. Mike right now, the Fire Department is here to keep people away from the building, and that is because the roof is ha...

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