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When we have a break in the weather consistently we can bring those resources in. >> reporter: instead firefighters have been struggling over steep terrain to get to the fire. these winds are at hurricane strength in some of the canyons and there's no sign they'll let up. in fact, red flag warnings are expected to continue through thursday. david wright, abc news, at the etiwanda fire in california. >> along with those red flag warnings, southern california can expect record heat. >> the latest on the conditions in california and on the rainstorms in the east. we go to accu-weather's jim dicke...

Asking for a federal disaster declaration for his state where three people lost their lives. the same storm system brought strong winds and tornados to central north carolina. at least one mobile home was damaged in cumberland county and several homes under construction were flattened. the heavy rain caused a sinkhole to open up under a trailer and wiped out a bridge. some areas of the east can expect up to six more inches of rain from this nasty storm system. check in with accu-weather where meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. sort ...

Dickey is tracking storms. good morning, jim. good morning, john and diana. conditions are right for another round of dangerous tornadoes. here today the threat shifts eastward from eastern louisiana across central and southern mississippi into central alabama and northwestern georgia. again, the threat for dangerous long-track tornadoes and the threat shifts further east into wednesday, not quite the tornado threat but certainly gusty winds, large hail and these storms bringing rounds of torrential rain, flash flooding and river flooding. major concern through midweek. john and diana, bac...

Colleges. it's not going to affect private universities. it was unusual to see this back and forth between justices sotomayor and roberts with her accu accusing a color blind policy and not taking into account the reality of the way things stand today. >> i thought to get your thoughts on how testy it got and justice scalia countered with something else. talk about that. >> that was definitely very strange. it's something you don't commonly see. it got a little personal to a certain extent. with sotomayor bringing in her background and how race has affected her and saying she's benefitted from...

Snow squall causing this mammoth pile-up. nearly a hundred cars and trucks slamming into one another. terrified drivers saying they couldn't see more than three feet in front of them and they slid off the highway. there were so many damaged cars, police had to tow them to a racetrack to investigate. big part of the country heading into a deep freeze on this final day of february. >> accu weather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest on this record-breaking cold. good morning, jim. >> good morning john and marci. challenging record lows across the north and east here. through morning hours,...