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Wooden pallet and straps were spotted. planes now returning to their base in perth, australia after finding no signs of flight 370. the search area now nearly 23,000 square miles, that poseidon crusade conditions were terrible today with low cloud ceilings and poor visibility. we want to turn now to cnn's andrew stevens who is in perth, australia. how bad the weather and how can they actually operate if they didn't see anything? >> reporter: the weather is bad, and worse is expected to come, candy. the reports we've been getting back is what you're saying. low cloud, drizzle, high winds, high ...

Such a challenge. andrew stevens in perth watching there. thanks. i spoke with lieutenant commander adam chance, the officer in charges of p-8 poseidon helping search. he flew one of the first missions in kuala lumpur and overseeing the mission in perth. lieutenant commander joining me. thank you for jumping on the phone, i know you're very busy overseeing operations in perth. we know weather was a big problem yesterday in perth. today we're told conditions are quite a bit better. how would you describe how the search is going? >> going good, doing what they are supposed to do, like you said...

This storm system creating holiday weather travel havoc. millions of travelers plan to be on the move today. rain and snow clogging packed roadways. rick is back with your travel forecast. hi, rick. >> gretchen, a lot of those roadways that are wet are going to freeze quickly. when the cold front comes through, it's going to drop the temperatures down rapidly. be prepared for that if you're driving later on tonight or tomorrow morning. airport delays, right around an hour across new york city. newark, 30 minutes. the worst has been the philadelphia airport. low cloud ceilings. they can't let a...

The plane broke into pieces and went newspaper flames. it happened as it was about to land. the plane tore through trees, snapped a power pole and went down in a field. the crash site litters with u.p.s. packages, burned wires and fuselage. the officials say there were several explosions likely from the jet fuel. >> it shook the whole house, i mean it shook. maybe 15 minutes after that, you could hear it shake again. that's when i looked out the bedroom window and saw the smoke. >> witnesses report hearing what sounded like sputtering engines and seeing the jet on fire just before the crash. j...

Throughout the morning. low cloud ceilings. investigators say at this point it's way too early to speculate on what brought down flight 1354. right now on the left side of your screen you are looking at live pictures from our crew on site just off the airport property. you can see that there are no homes in the immediate area where the plane went down. it's a grassy field just outside the airport perimeter fence. trees and power lines were knocked down and the two pilots onboard the aircraft, the only two people onboard, were killed and pronounced dead at the scene according to the birmingham ...