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Wildfires. >> yep, that's right. in fact, new overnight, some of those very same areas you're mentioning have gone from evacuation warning to evacuation order by local officials. and that means it's actually unlawful to remain within this particular area as this atmospheric river of moisture just unloads itself across the western u.s. making those burn areas particularly vulnerable. we talk about this bomb cyclone. there is a specific definition to the storm. it's a strengthening process that takes place over the open ocean waters. there's a lot of wind and moisture associated with it. it's cr...

Well advertised. and we're really honing in on sunday into monday, that is the time frame when the strongest part of this system, the parade of storms, the series of storms that will impact this region, that will bring the potential for mudslides and localized flash flooding as well. so there is a flash flood watch. debris floe threat with the recent fires. there isn't a lot -- there is a lot of charred landscape. so precipitation doesn't soak into the ground as easy and we get the mud and rock flow. so that is a concern for anyone living at the base of some of these taller mountains. >> and w...

Chicago could see wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. that will absolutely impact flights there. then, on thanksgiving day itself, it moves into the northeast. that could cause trouble. 20 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts could potentially effect the balloons. some snow showers there. but how about that storm that's hitting tonight? this could bomb out, as we call it, drop 24 millibars in less than 24 hours. that means up to 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts, it means one to two inches of rain in southern california, some of those recent burn scars, we could see mudslides and debris floe. this thing m...

David? >> to make matters worse for sure. steve, thank you. let's get more on the system set to move right across the country, in fact. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us. ginger? >> reporter: david, even jackson, mississippi, could break a record by tomorrow morning. that's how far south this cold goes. and stretches with freeze alerts from texas to north carolina, even north florida. it's not going to be warm in the northeast, either. look at some of the numbers tomorrow morning. you wake up, it feels like 8 in new york city, or 6 below in buffalo. but let's go ahead and q...

The ground, rivers all overflowing and the water needs to go somewhere. so we'll be seeing flash flood problems and also maybe mud and debris floe. so we'll give you an update here in the next hour or so. >> a tough go the next couple weeks. shawna mendiola, thank you. joining me now is admiral that h thad allen with the u.s. coast guard. he was in charge of hurricane katrina. thank you. so as we're hearing some of these efforts, walk us through what the government response looks like at this point. >> well, we need to understand at the outset that responses from the local governments and th...