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Three burn victims are now in critical condition. a drought and hurricane-force winds fueled flames overnight and spread embers. >> the high winds were knocking down trees. the trees were hitting power lines and they were falling on this very dry, extreme drought-like condition, and everything was catching on fire. >> reporter: thousands forced to evacuate. many taking shelter at evacuation centers. some had to abandon their pets because they simply didn't have enough time. others had to drive straight through the flames because it was the only way out. now, all they can do is wait to see, and...

Trying to fight a fire. those winds of that nature, it is common to pick up embers of fire and take them greater than a mile away. at the same time, we were facing that challenge, those high winds were knocking down trees. those trees were hitting power lines and they were falling on this very dry extreme drought-like condition and everything was catching on fire. that's how it got to that point so rapidly. >> any other questions? >> the people in gatlinburg, check on home, business that are affected. >> we've been listening to an update from gatlinburg and the region around it in tennessee. h...

York, a confirmed tornado near rochester taking down trees. two tornadoes reported in florida. and in the deep south, deep water. louisiana along the red river, the highest the river has been in 70 years, the water flowing down river from texas and oklahoma from rains that fell in may. residents now waist deep, sandbagging, trying anything they can to hold back the floodwater. >> right now, all we can do is wait and pray and stay hopeful. >> reporter: the severe threat for friday will include a texas/oklahoma panhandle, where some storms could produce flash flooding and also severe weather acr...

>> severe weather caused some major travel problems and headaches across the country. in total, 55 million people min 24 states faced winter advisories and the first major storm of 2015. karen mcguinness has details for us. >> reporter: the first major storm of 2015 bringing severe weather to much of the eastern half of the country just as millions of travelers are headed home from the holidays. in all, 55 million people in 28 states faced winter storm watches, warnings and advisories this weekend. in mississippi, rain and strong winds destroyed several mobile homes bringing down trees, knocki...

♪ wow, that's a whole lot of people traveling right there, 98 million, woo! severe storms striking the deep south just before christmas. hopefully you aren't going to get caught in any of that. tornado ripped through eastern louisiana, damaging more than a dozen homes, knocking down trees, and power lines there. the same storm system being blamed now for four deaths and dozens of injuries in southern mississippi. the governor called a state of emergency for that area. cnn's jennifer gray is at the weather center tracking it all for us. so how is it looking, jennifer? >> we are still seeing...