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Surveyed the damage behind me and they found this to be an ef-2 tornado. that's winds up to 135 miles per hour or over 200 kilometers per hour. two tornadoes striking this area within the course of a year, people are wondering if this is their new normal. derek van dam, jefferson parish, louisiana juror at the border. it includes a surge of resources to the border like hundreds of migrant processors and another 2500 contractors and agency workers. ten new temporary so-called soft-sided facilities will increase holding capacity and there will be hundreds of flights and bus routes added per week...

Weather service came to survey the tornado damage you see over my left shoulder and they called this an ef-2 tornado. that's winds of up to 135 miles per hour. now, that's equivalent to a category 3 hurricane, anderson. you're familiar with hurricane katrina. so are the residents of this area. it actually approached the gulf coast as a category 3 as well. but of course the difference here between a hurricane and a tornado is that a hurricane can cause damage over hundreds of miles, whereas a tornado is bit more of a localized experience, taking out houses more city block by city block. >> and ...

Serious injuries, and we also know about 145,000 people are without power across this region. this major storm is still on the move tonight. it is headed east. it's going to bring with it up to 16 inches of fresh snow in upstate new york, lester, so while the storm here has moved on, it's certainly not over. lester. >> a lot of snow, miguel. thank you. in the south that same system causing death and widespread destruction from dozens of tornados that swept through seven states. morgan chesky in louisiana. and, morgan, the experts are still surveying how many tornadoes there were. >> reporter...

This crash shutting down both sides of interstate 76 in somerset, pennsylvania. our stephanie ramos, in syracuse, new york. >> reporter: the same system spawning that deadly tornado outbreak, at least 52 tornadoes tearing through the south. incredible new video from louisiana showing two funnel clouds circling each other before combining into one tornado. the moment this tornado hit the metro. >> lifting this home off its foundation. family actually inside when that happened. that family uninjured. officials say it was an ef-2 tornado. >> when the storm hit, i was cooking red beans. >> reporte...

This wicked start to winter. >> the national weather service actually surveyed the damage from the tornado directly behind me. and they have preliminarily rated this an ef-2 that, is winds up to 135 miles per hour. with two tornadoes striking this same area within the past year, people here are left wondering if this is their new normal. wolf? >> let's hope it's not. thank you very much. just ahead, new video appears to show a massive explosion in if eastern ukraine. the united states finalizes plans to send a potentially game changing defense system to ukraine. plus, new episodes of the h...