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Appreciate you joining us. you have a lot to handle, and we wish you and all the community the best of luck. >> thanks for having me. let's go to meteorologist chad myers with what we can expect going forward through the day. is more of this coming as this moves east? >> a little bit, but i don't think we'll see the big storms like they saw in texas yesterday. this was ef-2, ef-3, i'm talking this was a long track, probably on the ground ten miles. i don't see that today. there will be storm that rotate off the gulf of mexico. and also up into parts of georgia and the carolinas. this is wher...

Pasadena. cbs's janet shamlian is going to start us off tonight from pasadena with all the weather updates, good evening, janet. >> reporter: for remarks good evening to you, amid the destruction of homes like this, it is now confirmed one of the tornadoes that touched down here but was a powerful e f-3, the first blow from a storm now delivering severe weather to the eas mess. mon fo of heavy show fell across parts of arkansas causing this ruck to jackknife near fayetteville and cutting power, leaving almost 100,000 people in the dark. heavy snow blanketed ohio, illinois, indiana and missouri...

>> wow, wow. >> reporter: the national weather service now saying that tornado that tore through that area and nearby pasadena was at least an ef-3, meaning it packed winds of up to 140 miles an hour. our mireya villarreal is there. >> you can actually track the storm's path as it moved through pasadena by just looking at the debris. behind me, a church completely destroyed. and in front of me, a rv that flipped over and ended up on the truck. >> reporter: the roof ripped off this animal shelter. all the pets inside are okay and being cared or. officials amazed that so far there are no deaths ...

Alerts. 60 million americans and already tonight, in parts of the northeast, more than a foot of snow. at least 20 reported tornadoes now across multiple states. as we came on last night here, the nor nay doe hitting the suburbs of houston. tonight, we have learned it was an ef-3. winds up to 140 miles an hour. also in texas, this dramatic scene right here in orange, right near the louisiana border. this is a couple and their dogs rushing from their van, taking shelter in a ditch as the storm swept right over them. tonight, saying they feel blessed to be alive. outside houston, that ef-3 torna...

More than 40 reported tornadoes across seven states. massive destruction across the storm zone. at least nine lives lost, including a 5-year-old boy. a tree falling on the family car. the boy did not survive. another passenger in the car we're told was rushed to the hospital. powering winds ripping the roof off this hotel in moulton, alabama. nearly all the casualties in atauga county, alabama. preliminary reports it was an ef-3. winds at least 136 miles an hour. look at this. a tornado tearing through a warehouse. workers were huddling inside when it hit. and in lagrange, georgia homes and ne...