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Move relatively quickly. and it's going to start in the west and make its way to the east. we have the potentials in california for flash flooding, because these areas are picking up 1, even 2 inches of rain, which may not sound like a lot to folks in the eastern half of the country, but that is dangerous in the western half. then that system makes its way east, bringing even more participation to cities like chicago on christmas day, even minneapolis, and the potential for some severe weather across portions of the central u.s., as well. now, the main threats with this are going to be damagin...

Flights have been canceled or delayed. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking it all from atlanta. allison, an estimated third of the country are going to be traveling for the holiday, so what can they expect? >> a lot can expect a lot of inclement weather. saginaw michigan, down through detroit, and as you go farther south, it starts to transition into rain. but some of these areas, it's coming down very heavily. we've also got some purple in here, indicating just a very heavy snow. the reason this is a concern, obviously, it's beginning to exit chicago, but starting tomorrow, we're g...

Around in the great lakes. yesterday it was all about louisiana. they did pick up several inches of rain. we also had tornado warnings all the through the state yesterday morning. we are seeing that heavy rain moving up across the great lakes. michigan and ohio and chicago area and also indiana will be the ones dealing with the heaviest of the rain. although, it is starting to exit chicago. that should help alleviate any travel troubles that could have been caused out there early this morning. it's a pretty strong system. it's a very slow moving system. that's why we did end up with so much fl...

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