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The extreme weather. right now looking at showers and sleet and snow mixing in. that's the bright colors around minneapolis. and a rough go of it along i-90 and i-94. the midsection of this system later on this afternoon. places like omaha, into des moines, and lingering into chicago could see severe thunderstorms, including the threat of tornadoes. and on the tail end of that storm, we're going to see really strong winds gusting as much as 50 miles per hour. so there's a critical fire danger today. so guys, get ready, more of that snow back in the forecast for tomorrow. >> some of our best st...

And then on the southern tail of this thing, it's kicking in the wind. we're talking about gusts probably up to 50 to 60 miles per hour, and a critical fire conditions. so if you're traveling today, chicago we think that will be one of the worst airports in the nation with delays. minneapolis and detroit problems, a few winds for you there, new york city, minor delays expected. dallas and denver as well as san francisco and the west coast is going to see another big storm hitting later on tonight. back to you guys. >> thanks very much for that. jacque jeras -- >> thanks for telling us there'll...

There. >> thanks, chris. >> every time we talk to somebody about this, we get one more piece of information because the speculation was do we have u.s. special ops troops on the ground who were able to get there? >> spider marks thinks there's some presence there. >> there is some logic to the idea we have carriers off the coast of libya that could've flown -- >> right. quick search and rescue. >> we'll find out more about this as we go on. still to come this morning, rain and snow threatening to flood parts of the midwest this morning. jacque jeras will have the full forecast after the brea...

The british coast guard officially saying a so-called supermoon may have caused five ships to run aground over this weekend in a busy shipping lane. >> i don't understand that. we don't -- we don't sail by the moon anymore. >> but it lowered the water so the sand bars were exposed. in the seven years -- i've got a compass in my back pocket, that's how i got to work today. it's the closest to the earth in nearly two decades. they believed it lowered the tides causing sand banks to be exposed and that is why the ships -- >> no, really, we have a little body of water near the long island -- it wa...

Storms to push eastward, we'll have to continue to watch them and see if they pick up any rotation but it doesn't look like that's a likely indication at this hour. now, we're expecting to see severe storms continue through the night tonight in this high-risk area in particular, the storm pushes towards the east and we'll be watching northern georgia, eastern tennessee, and eastern kentucky overnight. tomorrow, it will mostly be the eastern seaboards, from, say, the jersey shore on southward but it's less favorable for rotating thunderstorm, don, as it will be straight-line wind damage and som...