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An unprecedented, and rare December storm system rolled through the Upper Midwest on Wednesday, producing severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and some extreme wind gusts. Several tornadoes touched down in Iowa and
Family from bosnia. >> they had a lot of kids. they would go outside, playing and all that. just seeing this right now, man, this is devastating. >> reporter: and we have new information on the horrific scale of the tornado that ripped through mayfield and dawson springs, kentucky. the national weather service says that tornado had a maximum width of a mile or more, had peak winds of 190 miles an hour, and was on the ground for at least 128 miles. brian todd, cnn, mayfield, kentucky. >> thank you, brian. now, the prosecution in the trial of former minneapolis cop kim potter charged in the sh...
No injuries or fatalities. it's still very windy. we still have 72 people impacted by the winds. the peak winds were in colorado and also kansas. look at that. numerous 100-mile-per-hour winds. for today, that storm is going to kick up one more day in the northeast, jonathan. enjoy this. this is like a broken record. this should be the warmest day until spring. well, 63 in new york today. and look at vermont. it's almost 60 degrees in northern vermont today. yeah, one more day of this and then winter returns. >> bill karins, i don't know much, but i don't believe it should be 56 degrees in bur...
>> reporter: and we have new information tonight from the national weather service on just the horrific scale of the tornado that came through here and in dawson springs, the national weather service saying that this tornado had a maximum width of a mile or more. had peak winds of 190 miles per hour and was on the ground for 128 miles at least. meanwhile, this freakish end of the year tornado surge which rarely happens is continuing tonight. tornado watches in six states covering 4 million people and wolf we have reported of eight tornados touching down tonight in nebraska and iowa so far. >> ...
The explosions happened just hours after everyone inside the house had evacuated. in a new jersey suburb outside of philadelphia, a confirmed tornado ripped several homes apart with peak winds of 150 miles an hour. in new york city, 11 of 13 people who died in the storm died in their basement apartments. the youngest victim, a 2-year-old boy. in the neighborhood in philadelphia, streets looked like rivers, cars submerged. top democrats are wasting no time. president biden and top democrats used it as an opportunity to pitch their massive spending bill. >> global warming is upon us. it will get...