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We're going to get right to cnn's nick valencia outside yosemite national park. so, nick, you just returned from a tour of the fire lines. we spoke to you very briefly just about 30 minutes ago -- just about an hour ago, i should say. what are the crews doing to slow this fire down? >> reporter: well, they're working against a lot of odds at this hour, don. and just take a look at these pictures, and it gives you a sense of what firefighters are dealing with right now at this hour. this was just shot by our cnn crew moments ago. it's that western boundary of yosemite national park which has be...

Hail. the meteorologist that we love when it comes to this situation is chad myers. he and our cnn crew out in oklahoma where the worst weather's expected. it doesn't look bad behind you right now, but is it always sort of the calm before the storm there? >> you know what, ashleigh, it looks very bad to a weather man behind me. because you don't want the sun out. you don't want that blue sky. you don't want it to be six degrees warmer where i'm standing today than it was right here yesterday. and you certainly don't want blue skies for the rest of this afternoon because that makes a lot worse ...

Happen there at all or if it's on and off rain in kiln. >> it's been incredible for about 24 hours of rain. when people had an hour off, they were doing whatever they can, get their kid out of the house, try and get their dogs out of the house, and now thank god, we've had about two or three hours of sunshine. although conditions still getting worse. this is river flood here from the jordan river. that river is overflown and so it's steadily gotten higher, even though it looks nicer, sun out, still troubled times ahead for this neighborhood. >> shep: i'll say. on a canoe down main street, we s...

Snowstorm coming, but this is one of the bigger ones we're going to get in a few of these citys. my predicted totals. most will happen tonight into tomorrow morning. we're talking areas like chicago, detroit, major big cities, four to eight inches of snow which typically is not a big deal this time of year, but because we haven't had a lot of snow in the cities this could be one of the bigger snows of the season. sioux falls, grand rapids significant snow, a little less in des moines and ames. milwaukee and cleveland on the edge of this storm system, maybe nothing, maybe an inch or two, nothin...

Have to -- we have detached our -- we have to test our emergency sirens during the good weather to make sure they're operable. because we're following the advice of our friends at the weather service and there's the possibility of further inclement weather. we have to make sure they're running to protect our citizens. we have nine sirens that we will sound at 10:30 a.m. this morning with the sun out, hopefully, and we need to get word out to residents not to panic, not to be alarmed. that we have to do this to ensure their future safety. once again, at 10:30 a.m., we're going to sound the sire...