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You can really get a sense for what is happening on the ground. we are in lee county and one of the areas hit by the tornado and i can give you some perspective. back behind this tree line left standing where you see the flashing lights, behind were some homes and they are gone. there is nothing left. you can see the debris left behind by those homes. i want to zoom in on a dryer on the side of this county road and what looks like a dishwasher and you can see siding all over the place hanging off of tree limbs. i want to show you some other things to get a perspective how strong these wents we...

Homes across the county road and up here some siding and back there if we can put the light and zoom in that is a fostered from the bathroom. it is insane how far it traveled. you see siding all over the limbs, tree limbs all over the ground and pieces of the roof, things are just a mess everywhere. think about all these families, haven't been able to see their homes a what is left of the more have to go digging through their homes to look for pictures and sentimental items. it will be so difficult to find anything because things have been thrown all over the place. that is the scene in lee co...

Weather center with the latest. how often do we see tornadoes in mid january in the south? >> it's rare. but if it's going to occur, it was likely to be in the southeast. but, again, even for this area, it is rare in january. their peak is more in the spring, march, april, may, those typical months. we had not one but three reported tornadoes from this system that slid through yesterday. numerous wind reports causing tree limbs and things like that to come down as well. but we also had storm reports further north from the same system but those were a different type of report. those were actual...

Precipitation which froze and that is a big concern here. those frigid temperatures. it is what comes after the snowstorm that really worries people because there is that potential for ice, not just on tree limbs, but also on power lines and that is why for the last few days, we have seen utility crews staged throughout the northeast ready to move in when and if some of those blackouts begin to be reported. bringing it back to connecticut here when ned lamont, the governor of the state, activated his emergency operation center and activity rye now. the main warning from officials, if you don't...

South and west of richmond, could accumulate over half an inch. with the potential of bringing down tree limbs and electrical poles as well. this is a real problem for this area. storm moving east, will exit the region quickly through the course of the end of the weekend. >> ice, never a good thing. >> no, we're all too familiar with that in atlanta. we don't like that obviously. >> don't deal with it very well. >> that's right. >> derek, thank you. a medical miracle in the democratic republic of congo. an ebola survivor beats the odds and gives birth to a healthy baby girl. a story of hope ...