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There are a lot of hectic travel days ahead. what are the airlines saying? >> reporter: we're seeing a flurry of cancellations tomorrow. although christmas day is the lightest travel day of the season, the issue might be getting that flight back. cancellations expected to continue into the weekend. >> elwyn, thank you. and millions on weather alert from california to wyoming. flooding and mudslides making travel difficult in parts of california. will carr reports. >> reporter: tonight, rivers of mud closing roads and forcing evacuations from an atmospheric river fueling powerful storms. dump...

Help, hit by another vehicle. in san mateo county, two people drowning in their cars. >> they tried to gain access to the vehicle in the water. however, the conditions changed rapidly, and it became too dangerous for the responders. >> reporter: the system bringing big-time snow to the mountains. will carr in soda springs. >> the snow here has been relentless. it's going to pound into the weekend. the highest elevations are going to get up to ten feet and it's creating dangerous driving conditions. this is i-80 east. you can see, it's a standstill. there have been several spinouts up ahead and...

We might finally see that change with less than an inch tomorrow. but back into the rockies, yes, they are going to get their first significant. you see all the winter and viseries that stretch from northern michigan back through new mexico. and watch this. it all starts happening tomorrow in the northern great lakes, but then the record highs on the southern end. we're talking from texas to kentucky. we could see record highs broken. and that's going to help fuel the severe storms, which look like a real overnight tornado threat. indiana, kentucky, tn, and also mississippi. damaging wind coul...

This complex. david? >> shows just how interconnected everything is these days. matt, thank you. we are also monitoring the state of emergency unfolding in hawaii tonight. major flash flooding after nearly four times the monthly rainfall in just the past two days. tonight, the mudslides crashing into homes. road closures and power outages effecting thousands. here's will carr. >> reporter: hawaii under a state of emergency. a powerful storm system drenching the island chain, triggering days of damaging winds and relentless rounds of heavy rain. >> we continue to get rainfall rates coming in ...

Be replaced. >> reporter: falling trees narrowly missing drivers. >> this is where my car was parked. >> reporter: on maui, dan coleman's van washed away. >> we were in the kitchen and we heard this roar and i knew that was water coming down the road. >> reporter: david, i a normal december, honolulu only gets two inches of rain a month. over the past 48 hours, we've seen four times that much, leading to this damage. there's still rain in the forecast and a threat of more landslides like this in the coming days. david? >> will carr tonight from hawaii. will, thank you. we turn now to chicago...