WEATHER
WEATHER SYSTEM IMPACTING MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES IS BEING BLAMED FOR AT LEAST 11 DEATHS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE
FORE. I'M HEATHER MYERS. I'M
CARLO CHIQUITO. THREE WERE
KILLED AFTER AN APPARENT
TORNADO TORE THROUGH A SEASIDE
TOWN NORTH CAROLINA. NEARLY
FOUR MILLION PEOPLE IN TEXAS
STILL DON'T HAVE POWER AS THE
STATE DEALS WITH FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. MICHAEL GEORGE
REPORTS FROM NEW YORK IN
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA, RESIDENTS ARE
ASSESSING THE DAMAGE MANGLED
HOMES, TREES SNAPPED IN HALF
FROM AN OVERNIGHT TORNADO. IT'S
DEFINITELY A VERY HAZARDOUS
SITUATION WITH DEBRIS HOMES
DAMAGED STUFF ALL OVER THE
PLACE IN THE SMALL TOWN
OF JAMACHA BECAUSE GEORGIA THE
WINDS SHREDDED HOMES IN MINUTES
WHERE ALL GOING TO COME
TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS AND DO THE BEST WE
CAN TO GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER. IN TEXAS, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER AT THE
WORST POSSIBLE TIME AS TEXANS
ARE FACING ANOTHER NIGHT
OF RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS AS WELL AS
MORE SNOW AND ICE. AUSTIN'S
MAYOR SAYS THE STATE JUST
WASN'T PREPARED FOR WEATHER
LIKE THIS GETS REALLY HOT IN
TEXAS. WE PLAN FOR THAT BY
REACHING THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES AT THIS LEVEL FOR
THIS DURATION IS SOMETHING THAT
THE STATE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT
PLAN FOR IN COLORADO NORTH
OF DENVER. ONE PERSON DIED
TUESDAY WHEN A SEMILLON PICKUP
COLLIDED ON A SNOW
COVERED HIGHWAY IN KENTUCKY.
PLOW TRUCKS WORKED THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TO CLEAR THE ROADS IN
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, THE
WINTER WEATHER CAUSED A WATER
MAIN BREAK FLOODING STREETS AND
PARKING LOTS AND THE STORM IS
DUMPING UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF
OF SNOW IN PARTS OF CHICAGO.
MICHAEL GEORGE, CBS
NEWS EARLIER TODAY I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A
REPORTER AT ONE OF OUR SISTER
STATIONS IN TEMPLE, TEXAS.
THAT'S ABOUT 30 MINUTES SOUTH
OF WACO. THIS WAS THEIR
FORECAST FOR TODAY ZERO DEGREES
ZERO AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING BY LUNCHTIME ONLY 15.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE
AS THEY GET TO 10:00 O'CLOCK
TONIGHT, THEY'RE ACTUALLY
EXPECTING MORE FREEZING RAIN TO
MOVE. REPORTER BARRY ROY FROM
KCNC TV SHOWS US WHAT THEY'VE
ARE DEALING WITH. WE ARE
CHATTING WITH BARRY ROY OUT
OF TEMPLETON, TEXAS, WHICH IS
AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE STATE.
BARRY, SET THE SCENE FOR US.
HOW COLD IS IT RIGHT NOW? IT'S
REALLY COLD. WE'RE ACTUALLY TO
THE TEAMS RIGHT NOW. LAST TIME
I LOOKED AT THE TEMPERATURE
WERE ABOUT 12 TO 13 DEGREES.
THAT'S THE LAST TIME I CHECKED
THE TEMPERATURE AGAIN SUPER
COLD TEMPERATURES HERE. PEOPLE
NOT EVEN PREPARED FOR THAT
AROUND HERE. SO PANERAI JUST A
BIT AND SHOW ME WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE RIGHT BEHIND YOU TO SEE A
GAS STATION. THE ROADS LOOK
LIKE THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE
MORE CARS ON THEM. HEATHER,
I'LL TELL YOU WE ARE EXPECTING
MORE FREEZING RAIN TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
MORNING AS WELL. THAT IS GOING
TO MAKE IT FOR A VERY DIFFICULT
COMMUTE TOMORROW. WHAT'S THE
POWER AND ELECTRICITY AND WATER
SITUATION IN YOUR AREA WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO THE POWER
SITUATION? IT'S VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO GET BACK ONLINE.
WE'RE HOPING BEEN TOLD THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD BE GETTING BACK
ONLINE HERE SHORTLY BUT THAT
HASN'T OBVIOUSLY BEEN THE CASE.
SO AGAIN, THIS GUY JUST
SPINNING HIS WHEELS. IT'S JUST
NOT USED TO THIS KIND
OF WEATHER. SO I WOULD THINK
THESE HUGE TRUCKS TEXAS IS
KNOWN FOR THEIR GIANT TRUCKS
WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW. CLEARLY I'M
WRONG. WELL, I MEAN YOU HAVE A
LAYER OF ICE THAT IS UNDERNEATH
THIS AS WELL. SO ANYTHING THAT
FELL YESTERDAY IN FORM OF SNOW
THAT'S REFERRAL NOW FOR THE
GROUND. THERE WAS ALSO THAT
LAYER OF ICE THAT WAS
UNDERNEATH THAT FAULT. SO
PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY STRUGGLING
TO MAKE IT. THIS GUY KIND
OF SPIN AROUND THIS GUY
SERIOUSLY IS COMMITTED TO
GETTING OUT HERE. SO WE'LL SEE
HOW LONG IT TAKES HIM TO GET
OUT OF HERE. BUT THIS IS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF TEXAS
FOLKS RIGHT NOW TO DEAL WITH
SNOW. SOUNDS EXCITING FOR US
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS BUT THIS
IS GETTING DANGEROUS. THE NO
POWER THE NO WATER IN SOME
LOCATIONS WE HAVE GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF EXTRA HOTELS THAT
LITERALLY HAVE LOST POWER.
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THESE
HOTELS. SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO
HELP THEM AS WELL. THIS IS AN
EVER FLUID CHANGING SITUATION.
ONE THING I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO WE SHOULD BE IN THE MID 60S
BY THE WEEKEND. SO THAT SHOULD
BE NICE. YEAH, THEY'LL BE READY
FOR MID 60S BY THE TIME THEY
GET TO THE WEEKEND. YEAH.
HAVING LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR
ABOUT THREE YEARS THEY ARE NOT
PREPARED FOR IT FOR GOOD
REASON. IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS JUST A
WILD SCENE TO SEE IN TEMPLE,
TEXAS BY THE WAY, BARRY ROY,
THE REPORTER I TALKED TO I DID
HAVE HIM MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER
AWAY FROM THAT. YEAH, THAT'S