OTHERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTH
WITH MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE
WAY.
OVERNIGHT, A DEADLY TORNADO
RIPPING THROUGH THE NORTH
CAROLINA COASTLINE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TEN
INJURIES WE CAN REPORT AT THIS
TIME, AND WE HAD THREE CONFIRMED
FATALITIES.
>> Reporter: THE POWERFUL
CYCLONE TEARING DOWN HOMES INTO
PILES OF DEBRIS.
RIPPING TREES FROM THE ROOT AND
SLAMMING THEM INTO NEARBY
STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES.
>> MULTIPLE HOUSES GONE.
NOTHING BUT FOUNDATIONS.
I NEED HELP.
>> Reporter: KNOCKED OUT POWER
LINES LAY ALONG THE WRECKAGE, AS
WIDESPREAD OUTAGES ROLL THROUGH
THE ENTIRE REGION.
ALL THIS WHILE FIRST RESPONDERS
LOOK AHEAD TO HOURS LONG SEARCH
AND RESCUE EFFORTS.
>> I EXPECT IT TO GO INTO THE
AFTERNOON TOMORROW.
HOPEFULLY AS WE GET THROUGH
THIS, WE’LL RECOVER AND WE’LL
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND GET
BACK.
>> Reporter: THIS AS A BRUTAL
COLD SNAP WREAKS HAVOC
NATIONWIDE.
TEARING SOUTH TO OREGON, WHERE A
SAFEWAY ROOF COLLAPSED UNDER
PILES OF SNOW.
TO TEXAS, WHERE MILLIONS ARE
WITHOUT POWER, FACING RECORD
LOWS.
ROLLING BLACKOUTS ISSUED TO SAVE
THE STATE’S POWER GRID FROM
CRASHING.
>> THERE IS A HUGE DEMAND,
LIMITED SUPPLY.
IT IS A SYSTEM WIDE FAILURE
ACROSS THE STATE.
THESE ARE POWER OUTAGES AT A
HUGE, UNPRECEDENTED SCALE.
>> Reporter: IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING
CONDITIONS CAUSING HUNDREDS OF
ACCIDENTS.
THE GOVERNOR DEPLOYING THE
NATIONAL GUARD AND MORE THAN
3,000 STATE TROOPERS.
FLIGHTS GROUNDED IN DALLAS AND
AUSTIN.
CREWS RUSHING TO REMOVE SNOW AND
ICE.
>> WE’RE JUST NOT PREPARED FOR
IT.
THE CITY IS NOT SET UP FOR THIS
KIND OF WEATHER.
IT IS NOT TYPICAL HERE OF.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN
KENTUCKY URGING DRIVERS TO STAY
HOME.
>> WE DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH
ALMOST A YEAR OF A PANDEMIC TO
LOSE PEOPLE TO A SNOW OR AN ICE
STORM.
>> Reporter: THE WINTER BLAST
TURNING DEADLY IN LOUISIANA,
AFTER A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN SLIPPED
ON ICE.
AND THUNDERSNOW CAUSED THIS
SCENE AFTER BLOWING A
TRANSFORMER.
IN GEORGIA, NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE
AFTERMATH FROM A RARE FEBRUARY
TORNADO, NOW TIED TO THIS
MASSIVE SYSTEM.
>> THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
>> Reporter: BUT THE SNOW SNAP
IS NOT A NEGATIVE FOR EVERYONE.
SOME FOLKS ARE STILL OUT AND
ABOUT, TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST
OF THIS WINTRY WEATHER.
>> NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH SNOW
IN MY LIFETIME.
I WANT TO SOAK IT UP AS MUCH AS
I CAN.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING IN
DALLAS, WE ARE SITTING ATDEGREE.
IT COULD GET COLDER BEFORE THE
SUN COMES UP.
THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ISN’T OVER
YET.
MORE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED
TONIGHT, WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
CROSSING THEIR FINGERS AND
HOPING THAT POWER COMES BACK ON.
BACK TO YOU.
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU CAN’T IMAGINE PEOPLE IN
THEIR HOMES RIGHT NOW WITHOUT
POWER, FREEZING TEMPERATURES
OUTSIDE.
>> YEAH, AND SOME OF THEM TOLD
TO BOIL WATER, BUT YOU CAN’T.
IT IS A DARK TIME, LITERALLY,
FOR OUR FOLKS DOWN SOUTH.
MR. ROQUE SER WORKKER IS WORKING
AND HAS HIS EYE ON EVERYTHING.
>> IN FACT, GUYS, 15 MINUTES
AGO, DALLAS-FT. WORTH AIRPORT,
MINUS 1.
THAT TIES WITH THE THIRD COLDEST
TEMPERATURE EVER FOR THAT AREA,
FOR DALLAS.
RIGHT NOW, WINTER WEATHER ALERTS
FOR 34 STATES LITERALLY COAST TO
COAST.
WE’RE TALKING 95 MILLION PEOPLE
IMPACTED.
THIS ONE SYSTEM IS NOW MAKING
ITS WAY OFF THE COAST WITH A MIX
OF FREEZING RAIN, SNOW UP INTO
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
HERE’S OUR SECOND SYSTEM, AND
THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIG
PROBLEM.
WEDNESDAY, THE LOW WILL DEVELOP
IN THE WESTERN GULF.
A MORNING MIX OF SNOW, SLEET,
AND RAIN FOR TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA,
WHERE THEY DO NOT NEED IT.
THEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING, THAT ALL STARTS TO MIX
INTO THE NORTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC AS A SECOND LOW
DEVELOPS ALONG THE COAST.
THEN AS WE MOVE INTO FRIDAY,
THAT STORM SYSTEM PULLS OFF.
SNOW AND ICE CONTINUES INTO THE
NORTHEAST.
WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW FOR DALLAS.
THEY DO NOT NEED THAT,
OBVIOUSLY.
3 TO 6 INCHES IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
UP TO 9 INCHES IN LITTLE ROCK.
5 INCHES IN MEMPHIS.
AND AS WE MAKE OUR WAY WEDNESDAY
INTO FRIDAY, INTO THE NORTHEAST,
WE’RE LOOKING AT, GENERALLY,
MODERATE SNOW FROM THE
APPALACHIANS INTO THE NORTHEAST
AND PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.
AND ICE, DANGEROUS ICE
CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY FROM
EASTERN TEXAS INTO TENNESSEE,
AND ALSO THE APPALACHIANS INTO
THE MID-ATLANTIC AND PARTS OF
THE NORTHEAST, AS WELL, GUYS.
OF COURSE, THERE’S THIS BRUTALLY
COLD AIR.
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT COMING UP.
BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING
TO BE HANGING AROUND FOR AT