STARTS NOW WITH A FOREWARN WEATHER ALERT. CREWS BATTLED AN EARLY MORNING FIRE, LEADING TO
DOZENS LEAVING THEIR HOME STORM
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL
WEEK IS HERE, AND IT’S ARRIVING
JUST AS MANY ARE PACKING UP AND
FLYING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
PLUS, WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK
AT THE ROAD CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THOSE BRAVING THE
ICY ROADS, LIVE RADAR IS
TRACKING THE WINTER STORM, AND
WE’RE GIVING YOU A LOOK INTO
POTENTIAL TRICKY TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
PRIYA MANN. IT’S FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 23RD, AND WE’RE
CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF
THE WINTER STORM COATING METRO
DETROIT. BRANDON LET’S START
THINGS OFF WITH JUST A VERY BUSY
MORNING HERE TALKING STRONG WIND
GUSTS AND FRIGID TEMPTS. IT HAS
BEEN SNOWING FOR SOME TIME NOW
AND YET, YOU LOOK IN THE
BACKYARD AND YOU’VE GOT AN INCH
, MAYBE TO THE WIND HAS BEEN
WHIPPING EVERYTHING AROUND AND
THE ONSET OF RAIN YESTERDAY ALSO
REALLY LIMITING THE OVERALL SNOW
TOTALS, BUT WE ARE NOT JUST
FOCUSED ON THE SNOW. YOU KNEW
THIS WAS SORT OF A THREE HEADED
MONSTERS. SO THE WINTER STORM
WARNING CONTINUES ALL DAY
THROUGH PART OF THE OVERNIGHT
WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT 50 TO 60
MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS, WHICH
WILL CREATE MORE REDUCED
VISIBILITY AND BLOWING SNOW ON
THE ROADS, BUT IT ONLY LOOKS
LIKE MAYBE ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF
SNOW ON THE LIGHTER SIDE AND
ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THINGS
BEGINNING TO BREAK UP, YOU CAN
SEE A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER. SNOW
UP TO OUR NORTH SO WE CAN TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT, AND IT IS DRIFTING
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BUT THAT’S
WHERE THE HEAVIEST STUFF IS. AND
THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS, IT WILL SORT OF GRADUALLY
BEGIN TO BREAK APART, BUT THE
WINDS WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE OF
THIS FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON.
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. STILL 10
IMPORT HERE ON BUT ZERO AND
ARBOR TWO BELOW IN ADRIAN. IT’S
ONE ABOVE THE WINDS ARE A REALLY
WHIPPING OUT THERE, CREATING
WINDCHILLS OF 20 TO 26 BELOW
ZERO, AND WE’RE GETTING THOSE
GUSTS ALREADY OF 35 TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THOSE 50 TO
60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS THAT COULD
CREATE SOME POWER OUTAGE
PROBLEMS. BUT AGAIN, IT IS
TRAVEL TO AVOID OR TRAVEL AT
YOUR OWN RISK. BECAUSE THE
CONDITIONS ARE SORT OF
RELENTLESS WITH THAT WIND AND
COLD. AND YOU’D BE IN REAL
TROUBLE IF YOU GOT STUCK OUT IN
IT, SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE
FOREWARN WEATHER APP. IT’S FREE
INTERACTIVE RADAR. ALL THE
DETAILS OF THIS STORM AND INTO
YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IT’S ALL
THERE, PRIYA. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, BRANDON. AND RIGHT NOW
DRIVERS ACROSS METRO DETROIT
AREN’T RUNNING INTO TOO MANY
PROBLEMS, BUT THE ROADS ARE
SLICK. ONE SEMI TRUCK DRIVER
FOUND OUT THAT THE HARD WAY AND
I 96 IN REDFORD. YOU CAN SEE THE
BIG RIG JACKKNIFED UNDER AN
OVERPASS, FORCING MSP TO SHUT
DOWN THE WESTBOUND LANES. NO
WORD ON WHEN THE HIGHWAY WILL
REOPEN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT’S
A SLOW GO IN SOME AREAS, BUT
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF GREEN ON
YOUR SCREEN. PAMPLIN HAS A
BETTER LOOK AT THE ROAD
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. HOW
ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WHERE
YOU ARE, TIM? CONDITIONS ARE
AWFUL OUT HERE AS YOU COME TO
US. WE’RE UP IN ROCHESTER HILLS.
THIS IS A SUBDIVISION HEADING
OUT INTO ADAMS ROAD HERE AND 59
ON THE SOUTH. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CAMERA
SHEET OF ICE. WE’RE APPROACHING
, ADAMS WROTE HERE, WHICH HAS
BEEN TREATED, BUT THAT’S FOR THE
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY GOLF COURSE
OFFER THE DISTANCE. THERE YOU
SEE THE SNOW BLOWING OVER THERE
. THAT’S ALL BLOWING OVER THIS
DIRECTION. I’M GOING TO HANG A
LEFT HERE ON THE SOUTH DONT
ADAMS. THIS ROAD HAS BEEN
TREATED. IF YOU KNOW THIS AREA.
THERE’S SOME VERY, VERY STEEP
HILLS. SO ROCHESTER. ROAD MAKE
SURE THAT THESE GET SALTED AND
CLEARED AWAY. THIS LOOKS CLEAR
UNDERNEATH. IT IS A SHEET OF ICE
AS WE GET TO THE TOP OF THIS
HILL, AND WE APPROACH IT DOWN
INTO M 59. YOU’LL SEE IT IS A
COMPLETE SHEET OF ICE GOING DOWN
THIS HILL A COUPLE OF FREEWAY
ISSUES OF NOTE, 96. WE JUST
MENTIONED THAT THAT’S STILL
CLOSED THEIR TELEGRAPH. I 75 UP
AROUND THE TRI COUNTY TRI CITY
AREA SECOND ALL BASICALLY FLIP.
THAT’S A NO GO AS WELL RIGHT NOW
. AND, OF COURSE, OUT WEST TO
KALAMAZOO, 94 SHUT DOWN, BUT
HERE WE GO. LOOK AT THIS. THIS
IS, ADAMS WROTE. IT IS A
COMPLETE SHOE DEVICES. WE HEAD
DOWN INTO THE VALLEY HERE. THIS
IS THE STORY AROUND TOWN IS HIT
AND MISS. SOME YEARS HAVE BEEN
TREATED SOME HAVE IT. BUT AS
THESE WINTER TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AND THESE
WINDS HOW THIS SNOW ACROSS THE
ROADWAYS, CONDITIONS FOR DRIVING
ALL DAY LONG ARE GOING TO BE
TREACHEROUS. PAEKTU YOU PRAYER.
THANK YOU, TIM AND WE ARE
FOLLOWING DEVELOPING NEWS IN
DETROIT, AND THOSE STRONG WINDS
AREN’T HELPING FIREFIGHTERS WHEN
THEY RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE
ARE MEGAN WOODS IS LIVE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE VERY LATEST
AND MEGAN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
WELL PRIYA. THERE’S A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS WHEN IT COMES TO
THIS, BUT IT ALL STARTS HERE ON
IS LAFAYETTE AND CANTON. TAKE A
LOOK BEHIND ME. THIS IS THE FIRE
THAT DETROIT CREWS HAVE BEEN
BATTLING FOR HOURS. THEY SAY THE
CALL CAME IN AROUND FIVE THIS
MORNING, AND IT WAS AN VACANT
BUILDING. BUT WHEN THEY LOOKED
INSIDE, THERE WAS MORE. THERE
WERE BOATS AND CARS AND WHAT
HAPPENED IS THESE POWERFUL WINDS
HELPED THIS FIRE SPREAD QUICKER
THAN USUAL, AND THAT’S WHY
THEY’RE HAVING A CHALLENGE. AND
THEN THE SMOKE TRAVELED FROM
BLOCKS AWAY TO GRAND BOULEVARD,
AND THAT’S WHERE THEY’VE
EVACUATED 75 TO 100 PEOPLE OUT
OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING. NOW
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. THIS
IS WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE ARRIVED
ON SCENE EARLIER THIS MORNING,
YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE. IT IS
LARGE. IT’S MASSIVE. IT’S
GLOWING AND SO A CHIEF JAMES
HARRIS SAYS NO ONE WAS INSIDE.
BUT THERE ARE CARS AND BOATS
INSIDE THAT BUILDING, AND THAT
IS A CONCERN FOR THEM. ANOTHER
BIG CONCERN IS THE WEATHER.
THESE FIREFIGHTERS THEY TRAIN IN
ALL TYPES OF WEATHER, BUT THE
FREEZING COLD AND INTENSE WIND
IS MAKING THEIR JOB A LOT
HARDER. KEEP ALL THE CITIZENS
AWAY BECAUSE IT CAN BE ICY.
WE’RE USING WATER WATER AND
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
DON’T MIX TURNS INTO ICE. SO
WHEN EVERYBODY TO STAY AWAY FROM
THIS AREA CAN IN LAFAYETTE
NUMBER TWO THE WIND DIRECTION AT
ANY MOMENT, THIS WIND CAN CHANGE
AND IT CAN BLOW THE FIRE FROM
EAST TO WEST NORTH TO SOUTH WANT
EVERYBODY STAY AWAY. THAT’S WHY
WE’RE PROTECTING ALL THE
EXPOSURES. ALL THE HOUSES AROUND
IN THE AREA WHERE MAKING SURE
THEY DON’T CATCH ON FIRE. YEAH
AND THIS IS A FOUR ALARM FIRE.
SO THERE ARE NEARLY 60
FIREFIGHTERS OUT HERE TRYING TO
FIGHT THIS FIRE, BUT ALSO TRYING
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE
OVER AT THAT APARTMENT BUILDING
. THERE ARE WARMING BUSSES OUT
THERE TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE
ARE K ARE OKAY. BUT WE’LL KEEP
YOU UPDATED WITH THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS FIRE TONIGHT
, LIVE ON A LOCAL 4 AT FIVE AND
SIX. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. MEGAN AND THE STRONG
WINDS, COUPLED WITH THE SNOW IS
LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITY,
AND THAT MAKES HOLIDAY TRAVEL
TRICKY NOT JUST ON THE ROADS.
BUT AT THE AIRPORTS AS WELL.
HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN
DELAYED OR CANCELED AT DETROIT
METRO AIRPORT, LEAVING A LOT OF
DISGRUNTLED TRAVELERS. LET’S GO
TO OUR HANK WINCHESTER FOR MORE.
FREE A GOOD AFTERNOON AND HELLO
, EVERYBODY TAKE A LIVE LOOK
HERE INSIDE THE MCNAMARA
TERMINAL. YOU CAN SEE A PRETTY
GOOD CROWDS HERE. PEOPLE LOOKING
TO CHECK BAGGAGE GET ON THEIR
WAY AS YOU MENTIONED HUNDREDS OF
FLIGHTS SO EITHER CANCELED OR
DELAYED THE MAIN ISSUE THE WIND
HERE AT METRO, ALSO TWO OF THE
MAIN RUNWAY STILL REMAIN CLOSED
DOWN BECAUSE OF VISIBILITY. WE
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
SOME TRAVELERS. SOME HAVE SOME
GOOD LUCK. WE ALSO HAVE SOME
INFORMATION FROM OUR OWN, KAREN
DREW WHO IS HERE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE SECURITY LINE HERE
TRYING TO GET OFF INTO THE INTO
THE AIR TODAY, BUT DELAYS
PREVENTING HER FLIGHT FROM
TAKING OFF. TAKE A LISTEN. PLAN
WAS TO COME EARLY. WE DON’T
FLIGHT DOESN’T LAND. I MEAN,
DOESN’T TAKE OFF UNTIL 1 45. I
THINK COMING IN TWO HOURS EARLY
WOULD DELAY OF STANDING IN THE
LINE. YEAH HAVE YOU SEEN ANY
LIKE YOU ON TIME RIGHT NOW ARE
YOU WERE ON TIME PLANS ON TIME,
SO WE JUST GOT TO GET BACK
THERE. OKAY SO HERE’S THE UPDATE
GOT HERE EARLY EARLY THIS
MORNING TO GET ON THAT PLANE.
THERE IS THIS PART AT 8 30.
THERE IS NUMEROUS DELAYS. TIME
AND TIME AGAIN, THEN WE’RE
SUPPOSED TO LEAVE IT ONE AND
THEN THEY JUST TOOK OUR PILOTS.
THEY SAID THEY PUT HIM ON
ANOTHER PLANE. FRUSTRATING TIME
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE JUST
CHECKED THE BOARD HERE REGARDING
CANCELATIONS IF YOU ARE FLYING
TO SEATTLE TO PORTLAND’S OUT
WEST, YOU’LL NOTICE THAT THERE
ARE ALREADY A LOT OF
CANCELATIONS REGARDING THOSE
FLIGHTS. THAT’S ON DELTA. THE
BEST ADVICE OBVIOUSLY IS TO
CHECK OUT YOUR AIRLINES APP HOP
ONLINE WORK TO GET THE LATEST
INFORMATION BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR
WAY HERE, BUT PROBABLY A GOOD
IDEA TO GET HERE AT LEAST TWO
HOURS EARLY. WE’RE LIVE HERE AT
METRO HANK WINCHESTER. HELP ME
HANK LOCAL 4. YES CERTAINLY.
GOOD ADVICE THERE. THANK YOU,
HANK. AND BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK OVER GRAND
HAVEN ON MICHIGAN’S WEST SIDE.
THEY ARE UNDER A BLIZZARD
WARNING UNTIL SATURDAY, AND IN
THIS LIVE SHOT, YOU SHOULD
NORMALLY BE ABLE TO SEE A
LIGHTHOUSE AND THAT IS GIVING
YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW FOGGY
THE CONDITION IS THERE STILL
UNDER A BLIZZARD WARNING UP
THERE IN GRAND HAVEN. WE WILL