INTERSTATE, CAUGHT IN A DEADLY
CHAIN REACTION.
IT’S THE ACCIDENT TURNED
CATASTROPHE IN JUST SECONDS.
A SEMI-TRUCK CRUSHING CAR AFTER
CAR, CAPTURED BY A DRIVER ON THE
TEXAS INTERSTATE.
ONLY THE COLLISIONS KEPT COMING.
THE ICY ROADS CREATING AN EARLY
MORNING NIGHTMARE.
A PILEUP OF MORE THAN 130
VEHICLES, SENDING 65 PEOPLE TO
THE HOSPITAL AND LEAVING 6
OTHERS DEAD.
>> WE HAD MULTIPLE VEHICLES
SITTING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, IN
PRECARIOUS POSITIONS.
>> Reporter: FT. WORTH’S FIRE
CHIEF SAYS AUTHORITIES
RESPONDING TO THE SCENE TRIED
FRACK
FRANTICALLY TO CLOSE THE
ROADWAYS.
>> IT WAS DARK, COLD, TRYING TO
GET THE ROAD SHUT DOWN AND SLOW
PEOPLE DOWN THAT WERE UNAWARE OF
THE CONDITION CHANGING AHEAD.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE
MOTORISTS, BLAKE DIVDIVAL, TRAPP
INSIDE HIS CAR FOR HOURS BEFORE
WALKING AWAY UNHURT.
>> ABOUT 100 FEET OR SO,
SKIDDED, THEN HIT THE WALL.
SEMIS CAME THROUGH AND PLOWED
THROUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: SIMILAR CONDITIONS
IN AUSTIN, CAUSING A 26-CAR
PILEUP THERE.
IT IS NOT JUST TEXAS FEELING THE
DEEP FREEZE.
ACROSS THE SOUTH, QUICK-MOVING
ICE STORMS ARE MAKING FOR
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL OVER.
A PAIR OF TEENAGE BROTHERS IN
OKLAHOMA BADLY INJURED BUT
RECOVERING AFTER ICY ROAD
CONDITIONS CAUSED THEIR TRUCK TO
SLIDE RIGHT INTO A MOVING TRAIN.
>> THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS ICY.
THEY SAID, WE DID EVERYTHING WE
WERE TAUGHT TO DO, DAD.
>> Reporter: IN KENTUCKY,
OFFICIALS URGING EVERYONE TO
STAY OFF THE ROADS.
>> THE DRIVEWAY IS SOLID ICE.
>> Reporter: ICE STORMS TURNING
DRIVEWAYS INTO SKATING RINKS AND
KNOCKING OUT POWER FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS.
AS ANOTHER BLAST OF RECORD COLD
MOVES IN.
THIS MORNING, A LARGE PORTION OF
I-35 WEST REMAINS SHUT DOWN, AS
THEY CLEAR THE SCENE AND
CONTINUE TO GATHER EVIDENCE TO
SEARCH FOR THAT CAUSE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THIS AREA
BRACING FOR ANOTHER BOUT OF
EXTREME WEATHER.
LOWS OVER THE WEEKEND HEADED
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.
SAVANNAH?
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU.
THAT BRINGS US TO AL WHO HAS THE
LATEST ON SEVERE WINTER STORMS,
PLURAL.
>> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY.
WE HAVE A REALLY ACTIVE STORM
TRACK.
LET’S SHOW YOU WHAT WE’VE GOT.
LITERALLY, COAST TO COAST, WE
HAVE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
AND WARNINGS, AND, IN FACT,
WE’RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW THIS
AREA OF ICY CONDITIONS COMING
THROUGH THE CAROLINAS AND
VIRGINIA.
HEAVIER RAIN DOWN TO THE SOUTH.
HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT
THROUGH FRIDAY, THROUGH TODAY.
HEAVY RAIN, 1 TO BE3 INCHES FROM
PANAMA CITY TO THE OUTER BANKS
OF THE CAROLINAS.
ICING TODAY, WE’RE LOOKING AT
FROM DANVILLE, ROANOKE TO
PHILLY, JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK,
1
1/10th TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE,
WHICH COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS SPROB
LIGHT SNOW TODAY INTO THE
NORTHEAST.
THIS ARCTIC AIR WITH AN ACTIVE
TRACK, STORMS ARE PILING ALONG
THIS SYSTEM.
THIS ONE WILL COME INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THEN THE
ROCKIES FOR TOMORROW, BRINGING
FEET OF SNOW.
SUNDAY, IT PLUNGES WAY DOWN TO
THE SOUTH.
LOOK AT THIS AREA OF SNOW, AND
SOME OF IT HEAVY.
THESE FOLKS AREN’T USED TO THIS
KIND OF SNOW.
MONDAY, IT COMES OUT OF THE
GULF, BRINGING MOISTURE WITH IT.
SNOW STRETCHING FROM LOUISIANA
ALL THE WAY UP INTO OHIO.
TUESDAY, IT MOVES INTO THE
NORTHEAST WITH A WINTRY MIX FROM
VIRGINIA ALL THE WAY TO MAINE.
HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT.
LOOK AT THIS SWATH OF SNOW.
COAST TO COAST, LITERALLY, 41
OUT OF THE CON TICHTIGUOUS 48 ST
WILL SEE SNOW.
FROM AMARILLO, LUBBOCK, OKLAHOMA
CITY, SPRINGFIELD, THESE FOLKS
AREN’T USED TO HEAVY SNOW.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG BATCH
OF HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY ON UP INTO
THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND.
IT IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE.
GUESS WHAT?