Coming up on Fox 5 News at 10, a state of emergency in a Clark County town.
We're going to take you to the flooding aftermath in Overton.
And a new look at Mount Charleston after the avalanche.
Plus a sight of Simon you might be surprised to know about.
Good evening, I'm Shelley Brunner.
And I'm John Huck.
Fox 5 News at 10 begins right now.
The original 10 o'clock news.
You're watching Fox 5 News at 10 with John Huck and Shelley Brunner.
It's pretty devastating.
A state of emergency in a part of Clark County tonight and it is getting some high profile
attention.
Mud slides and mass floodings litter the West tonight.
And at the center of the storm damage is the small Nevada town of Overton.
The first wave of concern came on Tuesday when people there braced for a wall of water.
It came in at around 630 p.m. and they had no idea what they were in for.
The muddy river peaked on Wednesday.
Several animal and people rescues took place while homeowners waited for the all clear
to head home.
And today the community was starting to get a glimpse of just how bad that damage was.
Perhaps the governor summed it up best.
A state of emergency.
Fox 5's Ryan Schultz is just back from Overton and he's here with the latest.
Ryan?
Shelley, the governor toured the flood ravaged town today just to see firsthand how bad the
damage is.
What he saw was roads washed away and entire neighborhoods under a thick coat of mud.
They were ready and waiting in Overton for the muddy river to surge beyond its banks
and it finally did with a vengeance.
Water coming every direction.
Flooded us out.
We've been down here ever since Tuesday and we have seven hours of sleep.
This is all that is left of many streets here in Overton.
You take a look here it's mud caked all over the place.
In fact sometimes the water got so high it almost went over some of these cars.
It was over all these sandbags it was clear up to right there.
The high water rushed into many homes here in Overton.
Hardest hit homes along Cooper Street.
The kitchen and the living room, dining room got water about eight inches in there.
So we just ripped all the carpet up and gutted her out.
Start all over again.
Tuesday was all about cleaning up the mess and assessing the damage.
And as these neighbors work hard to reclaim their homes they had a special visitor stop
by.
Governor Kenny Gwin arrived in Overton to see the mess first hand.
It's pretty devastating and especially for those who end up with water in and about.
They're probably the number one investment and the number one important item to them
is their home.
These pictures really tell the story.
The high flood waters carving out the river banks and in some cases erasing parts of a
river.
But even in all this mud and destruction a positive attitude can be found around every
corner.
We made it through.
We can start over again.
Nobody was hurt.
What a scene up there.
Now the governor tells us he expects a FEMA team to arrive there on Tuesday.
They will survey the damage and that will begin the process of hopefully getting federal
dollars to help these families rebuild.
And just get all that bad behind them and look forward to the good future.
Thanks Ryan.
Thanks Ryan.
And just up the road from Overton in southern Utah the problems are still severe.
Take a look at this.
You're about to see three homes slide right off their foundations into the river.
At least 20 homes met a similar fate.
Utah police aren't playing around.
They're going to arrest people who want to sightsee at the bank of the flooded river.
Flood costs are now running into the tens of millions of dollars.
FEMA will tour the area soon.
In parts of Utah and Arizona people are now realizing the sheer devastation of the floods.
Brian Taylor was walking around in a state of shock today.
About two years ago he built his dream home near Beaver Dam, Arizona.
But this is one flood that wiped his dream away.
And now he thinks his house is at the bottom of Lake Mead.
The strangest thing is when I was in there trying to get out as much as I could, inside
the house knowing that I would never get in there again.
And in Gunlock, Utah the only roads in and out of town have been washed away.
People there are determined and they tell news crews they are going to take care of
themselves and rebuild.
The water covered roads here in the valley are clearing up.
We showed you these pictures during the week of the southwestern part of town.
Many roads there were flowing with water and daring drivers tried to navigate right through
them.
Some of those roads are open.
For a complete list all you have to do is go to kvvu.com and look at the links section.
Well not much good news coming out of coastal California tonight.
The search is now over for survivors of the mudslide in La Conchita.
The people who did make it out okay might not be allowed back soon.
And there's concern another part of the hill could do this all over again.
The geologists have studied the hill.
They have seen some additional areas that they have severe concerns about and they're
putting together a plan on now what to do as far as the recovery effort on allowing
people to return to their homes when and where that might happen.
Scientists had drawn a line to mark where the mudslide stopped.
They now say that line has moved nearly six feet.
Today's avalanche at the Las Vegas ski and snowboard resort was unprecedented.
That was the word today from an avalanche expert.
And also today friends and family gathered for memorial service for Brett Hutchison.
He was the 13 year old snowboarder killed in the avalanche.
Wall snow swept him right off a chairlift.
And also today we're getting our first look at Mount Charleston still off limits to most
of us.
It's a forbidding scene.
Homes buried up to their rooftops, utility lines sagging under the weight of the snow,
roads cut off by an avalanche.
This video was shot by Metro and distributed to the media.
Metro isn't letting anyone who isn't a resident up to the mountain and frankly they'd like
to see any homeowner who's left rethink their decision.
We have from the onslaught of this urged them to voluntarily evacuate that area.
Can you make them evacuate?
We have never reached that point to where we're going to go door to door and absolutely insists
they get out of there.
Metro isn't ready to say when they'll reopen highways 156 and 157.
The stability of the mountain's wet snowpack has only improved slightly since Sunday's
avalanche.
We're having some problems with that tape.
We do apologize.
We'll try to get maybe the rest of that story to you later today, later tonight.
Well Las Vegas ski and snowboard resort says it will put additional safety measures in
place before reopening.
No word on what those measures are.
The resort says it will stay closed through the weekend.
We'll keep you posted.
And John, with so many natural disasters happening, there's a lot of relief money pouring in.
But some of that money could be coming out of your pocket, even for disasters across
the country.
Not everyone is happy about that.
Coming up at 1040, why taxpayers are footing part of the bill and why some people think
they shouldn't have to.
Damage from a fire at the Desert Breeze Apartments is now put at $25,000.
This one started just before 10 o'clock this morning.
The person who lives in the apartment was at the hospital at the time.
The neighbor told fire investigators he didn't notice a problem not even one hour before
they got there.
But he went upstairs just prior to the fire anyways and knocked on the door and he says
he couldn't get an answer.
He didn't hear no smoke alarms going off, didn't notice any smoke and that's when he found
out that his friend was at the hospital.
He called him.
He says he needed a ride home.
So he says he just drove over to UMC.
They were only gone about 40 minutes and on the way back they noticed the smoke coming
from the back.
One person was treated for smoke inhalation.
Another was treated for a cut from a broken glass.
The fire is under investigation.
It has been a strange day for arrests here in Las Vegas.
In separate cases, police took down two of society's most trusted members.
Fox Live's Les Crippett is live at Metro South Central Command on the Boulevard with
details.
Les?
That's right, John.
In the unrelated cases, cops took down one of their own today on some very serious charges
and then earlier in the day at McCarran Airport, they picked up an airline pilot for, believe
it or not, trying to fly under the influence.
Oliver Paul Reason has been suspended from his duties with AirTran Airways.
Reason is in the Clark County Detention Center for drinking on the job.
A federal screener at McCarran says the 38-year-old pilot smelled like alcohol and alerted the
police.
He was supposed to be on an outbound flight to Atlanta when he was arrested.
Reason is charged with operating an aircraft under the influence.
A few hours later, cops had to take down one of their own.
28-year-old officer George Godfrey was arrested and charged with three felony counts, using
technology to lure children, burglary with intent to commit a felony and attempt statutory
sexual seduction.
Godfrey, who has been with the force for five years, was on a temporary assignment with
a vice section at the time of his arrest.
His bail is set at $40,000.
And we are back live now at South Central Command.
This is where Godfrey was stationed before he was moved over to vice.
He has been suspended from the force without pay.
Reporting live on Las Vegas Boulevard, Les Criffitit, Fox 5 News.
Les thank you.
An accused Oregon pimp is in metro custody.
This is Robert Wimbish.
The Nevada Fugitive Investigative Strike Team worked with Oregon authorities to catch him
for a probation violation.
The violation stems from an arrest for transporting a minor female for purposes of prostitution.
Wimbish is awaiting extradition to Oregon.
And Cole Ford is heading to a mental facility in Sparks.
He's the former Oakland Raiders kicker accused of shooting up Siegfried and Roy's house.
Ford wants to plead guilty, but the judge says that's not an option unless he can stand
trial.
His competency will be determined at that mental facility.
If convicted, he could face 27 years in prison.
Las Vegas Mental Hospital that's in the works is over budget.
The legislature has approved the plans for the 150-bed psychiatric hospital.
The Interim Finance Committee says another $4 million is needed to keep the opening date
of May 2006 on track.
The additional money is needed to cover construction bids and growing construction costs.
The Air Force thinks a computer glitch caused the Raptor crash at Nellis last month.
Chief of Staff General John Jumper says they've done a preliminary investigation, but it's
not over yet.
Jumper is fighting to save the FH-22s from government budget cuts.
Nellis is one of three bases where Raptors are being tested.
Pretty soon you could be able to use your cell phone on an airplane.
The FCC is working on a decision to determine if the cell phone ban on airborne planes will
be lifted.
Right now you can only use the phone while a plane is on the ground.
USA Today did a poll on this topic and many people don't want the ban lifted because they
don't want to hear other people's conversations.
But we want to know what you think about all this.
Tell us at 10, do you support the cell phone ban on airborne airplanes?
Vote on our website at kvvu.com and we'll have results later in the hour.
Well your favorite baseball player is about to get a steroid test.
That's only the half of it.
Details of this very strict steroid policy and who says it's still not strict enough
next?
Plus the Millennium Scholarship could be running out of time and money.
And the side of the tsunami areas you haven't seen coming up at 10-30.
And on Fox 5, Meteorologist Jerry Brown.
Not as much sunshine out there as we would have liked.
We're going to have to work on that.
I'll tell you what your weather prospects are for the coming holiday weekend up ahead.
Johnny Kalbo is a killer, a thief and a free man.
You want to go back to prison?
No.
You want to make it out of here you're going to need a reason.
Now the city's toughest ex-con.
I did something my shim had and I had to make it right.
Is helping those who can't help themselves.
This girl's in trouble.
Girls have a habit of getting in trouble around you.
Frankie G is Johnny Zero.
You look like you can use some love in.
You look like you can use a shade.
Born You at 9.
Fox 5 Friday.
Major League Ball now has a new rule.
One strike and you're out if you test positive for steroids.
Fox 5 Sports Director Dave Hall joins us for the details on this new law.
Dave?
Dave, with pressure from the government, media fans and even its own players, Major League
Baseball had to toughen up its weak steroid testing policies.
So today they did.
Major League Baseball has just toughened up its steroid testing policy following a year
of growing scandals, including a report by the San Francisco Chronicle that New York
Yankee Jason Giambi admitted to a grand jury he had used banned steroids.
We've agreed on a new, much tougher drug testing program
that is designed to rid our game of performance enhancing drugs.
Under the new rules, one positive test can result in a maximum ten day sentence,
plus the list of banned substances has been expanded.
Under the old policy, a first positive test meant treatment,
a fourth, a fifty day suspension. This is as good as any policy in any
professional sport.
Bonds hits one to left center field. Last month, the San Francisco Chronicle
reported that the Giants' Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he did
use substances given to him by his trainer, but he didn't know they were
steroids.
The paper reports Bonds said he was told those substances were flaxseed oil and
arthritis balm. Senator John McCain said the new plan is a step in the right
direction, but there's many more steps to go.
The fans want to see the game clean and the players are concerned about their
reputation.
I urge them to continue their negotiations, but
I want to point out this is dramatic and significant progress.
And the agreement also calls for year-round testing, which is different
with each player being tested at least once every year. So it's a good first
step, guys. Back to you.
Yeah, Dave, some critics say it doesn't go far enough, but you can sound off about the
steroid controversy in our Fox 5 forum.
Just log on to KVVU.com.
The highly touted Millennium Scholarship Program in Nevada could be in trouble.
The state treasurer says the funds for the program will be all used up in the
fall. That's unless the legislature takes quick action. The money comes from the
tobacco settlement and that revenue is shrinking. The legislature might have to
find a new source for funding or cut back the number of students eligible.
We'll keep you posted on what happens next.
Well, today didn't quite work out like we thought it was going to. It had a few more
clouds in here and that kept the temperatures down, but still, compared to all
that rain we were having, I didn't hear too many complaints and the holiday
weekend is looking pretty good. Let's go around the valley right now, take a look
at a couple of live shots. We're going to start right off with a gorgeous view
here of the strip Las Vegas Boulevard South and Russell where it is currently
46 degrees. And I think we have a view from Horizon Ridge, don't we, looking
down on the strip? And no, we don't. We have right, we're right on the strip
there at the Las Vegas sign there. And I think that's not supposed to be Las
Vegas Boulevard and Russell. Isn't that where the sign is? Yeah, I think they
had those those supers mixed up. Oh, no big deal. All right, let's go to our
AccuWeather computer. 52 degrees was the official high for Las Vegas today.
Henderson in at 54. Laughlin finally fell out of the 60s. Probably not too
happy about that down there. Mosquito parafors 46 up at Mount Charleston. Now
here's what happened. 24 hours ago we were in the clear starry skies, had a
storm out in the ocean. Funny thing happened. We had the high pressure
over us that should keep this out of here. But a bank of clouds just decided
to pay Vegas a visit. Maybe they wanted to play some roulette. They moved on in.
We've got the high clouds up aloft and the rest of the system up here. Ah, but
still some good news for us. If you're planning outdoor activities anyway, the
low pressure associated with those clouds to our north will send moisture
into our north. That's bad news for Oregon and Washington state. But the
ridge of high pressure will keep this moisture from dropping any rain on us.
So we will stay dry through the holiday weekend. We're gonna have to the sun.
We'll have to share the sky with some clouds, but really it's not gonna be all
that bad. Now watch this moisture out here. It's trying to get in here. Can't
do it because of the high pressure over the west that's acting as a rain
blocker. That's good news for us, at least for the coming weekend, because
right now in the short term, hard to believe we don't really need the rain
clouds and a chill tonight with temperatures getting down to below
normal and just above the freezing point tomorrow. A mix of sun and clouds
were called partly sunny winds. It won't be a factor 57 degrees for your
afternoon high, and that will be up five from this afternoon. Let's get
specific 37 7 a.m. 55 at noon and 55 again at five p.m. You can see the mix
of sun and clouds in the background. And here is your AccuWeather seven day
forecast where the weekend is always in view. And I like the look of rising
temperatures through Sunday with a mix of sun and clouds. And then our
temperatures dropped a couple of degrees on Martin Luther King Day, but
we'll pick up some more sunshine really looking pretty good through the middle
of next week. 60s at the end of the forecast period. That's not too tough to
take in January. I guess what Mount Charleston is looking for, though, with
Ted pretty will be along throughout five a.m. by and Mr Pretty will be here
tomorrow at five a.m. He'll stay all the way till nine, which I think is big of
them. Four hours of weathercast. That's a hard shift. Before Ted interrupted me,
what I guess Mount Charleston needs is some freezing weather during the night
and day to harden up the snow path that absolutely would have a lunch warnings.
Yeah, well, it's gonna be it's gonna be cold up there. They're gonna with the
although the clouds don't help the clear skies actually provide better cooling.
Yeah, sorry. We'll have to keep an eye on that, too. Okay. All right. Thanks,
Jerry. Jerry. The new season of American Idol is almost here. Brian
Seacrest has the inside scoop to tell you about before opening night. One
thing he said is that viewers will bond with their favorite singer earlier this
year. He also says the contestants are going to have more pressure on them at
the same time, since they don't know how the political game is, they're going to
be more prepared to cater to the viewers. And here's an inside scoop on the
judge that you love to hate Simon.
Working with somebody that's so very pompous and insecure is a challenge.
And so while some weeks I feel I can attack him on the air, others I have to
lay off because he's fragile. Insecurity issue that the new season of American
Idol starts in five days. Do not miss the first episode next Tuesday right
here on Fox five. He's a carrier of the insecurity because he projects it off
on all the contestants. He does, but you almost look forward to his little
grimacing faces and gestures and some of his little comments are priceless. I'm
gonna keep counting down day to day. Well, an Illinois mall closed with a
big bang last night will tell you what caused this crater and hear from a woman
who saw it all happen. Plus, we're gonna tell you about a hormone that can help
short people grow taller, but not everyone is standing behind it. We're
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Well, it was supposed to be a showcase game for LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.
Instead, one of them was carried off the court. All the stars were out to see
LeBron and Kobe go at it. Instead, they saw this in the first quarter. Kobe
rolls his ankle, grabbing a rebound. Bryant was in so much pain he had to be
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mooning will cost Moss 10,000 bucks. When told of the fine, Moss said, ain't
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something even worse next time. I guess you learned his lesson. So all this
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quarterback drew breeze on the same day. Moss is fine. 10 grand jet linebacker
Eric Barton was only fined 7500 for clubbing breeze in the head. Luckily,
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We'll show you the pictures before and after that devastation. Walmart is taking
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The original 10 o'clock news. You're watching Fox 5 News at 10 with John Huck
and Shelley Brunner. Since the tsunami hit you've seen the photos of the
destruction. The pictures of the aftermath are pretty dramatic. You've
seen the waves coming ashore and wiping out areas but you what you probably
haven't seen is what these towns look like before the storm hit. The thriving
communities they once were. Mike Chinoy gives us that perspective in Indonesia.
Banda Aceh was an obscure provincial capital with one landmark. The 125 year
old Raya Baitura mosque.
Like the rest of the city, the mosque did not escape the ravages of the tsunami.
Its clock still frozen at the moment of the disaster.
Nearby was Penna you a bustling neighborhood packed with stalls and
shoppers. There is quite literally nothing left here now but ruins. This was
an area that lived on fish and fishing. The main market was here. On a Sunday
morning it would have been packed with customers. Many of them died here. Hari
showed me the devastated coffee shop he ran next door. His six brothers and their
families are missing. I'm not rebuilding here he says. I'm going to move to a
place where the tsunami didn't hit and where the next one won't hit either.
Hari survived because he was sitting on this riverbank after the quake. He saw
the tsunami coming and ran. Now the riverside is covered with the remains of
homes, shops and broken fishing boats. The fishermen used to haul their nets ashore
here to mend them. Since the disaster the only thing being hauled ashore at this
spot bodies. Across the river is what's left of a large residential area. On this
day, Maie Muni has returned to the neighborhood where she lived with her
extended family. That was my sister's house she says. My aunt lived over here
and this was my brother's home and here is where I lived. We're trying to search
for the bodies of my relatives and for my son's body. We haven't found them yet.
After such devastation all people here have left from the city that was our
memories. Hard to believe all that happened so quickly. President Bush was
briefed on the tsunami cleanup today. He says America's military is making quite
a difference to the people who survived the tragedy. Despite the president's
statements though Indonesia is still demanding all foreign troops get out by
the end of March. Fox 5 follow-up for you. A local school is proving that time
is money. Bob Miller Middle School raised more than $17,000 in just five minutes
for Asia's tsunami victims. That's almost triple their $5,000 goal. For one minute
every day during the school week students donated money. It's called the
tsunami seconds. The class that collected the most won a pizza party. The friendly
competition ended with results that surprised everyone. There's lots of chaos
going on. Lots of people are like oh hurry donate we want that pizza party and
lots of people just want to help. I am completely overwhelmed at the response
because we've gotten we've fielded several calls from parents wanting to
know what they could do and how they could help and and just the generosity
of the students and also the teachers. And all the money raised will go to the
Red Cross disaster relief fund. Tragedy strikes a central Iran school. 13
children and teacher were killed in a fire. This local television station shows
the aftermath of that deadly fire which broke out in a classroom at the village
school. The fire started when the teacher tried to throw out a broken heater out
of the classroom. That heater caught on fire and the flames blocked the way out.
On the Gaza Strip a large bomb exploded killing four Israelis. Two Palestinians
also died in that blast. Militant groups including Hamas are claiming
responsibility for the bombing. This was by far the biggest attack since Mahmoud
Abbas won the election to succeed Yasser Arafat. It's a blow to his efforts
to get militants to agree to a ceasefire. The Chicago Fire Department is trying to
figure out what caused a natural gas explosion at a mall. That blast left a
crater where the parking lot had been. Take a look at all those overturned cars.
This morning crews pulled 25 cars out of the hole. Ten people were hurt mostly
from flying debris. Others were pretty shaken up. Me and my little sister had
just parked our car. We had just parked our car and walked in the mall. She
works in the store that's right by the door that the exposure happened at. She
had just grabbed the shirt off the wall. She even has a shirt with it and it still
has the sensor on it and the whole mall just shook. Firefighters had to go
underground to try to find the pipe that blew and they are still looking for it. A
California woman is staying somewhere else tonight after a fire destroyed her
home. You can see firefighters had to get on the roof of that house to try to
knock out the flames. Crews were able to put it out before it could spread to any
of the other houses in the neighborhood. As far as we know no one was hurt. In
South Carolina some people are going back home after that nasty train wreck
that we told you about last week. Bulldozers are plowing through the mess
clearing out the remaining wreckage. Nine people died. 250 others got sick from the
chlorine gas leak. Walmart wants trust so it's taking out newspaper ads. Since the
accusations began flying about unfair treatment to women and low wages, damage
control through advertising started. When you're dealing with a crisis,
especially when it deals with the safety for somebody, they read the ads and they
pay a lot of attention. The ads do work. When you're dealing with an issue that's
much more ephemeral, that doesn't deal with a person's daily life, they
generally don't pay much attention. One PR pro says General Electric does these
kind of things right. They don't wait for a crisis to promote themselves. The
San Joaquin County Sheriff is looking for a new job. Baxter Dunn has pleaded
guilty to a federal fraud charge and has agreed to resign. Prosecutors say Dunn
and other public officials had a secret involvement in the company that wanted
to build a power plant at the Port of Stockton. Dunn faces up to 18 months in
prison. Now Las Vegas most wanted with Cher Kelvin. Wielding a knife around the
pool of the Golden Nugget will surely get cops attention and now he's Las
Vegas' most wanted. Wayne Chapman has been in and out of jail for a number of
crimes. He was convicted of battery assault, trespassing, depicting sexual
conduct to a child under 14, vandalism and now he's wanted back in jail for
wielding a knife in the pool area of the Golden Nugget back in July of 2004.
During the incident, cops confronted Chapman to drop the knife. Instead, he
waved the knife and told officers to kill him. He was subsequently shot with a
non-lethal pellet and taken into custody and since his release he's been in
hiding and now there's a bench warrant out for his arrest. Chapman is six years
old, 6'4 and 216 pounds. He has gray hair and hazel eyes. He sometimes goes by the
alias Wayner Leroy Chapman. His crime resisting a police officer. If you happen
to know where this man is, please contact parole and probation at 775-
684-2644 and you could also log on to our website at kvvu.com for any more
information that you might need on Las Vegas' most wanted. For Fox 5 News at 10,
I'm Cher Calvin. Today is the ninth anniversary of the disappearance of
Amber Hagerman. She's the little girl who inspired the Amber Alert system. She was
last seen riding her bike in Arlington, Texas and she was found murdered. Texas
broadcasters got together with law enforcement to alert people using
lighted highway signs, radio and television when a child is missing. That
system is now used all across the nation. Even a royal apology isn't helping
Prince Harry's reputation. This all started when he wore a Nazi outfit to a
costume party, a picture of which made headlines. Jewish groups around the world
were outraged. Now the prince has offered a statement of apology but one
Jewish group wants the prince to visit the Auschwitz death camp. The 60th
anniversary of the camp's liberation is later this month. No word from the prince
on that and Prime Minister Tony Blair's office will not get involved. Well there
seems to be a way just to fix about any physical flaw. This child that you're
about to see was only three and a half feet tall four years ago. He suffered
some idiopathic short stature but he's being treated with a growth hormone
that's making him taller than doctors predicted he would ever get. And since
the hormone has become available in 2003, sales have grown 15%. Bioethicists
though are afraid the hormone could be abused. We are living in the extreme
makeover society now where we want medicine to make us more popular, make
us more beautiful. Kids do have to be approved before they can be treated
with the hormone. The smaller the better at one horse show in Colorado. Miniature
horses were on parade for fans to see. This is all part of a much larger horse
show complete with the rodeo and exhibition. But the mini horses are
definitely as you can see a crowd favorite. They do they're so cute. Well
sending out money to help victims from natural disasters sounds like the right
thing to do. But what if it's not by choice? We'll tell you how you could be
paying for my cleanup miles away and that storm that slammed us is still on
the move. Wicked weather is swooping through the Midwest stirring up trouble
we don't see here. While the city is getting ready to celebrate the
centennial, there's one special place in town that's marking today as their
special day. The occasion ahead and clouds are gathering over the region
tonight. Well we've been there before. Could there be any rain in store for
our holiday weekend? I'll give you the AccuWeather forecast and let you know up
ahead after the break.
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taking a break to take a bite and celebrate. It's their first meal. We'll have the
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Natural disasters can hit anywhere in the United States but some areas are
more prone than others. But even if a disaster happens hundreds or thousands of
miles away from you, the bill could be coming out of your pocket. Taxpayers no
matter where they live are paying for some of the relief efforts now underway
and that's not sitting well with some Americans. Hurricanes on the East Coast,
mudslides in the West, massive floods in the middle. When it comes to Mother Nature
some parts of the country seem more prone to serial disasters than others.
Weather-related catastrophes are really positioned as a rare event. Most of the
days down in the south along these coastal regions it's sunshine, it's
access to beach. In fact extreme weather from droughts to earthquakes to wildfires
now cost the US an average 54 billion dollars a year. That's more than 1 billion
dollars a week. Take the Ohio River Valley where a cycle of flooding and
rebuilding continues. Hit hard in 1997 many residents rebuilt their homes again
and it's a similar cycle in California. We've all been sitting here waiting for
the rain to stop. We're trapped. We can't leave lock and
cheat. And if you're a taxpayer you're footing part of the bill. On average the
federal government covers about 65 percent of the cost not picked up by
insurance. 13 billion dollars in aid went to Florida alone in 2004 and that has
some Americans crying foul. They say the average taxpayer shouldn't have to pay
up for Americans who choose to live in paradise especially when that paradise
is prone to multiple disasters. If somebody decides to live in their
paradise home on the coast or in a flood zone we don't believe taxpayers should
continue to pay the price for them having to rebuild their house over and
over again. A study by Princeton University shows that more Americans than
ever are moving to disaster prone states like Florida, North Carolina, Texas and
California raising the cost to all of us every time Mother Nature strikes. And you
can sound off about this story just go to the Fox 5 forum at kvvu.com. And Mother
Nature can be deadly as you know two people are dead after tornadoes ripped
through Arkansas. Union County was one of the hardest hit areas. Some homes were
ripped from the foundation and tossed several feet away. We had a deck and all
this deck out here see we had a porch and we had a deck right out there.
See this is where the trailer set right here. The two people who were killed were
elderly. The cleanup from the tornado is just now getting started. A winter storm
in Colorado made for some rough driving around the Denver area.
Dozens of car crashes were reported all over the area. Cameras were rolling as
accident after accident happened out there. Up to eight inches of wet, slushy
snow left drivers unable to navigate those slick streets. In Indiana, dense
fog caused a major pileup. 24 cars, pickups and semi trucks, even an ambulance
was in the mix. One person was killed in the crash. Seven others hurt. The pileup
shut down a 43 mile stretch of interstate. Drivers say it all happened
very fast and visibility was down to zero in some parts.
Well a little cooler than we expected today but I think we're looking pretty
good going into the holiday weekend. There's Sunset Station in the background
as we take a look at Henderson. 48 degrees right now down in the Green
Valley section of beautiful Henderson Nevada. Alright let's go to our computer
and hey this is 24 hours ago. Go back in our AccuWeather time
machine. This time last night we had twinkle and stars over the valley. We
had a storm out in the ocean. As it moved north it should have just stayed
up out in the ocean but a lot of clouds moved on over our area and there well in
evidence tonight some high clouds and normally that would provide some
insulation and keep our temperatures up but that's not the case tonight because
they're high and they're thin and the heat is escaping into space and it's
going to be a chilly one. You can see high pressure is in control. That's the
good news and that is going to keep the moisture out in the ocean away from us.
In fact let me get out of the way and you can see the moisture trying to move
on in but it can't make it because it is slamming into that bubble of high
pressure in the atmosphere. Up to the north though low pressure the dominant
influence and that will send a moisture stream into Oregon and Washington state
parts of northern California. We will stay dry in southern Nevada and into
Arizona and southern California as well. Certainly in southern California they
need to stay dry after all they've been through. Alright the rain blockers you
can see in evidence for us clouds and a chill tonight in our AccuWeather
forecast. Winds will be on the light side and our temperatures plummeting
down to 34 degrees. That's a couple of degrees below normal and only two
degrees above the freezing point. Tomorrow a mix of sun and clouds partly
sunny with light winds and 57 degrees which should be a degree above normal.
Specific temperatures 7 a.m. 37 noon 55 and 55 again at 5 p.m. after that
afternoon high of 57 and there is your AccuWeather 7-day forecast where the
weekend's always in view. It takes us through the Martin Luther King holiday
and into the middle in fact almost into late next week and we're gonna be hanging
right around the 60 degree mark every day. In fact tomorrow will be the
coolest day at 57 and then give or take a degree 60 degrees through Thursday.
Lots of sunshine. The Sun actually improving on Monday for the actual
holiday although temperatures will drop a couple of degrees and then we get back
into the lower 60s on Wednesday and Thursday. So Ted pretty is gonna have
well not all that much to talk about tomorrow but he always makes it
interesting for four hours. What a wizard there and he will be telling you the
latest views the AccuWeather forecast for the coming weekend. Is it a letdown to
have this nice weather after all those weeks? Ted and I were heroes on Monday
and Tuesday. We were going at it. We were working and now we're just sort of get
off the set. Come on let's do sports. You guys were the talk of the newsroom but now we're like we're done with that.
I love telling people it's gonna be nice. I'm glad to have you here
when the weather hits. Make us understand what's going on.
Alright thanks Jerry. Time to update our TELUS at 10 results. We asked do you
support a cell phone ban on airborne airplanes? So far 90% of you said yes
while 10% of you voted no and we thanks to all who voted. The
celebration of the century is underway in Las Vegas and today marks a special
day in our history. It's the 99th anniversary of the Golden Gate Hotel and
Casino. When it opened in 1906 it was called the Hotel Nevada then the name
changed to Sal Segev which is Las Vegas spelled backwards. On Saturday in our
monthly centennial story we're going to take you inside this piece of history.
That's this Saturday January 15th on Fox 5 News at 10. An old favorite is making a
fresh appearance on this trip. A new Denny's restaurant celebrated its grand
opening today not with one not two but five Elvai. That's the plural of Elvis.
Elvai. Denny's has been in Las Vegas for 40 years now and managers look forward to
serving more Nevadans and tomorrow at 4 p.m. this location is going to hold a
pancake eating contest to benefit the Boys and Girls Club. I'm not quite sure
what to say about all the Elvai. Elvai. That's the plural. Well we have been sharing many
stories of generosity for the tsunami victims. This is something you probably
would not expect painting a brighter picture and making money at it just
ahead.
Johnny. Bronte Elvai your Southern Nevada Dodge dealers grab life by the horns.
Well we've got a local football stud playing on the big stage. Bishop Gorman
linebacker Ryan Reynolds is in San Antonio for the All-American Bowl.
Reynolds is one of 78 players nationwide picked to play in the game. He's also up
for the Walter Payton Award given to the nation's fastest and strongest football
players. The winner will be announced tomorrow but a little birdie tells me
that Reynolds will get the award. The All-American Bowl is set for Saturday
morning. If the Las Vegas Wranglers are going to make a run at the playoffs they
have to get it in gear. Tonight against San Diego would have been a good place
to start but they didn't. Wranglers fall four to three. They host Victoria
tomorrow night at the Orleans Arena. And finally 15-year-old Michelle Wee playing
with the PGA boys again this weekend. Last year we missed the Sony Open Cup by
just one shot. This year probably a different story with brutal winds
affecting everybody really. We struggled to a 5 over 75. Great sand save right
there though. She's nine shots off the lead and we'll need a great day tomorrow
just to make the cut. Just an amazing story. I mean first of all a female
playing with the guys and second of all she's 15 years old. Ridiculous. Yeah she's
an amazing player. I can't wait to see her in five or six years when she's
really fully matured into her body. Prodigy. Big announcement tomorrow. For
you especially. Yeah. Liners gonna make up his mind whether he's going pro or
going college. My money is he is gone. Will he stay or will he go? LA Times.
Tomorrow night Fox 5 tells 57% of Los Angeles or the people voted on the
poll said he should stay but 40 I think 43 said no he should go. You want him to
stay. Yeah of course. The dynasty and you know the pros will be waiting. The pros
will be there for us. Time and a place. That's right yeah well that's what the insurance policy is for.
He's gone. He is gone. We'll see. It's about 2 30. Thanks Dave. Sure. Well Overton is
recovering from days of flooding. Finally getting a chance to dry out.
We're gonna have an update though on the damage ahead in our 11 o'clock headlines.
In tonight's 11 o'clock headlines Governor Kenny Gwyn declared a state of
emergency in Overton. Floodwaters washed through the town in the last few days
but little could be done to save the town from disaster. A memorial was held
for the teenager who died in the avalanche over the weekend. The two
highways leading into Mount Charleston are still closed. An air train, airtran
airways pilot is at CCDC. He was arrested for operating an aircraft under the
influence. He's been suspended from all duties.
You know it's still trying to digest the last story. It seems that just about everyone is pitching in to help the victims of the tsunami and that's very heartwarming
but it's not just the people. Now get this, a painting hackaderm raised seven
thousand bucks for tsunami relief. The painting wasn't of an elephant rather
by an elephant. Rasha is an Asian elephant born in Thailand but now lives
at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas. The money she raised will be going to the Red
Cross. That is a heartwarming story. She lifts her front hoof there to what get
maybe a perspective of the painting the way an artist would kind of lift her
from up to the camera. She's getting into it. With her trunk. That is really amazing. See how she holds her hoof up? Is that a hoof?
Does she take out a foot? Influenced by Van Gogh. I thought I saw a little Jackson
Pollock. Thanks for joining us tonight for Fox 5 News at 10.
Everybody loves Raymond is next and have a great night.
Robert has a little announcement. She doesn't suspect that her boyfriend Robert
is about to propose to her. And the excitement is just beginning. Everybody loves Raymond. Tonight following Fox 5 News at 10.
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