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Tornado touches down near Brush during live newscast

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

BRUSH, Colo. (KDVR) — A tornado touched down near Brush as thunderstorms hit northeast Colorado on Wednesday evening. The twister was seen live on TV during a FOX31 newscast.Storm chaser Nathan Moore captured video of the tornado along Highway 71, south of Interstate 76."This is our first visual confirmation of a tornado on the ground," Pinpoint Weather Chief Meteorologist Dave Fraser said.The tornado was confirmed at 5:55 p.m. about 6 miles east of Gary, or 14 miles southwest of Akron, according to the National Weather Service. It was moving north at 30 mph. The best and worst places to shelter during a tornado Fraser said the tornado was a landspout. A tornado warning was in effect for Morgan and Washington counties through 6:15 p.m.Tornado warnings were frequent throughout Wednesday in northeast Colorado, including in parts of the metro in Arapahoe and Douglas counties and on the Eastern Plains. Hail that was pounding parts of the metro was moving out to the plains by the early...

Sewage truck spills human waste on I-76, forces closure for cleanup

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- A sewage truck spilled human waste on eastbound Interstate 76 on Monday evening, forcing it to close for hours for a cleanup.Around 5:17 p.m., a passerby reported sewage on the road on I-76 near Colorado State Highway 224, according to Colorado State Patrol. Is it legal to collect rainwater in Colorado? The interstate was closed at around 5:53 p.m., and traffic was detoured onto CO 224. It reopened after midnight on Tuesday.

Thornton PD looking for parents of found child

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Thornton are looking for the parents of a child who was found Wednesday afternoon.The child, who said his first name is "Jaime," is 7 to 10 years old, and is comfortable being with officers but did not give his full name or where he lives. He was found in the 9100 block of Gale Boulevard.Anyone who recognizes the child was asked to call 911 immediately.

Hail is not measured like snow or rain. Here's why

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Severe weather engulfed Colorado this week with rain and thunderstorms, and severe hail as big as golf balls.While meteorologists measure how much rain or snow falls during a storm, hail is not measured like other precipitation. Severe weather continues around Denver: Live updates There was enough hail Wednesday to cover the ground. In some areas, it was white, like a fresh layer of snow. With so much hail coming down, how does it add to the total moisture that comes from a storm?Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Jessica Lebel said the hail contributes to moisture totals, even though it isn't measured the same."Typically we don't see enough hail to even put a measurement to it. Usually, it's just a little bit of it on the ground," she said. "It also melts really quickly, so if there is a lot of rainfall with the hail it'll melt within 10-20 minutes sometimes, so it's really hard to put a good measurement on how much hail falls."Hail in Castle Rock (Denise Plante)Hail...

Severe weather cancels, delays flights at Denver airport

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Pinpoint Weather team has issued a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day due to strong storms along the Front Range, around the Denver metro and onto the Eastern Plains, which are causing delays and cancellations at Denver International Airport.The worst of the storms are expected in the afternoon into the evening hours with damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes in the Denver weather forecast. Here’s what areas are in an enhanced risk for severe storms Wednesday As of 6:30 p.m., there were 630 delays and 133 cancellations according to FlightAware tracking. The airport is encouraging all travelers to check their flights ahead of time due to the weather. The storms are expected to last through the evening and overnight, potentially causing additional delays into Thursday morning.

Stunning photos of Tuesday's storm explained

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – As severe stormy weather was hitting the Front Range, those people who live west of Denver got to see spectacular views of the storm clouds and took photos.FOX31 Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Jessica Lebel said she was impressed when she saw the photos and explained just what they showed. Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day with severe afternoon, evening storms “It’s cumulonimbus, which is essentially a thunderstorm cloud, so what you’re seeing, that big part that goes outward is what we call an anvil,” Lebel said.When those clouds rise up to the troposphere layer of the atmosphere, Lebel said that’s where the cloud cannot rise anymore so it spreads out horizontally and forms round edges. Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Travis Michels described the formation process like pouring pancake batter upside-down.“All that hot air rises and hits the top of the troposphere, and that’s why it pancakes out,” Michels said.Below the anvil, Lebel explains that you ma...

‘Hypnotic’ stars Ben Affleck, Alice Braga talk working with Robert Rodriguez in twisty new thriller

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

Have you ever been hypnotized? If not, would you be open to it? Here’s Alex Miranda to tell us about a new movie called “Hypnotic.”Ben Affleck plays a hypnotist who’s trying to save his daughter. The actor tells Deco why there are so many surprises in the film.Alice Braga (as Diana Cruz): “What do you see? Your daughter? The park?”Ben Affleck (as Detective Danny Rourke): “I wasn’t paying attention.”Ben Affleck stars as Detective Danny Rourke in Robert Rodriguez’s thriller “Hypnotic.” The actor plays a police officer haunted by his daughter’s kidnapping.William Fichtner (as Dellrayne): “It’s very hot today. It’s like a furnace.”Turns out Danny isn’t a detective at all. He’s a government-trained hypnotist, called a hypnotic.Alice Braga (as Diana Cruz): “Hypnotics have the ability to influence the brain, sound, voice.”Ben Affleck: “The script had a number ...

Evio’s Pizza and Grill offering specials and free desserts for Mother’s Day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

Every day should be Mother’s Day, and while you don’t have to wait until Sunday to show mom how much you love her, it sure is a good time to spoil her! Deco’s checking out a SoFlo restaurant that’s pouring it up for all the mamas out there.Celebrate mom the right way this weekend by giving her what she really wants…OK, maybe the other thing she really wants.Evio’s Pizza and Grill in North Miami is spoiling moms the right way.Elio Solari: “The special that we’re having for Mother’s Day is bottomless mimosas and sangrias from 12 to 5, and we have free desserts all day and night.”These aren’t just any old sangrias and mimosas. They’re free drinks for mamas.Moms can pick between white and red… ’cause she deserves options.Or get bubbly with the prosecco and orange juice, and for the perfect pairing…Elio Solari: “There’s no better pairing for our sangria and mimosas than a good quality cheese pizza. We hav...

‘Next Level Chef’ contestants brace for fusion challenge on Season 2 finale

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

Get those aprons on, because the final challenge is here for “Next Level Chef.” The Season 2 finale is Thursday, and the kitchens are on fire.Eighteen chefs started, but only three will compete. For this last episode, the mission is creating a fusion dish.Gordon Ramsay: “There’s a quarter million dollars on the line.”Yes, by tomorrow a “Next Level Chef” will go home with all that dough … and we mean cash, not cookie dough.Chef Richard Blais: “You gotta earn it. This is not Next Level Cooking.”The pressure is on in the two-hour-long Season 2 finale. The chefs that are left have to create a dish from each level of the kitchen.Chef Richard Blais: “Got to impress with the presentation.”Chef Richard Blais is one of the coaches, and even he’s on edge.Chef Richard Blais: “I kind of know what’s happening, and I’m as a viewer at home, like, Oh, my God, there’s only three seconds. You got to grab s...

Hundreds of US troops to arrive at the border as officials and migrants brace ‘for the unknown’ of Title 42’s expiration

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:14:32 GMT

(CNN) — Hundreds of US troops are set to begin a new mission along the southern border Wednesday as officials and a surge of migrants brace “for the unknown” after a Trump-era border restriction expires late Thursday.“We are preparing for the unknown because we don’t know who’s coming — whether it’s families, whether it’s single adults,” El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said. The mayor visited the neighboring city of Juarez, Mexico, earlier Wednesday and estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 people were waiting to cross the border.Laredo Mayor Victor Trevino told CNN Wednesday his southern Texas border city is preparing for the end of the pandemic-related restrictions as “if it’s a hurricane coming.” Laredo is expecting migrants to be transferred from overburdened processing centers in Brownsville and El Paso, Trevino said.US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, however, downplayed the migrant surge, telling repor...