flooded. >> i knew it was here, so -- i'm just speechless right now. >> reporter: it's a familiar feeling for all too many across the plains and midwest. many places recovering on the tail end of a week that brought deadly tornadoes, heavy rain and life saving water rescues. >> this series of dams. the water continues to flow. >> with the u.s. army core of engineers. over the course of days, they have slowly had to increase the amount of water releaseed from the tulsa area dam to near historic levels to keep up with the high water. >> keystone dam has a release rate of approximately 250,000 cubic feet per second. if you do the math, it equates to approximately 1,000 school