more than nine inches of rain. unfortunately there were fatalities and many people injured in that area. today we have a risk of seeing more severe weather. i want to start in the northeast. temperatures are unusually cold and freeze warnings in parts of new england waking up to freeze warnings. you can have frost. even though it is the end of may, you can have frost as you head out the door. as we head farther west, here's a look at our next storm system rolling into parts of the upper midwest and parts of illinois, indiana producing areas of heavy rain. we have reports of severe weather this morning. parts of iowa looking at not just flash flooding but the possibility of damaging wind gusts and large hail from some of these storms. that severe threat today, throughout the afternoon extends anywhere from parts of texas all the way up into montana, north dakota and far east as the state of illinois. severe thunderstorm watch in effect in iowa and parts