caving in. stuff started flying through the windows. stuff was hitting us, bricks, everything. >> reporter: he hid with his wife and 5-year-old son to protect them with mattresses, winds up to 200 miles per hour. >> made me realize how fragile life is. >> reporter: 11 people killed in texas alone this weekend whether tornadoes ripped through the state, tearing apart buildings, leaving skeleton structures, and shattered wood behind. the destructive winds are a part of a massive storm system wreaking havoc across the nation with a deadly mix of tornadoes, ice, blizzards, and flooding stretching from new mexico to maine. at least two dozen people have died, and more than 100 million more could be affected by severe storms. flooding and snow from the same system. white gathers his belongings and just a sweatshirt while others in the lone star state are digging out of fridged blizzard conditions.