the watch boxes that are popping up out there. flooding, satisfactory severe storms from texas all the way through iowa. meteorologist janice dean is taking a look at all of it for us in the fox extreme weather centerment that i, janice what is going on. reporter: we ll start to see the thunderstorms pop across texas up through oklahoma. severe thunderstorm warning west of tulsa. no tornado warnings to tell you about. we ll start to see the watches throughout the afternoon. see the red-shaded area from austin to dallas that s where we think all the ingredients will come together for large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and look at this flood threat for the next couple of days, martha, six inches plus in all of these areas. they need the rain but it s too much of a good thing in this case we re going to see definitely flash flood watches and warnings throughout the week. back to you. martha: what a crazy winter, it s been baton down the hatches in that area. janice, thanks very much.
texas. we re looking at highs today for dallas looking for a high of 86, much improved. back to you. thank you very much, maria. it is labor day but it s difficult to say happy labor day because there s nothing happy about the labor situation in this country. some facts that are tough to swallow today for many millions of americans. 9.1% unemployment right now in this country. i never saw myself here. i didn t. that s not good just to start with. but with weight watchers, take a look at some of these i can t see myself anywhere else. facts and figures right now as we look at this labor day. i m feeling good if you lose your job today, you can be here too. there s a 70% chance you won t go on join for free. weight watchers pointsplus. find a job in the next month. because it works. 70% chance. if you have been unemployed for a year, there is a 91% chance you won t find a job in the next month. why we need this speech to be really, really good on thursday. you got that, juliet.
weather, of course. let s get out to the weather and maria molina who, i believe, is outside with the latest. surprise. i m inside! why would i think you were outside? that s crazy. sorry. it s ok. good morning, juliet and it s incredible to see all that flooding occurring across louisiana and as you mentioned earlier, we have all the wildfires in texas because of the drought. we have no rain from the storm system and gusty winds coming from lee helping to spread the wildfires. two totally different situations in two states that are next door to each other. we have tropical depression lee bringing in heavy rainfall and pumping in moisture from the gulf and bringing in a threat for severe weather this morning. there are a number of tornado warnings across the state of alabama and florida panhandle. we re keeping a close watch on. this rain stretches to parts of the northeast. it s not just because of lee but a cold front. that same front is bringing in relief from temperatures
pound tubes of cast booster explosives. these are the same kind of explosives that you use when you are mining. police believe whoever took these, this lunch box left the airport with them. hopefully it was just a mistake. the explosives by the way cannot be detonated without other equipment but they are explosives, nonetheless. and extreme weather alert. fast moving wildfires whipping across texas, burning thousands of acres. it has been dry there and it has been hot there. fueled in part these winds by the tropical storm the fires by the tropical storm known as lee. dozens of homes have been destroyed. at least two people were killed when they couldn t escape their home in time. thousands more homes have been evacuated and the fires burn all the way from austin to dallas. another weather alert. this time in the gulf where flooding fears continue to rise. elizabeth pram is there live once again in biloxi, mississippi, with latest on tropical depression lee. was this looking what s
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