some homes completely wiped away. this is something you only see in movies. seeing where these homes stood. they re not there anymore. reporter: in krum north of dallas driving rains. in some areas nearly four inches an hour too much water too fast in neighborhoods quickly swallowed by flash floods. it s a very erie feeling to be completely out of control. you could stand there and watch everything being just taken away. reporter: texas national guard choppers rushed in pulling a half dozen residents to higher ground, including melissa and her 5-month-old baby girl. i was scared but i knew she was going to be okay. reporter: safe, on solid ground, and like so many in the strike zone now dealing with the mess mother nature left behind. joining me now from van, texas, is nbc correspondent jay gray. so, jay, how are the communities dealing with the devastation visited upon them? reporter: obviously a very rough go. a lot of people turning out to try and help out those who
over the town of reading. emergency management officials tell us there s a lot of damage but no serious injuries. look at those windows. i know. look at those dents! virginia hit hard by damaging wind, hail, driving rains. tornado warnings late in the day sent people scrambling to find shelter in richmond. you can see a whole lot of destruction, a lot reported throughout the state with trees down, streets and highways flooded and more than 20,000 homes without power. a lot of property damage also being reported in upstate new york. thunderstorms packing ferocious winds and hail, ripping through albany, schenectady and montgomery counties. many homes in the region devastated. trees and power lines down all over the place. this is a serious system here. just look at the devastation in kent county, delaware. oh, my! the homes there flattened by a possible tornado. several structure collapses reported in the area. roads are closed. power is out in over 4,000 homes. the good
millions of people, from wyoming to texas and all the way east to oklahoma. lightning and the possibility of wildfires also expected to be a problem in many of those drought-stricken states. that is crazy! look at that! call your insurance adjuster. indeed! going to be a lot of dented cars there, a lot of insurance claims in central and eastern pennsylvania. now, this is tennis ball-sized hail, as opposed to golf ball or baseball. i think the writers put that in just for me. tennis ball-sized hail shattering car windshields, breaking windows in buildings all over the town of reading. emergency management officials tell us there s a lot more damage. luckily, no serious injuries. virginia battered thursday by hail, high winds, driving rains, tornado warnings late in the day sending people scrambling to find shelter in richmond. a lot of damage throughout the state. trees down, streets and highways flooded and more than 20,000 homes without power. severe damage being reported in
for another day. it s storm season there, and we are talking gale-force winds, up to 50 miles an hour, driving rains, a low cloud ceiling, and massive ocean swells. 12 feet high. as many as a dozen aircraft are expected to be in the air as soon as possible. that includes seven military aircraft. the only plus is that the search zone has shifted east. it is now about 1,500 miles off the australian coast, meaning less travel time and more search time. the zone s narrowed from nearly 3 million square miles at its largest to just more than 600,000 square miles today. once the weather does clear, an australian naval vessel will sweep the waters where several pieces of possible debris were seen from the air on monday. six countries are on stand by to assist in that search and india has assets on route. the u.s. navy s black box detector, underwater microphones, and a mini subare also in perth. they will likely be deployed next week along with an australian vessel. here s what those crews wil
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