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remains through his home in g ax rlin. i stepped out because i heard the roaring. that s when i saw it. willard jordan heard the tornado rip through his neighborhood in dallas. his family and home spared. buildings cracking, ripping stuff up. all we could do is run to the closet and pray. reporter: this woman rescued. i stayed in my closet all night long, shabing looing a leaf on a tree. reporter: flash floods and whiteout conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. in month many, more than 100 water rescues, at least six people in pulaski county, swept away by floodwaters saturday night. it s a small, dark highway. they probably didn t know what hit them until they hit the water. reporter: the massive system dumping more than 16 inches of snow in new mexico. icy roads backing up traffic and
an airplane passenger snapping this stunning photo of the massive storm system on a flight to dallas. two powerful ef-3 and ef-4 twisters making a path of destruction, the death toll 11, making this the dead i left december for tornados in 60 years. justin schuler sifts of what remains through his home in garland. he and his dog survived by taking cover in a bathtub. i stepped out because i heard the roaring. that s when i saw it. reporter: willard jordan heard the tornado rip through his neighborhood in dallas. his family and home spared. buildings cracking, ripping stuff up. all we could do is run to the closet and pray. reporter: and this garland resident rescued by family. i stayed in my closet all night long, shaking like a leaf on a tree. reporter: the deadly storm also spawning flash floods, whiteout conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. in missouri, more than 100 water rescues. at least six people killed in
strike. reporter: overnight in eastern texas, blinding rain, lightning and strong winds in the city of marshall. downed trees and power lines, possibly the work of yet another tornado, touching down in the lone star state. last night, patrons inside a chili s restaurant huddling inside a freezer as tornado sirens sound off. it is now making its way eastward. it s ayou big tornado, big, big, strong tornado. reporter: over the christmas weekend, texas bearing the brunt of the storm, ravaged by nearly half a dozen deadly tornadoes. an airport passenger taking this stunning photo of the massive storm on a flight to dallas. two powerful twisters making a path of destruction, the death toll 11, making this the dead i left december for tornados in 60 years. justin schuler sifts of what
good morning and welcome back to your new day. as you can tell, chris and alisyn are off. but their stand-ins, don lemon and christine romans are not fight awake. they re almost awake. going on in america.vere weather 43 people have been killed in an outbreak of severe weather across the u.s. a series of tornadoes carving a path of destruction, claiming 11 lives in the dallas area. that state s governor declaring a disaster in four counties. now to make matters worse, they are bracing for snow and freezing temperatures. yep, in the midwest, missouri is under a state of emergency due to flooding from heavy rain, eight people killed there. and new mexico accumulating 16 inches of snow and 8-foot snow drifts triggering a state of emergency there as well. let s begin our coverage this morning with cnn s nick valencia in garland, texas. good morning, nick. reporter: you can see how bad the damage is in this apartment