producessed storms across parts of the plains and confirmed tornadoes. looking severe weather anywhere from parts of louisiana, to parts of kentucky. a big story in kentucky is ongoing flooding. we received reports of more than seven inches of rainfall out there. check out the forecast. potentially more than two inches of rainfall in addition to what they have already seen. because of this, we do have a number of warnings in effect out here for flooding and also several watches out will remain in effect because several areas of rain continue to move over the same area. the ground already saturated bill. this is a big issue. severe weather still possible. have a way to get the warnings. bill: thanks maria. maria molina. you too. bill: jamie? jamie: israeli leaders warn of a nuclear arms race in the middle east if the tentative nuclear deal iran is finalized. what is the administration say about that?
dangers law enforcement faces in the line of duty. meteorologist maria molina has more from the fox news extreme weather center. what kind of damage did the storm do? just insane damage across that area in central oklahoma but i want to point out that video shows how much damage is left behind. you have a lot of debris that is laying around. sometimes there is even power lines that are laying on the ground or even in the streets after tornadoes rip through some of these communities and it is very important after these storms hit particular areas, that they do cause damage that people are very, very safe as they try to exit their shelters or their homes. again, just keep in mind there is a lot of dangerous, a lot of dangerous things that are out there because of these storms moving through those areas. but tornadoes, they can have winds more than 200 miles per hour. they can cause significant damage very sturdy homes and multiple storied buildings could be completely leveled by some o
recruitment pipeline. you almost never see the mechanics of how this happens and what we found in our reporting, our team s reporting is that it s that simple. it can happen within 72 hours just by going online, and there s clearly a pretty sophisticated vetting process, and they identified him as someone who had a lot of military skills that he could bring to the table. heather: catherine, thanks so much for bringing the story for us. we appreciate it. reporter: you re welcome. leland: you wonder how many people we don t know about that are doing this. heather: exactly. leland: ships still searching the java sea for the black boxes and remains from airasia flight 8501. coming up, an aviation analyst join us with his insights on what may have happened to that plane. heather: and if you think this winter wonderland is somewhere up next, think again. this is in san diego county california. maria molina here to tell us about the wild weather some people will see as we usher in
umbrellas and the tent equipment. there s a bounce house that just lifted off heather: oh, goodness. leland: pretty scary. the winter weather storm also hit southern california. it brought rare snowfall to that area. this is orange county california. not what you associate with snow. the reasons left more than 100 motorists stranded in the mountains, resulting in at least two deaths. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox news weather center. maria, does this keep getting worse over the weekend, or are they off the the woods? reporter: it depends on where you live. if you live across parts of california, you are going to be looking at improving concerns and conditions have been improving as that storm system is now moving into parts of the rocky, but i think a more widespread story across the country is how cold it is out there. take a look at these current wind chill temperatures. you re looking at temperatures in the single digits in minneapolis, kansas city and also in cl
news, but looking at the forecast we do have a chance for isolated showers, thunderstorm activity to continue near indonesia and surrounding countries. trace? trace: 44,000 foot on that storm, and as leah reminded us, the plane really could only fly to 42 reporter: yeah. and it s very cold up there. i mean, you re talking imagine hiking in mountains that s just 14,000 feet. it gets a lot colder up here. sorry, i have a bit of a cold here, my throat s killing me but we re going to get this information out there. you hike a mountain that s just 14,000 feet we re talking past 40,000 feet. there s a lot of icing that could occur out there. yes, it is the tropics yes we re talking near the equator it s typically warm, but it s very cold when you get that high up. trace: yep, icing could be a big factor. maria, feel better. thank you. leah: in addition to weather there are other factors to consider in the disappearance of flight 8501, especially early in the investigation.