Good morning, im melissa. Breaking news, epic floods, record rainfall in oklahoma and texas proving deadly and dangerous and its not over. The south in the bullseye for more extreme weather today. Right now, the images unbelievable. Oh [ bleep ]. Oh, my god stop, stop, stop he needs to get out. Here we go, here we go. In boerne, texas, a close call. Raging waters just too much for an suv, the man inside escaping. And san marcos, the river cresting 42 feet the flooding leaving dead and hundreds of rescues. A curfew placed there until 7 00 a. M. In wimberly, nearly 400 homes lost, eight people missing, several of those are children. In houston, tornadoes, apartment complexes roofed ripped off traffic lights and garages left twisted. The last three homes came down, incredible what came through. In oklahoma, a double threat, first the flooding, two people died a firefighter who drowned and a 33yearold woman in a car accident reports of several twisters. A home obliterated in seconds. This
Supporters set out to remind all of us about the true meaning of memorial day. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, kate snow. Good evening. On this memorial day weekend in the middle of this country rain has not only wrecked Holiday Plans but threatening lives. Two people dead and several missing after flood waters swept through towns in oklahoma and texas. In haze county texas residents were warned if they go to their roof tops bring Something White to flag rescuers. A series after storms has saturated the area. Oklahoma has issued 70 flash flood warnings this year. We begin tonight with nbc on the ground in texas. Reporter good evening. The water rose here more quickly than anything this town has seen. Behind me was a road but its been washed away. Some sunshine is here this afternoon. More rain is expected. The raging waters are being historic and catastrophic. The river 27 feet above flood stage destroying homes along its banks and closing roads. Hundre
The bay waters are only in the mid 60s, so near 80 today. Well start to talk about the increasing rain chances with the look at the seven day coming up in a few more minutes. Im Kristin Wright at the live desk. Developing right now record rainfall in parts of the midwest. We have video in from well berly, texas. One of the areas hit by the massive flooding. A total of three People Killed in texas and also oklahoma. Thousands had to be evacuated from their homes here. About 400 homes are destroyed, many of them simply washed away. The Severe Weather has also brought tornados in that region. Aaron, back to you. Kristen, thank you. A Prince Georges County man is dead after stopping for gas. Fire officials call the man a Senior Citizen and say he lit a cigarette while he was pumping gas in riverdale yesterday afternoon. The flame may have sparked gas vapors and set him on fire. The man was badly burned. He die at the hospital. A holiday fishing trip turned deadly after a man died. Santos s
An alexandria man is under arrest israel shimeles is his name. His car left unattended, caused quite a scene here. Capitol Police Spotted the car on the west side of the capitol. They checked it out and saw a Pressure Cooker inside. Now, the bomb squad came in. Detonated it. And as you can see from the video it caused quite a loud blast. Nothing else suspicious or hazardous found after another search. Once the device was detonated. All of this happened during the memorial day concert here on the mall and this became very concerning for police because Pressure Cooker bombs were used to set off explosions during the Boston Marathon two years ago. And that turned out to be quite deadly. Thats the latest from the National Mall here. Im molette green. Thank you. A building explosion caused a partial collapse at a business in beltsville. Look at this picture. That was on Old Baltimore pike in beltsville. The Branchville Fire Department said two vacuum pumps failed no one was in the building
80 by 8 00 p. M. Mid to upper 80s around town. Good day to be out on the water as well. Good sailing weather. Could be a bit of a chop though countersy of that gusty courtesy of that gusty wind. Highs up around 90 degrees near fredericksburg. Well talk about the grilling forecast in ten minutes. Back to you guys. That is video of the moments the bomb squad destroyed a suspicious device left on the National Mall. You may have heard that blast before the memorial day concert there. Capitol police found that device inside a car at 3rd street and madison drive northwest near the reflecting pool. Molette green has more on the bomb squads quick work. Reporter aaron, good morning. We are learning a little bit more about the man under arrest in this case. Israel shimeles of alexandria virginia is charged with operating a vehicle on a revoked license. His car left unattended got the attention of Capitol Police on routine patrol. They spotted a Pressure Cooker and noticed the odor of gasoline. T