flooded. i knew it was here, so i m just speechless right now. reporter: it s a familiar feeling for all too many across the plains and midwest. many places recovering on the tail end of a week that brought deadly tornadoes, heavy rain and life saving water rescues. this series of dams. the water continues to flow. with the u.s. army core of engineers. over the course of days, they have slowly had to increase the amount of water releaseed from the tulsa area dam to near historic levels to keep up with the high water. keystone dam has a release rate of approximately 250,000 cubic feet per second. if you do the math, it equates to approximately 1,000 school
relief in sight with more bad weather expected this weekend. with more than 40 million people under severe weather threat, and that threat extends all the way from the central plains to the great lakes. cnn national correspondent omar jimenez is in tulsa tracking the latest. > . reporter: all kent bruce could do was stare, knee deep in water, his home flooded. i knew it was here, so i m just speechless right now. it s a familiar feeling for all too many across the plains and midwest, many places still recovering on the tail end of what s been a week that s brought deadly tornadoes, heavy rain and life saving water rescues. it s important for us to maintain this series of dams because the water continues to flow in. lieutenant colonel adam wees is with the u.s. army corps of engineers, over the course of
reporter: it s a familiar feeling for all too many. many places recovering on the tail end of a week that brought deadly tornadoes, heavy rain and life saving water rescues. this series of dams. the water continues to flow in. adam is with the u.s. army core of engineers. over the course of days, they had to increase the amount of water released from the keystone dam to near historic levels to keep up with the high water. the keystone dam is has a release rate of approximately 250,000 cubic feet per second. if you do the math, that s approximately 1,000 school buses per second. reporter: across the tulsa area, a thousand residents impacted by flooding, so far. please, please pay attention. the water can be fickle, as is