aircraft is conduct a six-hour search of the area and several c-130 aircraft and another p-3 are scheduled to fly this afternoon and this evening. the canadian coast guard cutter or vessel john cabot is scheduled to arrive later this evening and several other canadian vessels are en route. the u.s. coast guard has the u.s. navy s supervisor salvaging dive and command is working with u.s. transportation command to bring additional assets to the search area. these more capable assets will be staged out of st. john s for further transport to the search area. there are several private vessel research vessels, rov capabilities making preparations to join the efforts. so i want to reiterate, this is a very complex search and the unified teams working around the clock to bring all available assets and expertise to bear as quickly as possible in an effort to solve this very complex problem.
snow for parts of the rockies up towards the northern plains. so that was the other side of this story is we still had winter over some of the states across the northern tier. here s the rain forecast for parts of the gulf coast up towards the southeast and the mid-atlantic, there is your forecast today with an emphasis on the northeast, the mid-atlantic, the gulf coast. i know that we have big golf games going on so watch the potential for thunderstorms there. and then our next storm system moves in across the northwest. fox weather.com has been on this story. they will continue to be on this story. it has been an active season thus far, steve doocy. steve: janice, come on over here because you could see in the images that janice just showed us the damage that the tornado did flattening homes in glen allen in missouri. and joining us, which is south of st. louis. joining us right now stan wood fin grew up in glen allen and lives just a few miles away and joins us now. stan, thank yo
brutally attacking his teacher s aide. according to the arrest record that student told the school resource deputy the reason he went after her was he was upset that she allegedly took away his n intendo switch. i will show you this video but first a warning. it is disturbing. this happened on tuesday in flagler county. that s just south of st. augustine, north of daytona beach. in it we see the 17-year-old running toward the school employee in the black and then knocking her to the ground, according to the arrest record, that s 5 to 6 feet he knocked her and then she appears to be unconscious as he starts to punch and kick her. eventually on lookers assess the situation and see that this is a big problem and start to pull him away. those are students and employees of the school pulling him away. even as they do he is still trying to kick and punch at this school employee who is later taken to a hospital. listen to what the sheriff of
disturbing. this happened on tuesday in flagler county, south of st. augustine, north of daytona beach. here is the 17-year-old just really wailing on his teacher s aide, knocked her to the ground and just punched and kicked her repeatedly and she s motionless and we could see quite a few employees and students who faces are blurred here trying to keep him away from her. and he keeps repeatedly just punching and kicking at her. eventually they do manage to keep him down on the ground. and that employee, that school employee is taken away to the hospital. we do have a statement from sheriff rick staley of flagler county, who said the actions of this student are absolutely horrendous. and completely uncalled for. we hope the victim will be able to recover both mentally and physically from this incident. thankfully students and staff members came to the victim s aid before the school resource deputies could arrive.
too much water all at once. that s right, kim. drought spreading across much of the u.s. as we speak. in fact 55% of the continuous u.s. under drought conditions. that serves about 130 million americans, the largest population impacted by drought since 2016. and one area that has been hit particularly hard, the midwest as well as the mid-mississippi river valley. this picture speaks a million words, right? this is tower rock formation. this is in the mississippi river, south of st. louis. it is normally accessed by boat only. but because the river levels have been so low along the mississippi river, people have been able to walk on dry land to access that rock formation. incredible to see those before and after images. there are currently 77 river gauges across the u.s., at or below the water threshold, but 40 of those river gauges lie along the mississippi river. don t believe me? here is an example. take the mississippi river at