live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with kim brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. horn 12 million people under flood watches in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas. the risk of flash flooding is high with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. extreme weather forced a search and rescue mission as several hikers were swept off their feet by a flash flood. one person is still missing. let s talk more about this with derek van dam. potentially dangerous situation for many. what is the latest? yeah, the latest from the dallas/ft. worth meteorological agency indicating that anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of rain or more is possible within the next 48 hours. so starting now right through monday morning into the afternoon hours, that is when we re expecting the heaviest precipitation to move on, really intensifying tonight, that being sunday evening. i want to show you a broad per
and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
slowly meander its way across the southeastern tier of the u.s. here is a look at the system in question. you can already see a lot of that moisture bringing some pretty heavy thunderstorms to portions of northern texas, areas of oklahoma now starting to see some of that rain move into portions of arkansas as well as louisiana. you still have some rain in arizona and new mexico as well. but a lot of that is really going to begin to shift off to the east in the coming days. we do still have flood watches in effect for new mexico and texas and oklahoma and some into louisiana and southern arkansas as well. you also have some of that tropical moisture still surging from that potential tropical cyclone we had yesterday. it moved inland, but it is still pushing, that flow is still pushing the moisture from the gulf into the southeastern region. as that stationary front gradually starts to shift off to the east, you re going to see the water go with it. here is a look at where we f
and her husband are being held on an immigration charge. and coming up this hour. the 17 year old solo pilot who s broken two world records. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 25 people, including two children, are now known to have died in a russian airstrike in eastern ukraine, according to authorities in kyiv. the ukrainian president, volodmyr zelensky, said that a railway station was hit and several houses and cars were destroyed, in a series of attacks in the dnipropetrovsk region. 31 people were also wounded. the strikes came exactly six months after moscow s invasion began. our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from kyiv. search and rescue operations are now over in the town of chaplyne, in the east of the country, following those russian attacks. a train station was hit, and pictures from the scene show destroyed passenger trains, cars. several houses were also hit. this attack happened yesterday, as ukraine marked independenc
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