by one. let s turn to cnn meteorologist chad myers with the latest. boy, what a concern there. that story there had a good ending but there are other stories that did not. this storm started yesterday afternoon about noon. then there was another storm around 3:00 and all of this weather focused right on colorado city. there was a flash flood, a second later on and some were caught off guard. this is the front yard. reporter: dramatic video this morning showing a massive and deadly flash flood. ripping through a small town on the arizona/utah border. you can hear the screams from shocked residents. stunned by the rushing water. whoa! what s happening right now? reporter: the cause, heavy rain falling in the mountains above a canyon town, causing the river to rise rapidly, catching onlookers off guard. it s starting to slide. reporter: watch this video of
record. more than 700 homes have been destroyed already by fire. in southern utah flash flooding turned deadly and left several people missing. the small town of hilldale, utah hit hard, two vehicles carrying 16 people were washed downstream after getting hit by a large wall of water. also debris in there. eight people inside died, three of them were rescued but authorities are still searching for five people. just across the border in colorado city, arizona, witnesses captured rescuers pulling a family from a car stranded in raging floodwaters. more rain is in the forecast for today which could hamper rescue and clean-up efforts. joining me with the latest, nbc s jennifer bjorklund. what a mess, to say the least. really dramatic pictures this morning out of hilldale, on the arizona/utah border. it is a small community and it was hit very hard by a wall of water. hundreds of rescuers and volunteers are searching now through piles of debris and rubble hoping to find those
410,000 customers in west virginia didn t have power as of last night. ohio, 400,000 folks in ohio without. 340,000 in virginia, same deal there. power authorities and local governments say many of those people might be in the dark until this weekend. those people are going to have to deal with more soaring temperatures, 12 states under heat advisories this morning and the heat wave is forecast to last all week long. sandra endo is live in arlington, virginia, looks a bit of a mess behind you there. do people there have electricity? i m guessing not. reporter: not in this neighborhood, brook, it s been four days since the violent storm swept through this region. you can still see the devastation left behind. the power lines have downed because these toppled trees ripped the power lines from the tell phone poles and crushing car and struing debris about. this violent storm swept through this neighborhood. this area is without power as are tens of thousands of people sufferin
entire professional career covering her as an olympian. that s an amazing story to cover. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. hi, everybody, nice to have you with us. we re bring you the news from a to z, it s 5:00 eastern. let s get right to it, shall we? this is unbelievable, unrelenting, unforgiving, it is a heat wave, and it is devastating from k.c. to d.c. and it s going to continue today too, tomorrow, as well. all the way through the july 4th holiday. in some places, it s going to feel like 115 degrees, particularly in parts of the midwest today. and for millions of people without power, sorry to report this, there is not a whole lot of relief coming your way. at least 19 people now have died in the last week after deadly storms swept through the nation. about 1.7 million people still haven t gotten any power. this is days after the storms went through. many expect possibly it s going to take until friday to get their power restored. take a look at th
president obama welcomes the new york giants to the white house earlier after congratulating them on their 2012 super bowl victory. the team presented him with a jersey. investigators have found the cockpit voice record frer the air tanker that crashed in utah last weekend. the two pilots on board were killed while fighting a wildfire on the nevada/utah border. people lined the streets of a small english town to pay their final respects to bee gees star robin gibb. gibb died last month after a long bout with cancer. actress lindsay lohan was involved in a car crash earlier. her porsche collided with a dump truck on the pacific highway. she and her passenger were taken to the hospital and later released. now back to lockup. for more than 200 inmates at the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa, there is one thing for certain, decades from now they will be exactly where they are today. behind bars. you re about to meet some of