soar above 100 degrees in many places. the national weather service says the system is stretching from central nebraska to west virginia. north into wisconsin and south into mississippi. the high temperatures are also expected in southwest parts of texas, experts are advising people to stay indoors and keep hydrated. meantime major flooding swept away at least one bridge, washed out roads and set off mud slides in yellow national park today. authorities have closed entrances evacuated visitors from that area. park officials say the flooding hit after recent unprecedented rains. power is out in some areas of the park. now to capitol hill and the supreme court. we are still waiting for a decision from the u.s. supreme court on the challenge to the roe v. wade abortion ruling. the case was not among those announced today. draft decision overturning roe was leaked several weeks ago. tonight correspondent david spunt looks at some of the
we are hearing incredible stories of survival, but also intense heart break from the flooding disaster in tennessee that has now killed 21 people. the fast-moving flood waters knocked homes off their foundations, swept cars away, washed out roads and more and more. one person was trapped inside her home with her four-month old daughter when the flood waters came rushing in. i spoke with her last night about her terrifying ordeal. listen to this. i mean, everything was floating. someone was like put her on the fridge. everything was floating informal everything was under water at that point. and getting on top of the kitchen counter was my only option. and everything was under water. my feet and ankles were covered with water at that point. and so i just put her at the
we ve lost more people in this event than we did in the train explosion in 1978, but we ve seen the community come together. cnn s nick valencia joins me from a reunification center. nick, what have you seen on the ground there? reporter: well, this storm is called catastrophic, devastating event. we saw glimpses of that as we try to work our way into the hardest hit area. there were washed out roads and a bridge washed out on our way there which is why we couldn t get to the center. we got to a reunification center where we joined christi brown. she s part of the department of education helping with donations. you lived through this this weekend, tell us what it was like. terrifying. devastating. many of our close friends and family, students have been impacted. they lost everything. many have lost their lives. we re still looking for a lot of
this is insane, this is one of the few things we ve seen here in waverly. but there is countless more. i m going to walk over this way. this is the creek here. this is a car just turned over on its side. if you look down the creek there i wish i could zoom in, but we can t no, we cannot. there s one, two, three more cars down there. this is a pile, a pile of debris here. unbelievable. and right now search and recovery efforts are underway for around 20 people who are still missing. meanwhile, residents in these communities are just beginning to pickup the pieces. cnn s nick valencia is there. reporter: the governor of tennessee called it devastating and looking at the images you can certainly understand why. we tried to make our way safely to the hardest-hit area but encountered washed out roads and downed bridges and the remnants of the storm system that moved