the water. and good monday morning. we have to start with severe weather that's hitting several states producing strong wind, hail and tornado. >> it's showing it's heading east moving across to detroit heading toward pittsburgh and albany, right now. >> this image showing what the storm system is capable of producing. strong tornado was spotted west of des moines, iowa, some reported damage there. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, no. i'm going to shut the gas off. >> you're okay. >> panic in eastern michigan as a tornado rolled through that area. the twister damaged several buildings including a school. >> severe storms turned deadly in illinois. high winds caused a tent to collapse at a festival. more from abc's bazi kanani. >> this is horrible. >> reporter: festivalgoers described the frightening moments that led to this. at least 15 injured and one killed when a sudden storm barreled through 9 annual prairie fest near chicago. powerful winds sent the main tent and its poles flying. rescuers had to cut holes in the tarp to trap those inside. >> i fell on one of my friends. her whole arm was cut. >> reporter: it sent thousands scrambling to take shelter at the annual lollapalooza musical festival. it pierced this dome over two indoor softball fields. the youth got out just in time. >> you could see the rip in the dome and kind of blew down. >> reporter: the system moving across the upper midwest with rain, hail and even some reported tornadoes. >> oh, my god, no. i'm going to shut the gas off. >> reporter: tense moments as a twister approacheds in owen dale, michigan. this family races for shelter. >> reporter: the violent winds flung around whole trees in northern michigan. >> literally sawed trees being uprooted before our eyes. >> reporter: trunks and branches crashing down on power lines, cars and leaving crews with hours of work to get roads re-opened. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> incredible pictures. other major weather story fueling dozens of wildfires. >> the rocky fire more than doubled in size to 54,000 acres. the blaze destroyed homes and other buildings. another 6,000 homes are threatened. more than 12,000 people ordered to get out of there. >> we had seen a couple of spot fires and those pretty much escalated and got pretty big and took off. >> doomsday. that's what it looked like. >> the brush in that area is the driest in at lesion a century and don't know what the fire will do next. washington. the 9,000 firefighters working the blaise in northern california aren't going to get help today from the weather. >> complete weather from accuweather's molly cochran. >> thanks. now for monday, we do have the threat for some severe storms across the northeast. the i-95, it is going to be a hot and steamy afternoon. that severe threat includes syracuse and pittsburgh where flooding downpours and damaging winds will be some of the main impacts. across northern california we continue to have wildfires burn, not the great news coming in for monday. we have dry thunderstorms in place and some additional gusty winds. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> thank you, molly. another close call between a drone and passenger jet in the country's busiest airspace. sources tell abc news, that the pilot of a shuttle america flight spotted a drone while coming in for a landing at jfk airport in new york last night and the drone well came dangerously close to the plane packed with passengers. >> there is is a drone incident run way. >> location please. >> right behind -- [ inaudible ]. >> altitude? >> 30 feet. >> this was the third drone sighting near kennedy airport since friday. the faa has launched a campaign warning people operating drones to stay away from airports. malaysian investigators are hoping to find more debris after confirmed the wing flap that washed ashore is in fact from a boeing 777. the part called a flaperon will be analyzed by experts in france trying to determine if it came from the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. also trying to figure out how it broke off. no other wreck ang linked including a metal object found on reunion island which turned out to be a lad are. police in memphis trying to track down tremaine wilbourn. they say he was a passenger in a car pulled over by 33-year-old officer sean bolton who struggled with the officer times. the mayor says the shootings highlight the danger of police work and ease of getting a gun. breaking political news overnight a first glimpse of hillary clinton's first tv ads set to begin running tomorrow in iowa and new hampshire. they focus on clinton's work on behalf of families and relationship with her late mother. central themes of her campaign. she may face a challenge from joe biden. his chief of staff has been talking to donors about the possibility of the vice president jumping into the 2016 race while biden has not authorized any specific moves, his advisers say he is seriously considering a run. well, plunging prices. when $2 a gallon gas is expected to make a return. >> scary scene at sunday services. two explosions at two churches just minutes apart. but are they connected? and another american doctor accused of hunting down a lion. the growing big game poaching investigation. a surprise at a south florida beach. rocket debris from galileo washed up behind a hotel in ft. lauderdale. police hauled it away and the faa will look at it later to confirm that it's from galileo. a motorist in some states could pay less than $2 for gas by the end of the year. aaa says the national average this morning is 2.65 a gallon. 12 cents less than a month ago and nearly a dollar down interest a year ago. gasbuddy.com says 0 states could see them below $2 in the south and midwest by christmas. if you don't feel like driving, try flying. air flares could hit a four-year low. average domestic fare of $248 through november. nearly 4% cheaper than last year. the reason, fuel is down about 30%. and your in addition, should you choose to accept it is to guess what movie was tops at the box office this weekend. nope, it's not impossible or hard. 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you're flying airport delays in kansas city and denver. well, back to the news now and the frightening attacks on two churches in new mexico. >> bombs went off 20 minutes apart one at a baptist and one at a catholic church in las cruces. bomb-sniffing dogs brought in. >> i couldn't even walk up to the altar and heard everyone out of the church. what did we miss while we were -- lots happening. >> because of that timing investigators think the bombings were linked but they're not revealing any other possible evidence. well, the government of zimbabwe claims a second american doctor illegally killed a lion. investigators say dr. jon seski from pittsburgh shot a lion with a bow and arrow back in april. authorities say seski shot the big cat without approval and on land where the hunt was not allowed. seski is apparently well known in big game hunting circles said to have killed six elephants. over the weekend zimbabwe suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in the area where cecil the lion was killed by a minnesota dentist. his whereabouts, unknown. public health investigators are trying to reassure residents after a fourth person died of legionnaires' disease. 65 have gotten sick, five cooling towers have been cited as a possible source of contamination and a city leading is calling for cooling towers to be inspected regularly just as elevators are. a dramatic drag race came to an end in texas with the reality star in a hospital. daddy dave of "street outlaws" was in that car and lost control and you see it flipping over several times. he's recovering from a concussion, a bruised lung and lots of bumps and bruises. his competitor pitched in to help with the medical bills. also nascar driver brad keselowski says he's to blame for this pit road accident in which three -- she of them there, his own crew members hit by his car. all three were type. whole thing. the race. from the nascar track to the horse track, where american pharoah picked up right where he left off. he cruised to victory in his first race since winning the triple crown in june. >> the jockey said the win was pretty easy. when will he race next? his owner isn't saying but his final race will likely be at the end of october. continue with the sports theme in time for some other winners from the major league baseball -- >> highlights from our guys at espn. >> two johns for the price of one, buccigross and anderson. a chance to sweep and get into first place. >> on espn sunday night baseball. curtis granderson. bottom of the third, this was the inning, the whole game. he homered then daniel murphy crushes one up there, 3-1 mets. ses pierre da singled and duda homered. three in like five minutes of realtime. that's all noah syndergaard. that's all they needed. andre ethier, dodgers against the angels. tied at two. ethier's solo home run off joe smith. that's really his name. padres up, 3-2. in the tenth, go home. two-run homer, his 12th of the year and dodgers, 5-3 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