tornado warn storms with this. you see this still across parts of kentucky there and across parts of tennessee as well. one that was a tornado warn storm cutting from mississippi into alabama that one is just now a severe thunderstorm warning. but take a look at this. most of this coming from one strong line of storms that cut right through around the boot hill of missouri. this is this very long slow track of this. you get the idea. one storm right there that started to develop and just continued on the ground for probably over 200 miles. guys? rachel: wow. pete: rick, when you consider the level of the devastation was it totally unexpected. did it sneak up on them? rick: not really. we knew last night was going to be potentially really dangerous night. you know that potential is there. you hope it doesn t happen. this, in fact, has. we haven t had really significant fatalities from tornadoes in able of in years. part of that such good warning system now there are so many storm chaser
are in okay stage. passaic major flooding behind some spots. this storm cutting through parts of the central plains, north of this line of storms, temperatures much cooler. south of it where new orleans is, it is still hot and very humid. temperatures tomorrow, still going to be warm. look at this. not looking like fall in parts of the northern plains. new orleans, still warm in florida into the 90s. up towards the northeast, that is where we re feeling like fall a little bit. guys? rachel: thank you, rick. all right, well the mass exodus of afghan refugees fleeing to the united states has lawmakers questioning the screening process for refugees including my next guest. congressman tom tiffany toured fort mccoy army base in wisconsin to see the process first-hand. he found afghan refugees were not being properly vetted and can leave at anytime. a new report reveals 100
david? steve osunsami in north carolina. steve, thank you. and later, right here tonight, what reverend graham said when diane sawyer asked him how often he thought about death, and his hope afterward. but first, the other news tonight, and to the severe weather at this hour, that major winter storm bringing snow, freezing rain, flooding. and a tornado watch in louisiana for much of the day. that winter storm stretching from texas to maine. dangerous flooding in dallas tonight. a woman rescued from her car in rushing waters. and treacherous ice flipping a big rig on its side on highway 81 in texas. abc s marcus moore from the storm zone tonight. reporter: tonight, that massive storm cutting across the country. bringing a wintry blast to western parts of north texas, covering roads with dangerous ice. and to the east, in dallas, a deluge of flooding rain leading to water rescues. even first responders needing help. and overnight there, the rescue underway now. reporter: a
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shelter. this afternoon s storm hit around 3:00 local time and on the ground for 45 minutes. light of day and many of them hopefully get away. officially the death toll is at 6 thus far. but we know of four people according to the reporting of the local nbc station or i should say the cbs station who died while trying to shelter in a freezer and four others who died at 7/11. communications are impossible at this point. and the numbers like that will be hard to come by for the foreseeable future. our meteorologist rick reichmuth was in the area covering the storms which hit last night and anticipating those from today. rick, this is hard to believe. it s very hard to believe, shep. you know, we he have been under this threat and these big cities for a couple days. storm cutting to the. cutting just to the south and moore. two days that they have been dealing with. you know, after you had what you saw yesterday, really significant damage