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"malificen." "malificent." it is thursday may 1st. >> announcer: from abc news. this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning, everybody. we will start with that extreme weather from the gulf coast to new england. millions of us dealing with rainstorms or what's been left behind. >> here's video taken from a drone flying over a flooded neighborhood in pensacola, florida. some parts of the area received two feet of rain in the last couple of days. >> here's what it looks like right now soaking the most populated part of the country. our coverage beginning now with abc's ashley bridges. >> reporter: violent storms and drenching rains from the southern to new england. nearly two feet of rain in just 24 hours in florida. look at what happened to this house. a waterfall formed between the street and the yard. geysers sprang up in the muddy water. more than 300 calls for emergency help. >> the water was rushing through and pushed the car all the way
EverybodyAnnouncerAbcWeatherWorld-news-nowJohn-mullerDiana-perezMay-1stNew-englandMalificentGulf-coastMalificenhe survived. many others did not. unable to avoid the path of the storm. >> a swimmer at the university of alabama used his strength to hold up a wall while his friend escaped. john didn't make it out. it's easy to understand how that happened from views like this. homes torn in half and people trying to put things back together for their friends and neighbors with food -- >> we are a strong town and we're not going anywhere. >> -- and with the little things they could find. like these photos, a reminder of what matters most. >> you hold on to what you can. you tell the people you love that you love them. >> reporter: and attention is shifting to areas like mobile and pensacola where there's extreme flash flooding and after seeing what families are dealing with here, it's difficult to imagine what people there are going through. john and diana. >> ashley, with so many people
StormWallSwimmerPathStrengthJohn-didn-tFriendOthersUniversity-of-alabamaPeopleThingsHomesits punch as it brings heavy rain to the northeast and the midwest. abc's ashley bridges is live in mayflower arkansas with the latest. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning. it's been nearly four days since tornadoes touched down here in mayflower, arkansas. but the town is very quiet tonight because of the storms. it's largely out of power and under a national guard enforced curfew. in other parts of the region, this storm system continues to affect millions. yet another tornado touchdown. this one in north carolina. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> look at and listen to this video. >> oh, the cars have been tossed. >> sights and sounds happening far too frequently across the south. mallory thompson lost everything. >> it's gone. except for the foundation. >> this man watching the storm firsthand risked too close an encounter.
ReporterAbcTornadoesAshley-bridgesLatestArkansasRainMidwestPunchFourStorm-systemStorms>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good tuesday morning. we begin this half hour with millions of americans braving yet another round of violent storms. >> an estimated 25 million americans are still in the hot zone of a dangerous weather system that spawned deadly tornadoes across the south including this gigantic wedge-shaped twister estimated to be one mile wide. that's in tupelo, mississippi. >> they're blamed for two dozen deaths across three states. >> the hardest hit is arkansas with at least 15 deaths. ashley bridges is joining us live from vilonia, arkansas. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. here in vilonia the storms have stopped for now and authorities are facing a different challenge, putting the town on a curfew overnight to prevent looting, but in those neighboring states millions of people continue to brace themselves for the damage and destruction that could come with more tornadoes.
AnnouncerMillionsAbc-newsDiana-perez-John-mullerWorld-news-nowInsomniac-kitchenTuesday-morningApril-29thTuesday-april-29th29Tornadoespassengers pay extra for carry on bags and they are also charging a fee for assigned seats. the low-cost carrier is cutting the average fare by 20%. those are some of the top stories on this tuesday, april 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good tuesday morning. we begin this half hour with the south bracing for yet another round of violent storms. an estimated 25 million americans are still in the path of a dangerous weather system that spawned deadly tornados in the south, already blamed for more than two dozen deaths. >> the hardest hit arkansas. ashley bridges is joining us live from vilonia, arkansas. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. here in vilonia, thankfully the storms have stopped but authorities have been busy ensuring another task, that the entire town stays on an overnight curfew to prevent looting. if you look at a neighboring state, millions of people are still bracing themselves for what happens if more tornadoes touchdown. >> it's moving to the right.
AnnouncerAbc-newsPassengersStoriesBagsSomeSeatsApril-29thLow-cost-carrierFareFrontier-airlinesFeemy family. >> he did. >> he did. >> reporter: from nebraska to louisiana, twisters turned towns upside down on sunday. a tornado in baxter springs, kansas, cut an eight-mile path of destruction. in oklahoma, an ef-2, 150 yards wide with wind speeds up to 135 miles an hour. >> it is crazy. i don't see how anybody could live through that. >> reporter: severe weather is not over yet. here authorities tell me they believe they now have everyone accounted for. but again, in those neighboring states the death tolls continue to rise as more tornadoes touch down. john and diana? >> ashley, thank you. let's talk about the curfew in vilonia, police are enforcing that? >> they are. they moved everyone, including the media out of the town's perimeter. they said it goes back to three years ago when a tornado took a
ReporterTornadoFamilyDadTwistersNebraska-to-louisianaTownsGodWindPath-of-destructionOklahomaAnybodystate that officials say some rural areas could run dry within 100 days. governor jerry brown yesterday provided some practical conservation guidelines including, quote, don't flush more than you have to. forecasters say rain would have to fall heavily every day through may to bring conditions back to normal. tempers still flaring this morning, three days after a rare ice storm paralyzed parts of the south, bringing the city of atlanta to a standstill. after blaming forecasters, the governor of georgia has issued his clearest apology yet. abc's ashley bridges has the latest. >> reporter: in an about-face, georgia's governor now admits that the state was ill-prepared to handle tuesday's snowstorm. >> i think we did not respond fast enough. we did not respond in the magnitude at an earlier enough time. >> reporter: two days after the rare winter blast crippled several southern states, the clean-up is finally under way.
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