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Bringing strong winds and heavy rains. this strong storm is moving right now toward china. according to taiwans central news agency, four people are dead, four people are still missing. two people were killed before the storm even made landfall on friday. a 7-year-old girl and her mother both swept to sea along with the girls twin sister. she is still missing. this powerful storm has triggered mudslides and flooding. roughly 2 million homes remain without power. at this hour, we have a storm-cha...

York with blinding rain and deadly violent winds. at least six tornados across three states in smithfield, new york, as they pick up the pieces from this ef-2 tornado, they mourn the loss of four. a mother and daughter die when this home collapsed. and here, a man and his dog died when his house was literally carried into the air. >> so this is the house that originally was right there. lifted up. you can see some of the screens there on that pole. and just carried right over, on to another hous...

A hurricane or even strengthen it. so a lot to worry about. well certainly give you the latest. theres also potential for the storm to remain offshore, which would be the best case scenario but it looks like all of these computer models is showing potential landfall across north carolina, south carolina, virginia area on the fourth of july and wet one across the east coast unfortunately. >> we like to order up the offshore option if we can. >> absolutely. ill do anything i can. ill place phone c...

This driver in st. paul, minnesota, barely making his way through blinding rain. the mighty mississippi river, rushing through the city near its highest level in more than a dozen years. a lightning storm over houston, texas, friday, captured from space -- >> look at that lightning. >> reporter: -- by an astronaut. a different lightning storm in columbus, ohio, late saturday turning tragic. >> like a bomb went off. >> reporter: off-duty firefighter was struck by lightning, sending him into cardi...

Washed away labor day plans for many along the east coast. for some parts of the country the wettest summer on record. abcs steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: across much of the northeast, more blinding rain. >> reporter: why cant it rain just a little in lake county north carolina heavy rains were dramatic. rescue workers had to pull a set of parents and their young children from their car. after it started sinking in the floodwaters. same story, lexington, kentucky, where a police cruiser s...

Parts of four other states, wisconsin, indiana, michigan, and iowa have a 5% risk of tornadoes. the area at greatest risk includes joplin, missouri, which on wednesday, this wednesday, will mark two years since that massive storm and tornado that killed 161 people. the threat comes as oklahoma was still recovering, as i said, from that storm front that hammered the state yesterday. with blinding rain and tornadoes and including a half-mile-wide twister that struck near oklahoma city. >> dont hav...

>> reporter: video from surveillance videos across the city and cell phones posted on social media generate a stream of leads impossible to get a decade ago. in the last year alone, philadelphia police have captured 85 suspects, including alleged rapists and murderers. but the focus is on this man and this white sedan. an entire city is being mobilized to catch him. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. the skies over south florida could turn hazy today because of a dust storm thats blowing in ...

>> and earlier, a line of fierce storms hammered the northeast just as temperatures in some cities shot into the triple digits. giant trees were no match for the sudden burst of powerful winds and blinding rain. one of those trees fell on a gazebo on long island, new york, injuring four people seeking shelter from the storm. also, the violent weather toppled one utility pole after another, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people from ohio to new jersey. and even new england as well. ...

This morning on "world news now" -- southeast soaker. the downpours from whats left of tropical storm beryl. >> the storm is moving in slow motion knocking out power and dumping rain on several states. its tuesday, may 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody. im -- >> we are slow out of the gate today. >> we are just a little tired. im rob nelson. good morning. >> im paula faris. well get to the weather extremes and the forecast momentarily. then th...

Midwest with rain from north dakota to michigan. sweltering, though, in the northeast with some severe storms by late afternoon. >> it is 88 here in new york. 89 in miami. 93 in dallas. 80s from kansas city to detroit. 55 in fargo. 63 in seattle. and 78 in sacramento. heres a tasty little story about one american doing something pretty delicious for the nations men and women at war. she is candy bishop of chicago, and shes known to those in uniform for all the cookies she has sent to troops in...