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Every year, Old Colony Realtors looks to improve the community, and they decided this year to head downtown and pick up some trash.

With the wildly festive Nevada Day weekend now behind us, a busy week is ahead as we begin to close out October and prepare to celebrate Halloween in the capital city. Activities Monday include a lunch discussion with the director of the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club, art showings, West Coast swing dancing and more.

Others as crews continue to work to clear this rubble. nbcs in perry town for us, on the ground joining us now. as we await the press conference from the governor, what is the ground there? >> yasmin obviously, a lot of tragedy here with those three people killed. dozens injured. there is also a sense of resilience here as the cleanup continues. i will give you a look at what we are seeing. what governor abbott is probably seeing is he is touring. folks digging through the rubble trying to salva...

Of 8500 people all at work, bustling from sunrise to sunset. one thing that will not help them, however, is the sweltering heat. once the sun comes up, temperatures in texas 10 to 15 degrees above what is normal. that is expected to last here for the next seven days, not making this cleanup effort any easier. >> the strength of that community on full display behind you. thank you very much. joining me now to talk more about the recovery efforts in texas is stephanie arc hangelo. when disasters h...

President as you are saying, why jump into the city of donald trump is taking care of this on his own and causing these daily distractions for himself? all right. errol louis, we appreciate it . the cleanup continues in texas on thursday an ef-3 tornado ripped through the town of perryton and at least three people, including a child, were killed. texas governor greg abbott came to see the devastation for himself . >> i have seen more tornadoes than i can count. i have never seen the level of d...

Red cross sets up shelters, warm meals to have a source of re respite. we work with local governments and community partners to assess the damage and needs in the community. right now we have seven or eight teams of two going out into the impacted area, providing tarps, gloves, water, cleanup supplies as people begin this difficult task of recovery. >> that remote area was just described by our isabel rosales as a town of about 8500 residents. what does that mean in terms of the challenges prese...

Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. im christine romans. we begin at the far north end of the texas panhandle. >> tornado on the ground. >> national weather service confirming a tornado strike in perr perryton texas. the fire chief confirming at least three deaths and damage to at least 200 homes. there were collapsed lungs, head injuries and broken bones. cleanup is already under way. congressman ronny jackson is asking people in the area t...

Returning to main street. there it is right there. you can see some of the trucks, some of the people. folks are dragging some of the metal rooftops that had collapsed. a lot of the structures are standing, but the glass is blown out. and so there is going to be a lot of cleanup and rebuilding work ahead in the days to come. >> certainly a long road ahead. lucy, thank you. >> i want to bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam. we know that the threat of severe storm is not over yet. where does t...

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