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Lines. major electrical transmission lines. one reason much of joplin is without electrical power. so less than a mile into our journey you see the first homes that have lost part of their roofs. you can see over on this house a sign warning "looters will be shot". we can see some of the power company crews who are working on repairing these downed electrical lines. that will be vital to this areas recovery. were now about three miles into our journey. and you can see behind me that by the time ...

The location im at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operations all the more difficult. and now night has fallen. again, there very well may be people still alive under the rubble some 28 hours after this tornado struck. this disaster is still ve...

There are crews out even now still looking for people who may be alive, still trapped in the rubb rubble. and the rubble is all around us. it goes for miles. as far as the eye can see. the location im at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operatio...

In some cases, entire families were pulled from the rubble alive. at least 2,000 buildings are damaged, including one of the citys two hospitals. brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. hes joining us live now. brian? >> reporter: wolf, as you can see, were getting another thunderstorm. they have been rolling through here all day today. driving rain, lightning, thunder, really hampering rescue efforts. its hard for these teams to search grid by grid like they like to do and pick ...

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Our slide show, devastate -- images of that devastating wildfire and one of the favorite things is having viewers help us in our reporting. if you have video or photos of the wildfire or maybe other news in your area, send it to us and well try to put it on the air. go to foxnews.com, or click on the you report on the home page and download the images there. jon: from fires to floods, right now, the remnants of hermine, threatening more flooding in the southern plains. that tropical storm left p...

Its now tropical storm alex, but the problems theyre not over yet. dangerous flash floods and mudslides and even tornadoes could hit parts of mexico and texas with this system. texas hit mexico with full hurricane force before being downgraded to a tropical storm. driving rain is expected to pound southern texas today. last night, some residents ended up sleeping in a school when they lost power, but in texas, no major damage or deaths were reported. nbc meteorologist bill karins is following th...