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Incredible amount of snow we saw over the weekend. 48 inches as well as the ef-4 tornado in nebraska. this is the history of storm producing line of storms. well continue to monitor it. you can uh see the airport delays across the northeast. >> it goes through quickly. it doesnt last long. its been dangerous so far. thank you, janice. talk to you later. >> of course, bill. >> well, house speaker john boehner saying it is up to the president to end the partial government shutdown. all the preside...

Raked over by a destructive line of tornados. officials say the most powerful twisted that touched down on friday in the small town of wayne was an ef-4. whipping 170 mile an hour winds. 50 people were injured, ten homes destroyed and dozens of businesses damaged. extreme weather slammed parts of south dakota and wyoming. an early october blizzard buried the area under four feet of snow. thousands lost power and airports closed and major roads were forced to shut down as driving became too treac...

Ef 4 to nebraska as this cold front continues to press eastward bringing all of this moisture up from the gulf of mexico. karen is lingering here, but weve got all this trorp cal moisture. thats being absorbed by this front and with that, the potential for not only severe weather, but flooding and in some cases, yes, we saw inches of rain in just a matter of hours. taking a look at our radar, estimated precipitation, in some case, 4 to 6, even 8 inches around the louis vilg area in just a matter...

Front. it spun itself out before making landfall. karen mcginnis said all of these extreme weather systems are tied together. karen. >> we did say in congress weather systems affecting united states from the heat and santa ana winds across southern california that did produce hot temperatures in the northeast. in the ohio river valley this is what key saw up and over six inches of rainfall. what happens as we move forward. looks like the rain moves out. we saw the area of northern pressure. back...

Arizona. while many stories focus on things like the striped uniform and pink underwear that both male and female inmates are required to wear, we tried to learn more about the inmates themselves. it didnt take long before we noticed rita, who was at maricopa facing 11 felony charges along with various misdemeanors. >> yeah. only 11. not bad. if youre going to go, you got to go all out. right? i got an f-2, fraudulent schemes. eight f-4, forgeries. i got a dui, dui, drugs. drug paraphernalia, fa...

In some of those major vortices, those satellite vortices going around these satellite tornadoes. an incredible day there. that was friday. its going to be another couple of days we have severe weather here in oklahoma city. but its been a crazy couple of weeks. in may a devastating tornado ripped through moore, oklahoma. leaving 24 dead, including 7 children from a leveled elementary school. raising questions about why more storm shelters werent available. >> there should be a place that if thi...

Fridays storms. 2.6 miles wide. what youre looking at there, that tornado, the national weather service says this powerful ef-5 tornado that hit el reno, oklahoma sshgts widest tornado ever recorded in this country. chad myers reports the oklahoma tornadoes are a spring of wild weather related events across the country. >> tornado ripped through moore, oklahoma, leaving 24 dead including seven children from a leveled elementary school raising questions about why more storm shelters werent availa...

From a leveled elementary school. raising questions about why more storm shelters werent available. >> there should be a place that if this ever happened again turg schoo school kids can get to a safe place. >> an ef-5 touched down in el reno, oklahoma, less than 30 miles from moore. when the unthinkable happened in moore it was a mile wide. ef-4, ef-5 damage as far as you can see. the storm in el reno was 2.6 miles wide. twice as far as here. thats wider than the island of manhattan. and the wi...

Politics. we are learning more about last weeks deadly tornado in el reno. we are learning it is the widest ever recorded. fridays tornado was a record 2.6 miles wide. to put that into perspective the island of manhattan is 2.3 miles at its wieftd point it has been upgraded with winds that reached 295 miles her hour. 19 deaths were blamed on the storm. for more on the weather now, we are joined by nbcs bill kerry. we saw an ef-4 and one so close together. bill karins. >> now, we are realizing ...

Said about that car? >> reporter: this is an airplane with a retractable gear. going to be worked on here at the tech facility for the men and women who wanted to learn how to work on airplanes. and theres just nothing left to work on now. this is just a big piece of scrap aluminum. nothing to put back together. this is a wreck. and theres this whole tech center here in el reno is also a wreck. its going to take a long time to put all this back together. it was a very dangerous storm, don. it tu...