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Massive funnel cloud in georgia leaving dozens of homes and businesses destroyed in its wake. 100 people were at work when the twister took aim on this plant, thankfully all were safe. in tennessee, the national weather service confirm four tornadoes touched down. one man was killed by a falling tree. and in kentucky, two people were injured when another confirmed tornado blew a trailer off its foundation. well get the very latest on whats in store for today from bill karins much thats coming ...

Weather in wide swaths of the country. take a look at tennessee. the national weather service now confirms a tornado touched down just outside of nashville. this is part of a deadly storm system causing big problems across the state and much of the southeast right now. the storm blamed in the death of a man struck by a falling tree. authorities are investigating reports of twisters in indiana, mississippi, and oklahoma. some areas are seeing hail and severe thunderstorms and there are reports of...

Whats at stake? at about 8:00 p.m. on monday night the east-facing windows in my brooklyn apartment started to bubble and buckle inward in a deeply unsettling way. the wind howled and we thought it prudent to move ourselves away from the wall exposed to the elements. that one moment of sharp anxiety was as bad as things got. we were lucky. our power never went out and my neighborhood is on high enough ground it wasnt flooded by the storm surge. there are a few downed trees that took out parked c...

Was killed last night. he went outside to move his car when struck and killed by a tree limb. a harvard man was also killed by a falling tree yesterday. john miller was preparing to leave his home with wife and two young daughters whether the tree hit him. neither his wife nor his daughters were injured in the horrible incident. contrasting the two tragedies, a number of triumphs yesterday, acts of heroism and bravery by first responders and others. one of those taking place right here in riverh...

According to the lawsuit, this falling tree smashed the sprinkler system, the power lines, home alone, erics heavily pregnant actress wife rebecca gayheart dane says he and her 20-month-old daughter were forced to flee a quickly flooding home surrounded by live, high voltage wires without the benefit of light, they survived. >> they have been dispossessed from their home and that the house is not safe until something is done with the trees. >> reporter: in l.a. county court, the dans claim corga...

Gets hurt in case things go terribly wrong. again mississippi and louisiana authorities are optimistic they can perform this operation without placing any homes or lives in deputy, heather. heather: jonathan, what about fatalities, what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, unfortunately the death toll has just been raised to four. there was an elderly couple discovered in a flooded home in plaquemines parish. this was the scene of a, a levee, not one of the army core of engineers levee...

Search-and-rescue missions. we have only had one fatality. a wrecker driver was hit by a falling tree as he pulled a vehicle out of water. we feel good about our response. we think that the outer band is passing through. i am in hancock county, just coming through with just light rain and a little bit of wind. now we are concerned about macomb, mississippi, and getting this controlled break at the lake. >>shepard: governor bryant, all the best to you. one of the problems is, the rains just come ...

After a night of battling the flames with garden hoses. bone-dry conditions, extreme heat, and dry lightning have scorched miles across utah, oregon, and northern california this week, as well. in the danger zone, wildland firefighters facing one of their deadliest years on record. 11 killed in the line of duty so far. many are young seasonal workers, like 20-year-old ann vessen. a college student who finished high school with a 3.9 grade point average, killed in idaho by a falling tree, a const...

In lake county, california two large fires are forcing hundreds to run for safety. crews are working to keep the flames from merging into one massive wildfire. a falling tree killed a firefighter. >> reporter: those video coming into us out of san francisco flying over the fires. some dramatic pictures. it shows you how difficult the fire conditions are. there are major fires burning not only in northern california, but in oregon, in washington, idaho where that firefighter was killed over the w...

brit, mitt romney. now i toss over to fredricka whitfield, and good day to you whitfield, and good day to you all. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, everyone. im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. in this hour, mitt romney manages to make headlines with foot in mouth mments that offended the british prime minister and the mayor of london and other stories that we are following and right to it. people are mopping up and assess ing the damage in parts of the northe...