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Accident. this is an extreme weather alert. a brutal new series of powerful storms causing damage and taking more lives across the country. in south carolina high winds and driving rains downing trees in greenville county. one home demolished and people temporarily trapped inside. in georgia three deaths, a tree crushed a convertible in atlanta killing two women. a young man died while he was hit by a falling tree in his own driveway. his grandfather said he never saw it coming. >> i would say t...

>> you dont get used to this. me and my wife, we was holding on there for a while. >> its a 22-foot house and it moved it back. to where all my out buildings and shed and barn, killed some livestock. martha: the worst of all of this. neighbors of an 18-month-old girl who was crushed by a falling tree. the neighbors are speaking out. report report small communities in arkansas is just devastated. take a look at this trailer behind me. its quoferred a tarp. but this is where the father and the dau...

Roads, knocked down power lines. transportation department workers setting up cones to alert motorists was killed by falling tree. further south mud slides are blocking roads along the northern oregon coast. floods washed away at least two homes along the sandy river outside portland. dozens of homes were evacuated. theres a lot of rain going on in the northwest but you have news out of florida right now, fairly serious news. >> thats right. there is a tornado warning in effect until 1:45 and th...

He rose from his seat, took a picture of me and said you are dead. that is pretty much what i saw. immediately after ward, they closed the program down and i was taken out. i didnt see anything after that. >> police say fuller has been involuntary committed to a county mental service so doctors can evaluate his state of mind. flooding in washington state is forcing a series of high-water rescues. streams and rivers swollen by the snow melt. firefighters in the community of randall are going do...

People living nearby could hear the woman screaming but couldnt see her so they yelled back into the darkness offering reassuran reassurances. >> hang on, people are coming, the fire department are coming. theres a boat. were lick looki looking for yo. trying to reassure her she wouldnt be left there for a long time. >> the dog wasnt worth their lives and i think the dog is safe where its at. somebody is there at the kennels. >> sheriffs deputies were finally able to find the couple and rescue t...

A washington state department of transportation worker was killed sunday might by a falling tree and two people were injured in a mudslide and two others rescued after being stranded by high water. we have video of oregon where, again, nasty weather forced evaluations there and waterways were rising because of warmer temperatures and freezing snow and i should mention speaking of snow, heavy accumulation of heavy wet melting snow in ski slopes is making it essentially treacherous for skiers and ...

Rivers in washington and oregon past their banks. the wild weather blamed for one death and its set off several landslides in the region. take a look at this videotape. the speed of the rushing waters caught residents off guard and caused police to close down roads, including major highways. some rivers already crested, while the waters in other areas are still rising. julie ban dare as here with more. >> reporter: the roadways that were shut down are shut down because of fear of land skaoeudz a...

Northwest, multiple landslides shoulding down roads across the area, many rivers and straoeps already swollestreamsswollen fr. people living in six different homes were told to get out after a wall gave way. threatened again this morning with more. julie ban dar as live with us. the biggest concerns are where? >> reporter: oregon and washington state. i want you to take a look at the time lapse video. it gives you good images of the flooding. watch the road get swallowed up by the flooding, maki...

Her. when she fell, the baby came out from her arm and hit the ground, as well. >> the woman is hospitalized in critical condition. but this is the third time in less than a year that a person has been either hurt or killed by a falling tree bran inch central park. supreme court confirmation hearings begin tomorrow for elena kagan, a nominee who has yet to make a deceaisive impression on the public. a new poll finds that while 29% of the country supports kagan and 23% oppose her, nearly half, ...

Chicago injuring people and breaking windows. one woman received minor injuries in downtown chicago. smashing windows at the 110 story willis tower known as the sears tower. fire official injured by a falling tree on the westside. im marianne rafferty, now back to on the record. time for greta to go gridiron. she sat down with tony dungy. >> greta: coach nice to see you. >> how are you? >> greta: im very well. this is the question i should ask at the end of the segment but within i always thin...