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"Everything is leveled, roads are washed out, it looks like a war zone."

A slow-moving weather system moved across the Midwest Sunday, dropping heavy rains and flooding areas in Chicagoland and upstate New York as people tried to enjoy the Fourth of July weekend.

Say. the first shooting took place just before midnight at a 4th of july party attended by several hundred people. why it happened or how many gunmen, unknown. police say they have identified all 11 shooting victims. one under the age of 18. three victims have died. the rest are recovering. two hours earlier in an unrelated incident, three adult men were injured when a large group fight escalated into a shootout between two gunmen. one was shot in the head but is expected to survive. the rest ha...

Putting a damper on holida plans. flash flooding in chicago stranding people in their cars. their vehicles submerged under water. dozens had to be rescued. all that rain forcing nascar to cancel an event in the city. heres elwyn lopez. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather and heat impacting more than 100 million americans. flash floods filling streets in chicago, cars stranded, drivers wading through the high waters. >> we have this big low pressure system swirling over us. you can kind of even ...

Much better than we were dealing with yesterday. still hanging on to some of the alerts with folks in the southeast, especially along the coast. tomorrow, celebrating in philadelphia, 87 degrees, 94 for st. louis. this is where the heat is potent here for folks in the midwest tomorrow. 91 degrees in chicago. extra water, taking frequent breaks, especially if youre outside for long periods. by thursday and friday youre back into the upper 70s, so below normal for this time of year. how about the ...

Atm. in a third incident, a molotov cocktail was thrown at a safeway grocery store. each location was targeted at 4:40 in the morning. police havent identified a clear motive. major flooding in chicago caused a delay to a much anticipated nascar race. a torrential downfall caused widespread flash flooding that shut down roads and stranded a lot of drivers. some areas saw almost 9 inches fall in just a few hours, setting new daily rainfall records across the city and suburbs. nascar had a tempo...

West Suburbs, especially Cicero and Berwyn, experienced major flooding after record rainfall of nearly nine inches came down in less than a day.

It's still hot and humid for the 4th of July with more storms expected but should be weakening by the time most displays are set to fire off around 9 pm.

Threat for severe thunderstorms for the remaineder of the day today. two separate areas here. but the threats remain the same. were still looking at damaging winds, the potential for large hail, and we cannot rule out an isolated tornado twomplt national, louisville, washington, d.c., even stretching down towards atlanta all have the potential for the storms. weve had several rounds already ongoing today. more are going to continue to make their way across the midwest into the midatlantic. keepi...

There is another mass shooting overnight to tell you about, this one in wichita, kansas. police say seven people were shot and wounded inside a night club. two others were hurt when they were trampled trying to escape. officials say a quick police response likely prevented more violence and saved lives. >> it it f it hadnt been for t professional response, this would have been a much more serious incident and i have no doubt there would have been loss of life. and as we continue into this holida...