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Checking out in the morning. >> one of the greater concerns, aside from the flooding there, and the first responders, trying to get to the emergencies that theyre called to. are the people who are driving around earlier, they were trying to get out of the way of the storm. now, some people out to see what they can see. are they still on the roads at this hour? >> it really does seem to be -- anyone on the road, youre a first responder. youre a news reporter, assessing the damage or youre someone...

Our crews have been out, public works crews have been out trying to repair traffic lights, barricade streets, police and fire have been on alert all night. its just been busy for everybody from city staff to emergency ambulance professionals. but its not finished. its still raining outside. and we still expect to see more flooding. >> and as you mentioned, this happened at a time when people were getting off work, it was a very busy evening for the folks there in oklahoma city. and that caused q...

Soon, there will start to be some assessment of how much damage there is. because, of course, then youre going to have people seeking disaster relief claims and seeking money to begin to rebuild. all of this will happen relatively quickly in the next 24-48 hours. >> but what heightens the difficulty is this time theyre dealing with rain and flash flooding. >> thats right. so its, you know, theyre going to have to wait, essentially, for all the damage to be done, right? and it may be another day,...

One of our affiliates have their helicopter overhead assessing the damage here. this really is where all of this started to develop, it blossomed and when you go into the oklahoma city area, thats where the storm parked itself, and just dumped a lot of rain. flooding is an issue there. >> what about now daylight here, are officials on the scene yet to really survey the damage? do you see any efforts to restore power? >> reporter: right, well you know, just maybe 15 minutes ago i saw what seemed ...

As you get into the work week, a lot of businesses, especially in downtown oklahoma city dealing with flooding issues and cleanup involved with that. that will be a focus theyre on extremely intensely today as they get ready for the work week beginning on monday. that will be something to watch out for as well, miguel. >> thank you very much. you mentioned flooding, ed. we have new pictures of flooding in oklahoma city. despite the fact that it is sunny weather today, the scope of the rain that ...

All at the same time and created these big super cell thunderstorms. it was so hot, there was so much fuel that these storms are still using that fuel, still using that 94 degree air although its cooled off some. this is just a day where the atmosphere was explosive. the storm west of el reno that we watched went from zero, nothing, to 56,000 feet in about 20 minutes. so this storm went from a cloud to ten miles high in less than a quarter, you know, quarter of an hour to 20 minutes. it was the ...

Just mix it in, and take play to new places. three cans in every pack. new beneful medleys. >>. this is a fox news extreme weather alert. recovery efforts under way in heart land after a number of twisters and flash flooding hiarys the

Treacherous, not only flooding but lightning and debris on roads made for slow going across the storms path. in gillespie, illinois, the high school badly damaged and the hope now no more tornados than a year where mother nature has been unrelenting. seems like oklahoma just cannot catch a break from the weather. two major storm cells with deadly tornados and less than two weeks and we keep hearing people there are tough and ed is live in union city for us. what are you seeing there on the gro...

Police department. jay, i am certain that your people have been working so very hard. what can you tell us about the latest with trying to make sure people are safe and what has happened to the region. >> obviously, our emergency services are under strain. but were continuing to provide and will continue to provide emergency services in the oklahoma city area. we are experiencing continued to experience widespread flooding thats only being exacerbated by the storms that are currently moving thro...

System moved across oklahoma thats under a state of emergency following the may 20th tornado. its menacing missouri and illinois. the governor of missouri decl e declared a state of emergency. now the big problem on the ground is flooding. that is a real danger. missouri has been drenched by heavy rain. >> forecasters are warning illinois to brace for strong winds, damaging hail and the threat of tornados as it soldiers on. its knocked out power to 212,000 people in several states. >> lets go ba...