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Heres why. watch, shepard. it was built mostly on flat land, so instead of the water running off, it has to drain. the draining system was only built to handle maybe two or 3 inches at a time. not the 2-3 inches they normally get. before hurricane harvey come at ground was already saturated. since then, 20 inches of rain. all 22 of the watersheds in and around harris county, the surrounding area of houston, are now overflowing their banks. the creeks and the bayous. all of that water has to come...

>> sometimes sudden death can lay bare every secret. >> she had felt like she was abusing it. >> what happened in this small town would tear apart a marriage, and at the same time, separate two families that were once united by love. boone, iowa, on flat land just north of des moines is a company town. headquarters for one of the largest grocery chains in the midwest. fareway. its a family owned company, and rick beckwith is a third generation ceo. he and his wife cindy raised a family of five h...

It started as a love story in a small town, a beautiful woman from a well-to-do family thought she had found her prince charming. but their story turned out to be anything but a fairytale. love, children, and a nice house turned into a fight against addiction, rumors, and an accusation of murder. heres josh mankiewicz with "the quiet one." >> sometimes, the fresh air of a small town can hide a lot of dirty laundry. >> my worst fear was all of a sudden true. >> sometimes sudden death can lay bare...

Im tamron hall. it started as a love story in a small town, a beautiful woman from a well-to-do family thought she had found her prince charming. but their story turned out to be anything but a fairytale. love, children, and a nice house turned into a fight against addiction, rumors, and an accusation of murder. heres josh mankiewicz with "the quiet one." >> sometimes, the fresh air of a small town can hide a lot of dirty laundry. >> my worst fear was all of a sudden true. >> sometimes sudden de...

So im curious about this whole episode of the settlement of new bordeaux. >> there came about 400 people. they were supposed to be about 1,000. they were supposed to be most of them farmers. but just 86 were farmers. >> who were the other people? >> they were tailors, they were shoe makers, musicians. >> teachers and artists, and they was put in the jungle and left by themselves. >> why here of all the places in the world? people talk about the chaco as hell. ♪ i mean, its hot here. its dry. i...

By themselves. >> why here of all the places in the world? people talk about the chaco as hell. i mean, its hot here. its dry. its wet. its fetid. ifs difficult. >> mosquitoes. and you have all the ticks and vermin. >> a flatland of cactus and thorns and misery and cannibals. >> there were the indians coming down the river and killing everybody. there was the langua who if you entered the country, you are good food. >> did the paraguayans ever see this as a utopia? >> no. im sure not. what we ha...

Of survival. if you look behind me inside those two cars, there were three adults and three children when the tornado struck and thigh survived to tell the story. with terrifying ferociousness, tornadoes tore through chicago. >> i am scared to death of storm. i was watching everything. >> i feel like its a bad dream. something id be watching somewhere else, not in my neighborhood. >> reporter: one tornado cut a 22-mile path through this flatland, the town of fairdale. a small dot on the map, but...

Tornado struck and they survived to tell the story. with terrifying ferociousness tornados ripped through small towns. residents in the storms path looked on in fear. >> im scared to death of storms. i was watching everything. >> i feel like its a bad dream. something id be watching on the news somewhere else, not in my neighborhood. >> reporter: one tornado cut a 22 mile path through this illinois flat land. the town of fairdale is a somewhat dot on the map but a tornado ripped through it. the ...

>> a flatland of cactus and thorns and misery and cannibals. >> there were the indians coming down the river and killing everybody. there was the langua who if you entered the country, you are good food. >> did the paraguayans ever see this as a utopia? >> no. >> im sure not. >> what we have is new bordeaux. >> wow. thats kind of not how i pictured it. doesnt look like bordeaux to me. ♪ >> theres nothing much left of

Shoemakers, musicians. teachers and artists, and they were put in the jungle and left by themselves. >> why here of all the places in the world? people talk about the chaco as hell. i mean, its hot here. its dry. its wet. its fetid. ifs difficult. >> mosquitoes. and you have all the ticks and vermin. >> a flatland of cactus and thorns and misery and cannibals. >> there were the indians coming down the river and killing everybody. there was the langua who if you entered the country, you are good ...