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Both directions of Interstate 10 were closed near the mini-stack in Phoenix due to police activity, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Put up 850 yellow ribbons for the missing and take them down as people are found but that is you a glimpse into the way the emotional pain is happening here. >> keyword, pain. thank you very much. other news we are following right now, parts of southern california reeling from intense rainfall caused by tropical storm hilary. palm springs alone saw nearly a full years worth of rain in just 24 hours. stephanie is in the cathedral city for us in california right near palm springs. what are you see...

Where they are. we dont have any reason to evacuate at this time. we have closed down preemptively three of our roads that are regularly flooded. we do know that theres going to be flooding because, like i said, even an inch or two of rain in the desert can cause damage. >>. >> yeah. i cant stress how bizarre it is to have rain in august in southern california. this is one of the major roads that the mayor has was talking about that they closed down here. they get yets on these roads already wit...

>>. >> thats right, fred. i was just talking to you i think 30 minutes ago, and it was not raining and literally 30 seconds ago it just started to rain right now and it got dark, it got windy and they started to get more rains and if you look down through this road closure here, and i just talked to the police officer here. he told me that he has seen during the winter storm like the snow melts off, and he has seen the water all of the way to where the barricade is and that is why the road is bl...

To palm springs about a hundred miles east of los angeles, three main roads are closed ahead of hilary. the mayor is pleading with residents to stay inside. stephanie elam is live in palm springs where youre outside where there are barricades. i wonder if people are driving around them like we saw in the live shot in san diego. >> reporter: theyre not messing around here in palm springs. they are not doing that, fred. we have two police officers who can make sure that people cant do that. they h...

Fine. all of a sudden, after the first time i was on with you today, this is whats happened. this road is completely flooded out. we have seen a few cars go through here. i had to change shoes because my socks and boots were so wet. i put on these old-school sandals here. this is how deep it is. you cant tell how inundated the road is. we know at least one car has been stranded in this water. this is why theyre telling people not to do that. but we have seen cars go flying through this. it can b...

Florida Highway Patrol responded to a tractor-trailer fire on the eastbound side of Interstate 10 in Tallahassee. The fire is out, and traffic is moving again.

The victim was a passenger identified as a Phoenix resident.

No evacuations have been ordered yet. Here’s everything you need to know.

Transportation officials have begun work on a proposal for a new toll road that would bring a four-lane turnpike linking Interstate 10 and U.S. 98.