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Interstate. it is rushing by. this is not just standing water. theres actually fight a bit of current here. thats why we talk about how flooding can be so deadly. it is extremely dangerous. they have been doing evacuations. this is going to rival the 1993 floods, in fact, some areas south of st. louis will actually be worse than that. were also going to see a lot of these stations south of st. louis break records. so they have been doing evacuations. of course, you have all of these different ri...

Missouri, and a major interstate was closed eastbound and westbound traffic, and they are expecting it to happen again. out to the meramec and interstate 44, and 144 goes underneath, but it is flooded and expected the go more. and the meramec will go to fenton and arnold, and so again, this is where st. louis meets, and if you have seen the city flag, it has the three rivers, and that is the problem. some cases, not as bad as 1993, but in some cases along the m a meramec, it is going to be worst...

But hes all right and everyone has a good laugh. look at the size of that shoe. shaq, thank god hes okay. lets get a check on your weather with bill karins. bill you said yesterday that they didnt think the weather was going to be too severe in the midwest but it got bad. >> we call that an overachiever. its may. its the peak season. we were expecting some tornadoes but not 50 to be reported in one day. thats how it happens. as far as predictions go in weather, winter storms hurricanes, a lot ea...

Interstate 44 just to the north of chickasaw. again, no tornado reported with this but this storm is cycling through. the storm itself actually split into two and has two separate circulations. eventually one of those will win out over the other one and it should gain strength. but theres still a lot of daytime heating in this area. well see if this regenerates and the tornado threat returns. well have our eyes on the oklahoma city area about an hour hour and a half from now, ed. its not a wides...

Severe weather. and well see it in parts of oklahoma, arkansas and missouri. the moderate risk for severe weather and highest threat for damaging hail. and along the interstate 44 area we could see it in that area. if you are in oklahoma watch out for it. this is the time when you watch that as well. and where you have the pink you will generally see tornados in the month of march and we are right where we are looking at this. we have been so quiet jenna. and severe weather season is upon us and...

Northeast. well, by interesting, i mean cold and awful. ice, heavy snowfall triggered this 30-vehicle pileup on interstate 44 in missouri today. wow. similar scene in oklahoma as yet another winter storm blankets the region with snow and freezing rain. the northeast is not being spared either. we saw snow i think several hours early. senior meteorologist janice dean is in with the details from our fox news extreme weather center. and it just stopped snowing a few minutes ago. to see a few flurri...

Just dabe a look at this. a massive pile-up in missouri. two dozen vehicles were involved in a chain of car crashes along that highway. police say the trouble all began after a tractor-trailer rammed into a greyhound bus on interstate 44 in southern missouri. unbelievably nobody was killed, but as you can imagine there were a lot of people hurt. >> i remember just being like, catapulted straight to the floor and i landed on my back and im holding on for dear life praying the bus will not flip as...

Start, but a chilly start. its going to be cold all day long here on friday. high pressure in place. thats the supplier some of frigid air. thats not going anywhere. really any time soon. cold enough over much of the country that were still talking about freezing rain, sleet and snow into texas and oklahoma. had it on thursday. more of it on friday. that means more slippery travel this go around along interstate 44 and i-40. rain south and east of there toward dallas and houston and new orleans....

Really any time soon. cold enough over much of the country that were still talking about freezing rain, sleet and snow into texas and oklahoma. had it on thursday. more of it on friday. that means more slippery travel this go around along interstate 44 and i-40. rain south and east of there toward dallas and houston and new orleans. there will be some more airport delays and some of the rain spanning out into the southeast around huntsville, birmingham, atlanta and into the carolinas late day. r...

I ice, sleet, snow in this area. weve seen states like iowa have issue use, oklahoma have issues and here in missouri as well interstate 44 is a big issue. lets talk about the flight cancellations. just a little while ago we spoke to delta and they canceled three flights impacting cincinnati, minneapolis and memphis. so, this weather although it doesnt look as bad as it could be, officials do expect it to get much worse as the day progresses, rosa? >> all right, nick valencia, live for us in kan...