the search has been slowed because only the lower third is stable. at the edges the mud is 20 to 30 feet deep. it is believed to be several hundred feet deep and half mile wide. bill clark is a cousin to one of the missing men. how can somebody expect or see this coming because they were just up there checking the water, afraid of losing the county road. reporter: the sheriff says the residents of this small close-knit town were just praying for a miracle that the three men would be found. much farther north a massive wildfire in a remote part of alaska continues to grow. the wind whipped fire 60 miles south of anchorage covers 250 square miles and is only 30% contained. authorities ordered the evacuation of 1,000 homes. no injuries or structural damage has been reported. fire officials hope rain predicted for today will help to get a handle on that blaze. it wasn t rain but a tornado that injured nine people, one
the search has been slowed because only the lower third is stable. at the edges the mud is 20 to 30 feet deep. it is believed to be several hundred feet deep and half mile wide. bill clark is a cousin to one of the missing men. how can somebody expect or see this coming because they were just up there checking the water, afraid of losing the county road. reporter: the sheriff says the residents of this small close-knit town were just praying for a miracle that the three men would be found. much farther north a massive wildfire in a remote part of alaska continues to grow. the wind whipped fire 60 miles south of anchorage covers 250 square miles and is only 30% contained. authorities ordered the evacuation of 1,000 homes. no injuries or structural damage has been reported. fire officials hope rain predicted for today will help to get a handle on that blaze. it wasn t rain but a tornado that injured nine people, one
more now from 360 s randy kaye. it s as if mother nature couldn t make up her mind. dropping snow, ice, rain, and tornado-force winds across dozens of states. in hughs, arkansas, a tornado chewed there this barn and home. a mother managed to save her children. i threw my body weight over my 16-month-old child and i slung my daughter to the bathroom to save her life. in mississippi, a tornado took a man s life after blowing over his mobile home, trapping him between a tree and his mattress. the fire chief spent hours getting his friend out. we pulled christmas presents out of the house all day. in charlotte, north carolina,
deadly. but it sure drenched this fan at the carolina panthers game. maybe next time he ll try the upper deck. and in some places there was so much rain, this was the result, streets turned into rivers in parts of illinois. in larrew, ohio, some residents go it around in kayaks instead of cars. this woman had to be rescued by boat from her retirement village. rising water is to blame for the loss of three lives in kentucky. five people in this suv tried to cross a small bridge but the river was too much. it appears they tried to turn around and dropped the front end off the edge of the bridge and swept it away. two inside the suv managed to skip but couldn t pull the others to safety. in des moines, iowa, and wichita, kansas it wasn t rain
the rain wasn t nearly as deadly. but it sure drenched this fan at the carolina panthers game. maybe next time he ll try the upper deck. and in some places there was so much rain, this was the result, streets turned into rivers in parts of illinois. in larrew, ohio, some residents go it around in kayaks instead of cars. this woman had to be rescued by boat from her retirement village. rising water is to blame for the loss of three lives in kentucky. five people in this suv tried to cross a small bridge but the river was too much. it appears they tried to turn around and dropped the front end off the edge of the bridge and swept it away. two inside the suv managed to skip but couldn t pull the others to safety. in des moines, iowa, and wichita, kansas it wasn t rain