own swept away during a water rescue. one of our firefighters fell into a storm drain. we believe one of the other firefighters attempted to help him out of the storm drain and got taken in as well. we suspect that he drowned. got caught in the storm drain itself. that firefighter, identified at captain jason farley and nearly 20-year veteran of the clair more fire department. we have team coverage. janice dean live in the extreme weather center and let s begin with will carr following the story live in the los angeles bureau. will? that incident with the firefighter an example of just how dangerous the weather is that we re seeing this weekend. this is a region that s really been pounded by bad weather over the past couple of weeks and it just has not let up. yesterday, central oklahoma parts got more than 7 1/2 inches of rain in just a couple of hours. it created flash flooding hazardous situations. we have pictures of some of the viewers on twitter. cars look like th
a bakery cooks up the perfect recipe for helping some of our veterans and their families. nice to be with you. welcome to america s news headquarter from washington. thank you for spending your sunday afternoon with us. we begin with the fox news weather alert, heavy rain and historic flooding across the plains from texas through the dakotas with several more inches possible for the lone star state, oklahoma and kansas. which have already shattered records for the month of may. flash flooding in texas and oklahoma submerging roads and forcing hundreds of people out of their homes, some under mandatory evacuation orders. high water also leaving people stranded prompting numerous rescues. in oklahoma one firefighter died after being swept away by floodwaters while he was trying to rescue someone else. unfortunately this is going to be the story for next 12 to 24 hours and as you mentioned, shattering records, oklahoma city, over 18 inches usually typically for the month
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