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New details at this hour about a powerful and deadly storm system that is betting the nations mid section. heavy rains have left homes in central and northwestern arkansas underwater. five people are dead and 50 to 60 others are missing and in east texas a series of suspected tornados has left a trail of damage. many people near houston are without power. so far no reports of injuries there. latest reports from libya says moammar khadafy is health. a guided bomb attack targeted a compound wher...

On march 28th, 1984, and thats one of the worst outbreaks in north carolina history. we are concerned about the threat of more severe weather. not in the carolinas just yet, but this time of the year, the atmosphere is very volatile in the spring months and were getting the storm system thats going to move in and likely bring that severe weather threat, we think, to the nations midsection. a moderate risk already issued, this is for tomorrow, not today, that includes you in st. louis, indianapol...

Diabetes. their body cannot process insulin directly. some have a pregenetic preddition position for it. the majority develop the condition because theyre overweight. people who carry excess weight especially in their mid section are more likely to develop type ii diabetes because the fat in their tissues causes the imbalance of insulin in the body. the condition is also calledinessliness resistance. some minority groups such as african-americans, hispanic, certain asian americans have a higher ...

It? we talked about genetically modified salmon and people said theres no way i would eat that. well see if this will take. meanwhile, tornado season is heating up across the nations mid-section. rob marciano is going to be along to talk more about the watches and warnings out there. he has our travel forecast coming up. havent finished your taxes? a little incentive. some parents are getting a five-figure tax refund. are you one of them? i dont know. >> thats how i feel too. >> details are ...

Use the bathroom and is told no. she does what any rational person would do. she walks down the aisles, plowing bottles off the shelves. >> oh, my. >> she later apologized for the bottle-busting, claiming shes ashamed. doesnt matter, though, shes still facing charges that could land her in prison for more than a year. that is not winning. >> she says she is remorseful and shes had a -- ive had a bad day like that. i didnt do that. she said she was having a really, really bad day. she is remorsef...

The threat of tornadoes has been racing across the nations mid section. the east coast is expected to get slammed tonight. in new zealand, rescuers are pushing into the suburbs of christchurch to search for more victims of tuesdays deadly 6.3 earthquake. the death toll now stands at 113. 228 people are still missing. and business is back up and running at the london stock exchange after a technical glitch forced investors to suspend trading for four hours today. the outage is only the latest i...

Just kind of sporadic. you wont have them all day and all night but they will pop up and ruin a bit of your plans. for tomorrow though we expect the focus to be across parts of the great lakes for severe weather and there you can see that heat trying to shrink a little bit further on down towards the south. i want to show you where weve got the heat advisories in effect for today and it still covers 17 states so this is a lot of folks and its not just the nations mid section either. take a look ...

50 to 75, a tape measure can be a good indicator of whats going onthat, when they found that someones waist size actually increased by 4 inches, men and women alike, it increased their likelihood of dying from some sort of problem like heart disease or stroke and dying sooner than people who did not have those additional 4 inches, again, along the waistline. 18% in men, 25% in women. you think about fat, you think about the subcutaneous fat that everyone has i think to some degree around their m...

Southeast. yesterday we were talking about the waterspouts and we showed you the waterspout video out of florida, a couple more yesterday and thats going to be a possibility again today as well. our other top weather story is the heat, look at the current temperatures, these are the feels like temperatures, you add in the humidity, 88 in dallas, hello, its what, 5:15 in the morning for new dallas and already feels like 88. 80 in oklahoma city. 85 in shreveport, 81 in new orleans. theres no recov...

Because they also can suffer from overheating just like humans can. contessa? >> rehema, thank you very much. for more on the temperatures around the country lets go to the weather channels heather tesch. good morning, heather. >> we have some very hot conditions that are going to persist for us here in the mid-section of the country. you can see here, the areas where we have excessive heat warnings or advisories. basically which ever you have, its going to mean you have some very hot conditions...