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First of all large swaths of texas and oklahoma have been pounded with severe weather the last couple of days. and in fact some of these systems have produced hail the size of baseballs, straight line winds. torrential downpours and several funnel clouds caught on tape. you know, many of the pictures and videos you see coming out of wicked weather like this is thanks to the brave men and women who go out and actually seek these monster storms. not only to collect data for meteorologists but also...

My truck is something new... its an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. im passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. theyre the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then ill drive it every day of the week....

>> the transition team has meetings of potential candidates to round out the final two spots including one for secretary of agriculture elsa morano. >> almost filling the team. garrett tenney live for us. the 1, 2 punch as two monster storms hit right before christmas one claiming the west another creeping toward the east. >> we have rain slicked road making for treacherous travel in sand i didnt go go. police there reporting more than 200 crashes in less than 24-hours. >> holiday travelers fe...

45-year-old james young just fin ired riding the raptor roller coaster on thursday when he entered a restricted area to look for a cell phone he dropped during the ride. as he was searching, he was struck and killed by the roller coaster. the park bills itselfs a the roller coaster capital of the world. it says its thoughts and prayers go out to the family. conditions primed for an elevated threat of wildfires in california this weekend. already 16 separate wildfires burning throughout the sta...

To airasia. however, this area is known as the intertropical convergence zone. and in that particular area, during the northeast monsoonal season you get these monster storms. level 5 thunderstorms. they can grow in energy from 25,000 feet to 50,000 feet in a matter of minutes and engulf an airplane. but we dont want to suffer from investigation bias as i said, and we would volumehave to look at other considerations. its much too early to tell. we have to look at the terrorism aspect. although t...

There. he attempted a left-hand turn. he requested a higher altitude. the higher altitude was not granted. whether thats a factor in this presumed accident is a big question mark. >> and interesting. tell us a little about that area. we put the map up if we can put it back up again, is there something unique about that part of the world near the indian ocean, that region that makes it more dangerous to fly? >> thats a terrific question. yes, absolutely. its called the inter-tropical convergence ...

Hospital. this huge storm system isnt the only weather headline. >> two monster storms, one in the atlanta area and another in the pacific are developing into powerful hurricanes. jim dickey has the latest. >> good morning. gonzalo becoming a monster storm here. very powerful hurricane tracking north and western. the good news. not going to impact the united states mainland, however, turning north aad a. could be a direct hit off pch wo cy watching ana in the heres the rest of the forecast a...

This morning on "world news this morning on "world news now" -- isis manhunt. the fbi zeroing in on that masked terrorist thought to be an american. the new leads on his identity and if there are more like him who may eventually try to come home. disturbing details of eric freins alleged deadly assault all found in a journal being read aloud by the police he targeted. and new images and sightings of the suspect as the manhunt continues. extreme weather. tornadoes in the midwest ripping peo...

This morning on "world news this morning on "world news now" -- isis manhunt. the fbi zeroing in on that masked terrorist thought to be an american. the new leads on his identity and if there are more like him who may eventually try to come home. disturbing details of eric freins alleged deadly assault all found in a journal being read aloud by the police he targeted. and new images and sightings of the suspect as the manhunt continues. extreme weather. tornadoes in the midwest ripping peo...

Please stay safe. the human crisis is overwhelming, but you can help. check out our website, cnn.com/impact to find out how you can help lend a hand to those suffering after this storm. youve heard the super typhoon described as possibly the biggest storm in recorded history. that is no exaggeration. at the time of landfall, the winds were clocked at 195 miles per hour with gusts reaching as high as 235 miles per hour. i want to bring in meteorologist chad myers in the cnn severe weather cen...