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Breaking news. a series of tornadoes left a path of destruction 50 miles long and half a mile wide. at least one person is dead. a 67-year-old woman who apparently didnt go to her basement during the tornado. its in the tiny town of fairdale. every building is damaged. rescue workers looking for other victims. well stay on top of this breaking story throughout the morning. a consumer alert now. possible listeria contamination led to the recall of a popular brand of hummus. you eat this stuff, ...

That it is perhaps a minor miracle more people didnt lose their lives. because this is a small town only has a volunteer fire department rescue workers were brought in from several counties surrounding this place, which is about 75 80 miles west of chicago. because of the small, tight knit sort of rural america feel today, this is a town in mourning. richard, back to you. >> kevin tibbles in fairdale thank you so much. lets turn to meteorologist bill karins. as we look at the day, showing us wha...

>> reporter: storm chasers captured the unbelievable footage as it knocked over a semi. >> oh. hes over. go go. >> call 911. >> reporter: the tornado leaving a huge swath of destruction touching down in rochelle illinois, about 75 miles west of chicago. >> it was huge and it was coming right for us. >> reporter: 12 people took cover in the basement of the grub stakers restaurant trapped there for 90 minutes until rescue workers could get them out. >> im in shock. i have no job and no car. >> i w...

General electrics appliance park. look at that black smoke billowing up. one building partially collapsed. its a total loss. amazingly though from the pictures no one was hurt and firefighters had hands full with water rescues. more from alexandra field. >> reporter: torrential rain hit the ohio valley overnight triggering flash floods across kentucky and southern indiana. in louisville alone, more than 175 water rescues according to mayor greg fischer. >> i woke up and somebody was knocking on ...

For any clues, and i know that the only relevant findings on his computers and other electronics is information about that 2009 depression episode that he reported to lufthansa. wolf? >> what about the scene at the crash site? how are the recovery efforts, pamela, going? >> reporter: well, we know, wolf, that the german investigator, the chief german investigator is there at the crash site in paris, in france, i should say. he said today, emotionally, its been difficult but that its actually bro...

Choppering them out of the area. the other priority christine, is to continue to dig because the impact of the plane crash was so intense that authorities here think there are actually human remains possibly and plane parts buried beneath the soil. they did not manage to find any human remains yesterday, but they continue to look. they say they cannot use dogs because the stench of jet fuel is so intense the dogs are ineffective. they are also continuing to dig for the flight recorder to give th...

Depression episode that he reported to lufthansa. wolff wolf? >> what about the scene at the crash site? how are the recovery efforts, pamela going? >> reporter: well we know wolf that the german investigator, the chief german investigator is there at the crash site in paris, in france i should say. he said today, emotionally, its been difficult but that its actually brought them closer to an understanding of what happened in this investigation and we know now, wolf theres new video at the crash...

Expects ground troops to be in yemen within days. recovery crews are hard at work at the site of flight 9525. construction crews are carving a path to make it easier for the rescue workers and families. this is a day when were seeing so many reports. weve got pieces of information about the co-pilots mental health being reported anonymously over the weekend. meantime you have the pains taking task of identifying victims remains. %-p? >> reporter: errol, authority tauthoritys say theyre making ...

Good progress. this is still an agonizing wait for the families as well according to french media reports, the prosecutor now saying the human remains of 70 to 80 victims have been identified using dna analysis. i say human remains because authorities say the impact of the crash was so great, they have not found any single whole body. human remains strewn across hundreds of meters of the treacherous landscape. a difficult task for the rescue workers. many locals expressed doubt they will ever be...

House call." imagine cutting in half the time it takes for a wound to heel. thats what researchers are hoping will happen with a new type of technology. nano technology. we start with a fancy term. what is it? it sounds like ho kus poke us. i just kiss it and make it better and use a neosporin. >> if you kiss your wound, youll get more bacteria in it. dont kiss it. you have to understand that many people have problems with wounds healing. it turns out theres an enzyme that stops your rescue work...