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>> reporter: its cleanup and continued the cleanup. theres a lot of homes in this kind of shape here. maybe 150 to 130 as estimated by the county. chaets just chock at all county alone. there are as many as 600 to 700 statewide in this type of shape. this one will be bulldozed a little bit later on this afternoon and weve been talking to the homeowner ethyl rogers saying insurance wont cover all ive had in there. this is a northern community in mississip mississippi. this is timber country. they...

The fujita scale a few years ago, and so now we take into account some of the construction of some of these structures, because the tornado is going to cause different damage based on a weak structure not well built and a brick house, sort of like the three little pigs, a weak one compared to a strong one. this is a picture, and you can see. look at these. these are really, big, heavy metal bars that were concreted into the ground. there you can see the slab on the level of this home, and this i...

On the planet. as many beers as they wanted they could do it as long as they didnt get hammered. right. so get this, carlsberg changed the policy. it says workers may only drink during their lunch breaks, so what happens? hundreds of employees are now on strike upset that the beer boss didnt consult them first. it sounds like a pretty cool job to me, what do you think, kevin? kevins a guy here, he likes it. all right so -- and if you think that kfc workers could eat double downs all day, right...

Chicago. 76 in kansas city. 77 in houston. upper 50s for seattle and san francisco back at 56. then into miami and tampa, mainly 70s and 80s and 62 in new york. so, all things considered, pretty nice day around much of the nation. back to you at the news desk. >> we need the new age muse wick the calming, soothing graphic far day like today. >> well work on that for you. >> we appreciate that. dont go too far. this might be something youre interested in. i dont think youre a carb conscious skies...

Glider, look at this, into these cliffs, about 400 feet from the top, several hundred feet from the bottom as well. that made it a tough day for the fire department and lifeguard who had to get this guy by foot and lower him into a stretcher down to the beach below, a paraglider is a free-flying aircraft, sort of like a giant kite. good luck to him. well, bad news this afternoon for all of those of you who like the occasional slab of deep fried butter and who doesnt? or if you is a hangerring ...

Authorities discovered his remains last week buried under a large slab of cement in moores backyard. letters sent to homes a. phoenix, arizona, principal wrote a letter telling parents to, quote, turn off the tv for once and pay attention. according to parents, it only gets worse from there. rachel stockman of nbc affiliate kpnx has more on this embarrassing story. >> if this is a joke id hate to see the serious stuff. >> reporter: parents in shock over this letter sent home by the principal t...

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Assessments are surfacing, detailing previously known cracks in the concrete, standing water, roof damage at champlain towers south. >> reporter: as more lawsuits are being filed across south florida in the deadly collapse of the champlain towers south condominium, there is more evidence residents, engineers and the condo board knew their building was deteriorating. a letter emailed on april 9th just three months ago from the condominium association board president warned the observable damage s...

Structural slab below the pool deck and entrance drive. it led to a major assessment. $15 million to repair years of damage. >> there were leaks in the garage, there were cracks on the balconies. yes, you need the money to fix it, you know? but, unfortunately, it was ignored. >> reporter: he said he received the letter in april telling how the concrete was deteriorating. the roof had gotten so much worse, so extensive roof repairs needed to be incorporated. the letter was sent to homeowners to u...

Survey that exposed a lot of the deficiencies in this building. it said, quote, that there were structural -- major structural damage, that there was exposed and deteriorating rebar, that there was cracked concrete to columns and also that exposed rebar in the garage area and also issues with the pool deck. one of the main concerns, according to this report, was to the waterproofing of that area which according to the report was beyond its useful life. i want to quote from the report to give you...