Storm Wave News Today

Country. especially parts of the midwest and the great lakes. record high temperatures came along with extreme winds. in kansas, gusts reached up to 100 miles per hour. tornadoes were reported in minnesota, nebraska, iowa. thats just days after 90 people were killed in arkansas, illinois, and kentucky wildfires kicked up and spread smoke around kansas. in this area, country is no severe in strange weather. the storm was absolutely unheard of in this time of year. it broke all kinds of records. >...

Tornadoes reported in minnesota, nebraska, and iowa, leaving a trail of destruction. thats just days after 90 people were killed by tornadoes in arkansas, illinois, and kentucky. wildfires kicked up by wind spread smoke across kansas. and while this area of the country is no stranger to severe weather, this storm was absolutely unheard of for this time of year and broke all kinds of records. >> official warnings stretching to at least five states. thousands bracing for cover as a massive storm w...

>> reporter: tonight new tornados whipping across the midwest official warnings stretching to at least five states. thousands bracing for cover as a massive storm wave pushes through the country, bringing this blinding snow, plus dangerous winds. the system so powerful, it tossed this trailer right across a highway. >> stop! >> reporter: from the west coast to the great plains a deluge of rain and hurricane-force winds leaving thousands without power. even trapping drivers, many with no way home...

Moment. my husband was able to wiggle out and my son eventually, but my mother and i sustained some damage. i knew my leg was injured, but its going to be okay, but my mom, shes in the hospital, but right at this moment, we just didnt know what was going on around us u. we were trying to get her and myself, my husband had to work with tools and shovels and things to move the water heater which was pushing down on the vanity which was where my mom was. >> its such a -- >> we get another tornado w...

Piers morgan, i hope you are watching somewhere. >> he wrote me and said make sure you use me in context with the pope. something like that. and now to a very much more serious story but one that has been fascinating me all weekend. a freak accident at sea left an elderly man dead, his widow shaken but also angry. a massive storm wave slammed into a british cruise liner broadside. it was a rogue wave sending water crashing through a restaurant. killing the map -- man and injuring several other...

A series of fast tides. its uncommon for tsunamis to come in as breaking waves. >> gregg: really? >> they are different than storm waves, of course. at their source, the length of the wave measured from crest to crest can be 50 miles. so contrast that with a storm wave that might be 50 feet or a hundred feet from crest to crest. so they pour in like rivers. you are remember the tourist videos from 2004. >> gregg: yes. >> and the way the water kept on coming and kept on coming and there wasnt any...