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New storms hit starting tonight. >> those are amazing pictures. >> president trump has approved emergency aid for the area while the evacuation order was lifted. an evacuation order staying in effect. rumor has it theres a best in show. rumor is the name of the winner of the top prize of the 141st westminster dog show. >> now, thats a dog. >> a german shepherd is a dog. as opposed to a big cat. this dog beat out nearly 3,000 competitors from nearly 200 breeds. >> look at him. >> german shepher...

City of dallas. nicholas, thanks for helping us keep the public informed. can you confirm the number of dead? there have been conflicting reports. >> were looking at six dead right now. four from the overpass in garland, and two from a collapsed gas station to the north of dallas. >> ridoriginally we were hearin four, but now youre saying six. but four were killed on the highway? >> thats correct. its at the intersection of i-30 and the turnpike. what happened is these cars attempted to drive th...

Storms hit. >> all of a sudden got quiet and basically sounded like a freight train. >> got super loud. we could feel the house shaking. we heard something loud and turns out it was a tree fell on our house. its leaning thank god. >> todays threat is not as high as it was over the weekend. however, over 43 million are at risk for getting some type of severe weather today. the weather channel is in van, texas for us. >> reporter: weve been in the east texas town since early this morning before em...

Way, in some cases it will take months, but many residents say they are not going anywhere. >> were going to stay out here. this is our home. if it hits again, it hits again. >> reporter: the survival stories were hearing across this area are amazing, from wednesday nights storm and some of the storms we saw on thursday. this home here a family of five lived here and the parents and their three little children naturally went into their storm shelter wednesday night when the storms hit, but whats...

The very beginning of hurricane season. so its important for everyone along the eastern seaboard to be ready for a storm. if and when the time comes. for more on that, im joined by eaton edwards, executive director of the international preparedness network. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> your mission is to keep us safe. what do we need to have in order to stay safe in any storm? >> people need to recognize they have to have a certain amount of equipment and information obv...

People across the midwest are picking up the pieces and assessing the damage from devastating tornadoes that hit the region. the storms left six people dead. all of them in illinois. state emergency officials estimate between 150 and 200 people were injured across the state. tornadoes also caused damage in missouri, indiana, michigan and wisconsin. the national weather service is investigating 68 reports of tornadoes during the outbreak yesterday. one survivor of the tornadoes says it was touch ...

Neighbors kitchen. its just very random. jon: the damage in illinois is staggering and heartbreaking. one towns mayor saying everybody is without power but some people are without everything. hundreds of homes blown apart, debris strewn everywhere. one man turning to god when the storms hit, reciting the lords prayer. >> our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in hef in. give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespass...

Now receive food stamps. severe weekend weather is leaving thousands without power in the portland, oregon, area. two storms hit. one on saturday and one on sunday dropped heavy rain and blowing trees and debris right into the homes. >> i heard this noise and i come in, look. i went, oh, goodness. the good news is she got out okay. but a falling tree crushed part of her roof and damaged her home. some areas got nearly 5 inches of rain and reported wind gusts of 75 miles an hour. >> wow. soun...

The new ones hit in the 99 tornado, they do have built-in storm shelters. >> reporter: do you think thats something that will change after this? >> im sure it will. well definitely look at it. the school system and city are two separate entities, im sure well talking to them and try to get fema moneys to help rebuild these schools. >> mr. mayor, thank you for joining us. mayor glenn lewis, mayor of moore, oklahoma, the rescue effort continuing. as of now, what hes been briefed by the fire chief,...

Help with evacuations. residents cope with everything. >> there is just nothing left. im sorry. there is just nothing left. >> reporter: power companies are here trying to restore power. after yesterdays tornadoes. look over here. the cherry pickers, there is a worker going up now to try to restore some of these lines. we know that there are also heavy machinery, other heavy machinery here and on wait to try to clean up after what the sheriff says looks like a war zone. back here in granbury, te...