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Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis tells KFDM/Fox 4 News swift water rescue teams, deputies, firefighters and other first responders, have rescued people stranded

First responders in Saunders County rescued multiple people who were stranded in their vehicles along Highway 92 on Friday and Saturday.

Even once the rain stops, the flood concerns will continue

The memorial day road trip is certainly back. aaa telling us just look at this number they anticipate more than 37 million americans will be taking to the roadways this memorial day weekend which is just, jim, underneath the 2019 pre-pandemic levels that we saw three years ago. but in terms of what advice aaa has for all of us taking the roads, heres what they told us. >> definitely inspect that vehicle before you take that long road trip. check your tire tread and inflation, make sure your batt...

Just over 37 million americans. it does not exceed the number of americans who traveled in 2019 before the pandemic and that could be because of inflation and relatively high gas prices. aaa did give some advice for those who are about to begin their automotive journeys. listen to what they told us. >> inspect your vehicle before you take the long road trip. check your tire tread and make sure your battery has a good charge and fluid levels are topped off. aaa anticipates coming to the roadside ...

Topped off. during this memorial day weekend, aaa anticipates coming to the roadside rescue of more than 460,000 stranded drivers. >> reporter: the cost of gasoline, those prices arent coming down from where we were last year. we had prices that were about $4.60 a year ago, a national average for around this memorial day weekend is $3.58. so prices are relatively high in terms of historical terms, but they are coming down. prices coming down especially here in california. the states of alaska, n...

Slightly less than pre-pandemic levels. just about a half million drivers underneath what we saw in 2019. when we were talking to aaa they had some advice if you are embarking on your own road trip. listen to what they told us. >> definitely inspect that vehicle before you take that long road trip. check your tire tread and inflation. make sure your battery has a good charge. make sure your fluid levels are topped off. during this memorial day weekend, aaa anticipates coming to the roadside resc...

Bad to worse in a hurry on interstate 70 outside denver. storm chaser aaron rigsby among hundreds of stranded drivers, some of them walking their dogs on the highway. >> there has been so many accidents and so many stuck vehicles that i-70 has now been shut down for almost ten hours. theres been a few people that i think were in the tunnel, that were a little worried about carbon monoxide, and they had their kind of doors propped up with like a towel in front of it. >> reporter: the heavy, wet s...

Killed during this massive winter blast. authorities found drivers dead in their cars after those people were stuck out in the below freezing temperatures or hours. unable to drive in white out conditions. the blizzard turned roads into sheets of i.c.e., knockdown power lines and created havoc for rescue crews trying to do everything that they can to save these residents. in the buffalo niagara international airport, they are cooked until at least tuesday. that tells you how bad the conditions a...

The dangerous cold has over 150 million people, or half the u.s. population, under wind chill alerts. with below zero wind chills as far south as texas. in the midwest, more than a foot of snow and possible blizzard conditions expected. south dakotas famous sioux falls, frozen. in some parts of kansas, the national weather service reporting wind chills below negative 30. there and in the plains, the cold expected to stick around for christmas weekend. likely making it the coldest christmas there...