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Away in a storm drain in cedar rapid, iowa. his body recovered in a lake more than a mile away. the best thing that the community can do right now is to pray for this family. reporter: there is significant flooding in many midwestern states and the mississippi river will be at fled stage as we head into the weekend. falling trees are responsible for two deaths in indiana and damage to many homes. it was pretty traumatic. everybody has some kind of damage. i don t think anybody got by unscathed. reporter: and the sudden rain overwhelmed a major highway leading to chicago o hare airport, some abandoned cars and taxis and tried to walk to the airport. even if they hadn t been turned back it wouldn t have done any good. more than 100 flights were canceled. with 50-mile-an-hour winds. arthur is getting stronger as it moves north. let s get the latest from accuweather forecaster steph davis. good morning, steph. thank you. tropical storm arthur is slowly strengthening off the c ....
Williams sisters would be withdrawing. doctors say she is suffering from a viral illness. williams issued a statement afterward thanking her fans for support and vowing to return next year. turning to weather now. fourth of july plans on the east coast may be in jeopardy. tropical storm arthur gathering strength off the coast, appears to be heading north. the most likely track at this time shows the storm might become a hurricane around north carolina. potentially ruining the holiday as far north as cape cod. red flags are already flying on many florida beaches because of strong currents. they re a danger to swimmers. but tropical storm arthur is also a delight for some surfers who are enjoying the larger-than-usual waves. hour by hour, tropical storm arthur is slowly strengthening. yes, get s the latest on arthur s pass from accuweather forecaster steph davis. steph, good morning. thank you, reena, tahman. ....
I don t think anybody got by unscathed. reporter: and the sudden rain overwhelmed a major highway leading to chicago o hare airport, some abandoned cars and taxis and tried to walk to the airport. even if they hadn t been turned back it wouldn t have done any good. more than 100 flights were canceled. with 50-mile-an-hour winds. arthur is getting stronger as it moves north. let s get the latest from accuweather forecaster steph davis. good morning, steph. thank you. tropical storm arthur is slowly strengthening off the coast of cape canaveral, florida, continue to push northward guided by the jet stream bringing showers along the coastal areas as it does. we expect arthur to be off the coast of south carolina thursday. and then push north towards the outer banks thursday night. and into our independence day friday. bringing strong winds and heavy rain along with it. the best bet for hurricane development is on thursday. ....
In less than 24 hours, the most in a single day in almost 60 years there. turning roads in to rivers. and vast swaths of the city in to muddy lakes. flood watches and warnings posted in texas this morning as downpours moved east. let s get the national memorial day forecast from molly cochran, accuweather forecaster. good morning, molly. reporter: thank you, john and diana. if you have this memorial day holiday off, break out the shorts and t-shirts. feeling like summertime across the northeast. temperatures well into the 80s from new york city to boston. don t get too comfortable, though. we will see a cooler trend pushing its way in to the new england states on tuesday and a then making its way in to much of the northeast by wednesday. different story across the south central picking up heavy rainfall on monday. want to keep a watchful eye to the skies. we can expect thunderstorms in there, as well. across much of the deep south, picking up on the heat along the gulf coast. thu ....
Damaged others. the winds were stronger than 100 miles an hour and knocked over two tractor-trailers. large hail also fell on the area from the black skies. meteorologists were stunned by the force of the storm. amazingly, though no deaths or injuries were reported. severe weather could pose a threat today in a big portion of the country. let s get the holiday weekend outlook from steph davis. accuweather forecaster. good morning. thank you, john and diana. we have a threat of severe weather from the northern to western half of texas for our friday. showers, thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail. mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. these storms fueled by this tropical moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico. associated with that moisture is this upper level disturbance that will actually help for the arizona wildfires because we ll see increased moisture in the air and some isolated showers. looking ahead to our memorial day holiday, though, the southwest is going to ....