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Forecasters say it was an ef3 tornado with winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. In just four minutes, it wiped out a motel and Mobile Home Park. On top of that, people that live along the Arkansas River are facing historic flooding. The National Weather service calling it a dangerous and life threatening situation. The river expected to rise more in coming days. A National Guard helicopter crew had to rescue two Army Corps Engineers near fort smith, arkansas. They got stranded while checking out a dam. Matt finn is in arkansas. First to jeff paul in el reno, oklahoma. Jeff . Yeah, trace, first it was flooding. Now theyre dealing with damages from a de ....
Along the arkansas river with all of this flood water expected to make its way town to the capital city of little rock by the end of the week, trace. trace: wow. the flooding across the midwest is getting worse, matt. yes. we re receiving word there s a mandatory evacuation in coffeeville, kansas. in tulsa, oklahoma, authorities are warning of a dangerous situation along the arkansas river there. the army corps of engineers is increasing the amount of water being released from levee there s, trace. trace: thanks, matt finn. live on the ground. the dangerous weather showing no signs of letting up. let s bring in brittany bowyer with the forecast. brittany? trace, you re right about that. it s rinse and repeat with the forecast. we ve had tornadoes every day since may 16. look at this. already this afternoon, things are getting active here in minnesota and iowa. just looking at some of the ....
Prediction center anticipates putting a tornado watch out here. as we have been mentioning, rinse and repeat. from may 16 until today, already 135 confirmed tornadoes across the country and tragically, there s been lives lost with that. as we continue into today, trace and tuesday and then into wednesday, we can t let our guard down with this southwest. on top of the severe weather threat, you have to watch out for that flooding. we can see an additional eight inches of rain through wednesday, trace. just a ton of bad weather. brittany bowyer, thank you. president trump playing down concerns about north korea and saying he agrees with the country s dictator about joe biden. we ll take you to tokyo next. later this hour, prosecutors plan to go after johnson & johnson over the opioid epidemic. [ done melody plays ] ....