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The jet stream for most of the spring has been like this. kind of a cold and in the rockies and even dipped down here a little bit because it's been cool in the northeast, as well. but every time this comes up here, a little storm will come through. and there's one today, that's the wind right there over new mexico and texas. it's coming. and it's going to spin a low pressure system along that jet stream. think of the jet kind of like a road, the interstate, where all of the storms come. moisture comes up, storms -- cold air comes down, you get severe weather. well, for most of the spring, we ...

critical condition. the confirmed death toll in sunday's disaster now stands at 118. but authorities say more than ten times that many still are unaccounted for. >> joplin's head of emergency management says people scattered and simply can't get home or maybe no longer have homes and haven't yet called in. but then there's will norton, blown out of his hummer on his way home from high school graduation. his family thinks -- thinks he's in a hospital somewhere. and sky lar logs don, a 1-year-old. his great uncle spoke to cnn this morning. >> the night of the tornado that evening. and ...

The rain-swollen rio grande river has risen to more than 30 feet above flood stage and that has led to evacuation of homes in laredo, texas. the city center is open as a shelter. two bridges are now closed. let's check in with rob marciano about the flooding in texas. >> they have had now two tropical systems in the past less than two weeks really. hurricane alex dumped rain across parts of texas, and now this tropical depression. it is linked in with the rain making its way across the northeast. this time of year, the jet stream slows down and weakens, so the northern part of cold fronts mo...

Rob marciano is with us as well. >> good morning, fred. >> good to see you. >> records yesterday. check out the numbers. impressive stuff. as we mentioned, the core of the heat really sank a little further to the south. mid atlantic and southeast. danville, virginia, hitting triple digits. 102. savannah, 101. charlotte, 100. the northwest get nothinging the act and typically are fairly cool, cooler. 95 degrees in seattle. what we have going here today, a little cool front that's trying to make its way to the east. this time of year everything moves real slow. jet stream is very weak. northern ...

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