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Tornadoes because there's a big flooding problem in this state. a lot of families think it's very unlikely we're going to get hit by a tornado but very likely we will get flooding. we don't want a flooded basement and we don't have a basement. that's the case here. a lot of people don't have basements. they don't have these shelters. that's why there are so many people in danger if a tornado does indeed strike their home. >> all right. gary, appreciate that look. thanks. charles gafford was one of the lucky ones to reach a storm shelter in time. when the twister hit he grabbed his camera and...

no, just kidding. he was tired yesterday. we start with this. he was bent on jihad and he is no dummy. that's what the feds are saying after they arrested a man in an alleged plot to dive bomb the pentagon with remote controlled planes like these. the planes would be packed with explosi explosives. the suspect is an american muslim with a physics degree. brian todd with more on how his plot was foiled. >> federal authorities arrest ad 26-year-old man from ashland, massachusetts. in an affidavit he started his plot last year by buying cell phones, modifying them to act as electrical s...

flooding, washed out by roads have been waiting for supplies, relief workers are now using air drops and some are having to resort to four-wheel drive vehicles just to reach these people with everything from pampers to prescriptions along with, of course, food and water. amber lyon once again following this for us out of vermont. live today in wilmington. amber, i see a lot of people out and about behind you. it looks like some progress is being made. >> reporter: yeah. there's a lot of cleaning up going on out here, brooke. at one point, residents say the water would have been over ...

here. we're standing, a lot of this was beach. we got here this morning. quickly it's already risen several feet. i was talking to the mayor. he said one of the big worries in this area is when you go past here, there's homes that's built on a cliff. at this point their worries not so much the wind, this is not going to be the kind of storm here where the wind is going to do catastrophic damage, but what they are worried about is, it's moving so slowly, and it's going to hit right before high tide which comes about 3:30 in the morning here, that they are worried that there may be so ...

>> yeah, that's what everybody is doing and it's such a tough decision when you have to save some and then sacrifice the livelihoods and lives of so many others. in general, people understand it. u.s. army corps of engineers having to make tough decisions. it's worth noting. there's a big weather maker moving in friday to sunday of this week, it will park itself off towards the north in and around parts of the ohio river valley and areas like arkansas. we could be dealing with a major rain event up there and that means this flooding problem that we're dealing with that is historic to potential...