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Near st. louis. interstate 55 was shut down in several areas. meteorologists say the water is slowly receding. dangerous flooding killed at least 21 people and forced thousands more from their homes. one of president obama's new years resolutions is apparently more gun control. the president is set to unveil new executive action to expand background checks and give more authority to atf. they also require smaller gun dealers to be licensed. the announcement is expected next week before his state of the union address on january 12th. and clemson not holding back against oklahoma in the cott...

Year's day. interstate 55, some of the lanes have reopened. interstate 44 remains closed for about 24 miles but they are making progress in clearing some of the road. they have to scrape away the mud off of the interstate to open that back up to the holiday travelers trying to return back home. further downstream, the town of st. genevieve are also bracing for the flood but they're expected to fall two feet short of the record in 1993. so they're breathing a sigh of relief. the levees should hold. there is stress on them with all this massive amount of water moving past but they are expected t...

Rare. some very strong wording coming from the nationl weather service in st. louis. wanting to emphasize out of the series of floods we had, interstate 44, interstate 55 and interstate 93 have been shutdown for a period of time. that never happened during the flood of 1993 in the same area or december flooding of 1982. so when you are trying to grasp the magnitude of this storm, understand we will no longer be comparing to the previous storms. this storm is the benchmark going forward. if there were ever any flooding events. we still have more than a dozen states dealing with flood watches an...

It might not be. leland: we find math in south along the mississippi from the arch. what is the situation right now? >> reporter: this road has become the front line of this flood battle because it is one of the last main roads open in this area allowing drivers to go north or south. this row is hanging on by a thread. a few feet of dry road left in which these drivers can head north or south because interstate 55 directly parallel to us is closed in both directions and 150 road closures in this area. to give you the magnitude of the flooding to the left there's a football field entirely under...

No good time for this to happen but just as you start to countdown the hours into christmas, this is about the worst. dana? >> it sure is. thank you for that report. now let's get to cnn meteorologist allison, we hear one of the tornadoes may have been on the ground for 150 miles. give us the context of that, how widespread it is compared to a normal tornado, if there is such a thing? >> a lot of time you you get quick spinups but for something to come down for 150 miles is quite impressive. this is the storm we're talking about. initially they think it started somewhere down here in the very ...