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Because inaction has consequences. >> we've seen the consequences in mosul and ramadi and tikrit and other places as well. appreciate your time. >> always a pleasure being here. >> good talking to you. this is an extreme weather alert. president obama signing a disaster declaration for texas as severe storms soak the lone star state. the torrential rain and flooding killing dozens and even more wet weather is in the forecast. will carr is live from dallas. will? >> reporter: hi, elizabeth. this area has been pounded by rain once again. behind me the trinity river is expected to crest later t...

As the region grapples with another round of dangerous storms. here's what it looks like today in the dallas area. roads once again turning into rivers. will carr is standing by live in dallas. will what kind of weather can we expect today? >> reporter: well uma, this area got pounded by bad weather again this morning. behind me is the trinity river. the national weather service just told me it's expected to crest at some point tomorrow morning. you can see behind me a stop sign that has water all the way up to the top. this path cut off by flood water. off to my right you can see the trees he...

Line the banks of this river. just swamped by all of this water. we have a map of what the trinity river normally looks like. some people around here call it the trinity trickle, and that is like a stream compared to what we're seeing today. now, flash flooding impacted this area the past two days closing loop 12 at i-30 a very busy traffic area for dallas forcing people to abandon their cars sow the south, in southeast texas, mandatory evacuations right now going on for the cities of wharton and rosenberg, and because there's more concerns rivers in those areas could flood. keep in mind one i...

18-wheeler completely flipped on its back with wheels in the air. our concern was whether anyone was inside. >> we might have lost our connection. >> dallas police officers say they believe there was a touchdown at jim miller road around route 12 and i-30 and, also, loop 12 area there was a touchdown and, maybe, 635 and garland. the police officers believe there was a touchdown and officers saw tornado and believe they may have had touchdowns. >> part of the cell that went up from i-20, hit the area hard, worked up to there, possibly hitting in garland and you heard dan talking it is the cell ...

Much cold air is in place. minus 5 here in denver. 18 down in dallas. everybody dealing with wind as well with this storm. it's wound so tightly when you factor in that wind, it is brutally cold, dangerously cold, feels like minus 26 here in denver and 1 in dallas. take a look at 1078 live pictures we have out of dallas. this is out of loop 12. which is right by interstate 30. cars stranded all over the highways. because there have been so many accidents from the ice and the snow and now these people are dealing with temperatures that feel like around zero, if they are still stuck out there. s...