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>> live from cnn center, this is cnn news "room" with kim brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. horn 12 million people under flood watches in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas. the risk of flash flooding is high with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. extreme weather forced a search and rescue mission as several hikers were swept off their feet by a flash flood. one person is still missing. let's talk more about this with derek van dam. potentially dangerous situation for many. what is t...

Buildings. it was lifting up. probably wasn't the best place to be. >> in iowa look at those ominous storm clouds. wow! in clinton, iowa, a twister downed trees and power lines and scattered debris. officials say no injuries reported. >> meteorologist derek van dam joins us with the latest. looking at that video of the truck flipping over because of the wind shows you the power of the storm. >> terrifying and extraordinary at the same time. we need three ingredients to get this severe weather outbreak that we saw on thursday. you need warm moisture air and some sort of instability in the atmos...

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