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Down. 150 others had to call houston police to be rescued. fortunately no one was killed. but flash flooding is the number one storm related killer. that means on average, flooding kills more than tornados and twice as many as lightning. >> i thought we was just going to be able to go through it and proceed on. when we got to here, i started seeing water get high and didn't go down. >> reporter: here is why. water builds up quickly. and within minutes. 2 feet of water can literally move your car. and severe storms and flash flooding attack the southeast, a warning -- turn around don't drown. a...

Complete strangers. we are a very small town. we banded together. we said we would support each other the we had support from far and wide that has just floored us. >> the spoon river flooding has severely damaged dozens of homes. some people won't be able to return for a few weeks. >> taking a look at your morning forecast. a wet day from philadelphia through florida. showers, thunderstorms, from minneapolis, milwaukee, des moines, and kansas city. showers from seattle to portland. snow in the cascade. northern rockies. heating up in southwest. >> first triple digit days for phoenix, vegas. u...

Will we contain the river. mother nature has not been kind to them. now lawmakers on both sides of this river, north dakota and minnesota are calling, get this, for billions of dollars to divert parts of the river around popular areas, through a big canal to ease the pressure of flooding that continues to happen to the people. farmers are fighting it saying a waste of money. it would take ten years to build this canal. >> would it work as well? >> right. there is no telling. but right now, what is happening there is not working. >> three out of four years, yeah. >> yeah. they need a break. >> ...