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Operation of rescue. >> reporter: emergency crews scrambling to pull people from the floodwaters. bridge washed out. unable to handle the force of the rising tide. roller coasters at the six flags amusement park near dallas, texas, submerged in water. in wimberley, many residents returned to homes unsalvageable. >> we've seen houses that have been knocked off their foundations or tipped over just by this one here just by the sheer force of those rising floodwaters. >> there's no electricity at the complex now. >> reporter: in houston, hundreds are now homeless after an ef-1 tornado packing win...

What a mess to clean up? >> reporter: well, alex this is all that is left of a popular restaurant where diners not only heard the tornado sirens but saw the tornado coming. they actually took shelter down here in the basement of the building which probably saved their lives. a dozen lives likely saved because of that warning. it took first responders about an hour and a half to get the peel out of here. but just down the road in tiny fairdale, too small for a warning system. they didn't fair so well. >> it was what meteorologists call can an ef-4. a tornado packing sustained winds of up to 200...

Tornado in an unlikely spot -- the boston suburbs. this the view outside revere high school. >> look at the trees! they all broke! >> reporter: the tornado packing winds up to 120 miles an hour. >> it was just unbelievable in massachusetts. this happening. it's just -- i would expected it back home in chicago in the windy city. but not here. >> reporter: across the seaside town, two miles of destruction. cars flipped over on the sidewalk. main streets littered with pieces of buildings. the train station parking lot, looking like a pond. pieces of a building resting outside of this gas station....

I got three beautiful grandkids. >> reporter: in north dakota, hail and wind strong enough to flatten this trailer. an ef-1 tornado packing winds of 110 miles an hour in western michigan mangled homes and brought down trees. >> sounded like a freight train. and whipping winds, stuff flying around. >> reporter: up and down the mississippi, cones of caution. they're bracing for more rain. flooding already forcing the closure of several roads and bridges. utah and california could use more rain to battle blazes. outside of san francisco, more than 6,000 acres have already burned. linsey davis, ab...

In a matter of seconds. >> i said, dear god, don't -- don't trap me down here. i got three beautiful grandkids. >> reporter: in north dakota, hail and wind strong enough to flatten this trailer. an ef-1 tornado packing winds of 110 miles an hour in western michigan mangled homes and brought down trees. >> sounded like a freight train. and whipping winds, stuff flying around. >> reporter: up and down the mississippi, cones of caution. they're bracing for more rain. flooding already forcing the closure of several roads and bridges. utah and california could use more rain to battle blazes. outsid...