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Hours. it created flash flooding hazardous situations. we have pictures of some of the viewers on twitter. cars look like they'resome swimming pools. a gas station looks like the middle of a raging river. the storm slammed parts of texas. according to the national weather service parts of central texas got four inches of rain overnight and continuing to rain in the course of the day forcing some to evacuate their homes. >> went to bed probably around 11:30, 12:00. i don't know probably -- heard the power go out. wasn't worried and then strange noises from down stairs. there's probably an inch ...

That same storm system deluged parts of kentucky with up to eight inches of rain overnight and into today, causing severe flash flooding, stranding people in their cars. nearly 200 people had to be rescued from the rising water levels in louisville and the forecast is calling for even more dangerous weather this evening. joining me on the phone to talk about this all and the flooding is jodi duncan with louisville emergency management. these pictures from the rescues are remarkable. your emergency teams working so hard. tell us about some of their efforts. >> well they have been working since ...

Let's get to indra petersons for the weather. >> winds at 35 miles per hour, about 72 hours we do expect them to dissipate. still talking about heavy rain, as much as ten inches and winds as strong as 40 miles per hour. notice what happened in kansas, six to seven inches of rain overnight, now slowly making its way to the mississippi valley. with that heavy rain expected, two to four inches of rain in that area. the good stuff, beautiful temperatures in the northeast down to the southeast and that is my contribution of the day to the good stuff. >> thank you very much. we are now at the top ...

Mid-atlantic with a chance of storms and showers as a cold front stalls. cooler weather and much-needed rain in southern california is helping them battle a massive wildfire near palm springs. it is 49% contained. but it has destroyed 6 homes and forced 6,000 people to evacuate. will carr is live, near the fire with the latest. >> reporter: hi, shannon. firefighters tell us the good news is that they got a lot of rain overnight, helping them to get the upper hand on the fire. the fire has cost $12 million. a handful of homes have burned. i am standing next to one. this is where the garage was....

5:43 in the morning. beautiful live picture of the ice rink. how much longer will they keep that up? march? getting there. can you skate when it's like 75 out there? bill karins, what's the weather like today out there? >> they do slushing. >> they have to today, right? >> yeah. told you winter was over. i'm going to stick with it. it's incredible the warmth yesterday was from chicago to the east coast. it has changed a little bit. winter trying to make its return to the northern plains from minneapolis to denver. but it's still very mild from texas throughout the deep south. we do have some r...