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here's angie lassman with what the region can expect. what a season this has been so far, angie. >> what a season. already we've had more than 400 tornado reports, and today we have another chance to add on to that tally. firstly, we are dealing with watches and warnings in oklahoma and texas. big picture look. most of that rain is going to start to exit and kick out here through the day for parts of new england. but we do have a couple other spots that we're going to watch. specifically parts of the plains. we'll see afternoon thunderstorms popping up for the great lakes. as we get into tomorrow the rain will spread into the midsouth. we'll see another round of thunderstorms firing up across parts of the plains. today there's 25 million people at risk. we we're talking destructive wind gusts and damaging hail. wichita falls to san antonio, laredo, dallas, houston could see strong winds, maybe 60 miles per hour or higher. and on top of that we do have the flash flood risk as we get through the same region this afternoon. frances? >> so m

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. >> we will get angie's forecast in a minute. first, maura barrett is tracking the latest from the shores of lake michigan and my hometown. maura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. here in chicago, folks are expected to take full advantage of the sun, but across the country, others are prepping for severe weather. all as millions are set to travel for the holiday weekend. the sun rising this morning ready for summer fun. >> everybody is thawing. >> chicago is the place to be. you can't go anywhere else. all summer long at the beach. >> reporter: an easy commute for the city dwellers, but it is a different picture across the country. aaa predicts 44 million people will catch a flight or hitted roads making it the busiest in the last 20 years. a vast majority of them planning to drive. >> i'm used to traffic. >> reporter: the national average price of gas is $3.60 a gallon. down 6 cents from last month, but more than a year ago. the most popular spots for rental cars? vegas, atlanta, boston and orlando. >> we have extr

angie lassman joins us with the latest. this seem like a daily thing now. >> yeah, a repeat performance if you will. the good news is -- good morning to you -- the good news is we're going to see a lower risk of tornados across the region that we're watching today, but we still do have tornado watches from arkansas to the carolinas. we've seen an active overnight period. we're going to continue to see active storms this morning. and the severe threat will be quite expansive through the afternoon hours. the biggest threat, we're talking wind gusts, damaging hail and of course a couple tornados possible. that's from texas all the way to new jersey. here's the area where we're watching for those really strong wi winds,75 mile-per-hour or higher, from texas to georgia. but strong wind gusts up and down this region as we get through the day today. and on top of that, the flooding concern. 8 million people under flood watches. flash flood warnings across kentucky and tennessee. this is going to continue through the morning hours,

good morning, angie. >> good morning, frances. the hard-hit areas are going to get a bit of a break, but we're waking up to thunderstorms. we have severe thunderstorm watches in effect, a couple thunderstorm warnings in effect. as they work their way a little farther to the east. as the day goes on, specifically afternoon into the evening hours, these are the spots we're watching for strong storms. the good news is our tornado risk is low today. but we could see strong winds across the southeast today, this is something we'll watch through the afternoon hours. we'll see rain across the northeast. a secondary cold front works through the great lakes, and then our attention turns to parts of the south. specifically, texas, as we gear up for more areas of heavy rain. plenty of gulf moisture to tap into as this storm emerges from the rockies. notice all the rain we're watching for. this is going to leave us with the flooding concern for sure, even as we get into monday, we'll have repeated rounds of heavy rain across parts of texas. t

just ask angie. >> oh, i piled the public records request. >> reporter: wind caltrans denied angie's claim, she searched for the answers online. >> how do i find out if a pothole is been reported? >> reporter: that she filed a california public records act request for the pothole. >> month after month after month i would get these email saying we will get back to you in another two months. >> reporter: sean had six months to appeal her claim in court, but caltrans waited seven months to give her the evidence she needed. >> reporter: they make it so hard i really think they want you to go away. >> reporter: it appears caltrans did note but didn't complete the work until after they denied her claim. >> it does feel a little bit about david and goliath. >> reporter: and his mom taught her not to give up. so she turned to us. find out if your state department of transportation is intentionally denying valid damage claims and we will let you know when caltrans finally gets around to fulfilling our public record request, stay tuned. >> you can use our online interactive search tool to find

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here's nbc meteorologist angie lassman with what the region can expect. good morning, angie. >> good morning, frances. already been quite an active may. and today we're going to add onto the potential tally of tornado reports topping 400. we've got a thunderstorm watch in effect for oklahoma and texas. that's going to last for a little while longer as those thunderstorms rumble to the east. we've got still a little bit of rain lingering across new england. thunderstorms across a sliver of the south. but it's the plains, specifically, that we're going to watch for it to really ramp up as we get into the afternoon hours today. there's the severe threat we're watching with this system. there will be a couple afternoon thunderstorms across the great lakes. tomorrow we'll see more of those thunderstorms lining up for the plains and some of the rain that we'll have to contend with across the mid ssouth. the greatest chance will be dallas, san angelo and austin, but notice it extends to louisiana, shreveport included in that. we're most concerned about the reall

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angie lassman is here with a look at the radar. good morning, angie. >> you guessed it. more severe weather in the forecast today. we're seeing that mainly focussed across the plains. as we get into the afternoon hours, we'll see more of these start to ramp up, especially some of these stronger storms possible as we get into the evening hours, specifically across parts of texas. by the time beget intwe get intw it's the heavier rain we watch along with the severe weather. here's the area we're watching closely today. notice, texas does see a moderate or enhanced risk, rather, across parts of amarillo, including lubbock as well. hail up to two inches, wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and isolated tornados. the baseball-sized hail, amarillo to san angelo is on the table. some of these areas stretching into louisiana and parts of arkansas as well as oklahoma. 22 million people will be at risk. on top of that, i mentioned the flooding concern. we'll see over 2 to 3 inches in some of these spots. the bull's eye, parts of foreca su sioux falls. chicago with highs in the low

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