it was especially severe in apache junction. drivers ignored road closed signs.n southern arizona, officials say they were very lucky they were able to rescue all 17 hikers from a flash flood. the first group that was rescued included a 4-year-old boy. his father was holding him above the water. the helicopter rotors got within 20 feet of this canyon wallace it lowered a deputy to where the hikers were stranded. the operation took all >> grad it wlad it was a succes. >>> getting to the altar is the top priority for a groom. having your tuxedo pretty close second. >> that's true, but the guy in this picture went without his tux after delta airlines lost his luggage. >> he and his bride were getting married in ice land. his bags with the tuxedo landed 1500 miles away in germany. >> that led to the tee shirt with the message, this wedding suit courtesy of delta airlines. you know, did he not have pants on the flight over either? >> the picture was captioned, if you want to wind up in the same country as your wedding outfit don't pfly delta. >> they plan to use that

this is videotape from arizona, apache junction. it's 25 mile east of phoenix.em there was the flooding. look at the video. people had to be rescued by the helicopter. because the streets were flooded. in pennsylvania, you can see 17 hikers there -- i should say in pennsylvania the floodwaters lifted cars up. winds damaged homes. streets were flooded. trees were uprooted. it forced road closures. today people are picking up and trying to clean up from yesterday's tornado, or last night's tornado, people understand that the possession, belongings can be replaced. that is why the insurance companies are out here surveying the damage. but the landmarks can't be. this beautiful tree that has been in the community for 300 years has been torn to sleds. it has to come down. that is tough to digest for a lot of e it takes forever to get this size. traumatic vent to change the way you think about things. jonathan: back to steve rudin in the weather center but people want the calm weather. they can deal with the heat and the humidity but they don't want strong winds. >> i

apache junction got two inches of rain just about an hour. what a scene. >>> well, the vatican is doing its part during the severe water shortage in italy. >> it's shutting off all 100 fountains including those in st. peter's square. water rationing may be imposed on rome as italy suffers its worst drought in 60 years. this is the first time on record that the vatican has shut off its fountain. >> hopefully we can till -- well, is there a point in tossing your coin if you can still collect them? >> maybe your wish still comes true? >> hopefully. >>> well, still ahead a billion dollar business deal just announced bringing together some of the biggest names in fashion. >>> also, the passengers on a united air lines flight action coming to the rescue when a woman on board allegedly charged the cockpit. >>> and the nfl linebacker who was at the right place at the right time to save someone's life. >>> roller coaster riders in hot spring, arkansas, got a little more adventure than they bargained for. they were stranded for an hour on the x coaster

this drone video captured the scope of the flooding in the town of apache junction. town was hit and especially hard when one storm system moved in from the east while another was moving in from the west. in another part of the state, 17 hikers had to be rescued when they became stranded by flooding. >>> good news for folks in a illinois town that was hit hard by flooding, the fox river in algonquin is receding. residents have been dealing with this for two weeks. last night the river crested at a record 13 feet. well, today those levels are coming down but the sand bags remain to try and save homes all around the river. >> time for another check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> let's take it live to matt pelman again in the "action news" traffic center to see what's going on. hey, matt. >> hey, matt. >> trying to get through this monday evening but it's a tough one on the schuylkill expressway, mick and monica, but unfortunately not a lot has changed in the last half hour. still have this crash in the eastbound lanes by girard avenue, by the zoo

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this was the scene in apache junction, cars stranded, roads erased. more than two inches of rain falling in just an hour. and now new video from arizona where 17 hikers were swept away. a human chain strainers lifting children out of the water. in birmingham, alabama, at least ten drivers had to be rescued after storm drains were overwhelmed by all the rain. in mississippi, the radar estimating eight inches of rain washing out roads. near philadelphia, winds ripping power lines, sparking fires. an amusement park in eastern pennsylvania under feet of water and this is what it looked like in syracuse, new york. powerful winds tearing the roof off this store. water pouring over the merchandise. in maryland, an with winds reaching 125 miles per hour shredding this building monday morning. so this is not what we need, more severe storms on the way for the areas so hard hit by flash flooding. you can see damaging winds, certainly hail from eastern south dakota to minnesota and starts to move east into that area around the chicago, north suburbs, fox river.