sot -- bill dawson, snohomish county sheriff's dept. nats- (yelling in background) it's just one of several flash flood rescues in the last 24 hours. sot -- tim mohrbacher, rescued woman a deadly storm system dumped heavy rain across the pacific northwest... with wind gusts of more than 100 miles per hour... toppling one tree after the next.... crashing down onto buses... and several homes. at least three people have been killed by falling trees. the driver of this s- u-v lost control on the wet roads... and slammed into a busy y day care center. sot -- jose alvarado, parent nats -- (downpour rain) in the south... heavy downpours have also hammered parts of arkansas...mississippi ...and tennessee nats - (tornado siren) ?with reports of at least 8 tornadoes touching down. that severe weather in the south is now heading towards alabama, georgia and florida... bringing with it the threat of more tornadoes? and flooding. brandi hitt -- abc news -- los angeles. jenna: after the break... 'll be talking about a fun event that sheds light on a

amendola sprained his knee monday night in the bills game and fellow wide receiver aaron dawson hurt his knee too. coach belichick does a tremendous job of making sure that the next man up is ready. and i'm sure the next man up will be ready. >> reporter: this new england/denver match-up is a little bit different this year. no brady/manning showdown as peyton is injured and some wonder if he will ever play again. >> there's nobody that has more respect for peyton than me. outside probably his parents and his brother. if anybody can appreciate what he's accomplished, it's me. >> reporter: meantime, prayers around the dinner table for quick healing as the team gets ready to celebrate thanksgiving tomorrow. >> so you're not, constituting? no. that's not my role. we gotta do our jobs well. and that's not my job. >>> maybe his role is the that would be my role when thanksgiving rolls around. the blockers up front, the big guys in front of brady, they've been hurt too. people are crediting bill shepherd chick with holding it all together. live in foxboro, i'm jonathan hall, 7news. >>> the