brenham is located up in here. they're finishing up with the last thunderstorm. i mean, just smaz -- amazing. that's the deal here. also our friends in ft. worth and in texas, here's the dallas and here's ft. worth. thunderstorms rolling through your area too. but the flash flood threats are not that high. we're still watching the developing tropical system hurricane hunters are going to fly into it this afternoon. it may be subtropical or tropical. if it does it would get the name of bonnie. it would be the second named storm of the season and our computers take that to the carolina coastline. we're not thinking it will be a big, devastating storm or anything like that maybe a low end tropical storm, but the rip current threat and rough surf will be dangerous on the holiday weekend with a lot of people not used to the conditions. >> parents and lifeguards pay attention. >> people may not be allowed in the water in some spots. >> thank you bill. >>> why the national spelling bee may have had football fans cheering along with the champs. that's coming up on "way t

you saw that flooding picture, the tornado in bryan, to the south of it brenham, texas, 16-inches ofn, wettest day in at the city's history. going back a year ago in texas, we had one of the worst droughts they ever had going on, and the last year we have seen so many flueding events and that's the case. bryan, texas, where the storms were yesterday, and then take a look at this line of storms, brenham, where we saw he heavy rain, just cutting through the area today so the flooding going on again, and we'll see that, more rain falling here across texas and in throughout louisiana over the weekend. some spots maybe another four to five inches and we'll see some more flooding. that's one additional threat. one other story we'll watch. so much of the eastern seaboard has not been warm, gregg, over the last, say, throughout may. wondering where summer is. well, here, officially summer coming. we'll break some records across the northeast tomorrow. a lot of areas flirting with 790 degrees, very warm. >> it's nice out, very, very pleasant out there. rick reithmuth with a snappy new tie. >>

this morning is what happened down in south texas about a half hour, hour outside of houston, this brenham, texas, 9 to 12 inches, few spots, even more than that, some areas, i would say about 16 to 14 inches, one of the accumulations, 13.6, very impressive in 12 to 24 hours. flash flood emergency issued for this area. finally, it has cleared out, more towards waco and dallas, but not as heavy as you head to the south. how does memorial look. pretty good. saturday no problems whatsoever. getting warm and toasty today and tomorrow. all the stormy weather there in the north. southeast coast lines, nasty beach problems, north carolina to northeast florida. sunday, okay, just a stray shower in california, temperatures look nice through >>> good friday morning. we are tracking warm 80s inland today but check out the extended weekend ahead. possibly 90 for the south bay on sunday. 92 on memorial day. mid 90s in yuma and phoenix. some of the best weather will be found in the west over memorial day weekend. >> all right, to those traveling, good luck. thanks. >>> scary moments as their plane catch

this morning is what happened down in south texas about a half hour, hour outside of houston, this brenham, texas, 9 to 12 inches, few spots, even more than that, some areas, i would say about 16 to 14 inches, one of the accumulations, 13.6, very impressive in 12 to 24 hours. flash flood emergency issued for this area. finally, it has cleared out, more towards waco and dallas, but not as heavy as you head to the south. how does memorial look. pretty good. saturday no problems whatsoever. getting warm and toasty today and tomorrow. all the stormy weather there in the north. southeast coast lines, nasty beach problems, north carolina to northeast florida. sunday, okay, just a stray shower in california, temperatures look nice through the holiday bumping up into the mid 90s in yuma and phoenix. some of the best weather will be found in the west over memorial day weekend. >> all right, to those traveling, good luck. thanks. >>> scary moments as their plane catches fire. >>> plus we're going to tell you where to find the best beaches. you're going to watch that. you're watching "early today." t

in brenham, rain poured down in buckets, more than 18 inches in a day's time. quickly-rising waters washed out roads and washed cars away. 21-year-old darren mitchell posted this haunting facebook as water topped the roof of his truck. he wrote, "all i wanted to do was go home." a short while later he disappear disappeared. after fields were flooded in chappell hill, ranchers tried desperately to save their cattle by herding them towards the shore. homeowners are only now just beginning to soak in the damage of flooded homes and fallen trees and branches. >> super scary. you don't know what to do. >> reporter:ed davises' entire neighborhood of cut off. it's the second time it happened in a year. what are you going to do? >> i'm probably going to have to move and i don't want to move. >> reporter: as you can see water has started to recede in some areas. this home and these cars were all covered. the threat is far from over. thunderstorms are expected next week. jane. >> pauley: don, thank you. eric fisher is chief meersologist at our boston station wbz. he is t

16-year-old boy was killed monday while working with a church clean-up crew in the texas town of brenham. the tree damaged by storms fell on him. he's the first person -- well, actually one person is still reported missing in kansas. and in texas, rain swollen rivers continue to rise even after a break in the rain. the river in houston is expected to crest at a record high of more than 53 feet. it's also washed out bridges and destroyed homes and now more rain is in the forecast for the rest of the week. we don't want to hear that. and then there's this. three tornadoes they were reported in northeastern colorado. this cell phone video captured one touching down near a wind farm in peetz. several power poles caused widespread outages. no injuries were reported there. >> that was a picturesque tornado. >> scary and beautiful at the same time. >> at the bottom it was over a dirt road, so it was picking up the dust like a vacuum would. you don't see that very often. what was left of bonnie kept us soaked saturday, sunday into monday, in the mid-atlantic. that is exerting for today. you don'

david, we're in brenham, texas. a record breaking 16 inches of rain falling in just 12 hours. just look what it did to this road. more rain is expected through the holiday weekend. david? >> thank you. let's get right to rob marciano. rob? >> good evening, david. we're looking at more flooding tonight, and severe weather. take a look at the map. huge severe thunderstorm watch. and more rain coming tonight. the other big weather story, newly formed tropical depression two, they think it will bottom tropical storm bonnie. let's time it out. 8:00 p.m. tomorrow, rainy and breezy in charleston through myrtle beach. some of this moisture will sneak up to the east by monday. >> we'll track it straight through the weekend. rob, thank you. >>> next to the race for the white house. donald trump and the giant crowd of protesters today. this from san diego just moments ago. they're trying to avoid a repeat of the clashes outside a trump rally in albuquerque earlier this week. also, why is trump pulling his offer to debate bernie sanders off the table? and sanders tonight firing back. here

brenham, texas, shattering the record for its wettest day, topping 17 inches of rain. drivers in houston stranded. >> from the time we turned around, my car was underwater. >> it's time to go! >> reporter: it's been a destructive week. 134 tornado reports since last saturday, spawning dramatic images throughout the heartland. lightning in oklahoma caught on a police dash cam. storm chasers capturing other bolts crawling across ominous skies. today this funnel cloud spotted in north dakota, east of fargo. in central texas, the powerful thunderstorms forced allen and his wife to take cover. >> we started getting a little bit of hail. so we jumped up and went to the door to look. and then it got really intense. >> reporter: that intensity not over yet. rising rivers expected to crest saturday morning, and among their highest levels ever. here in kansas, there's already been another tornado warning this afternoon. and more rain has started to fall. the flood threat now stretching into the holiday weekend. the enormity of this week's storms still sinking in. lester? >> gabe

david, we're in brenham, texas. a record-breaking 16 inches of rain falling in under 12 hours. just look what it did to this road. and more rain is expected through the holiday weekend. david? >> phillip, thank you. let's get right to rob marciano, live here from manhattan. rob? >> good afternoon, david. we're looking at more flooding tonight, and severe weather. take a look at the map. huge severe thunderstorm watch. oklahoma and kansas, along the i-35 corridor. and the radar lit up across southeast texas. flash flood warnings east of houston. and more rain coming tonight. the other big weather story, newly formed tropical depression two. about 400 miles off the carolina coastline. they think it will become tropical storm bonnie. and make landfall across the carolina coastline. let's time it out. 8:00 p.m. tomorrow, rainy and breezy in charleston through myrtle beach. drifting inland on sunday. not the best beach weather for the carolinas. some of this moisture will sneak up to the east by monday. certainly getting an early start for the hurricane season this holiday weekend.

it caused major flooding in places like brenham, which is northwest of houston. that was yesterday. the water flipped over cars and washed out roads. high winds knocked down trees in other parts of the city. so far the storms are responsible for two deaths. >>> time to check in with storm team 4 and the weekend forecast that everyone wants to see. >> everybody wants to know about this weekend forecast. we have just a few changes on storm team 4. it is nice out in right now, but we are seeing a few showers and thunderstorms pop up around the region, mainly west of the d.c. area along i-81. there's a lot of traffic coming all the way 70 to 66 going out toward western maryland. a few showers. if you're traveling into west vira, nothing looks severe at this point. temperatures are going to be the mid 80s right now. i know it says morning planner, but it is afternoon. it'll continue through the evening with temperatures falling into the 80s. it is a little on the humid side out there. storms around i-81. it is hazy. it is hot. it is warm. we'll cool down right in time for memorial day. w

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turning to the severe threat and flooding threat, brenham, texas, yesterday, 17 inches of rain.hat's the wettest calendar day on record. still raining across texas. it's pushing to the east. we currently have severe thunderstorm watches across texas, louisiana as well as the plains. we could see another round of severe weather as we go into the afternoon and evening hours. the threat being from oklahoma all the way up through kansas. large hail, damaging winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes. all of this is going to push to the east during the overnight hours, including places like kansas city, lincoln and same places we've seen severe weather over and over the past couple of days. jim? >> we also know we're getting the forecast for the hurricanes this summer. is it going to be a bad hurricane season? >> well, they are actually forecasting a normal season, which you may think it's not a big deal but we've had below normal seasons the past couple of years. you have to look back to 2012 to find a season that was at normal or above. so the national noaa is forecasting 10

see this pink area north of hust jn that's brenham, texas. they had a 24-hour rainfall total of 17.5 inches of rain. that's the wet effort calendar day ever in recorded history. again, no wonder why they're having so many flooding problems, and a threat for more rain in this area today. not just rain, but also severe weather. there's a potential for large hail, damaging wind and isolated tornadoes across portions of texas. here's a look at radar going forward from tonight into tomorrow. and again, you can see rain in a lot of these exact same areas. now, i want to say, they are only expected to get an additional two, three, possibly at most four inches of rain that doesn't sound like much but on top of the 8, 10, 15 inches these areaed already had, it become as huge concern. another area we're keeping an eye out, the tropics. look at this. this is the tropical storm warnings in place for up and down the south carolina coast, as the tropical depression begins to make its way there. more of the specifics on the tropical depression are this -- r

. >> reporter: back here in brenham you're looking at the destructive force of flash flooding.hat it has done to an artery here in this community and again, this is not an isolated situation. flood waters in texas they come up quickly, however, they recede quickly. and alex, now we have it's dry now, there are scattered showers in the forecast today. but this drier weather hopefully will give people a chance to assess damage on roads like this throughout the area. >> it's all so frightening. that one picture you included that the 21-year-old who may have been swept away from inside his car, the water up there. no way he could get out of that. >> reporter: unbelievable. heart breaking. what gives you goosebumps is he had to know at that point there was no escape. as a mom that one just -- that kills me. that was hard to see. >> me too. thank you so much. >>> holding out hope, coming up, who or what bernie sanders supporters believe could still bring down hillary clinton. paramedic. the value of nissan's... [safety beeping] intelligent safety shield technologies. whoa! like forwa

the city of brenham, two people killed by the flied inundated with more than 18 inches of rainfall within 48 hours. >> it doesn't take much water to cause injury. >> reporter: the floods in texases killing tleef ining at people. according to cnn affiliate kprc, the caption, all i wanted to do was go home. the national gourdsman swept away not long after. a few hours northwest of houston, the search is still ongoing for a 10-year-old boy who slipped and fell into this swollen river. in the east, tropical depression bonnie, dampening holiday plans for millions in the carolinas. the system stalling near char s charleston with 30 mile-per-hour winds and unto four inches of rainfall. along south carolina's beaches the storm creating surf are conditions that could be life threatening. lifeguards already rescues at least a dozen over the weekend. >> a lot of rip currents. the undertoe is pretty strong. we're just keeping people at knee deep. there's no swimming allowed right now. >> reporter: so, alisyn, people definitely able to salvage their memorial day. the weather definitely improving today

northwest of houston, we saw in the last day or so, with the amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours in brenham1/2 inches of rainfall. or about 450 millimeters. it is the wettest calendar day on record ever. and for the capital city of austin, texas, 24-hour rainfall total there. just under nine inches. and then there's another system to worry about. this one tropical depression number two. we just got our update from the national hurricane center and the latest advisory poorly organized satellite imagery not showing really a clearly defined guy. we're not looking at a huge system but what could be dangerous as we head towards the weekend along the south carolina coast. not just there, but elsewhere across the deep south. it's a rip current. other people refer to it as a rip tide. but it's really known as a rip current. it's very dangerous for swimmers. also the heavy downpours. could see possibly some trees going down as well. so watch out for all of those potentials as we head into the next day or so. probably will become a tropical storm in the next 12 to 24 hours and could produce between 2

brenham hasty of been hit with almost one foot and a half of rain.asters says it breaks the record for the amount of rain for a day. rain washed out roads and more is expected in the area today. five people were rescued from the roof of a home by helicopter wo are missing in the austin area. residents of flight are asked to wash the pipes every day for two weeks. concerned people have not been running enough water to rid the system of lead. nadel is, rafael an out in the french open. wrist. he injured his i am alix steel. -- global news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i am mark crumpton. scarlet: thank you so much. said chair janet yellen will be speaking at harvard in just about 30 minutes from now. we will bring you there live when it begins. deutscheor shipping -- of aon the probability said hike signals a potential policy error by the fed. >> the issue is if they try to remark tightening more aggressively. if it is just one and done for the year, that could be fine. if they say, we w

in brenham, rain poured down in buckets. more than 18 inches in a day's time. quickly rising water washed out roads and washed cars away. 21-year-old darin mitchell posted this haunting photo as water topped the roof of his truck. he wrote, "all i wanted to do was go home." a short while later, he disappeared. hill, ranchers tried to save cattle by herding them toward the shore. homeowners only now just beginning to soak in the damage of flooded homes and fallen trees and branches. >> super scary. you don't know what to do. >> reporter: this entire neighborhood was cut off. the second nightmare a year. what are you -- second time in a year. what are you going do? >> i'm probably going to have move, and i don't want to move. >>> for the latest on the severe storms and the tropical storm warning we go to meteorologist ed curran of chicago station wbb mtv. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we'll start with the tropical depression that we have. here it is, 250 miles southeast of charleston, south carolina. 35 mile-per-hour winds makes it just a few miles per

the city of brenham where at least two people were killed by the flood inundated with more than 19 inchesrs. >> when you see flooded waterways, it doesn't take much water to cause injury. >> reporter: the floods in southeast texas killing at least six people. one of the victims, 21-year-old darren mitchell, posting this haunting picture of water halfway up his truck window. according to cnn affiliate wprc, the caption, all i wanted to do was go home. the national guardsman swept away not long after. a few hours northwest of houston, the search is still ongoing for a 10-year-old boy who slipped and fell into this swollen river. in the east, tropical depression bonnie dampening holiday plans for millions in the carolinas. this system stalling near charleston with 30-mile-per-hour winds and up to 4 inches of rainfall. along south carolina's beaches, the storm creating surf and rip current conditions that could be life threatening. lifeguards already rescuing at least a dozen over the weekend. >> got a lot of rip currents. the undertow is pretty strong. so we're just keeping people at knee de

this is brenham, texas. they set the wettest calendar day on record.ounty. that is an area where many swift water rescues took place. this is also putting into further perspective that amount of rainfall is equivalent to 260 billion gallons. that's also equivalent to filling roughly 375,000 olympic swimming pools. wow. all right, guys. there's plenty to talk about here because the flood threat is ongoing. just because it's not raining this very moment in time doesn't mean the water has receded. that's going to take some time. as i mentioned before, there's more rainfall coming. look at our high resolution radar imagery. heavy rainfall just outside of the houston region. that is going to bring the potential for more flooding this week, especially as we head into wednesday through friday. that's where we expect some of the heaviest of rainfall to take place. another part of the world that's seen excessive rainfall is across southern china. this particular region has been prone to landslides and mudslides. this is the onset of the east asia rainy season,

de >> more than 16-inches of rain i falling in a 24-hour period in brenham stranding drivers.sday morning. mni >> cars almost getting washedng off of the road just north of here already and then we were wr going to turn around and go back in that direction and ittid looked like more of the sameikee that way so we're b oack here.kh >> reporter: 50 homes were hom w evacuated overnight inightn washington county and about ay t hundred homes in the area were damaged. severe storms also sweeping through parts of the midwestwest including this funnel cloudun caught on camera in fargo, fargo north dakota today.od sirens warning residents asen twisters hit parts of kansas thursday. >> i could hear the tornado. h grabbed the dog and get to thege basement and less than a t minute later then i heard thehet tree hit the house. hou >> reporter: several tornadoes causing damage.e. >> rotation in between thosein t trees and all of a sudden it sounded like a freight trainra coming. co >> all of a sudden a crash and then you're wondering if thewo whole house was going to takeg o off. you really

brenham in texas had over 16 inches of rain and more rain is expected going through. at memorial day. not too bad, but, again, we are expecting the potential for maybe even a tropical disturbance to form over the coming days and that could bring even more bad weather through the weekend. >> all right. thank you for that. >>> just watching that thing swirling around. we always have the same feelings. hopefully it stalls. hopefully it doesn't get stronger but thanks for keeping us in the loop on that information. we'll check back. >>> take a break. president obama made history in hiroshima. no president has visited there since the atomic bomb was dropped 17 years ago. he had a very specific message about the people who live there now about the day the world was changed, as he put it. that's next. >>> but we have a shared responsibility to look directly into the eye of history, and ask what we must do differently to curb such suffering again, but the memory of the morning of august 6, 1945 must never fade. >> that was president obama making history in hiroshima this morn