clarkston gave them a chance to live it.rassmann, cbs news, clarkston, georgia. >>> that's overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little while later for morning news and cbs this morning. for the broadcast center in new york city, i'm reena ninan. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> welcome to the overnight news. i'm reena ninan. severe weather this weekend has claimed the lives of at least nine people in the south and midwest. tornados killed people in texas, others were lost in floods in arkansas, mississippi and missouri. dozens are injured. overnight, dangerous storms stretched across from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes. mark strassmann is in hard-hit east texas. >> reporter: about 50 minutes after the national weather service put henderson county, texas under a tornado watch, this twister tore across a highway. drivers on i-20 were forced to pull over for this massive funnel cloud. >> that was close. >> reporter: officials blame the tornado outbreak in