heavy rains hit canyons north of the sisters towns of hill dale, utah, colorado city arizona, hill dale, large wave of water smashed into two vehicles, with 16 women and children inside. that washed the cars and occupants downstream. >>> now, new this morning, gunfire in a south philadelphia street ends with one man dead and another man on the run. it happened around 10:30 last night, at 24th and montrose. when police arrived, they found a 21 year old marne lying in the street. police say the victim lived around the corner from the crime scene. police got tips on the suspect. >> witnesses describe the shooter as a male possibly wearing camouflage pants or dark clothing who was last seen on a bicycle traveling west on montrose from 24th street. >> doctors at presbyterian hospital pronounced the man dead about two hours later. he suffered gunshot wounds to his chest, and torso. >>> police say the suspect who shot and killed his domestic partner and university professor in mississippi is dead. police say, that late monday night they were following 45 year old shannon lamb in his car. they

5,000 fdls members still live here in an area that encompasses two towns, hilldale, utah, and colorado city, arizona. at first short creek feels like any other small town, but it doesn't take long to notice a difference. these are such big walled off compounds. >> when you're in there, you feel like you can't live your life freely without being watched all the time. >> i'm noticing all the windows are closed. >> yeah. it seems like they would be on red code lockdown right now. that means everybody shut your blinds, lock the doors. stay quiet. stay secluded. don't be seen. i bet that is a security vehicle coming to check on us. hi. >> you think all the trucks are monitoring what we're doing? >> i think that people have called each other and securedit is out to monitor the situation. they don't know what's up. >> security and secrecy, it's all been zinld by warren to maintain control over his flock. including his own children. when becky turned 18, he married her off to a man 12 years her senior. who already had three wives. at first she protested but over time they fell in love and had four boys. bec

i'm leanne gregg reporting from colorado city, arizona. >>> meantime, a temporary wall collapsed in los during heavy rains there yesterday. a home was left teetering above a stream of water after the collapse you see there on the right. officials say the concrete wall was built to control water during a construction project. several homes were evacuated. no one was hurt. >>> a fire burning in northern california is now the largest and most destructive wildfire of the summer. the so-called valley fire has grown to 67,000 acres. that's more than twice the size of san francisco. a fire has destroyed nearly 600 homes and forced nearly 23,000 people to flee the area. the fire killed one person and injured four firefighters, officials estimate the flames are about 30% contained. the cause of the fire still is under investigation. >>> the refugee crisis in europe has taken a violent turn today. the associated press reports hungarian police have fired tear gas at migrants who broke through a razor-wire fence. this comes as hungary convicted a migrant for illegally crossing into the country. the

. >> storm cells blue over the community of hildale utah and colorado city, arizona. dumping an estimated 2.5 inches of rain in just two hours. >> from top of the creek to hill doyle is over a thousand feet and it is a wall of water rushing into hildale. >> the community is far less known than the man who inspired the creation, warren jeffs, serving a life sentence for child sexual assault. tonight the mourning continues. an unimaginable loss that hit so suddenly, and touching so many. >> yeah, it hurts. it hurts my heart hearing about all of these people. >> reporter: adding to the misery and sadness, the area has plurpged into another flash flood warning for tonight. take a look behind me. the water from the creek runs under the road.

. >> a pair of late afternoon storm cells blew over the community of hildale, utah, and colorado city, arizona. dumping an estimated 2.5 inches of rain in just two hours. >> from top of the peeks near short to hildale is over a thousand feet and it is a wall of water rushing into hildale. >> the community is far less known than the man who inspired the creation, warren jeffs, serving a life sentence for child sexual assault. tonight the mourning continues. an unimaginable loss that hit so suddenly, and touching so many. >> yeah, it hurts. it hurts my heart hearing about all of these people. >> reporter: adding to the misery and sadness, the area has again under a flash i again under a flass again under a flash flood warning. take a look behind me. the water from the creek runs under the road. and residents have never seen it like this and hope to never again and we are getting word that the tragedy has expanded 50 miles from here. zion national park, there is three confirmed dead there and another four missing. >> ron mott there for us, thank you. >>> now to the other disaster in the west. the

this happened late this afternoon in the city of hildale, utah, near the arizona border. hildale and its neighbor colorado city, arizona are the home base of a polygamous sect run by warren jeff. >>> just about an hour ago cal fire upped the number of homes destroyed in the valley fire to 585. hundreds of other structures were also wiped out by the flames. the fire still growing, it has now blackened 62,000 acres. we've also learned that 72-year- old barbara mcwilliams died when the fire erupted saturday night. she was disabled and she was trapped in her home. >>> tonight we're learning that eight of the victims who lost their homes in the valley fire are firefighters. >> don lopez is one of the lucky ones. he's a firefighter for south lake county. he was in cobb where the valley fire first broke out when he heard the flames were headed straight to his house. he tells us he was stunned to see among the ash and debris his home still standing. >> i drove down the street and i was looking around. all of my neighbors are gone and i'm just devastated. i thought minimum house is going to be gone. as -- my house

ben tracy, cbs news, colorado city, arizona. >> the town of hilldale is home to the polygamist sect. >>> betty yu shows us, a humpback whale walloped a couple of kayakers. >> reporter: a whale watching tour on the calm waters of monterrey bay turned terrifying within seconds saturday. a breaching humpback whale nearly crushed a couple to death in a kayak. a whale of this size can weigh nearly 80,000 pounds. all of the drama caught on video by a passenger on a whale- watching tour with sanctuary cruises. >> we went over there. verified they were okay. >> reporter: luckily, it wasn't a direct hit. the whale's 15-foot long fin smacked the couple. they were visiting from the u.k. experienced kayakers brought them to safety after their kayak overturned. >> there was some crushing when the whale struck it. >> reporter: shawn fury with monterrey bay kayak showed off the damage. he was their guide. >> everybody was in really good spirits. they handled it well. >> reporter: this scare is an example of how dangerous kayak whale watching can be. >> it is nature and these are wild animals. there

heavy rains, pummeled canyons north of the sister towns every hill dale, utah, colorado city arizona hill dale, massive wave of water, smashed into two vehicles, with 16 women, and children inside. those cars and occupant were taken downstream. hill day, colorado city home base of the secretary run by warren jeff. both towns 300 miles south of salt lake city. >> the man wanted for mississippi campus shooting has died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. police say they were following 45 year old shannon lamb and in his car late monday night. they say lamb jumped out of the vehicle, ran, and then killed himself. he was wanted by police for shooting and killing his domestic partner, amy, in their home, and then murdering history professor eat and schmidt on delta state university campus yesterday. police do not noah motive at this time. >> new this morning, man is shot dead in his south philadelphia neighborhood, and now police are looking for his killer. it happened at 24th and montrose around 10:30 last night. investigators found a 21 year old man in the street suffering from gunshot

over the small polygamist community of hildale utah and its sister town across the border colorado city, arizona, dumping an estimated 2 1/2 inches of rain in just two hours. >> from the top of the peaks near short creek down to hildale is over 1,000 feet. and it's literally just a wall of water rushing into hill dayle. >> reporter: the community is far less known than the man who inspired its creation, warren jeffs, serving a life sentence for child sexual assault. the mourning continues. an unimaginable loss that hit so suddenly, touching so many. >> yeah, i mean it hurts. it hurts my heart hearing about all these people. >> so tragic there. that was ron mott reporting. >>> a frightening accident in houston to show you. a school bus carrying four charter school students slammed into a guard rail and plunged off an overpass. a 17-year-old female student was pronounce dead at the scene and a 14-year-old girl died at the hospital. two other students and bus driver were injured, as well. police say a driver of a beige buick claims she swerved to avoid another vehicle and then hit the bus. investig

i'm leann gregg reporting from colorado city, arizona. >>> maryland governor larry hogan will be at the orioles game today. he will be there with childhood cancer patients from ronald mcdonald house. he's also fighting cancer. stage three nonhodgkin's lymphoma. he's going to the game because he kicked off a partnership with the orioles to benefit cancer research. that game begins at 7:05 tm. >>> we know the five cities competing to host the olympics in 2024. the international olympic committee made the list official this morning. the cities, los angeles, budapest, hamburg, paris and rome. the ioc won't decide which of those cities will win until two years from now. l.a. is the only u.s. city in the running for the games that year. it was a last-minute submission from the u.s. committee after boston pulled back on its bid. d.c. was also in that conversation, but lost both times. >>> it's all you can eat for the next several months. we'll explain i >>> hewlett-packard expects to cut 30,000 jobs from its enterprise business, that's roughly 10% of the work force. hp says the cuts will be gl

leeanne gregg joins us live from colorado city, arizona. >> how are conditions where you are right now? >> reporter: well, it's supposed to reason this afternoon, as it has for the last three days. finding those missing people continues to be a priority. one adult and one child still missing in one of the worst disasters this community's ever faced. for the third day the search continues for 6-year-old boy lost after two vehicles swept away by floodwaters, killing three women and nine children. a frightening scene caught on video. >> oh, no. >> reporter: one of three survivors fled to get help but it was too late. >> it's just a horrific event that was totally out of our control. >> reporter: city and state officials coming to grips with reality of the loss and devastation. >> this is as much tafatality a flooding in the state. >> reporter: missing, one of seven hikers when flash flood struck. the bodies were recovered tuesday. about 25 members of the utah national guard are helping with the efforts, along with law enforcement, emergency rescue teams and hundreds of volunteers. one tal

5,000 fdls members still live here in an area that encompasses two towns, hilldale, utah, and colorado city, arizonas like any other small town, but it doesn't take long to notice a difference. these are such big walled off compounds. >> when you're in there, you feel like you can't live your life freely without being watched all the time. >> i'm noticin a

arizona border. forecasters estimate 2 1/2ccpq inches of rain fell in just two hours. the area already saturated from recent rain is struggling to recover. hilldale and its sister city of colorado city, arizona, are are home to the religious sect once controlled by warren jess serving a life sentence for child sexual assault. nbc news. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> dry skies here on this tuesday afternoon. beautiful blue sky. few high clouds drifting over now. and temperatures by dawn are going to be cool again. similar to this morning. in the metro area we'll be in the low 60s for students at buses between 7:00 and 8:00. some of the other suburbs, some rural areas will be down into the low and mid 50s by dawn. between 8:00 and 9:00, bright sunshine, temperatures quickly jumping. already around 70 degrees by mid-morning tomorrow morning. so what to wear, maybe you'll need the fleece early on in the morning, but then you'll be comfortable in shorts and short sleeves. t definitely need the sunglasses again tomorrow with all of the bright sunshine and warm summer-like bat earn continues with highs reaching the upper 80s on wednesday and again on thursday. and again, u

leann gregg is in colorado city arizona, but the danger may not be over. >> reporter: third third day search continues for a 6-year-old boy lost after two vehicles were swept away by floodwaters killing three women and nine other children. a frightening scene caught on video. >> oh, no! >> one of three survivors fled to get help, but it was too late. >> in an instant our families are gone. >> it's a horrific event. it was totally out of our control. >> reporter: city and state officials coming to grips with the reality of the loss and devastation. >> this is as much a fatality as any in the state. >> reporter: zion national park when flash floods struck monday. the bodies of four of them, three men and one woman were recovered tuesday. about 25 members of the utah national guard are helping with the efforts along with law enforcement, emergency rescue teams and hundreds of volunteers. one of them talked about unique challenges of searching for victims. >> it's very muddy. it's slippery and some of the areas that are folks are walking into they're sinking up to their knees and getting

nbc's leann gregg is in colorado city, arizona, where the flood threat may not be over yet. leann? >> that's right, doreen. more storms expected this afternoon and finding the missing continues to be a priority. a missing hiker along with that missing child in one of the worst disasters this community's ever faced. for the third day the search continues for a 6-year-old boy lost after two vehicles were swept away by floodwaters, killing three women and nine other children. a frightening scene caught on video. >> oh, no! >> reporter: one of three survivors fled to get help, but it was too late. >> now in an instant our families are gone. >> it's just a horrific event that was totally out of our control. >> reporter: city and state officials coming to grips with the reality of the loss and devastation. >> this is as much fatality as any flooding in the state. the hikers in the zion national park and the bodies of six have been found. about 25 members of the utah national guard are helping with the efforts along with law enforcement, emergency rescue teams and hundreds of volunteers.

arizona border. forecasters estimate two and a half inches of rain fell in just two hours. the area, already saturated from recent rain, is struggling to recover. hilldale and its sister city of coloradocity, arizona, are home to a religious sect once controlled by warren jeffs, who's serving a life sentence for child sexual assault. dan schenamen, nbc news. >>> right now, the fight against the deadly wildfires in california continues. thousands of firefighters are working 24 hours a day while 23,000 people are hoping that their homes haven't burned down. one woman has been killed in her house. 600 homes and buildings destroyed and another 9,000 are now threatened. videos like this one keep surfacing showing people escaping the flames near their homes. >> it was just something out of a science fiction movie. >> four firefighters have been injured battling this fire. so far it is only 15% contained. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> more beautiful weather in our forecast, especially as we go into your evening, but it's also getting warmer outside. today was a little warmer than it was yesterday. we're right around 80 degrees for most of the a

hill day utah and its sister city of colorado city, arizona, are home to members of a polygamist sectnce controlled by warren jeffs. the area already hard hit by saturating rains, rescue workers and volunteers struggling to recover. >> in all of your heart, gets ripped out of your chest and hurt and want to do all you can, that's what everybody here's doing. >> very sad. flight from miami to chicago diverted last night because of an unruly plaassenger. >> the woman struck a member of the flight crew. natalie martinez has details. >> reporter: the unruly passenger had others on american airlines flight 1284 reaching for cell phones. brian wood captured this video as the woman was being hauled off by indianapolis airport police. >> just a lot of screaming, yelling. i thought it was a kid crying in the back was it ended up being she was kind of belligerent, drunk on the plane. >> reporter: passengers tell us in-flight announcement was made. >> it said everybody get to your seats, buckle up, nobody move. >> reporter: the woman spewed nonsense and profanity. >> you're good. >> call my mom.

the sister city of colorado city arizona are home to members of a polygamist sect once homed by warreneffs. the area already hard hit by saturating rains. rescue workers and volunteers struggling to recover. >> your heart just gets ripped out of your chest and you're hurt, the that's what everybody here is doing. >> that was nbc's ron mott reporting. >>> in dallas last night, dozens of people protested donald trump outside the arena where he was campaigning. demonstrators chanted and car carried banners denouncing his views on immigration. some trump supporters confronted the supporters but police made no arrests. trump leads the republican presidential field heading into the party's second debate tomorrow night. trump will be one of 11 candidate candidates that will be on stage. five other hopefuls will debate prior to the main event. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is working to target women voters. a group key to her campaign to stop her recent skid in the polls. nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> i really hope you will join our campaign in iowa. >> reporter: crisscrossing i

thinks near colorado city arizona and hill dale utah. two towns are home base to the... >> there are many mormons that live there, polygamy sector who run by warren jeff is still in jail. you can see women dressed in their mormon garb there. they don't have many paved road at all. it is just horrifying. >>> now to california, they still cannot get these fires under control, continuing to burnout of control, in the drought stricken state of california. the fires have now burned about 720 homes and threatening thousands of other structures. the disabled woman was found dead in the ruins of one of those homes. family says the seven two-year old was a retired schoolteacher who settled in the area. heart broken residents say they are trying to find out, figure out how to restart their lives in northern california. especially, if they cannot get any rain. >> 750 and counting. >> yes. >> really bad out there. >>> our weather is good. you know that, you have lived through yesterday and got another one today. we are keeping an eye on the tropics

5,000 flds members still live here, in an area that encompasses two towns, hildale, utah and colorado city, arizona small town. but it doesn't take long to notice a difference. >> these are such big walled-off compounds. >> when you're in there you feel like you can't live your life freely without being watched all the time. >> i'm noticing all the windows are -- >> yeah. >> -- closed. >> it seems like they would be on red code lockdown right now. that means everybody shut your blinds, lock the doors, stay quiet, stay secluded, don't be seen. i bet that's a security vehicle coming to check on us. hi. >> you think all these trucks are monitoring what we're doing? >> i think that people have called each other and security's out watching just to monitor the situation. they don't know

heavy rains pomeling canyons, just north of the sister towns of hill dale, utah and colorado city, arizona in hill dale, a massive wave of water smashed into two vehicles with 16 women and children inside. the cars and occupants were taken downstream. >> justin, back here at home, another cool morning. we are warming up just like yesterday, you think? >> that's right. even warmer than yesterday. we in the 70s. but today talking about 80s returning. check out this shot. looking at spring garden street. looking east. you can see the skies starting to brighten up little bit. nice sunrise shaping up. that will will happen probably in another half hour or so until we get the sun up. so nice start to the morning. maybe some jacket weather, some spot. be we are setting up for the another dry stretch, warming up low mid 80s, talk about if we can find any rain in the seven day forecast, until then, it is cool start. start you off to our south. delaware, south jersey. look at millville, 52 degrees. fifty-five, harrington, 56 newark, delaware, pemberton coming in at 52 degrees, as well as voorhees, l

just across the border in colorado city, arizona, witnesses captured rescuers pulling a family from a car stranded in floodwaters there. leanne gregg is live for us in h hildale, utah, and what is the latest on that one person still missing you're hearing? >> reporter: that search effort will continue tonight for the person. and what they definitely don't want to see is more rain happening, a thrash flood warning is in effect for this evening. they've been searching since this happened last night, brought in the heavy equipment. hundreds to have people volunteered to look through this debris and mud and tree limbs, all of this after the flooding, the waters receded. it happened yesterday afternoon. the warning was in place, but no one expected it to be this bad. 2 1/2 inches of rain within two hours, already on saturated soil and swollen rivers. and those two vehicles filled the 16 people, women and children, who had reportedly been to the park and stopped to take a look at the rising waters when what was described as a wall of water slammed into the back of them and shoved them into

nbc's ron mott is in colorado city, arizona with the very latest.morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning, alex. death toll from these flash floods on monday has devastated this community. it could grow as high as 20. behind me you can see the physical damage done to this creek bed. all the mud and debris displaced by all that rushing water on monday. we're starting to learn more about some of those that were killed. >> there's two vehicles! >> reporter: shortly after 1 of 3 survivors fled this scary scene in search of help as floodwaters threatened -- >> oh, my goodness! oh, dear! it went over the thing! oh, no! >> reporter: the rapids moved in. sweeping at least a dozen members of one family to their deaths. three sisters and their children, one still missing this morning and feared lost as well. >> my name is joseph jessup. this here is my john, joseph jessup. my family and my friends' family were swept away in this flash flood. >> reporter: joseph jessup, the eldest son of one of the mothers, couldn't reach help in time to save his family. accord

. >>> just across the border in colorado city, arizona, witnesses captured rescuers pulling a familyaging floodwaters. more rain is in the forecast for today which could hamper rescue and clean-up efforts. joining me with the latest, nbc's jennifer bjorklund. what a mess, to say the least. >> really dramatic pictures this morning out of hilldale, on the arizona/utah border. it is a small community and it was hit very hard by a wall of water. hundreds of rescuers and volunteers are searching now through piles of debris and rubble hoping to find those people missing after the flash floods. again, eight people found dead. five are still unaccounted for. it was one wall of water that swept two vehicles away that were carrying women and children believed to be headed home from a park just around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. it was a group of 16 all traveling together. before the last fatality update, the hilldale assistant fire chief, kevin barlowe, confirmed seven dead but also saying three people survived as flash flooding washed the vehicles several hundred yards downstream. to give you a

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of hildale yesterday afternoon sending a wall of water surge into the town and neighboring colorado city, arizona. we will stay on top of this breaking story with updates throughout the morning. >>> happening today, we are expecting new details in the case of a baruch college freshman killed after a vicious hazing ritual. dozens of his frat brothers are facing serious charges, five murder. dray clark is live at baruch ahead of the police press conference happening in the poconos. dray? >> 19-year-old michael deng was like any other 19-year-old college student. he had goals and he had dreams. one of those goals was to become a member of the pi delta psi. investigators say the very people he trusted to make the dream come true are being held for his death. 30 members of that fraternity and students are being held in connection with michael deng's death. five of those students facing charges will be charged with murder. now, the incident happened two years ago in the poconos where one student rented a home for the alleged hazing ritual that took place for the pi delta psi fraternity. during a night

cnn, colorado city, arizona. >> pedram joins us with more on the story. ealize how powerful the water is when it's covering a road. during my time in arizona, they would always say if you can't see that you'll be able to get through the water, avoid it all together. this is how people have died. >> that's how it happens. and people underestimate the weight of the water. take a moving box, fill that with water, that weighs about 1700 pounds. you put several of these as far as that amount of water around the vehicle, you're talking about it weighing more than a vehicle. that's why flash flooding is the number one weather related killer. part of what occurred, it was a one in 200-year event, two inches per hour over this region. the other one has a lot to do with what occurred over the roadways. at about 4:30 in the afternoon, 2:30 in the afternoon, they peaked at 4 feet. they dropped, and then take a look at what happened within 15 minutes, another surge of peak occurred there with water levels getting up to 6 feet before the gauge stopped reporting. that's

flds members still live here, in an area that em come passes two towns, hill dale, utah, and colorado city, arizonaother small town, but it doesn't take long to notice a difference. these are such big, walled off compounds. >> when you're in there, you feel like you can't live your life freely without being watched all the time. >> i'm noticing all the windows are closed. >> yeah. it seems like they would be on red code lockdown right now, that means everybody, shut your blinds, lock the doors, stay quiet, stay secluded, don't be seen. that's a security vehicle coming to check on us. hi. >> you think all these trucks are monitoring what we're doing? >> i think that people have called each other and security's out watching just to monitor the situation. they don't know what's up. >> lisa ling joins me now. wow. that's just -- so, they were watching you? >> yeah. i mean, it's interesting because there are a few figures alive today in america as notorious as warren jeffs. even though he's serving a life sentence in prison, he still is controlling the flds. and he has 49 children and 4 of them have rec

we have more from colorado city, arizona. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol.ve some sunlight here, we're really getting a look at this one area. i'm about one mile downstream from where those eight people who died were swept away in those flash floods. what you're seeing here is just the muck that happens afterwards. you see all this heavy machinery. the area where you're seeing that water was roadway. it's completely gone. the heavy machinery working through all that muck. you can see the roadway continues on up. this is what's left after a flash flood. and all the people you see here lining the banks, this is something we've seen throughout the morning. a very sad scene. people here in the community, gathering, hoping that they'll get some word about those five missing people. >> this is the front yard. >> reporter: dramatic video this morning showing a massive and deadly flash flood ripping through a small town on the arizona/utah border. you can hear the screams from shock the residents stunned by the rushing water. heavy rain falling above the canyon town

hilldale, utah and colorado city, arizona, are home of members of a polygamist camp of warren jeffs. >> all your heart gets ripped out of your chest and you hurt and want to do all you can. that's what everybody here is doing. >> unfortunately the weather is a factor again today. thunderstorms have moved into that area. this is hampering those search and rescue areas. it making things very difficult for the crews out there. >> we are awaiting an update from the hilldale, utah fire department this morning. >> new developments overnight following the shooting death of a professor at the university of mississippi. the scene played out following a tense lockdown and a frantic search at dealt gentleman state university in the city of cleveland. janet, good morning. what's the latest? >> jose, good morning. the suspect is dead this morning from what's described as a self-inflicted gunshot wound late last night. it came after terrifying moments, not just for the students and faculty who got the same message that there was an active shooter on campus. the motive, why one professor guns down

. >> nbc's leann gregg is covering the story for us from colorado city, arizona. reporter: thomas, during a news conference that ended a few minutes ago, they said is priority on finding the four missing people that went missing in two areas. their focus is this area behind me, a 7-mile stretch downstream where they think the bodies perhaps may have washed, that is if they are victims. they say they're still holding out hope and feared to be dead. a youngest, tyson black, a 6-year-old. he was in a vehicle that was washed away and killed three women that were sisters and nine chirp. there's another situation in zion national park where a group of seven people got some permits on monday morning to go hiking. they went inside even though they were told that there were conditions that could be dangerous. at that point, the canyon had not yet been closed in that area. four people were killed and three remain missing. the search continues, as well. hundreds of people out searching continuing and the weather once again could be treacherous with more rain this afternoon.

. >> reporter: this family escaped a possible death trap in colorado city, arizona.most swept them away. just a mile north in hilldale, utah, violent flooding. >> we have stranded vehicles and hikers. >> have idea on how many personnel they need? >> whatever crews you can spare. >> reporter: among the dead, officials say mothers and children. their cars swept downstream for hundreds of yards. authorities say at least three survived the ordeal. now a time-sensitive search effort is under way. >> i think we need some help here. >> reporter: 30 minutes of intense rain followed by rapid flooding. how did this happen so fast? >> everything that falls in these mountains can quickly rush down literally go right through hilldale towards colorado city. that's what happened. the trajectory and path of this thunderstorm was worst case scenario. >> reporter: in the west, the absence of rain is creating a blow torch. the dry conditions feeding the flames of the deadly valley fire. veteran firefighters describing it as hell on earth. more than 580 homes and 62,000 acres already de

nbc's leanne gregg is in colorado city, arizona with the very latest. >> reporter: yes, jose.r people who remain missing from two different locations across southern utah from that flooding on monday. one of the areas they'll focus on is downstream from here. you mentioned that horrific accident where two vehicles carrying 16 people went in to the river. three women and nine children were killed. one remains missing and is presumed to be dead. about an hour from here at zion national park, four different people were killed in the floodwaters and three members from their party remain missing, also feared to be dead. but searchers say they have not given up hope. the national guard will join in that search today. about 650 law enforcement professional search teams, along with hundreds of volunteers are helping in that search. they've been out since monday looking for those missing people. once again today for the third day in a row, more thunderstorms are expected. the governor and other officials are urging residents, along with visitors, to be especially mindful of these condi

dead and six others missing after a flash flood swamped the towns of hildale and colorado city right on the utah/arizona border. a giant wave of water smashed into two vehicles carrying more than a dozen women and children. the two towns are the headquarters of a polygamist sect led by warren jeffs until his imprisonment for sexually assaulting children. >> rain is falling right now in northern california. a welcome change, of course, for crews battling two of the biggest wildfires in the state's history. the fast-moving flames have gutted hundreds of homes and forced the evacuation of 23,000 people. the valley fire near napa is being blamed for at least one death and several residents were unaccounted for. with thousands of homes still in danger, exhausted firefighters are working around the clock to keep up with the flames. more now from abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: 7500 embattled firefighters back on the fire line. encrusted in soot, many have been going for 36 hours, in fires that are fast-moving and deadly. the valley fire engulfing four firefighters over the weekend, only saved when they scramb

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colorado. it brought more than an inch of rain to tucson, arizona, more the city's average for all of september. >>> well, still ahead, the american food executive now spending nearly three decades in jail with connection with a salmonella outbreak. >>> saved by technology, a teenager not feeling well, his apple watch alerting him that it was something very serious. >>> plus, wild wreck. a race car catapulting into the >>> residents of a dallas suburb are spending the night out of their homes evacuated after a house exploded yesterday morning. the cause of the explosion has not been determined but it may have been natural gas. five people were injured. at least two of them seriously and at least ten other homes damaged. the fire chief says it's a miracle no one was killed. experts say you should leave the building if you smell natural gas. >>> a former georgia peanut executive is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison over a deadly salmonella outbreak. stewart parnell was sentenced to 28 years in prison for shipping contaminated peanuts. he was allowed to remain free on appeal. at tri

the utah/arizona border where eight people are dead and five still missing swept away in a surprise wave of flash flooding. >> emergency officials in the sister towns of hildale and colorado city say a van and suv carry 16 women and children were swamped by a wall of water that washed them downstream. three managed to survive. >> it was triggered by heavy rains falling in canyons north of those two towns. power and water service still out in much of that area. >>> taking a look at the radar you see it stretching north. some of these storms bringing heavy downpours and lightning and we'll stay on top of it in the southwest. >>> that same system is bringing cooler wet weather to northern california, as well. a bit of a break for exhausted firefighters battling a deadly wildfire. >> rest keidents are struggling. 700 homes swept away. 6,000 acres burned and the fire 10% contained. a heartbreaking return for homeowners. people living in middletown finding scenes like this sifting through the debris and pigging up pieces. >> a lot of my friends and neighbors lost a lot. but we'll get it back. >> at least one person died in the fast-moving fire. overnight authorities releasing new de

utah/arizona border where eight people are dead and five are still missing swept away in a surprise wave of flash flooding. >> emergency officials in the sister towns of hildale and colorado city say a van and an suv carrying 16 women and children were swamped by a wall of water that washed them downstream. three managed to survive. >> the flash flooding was triggered by heavy rains falling in the canyons just north of those two towns. power and water service still out in much of that area. >>> and taking a look at the radar, you can actually see all that rain stretching north of arizona. some of these storms bringing heavy downpours and lightning and we'll stay on top of the situation in the southwest. >>> that same system is bringing cooler, wet weather to northern california, as well. a bit of a break for exhausted firefighters who are battling a deadly wildfire. >> meanwhile, residents are struggling to deal with the scope of the destruction. at least 700 homes wiped away. more than 60,000 acres burned and the fire just 10% contained. a heartbreaking return for homeowners. >> all i can do is just cry. >> this morning people living in middletown finding scenes like this sif