. >> reporter: with streets already flooded, tonight davenport, iowa, is bracing for more water to pour in as parts of the mississippi river are at major flood stage from st. paul, minnesota, to burlington, iowa. >> we prepared we knew it was coming so we put everything up as much as we could. >> reporter: further north, dubuque, iowa, seeing its third largest flood on record while water surrounded some homes, downtown is dry. >> if what we're standing on right now did not exist, you'd be in big trouble right now. >> absolutely, yeah. we'd be in huge trouble. and you'd be completely at the mercy of the river. >> reporter: dubuque has a flood wall, something davenport's mayor says would cost too much that city focused on other mitigation efforts still, some residents emotional, experiencing the rising water's destruction. >> in my basement, as high as the water is we lost a lot of possessions because the water is so high. >> reporter: the multi-state flood is blamed on melting snow. >> you'll continue to see it flow like that well into the spring and summer months. >> reporter: also forc

i want to bring in mike watson who is the mayor of davenport, iowa thank you, mr.got a lot going on right now. if i can, i want to ask you to respond to what you just heard from that gentleman, he said about the gas companies, they're not worried about us they're worried about their own stuff. are you confident that they've made the right decision here, and that this is a critical safety issue >> chris, thanks for having me on yeah, i'm in constant contact with them. we were talking with them yesterday as we were walking in the west end in our lower levels there about the concern with gas. we're emphasizing to let folks know well in advance and then work with them, and we've reached out through our emergency management folks here, which i'm a part of, and they've been very good about working with the red cross and finding assistance, and we have a shelter here now in davenport that is open we have numerous opportunities for folks, if they choose, to go to different places. and we have assistance provided if they want, and the red cross, salvation army are all good

paul, minnesota, rushing waters overtake a nearby 70-year-old yacht club filling the pool near davenportthe water is already rising >> typically we see it slowly start to rise and so you're moving things here and there. this was we were at 8. i feel like we were at 11 and 11, 12 is when it starts to come into our home it just moved a lot quicker this time around >> reporter: the dennis family now forced to boat to and from home. you'll notice here in eastern iowa the river is flooding and streets are submerged amid a mostly dry forecast scientists say this looming flood event isn't so much about falling rain as it is about melting snow 6 to 18 inches of snowpack, scientists say, are rapidly melting in north dakota and northern minnesota, feeding the mississippi's headwaters the national weather service predicts river levels in minnesota will crest by mid- to late week. parts of iowa and illinois could rise until early next week. >> stay away from that water. don't drive around the barricades. >> reporter: davenport's mayor placing his faith in a wall of sand-filled cubes used only for se

melting snowpack inundating cities like davenport, iowa, covering streets downtown, waters slated to rise until monday a local gas company cutting service to 130 homes flooded nearby evacuees stuck in hotels. >> hopefully it will go down as fast as it came up, and we can get in and start cleaning >> reporter: down south, destruction is coming from the skies. >> it blew out some windows. >> reporter: at least seven tornadoes reported across georgia and florida overnight. by the light of day, breathtaking wreckage and heartbreak >> throwing away my prized stuff >> reporter: this alongside pummeling hail and torrential rain, floods stranding cars in fort pierce, florida. >> it was so much rain so fast. >> reporter: and terrifying moments in fort worth, texas, where two boys struck by lightning this week are now recovering >> apparently i died last night and came back to life. >> reporter: their mom begging parents to keep their kids safe inside. >> i know it's like a one in a million chance, but you never know you might be that one. it was two for me. >> reporter: a plea for caution ami

we have flooding here just beyond the mississippi in davenport. the train is still running along the riverfront in downtown. yesterday, there was a street closed sign in the middle of the street which was covered by water partially. the waters continue to go up. now we have a road closed sign back here. further north in debuke, it was three feet above flood stage. this is part of the weather headaches across the country. overnight, severe storms slamming the south. confirmed weak tornado in miami. outside texas, baseball-sized hail. brothers recovering after their mother says they were hit by lightning. >> i died last night. >> reporter: their mother pleading to keep kids inside during thunderstorms. >> it is a 1 in a million chance. you never know. you might be that one. two for me. >> reporter: out west, most of california's yosemite national park will be shutdown until wednesday because of flooding concerns. snow melt driving fears along the flooded mississippi river. army corps is closing dams. and the upper mississippi with concerns over cons

>> i am in davenport, iowa, and cars are usually driving here, but as you can see, the mississippi isagingsh and park benches is under water, and this is where people to greet each other, and we spoke to a woman who had her business in downtown davenport for years, and she says as the river rises, so does her anxiety. >> it is part of downtown davenport, and we -- i don't know. they won't put a flood wall up. thinking that everybody wants to look at the river. >> well, we are tired of looking at the river. it is enough. we have 22 employees very hard -- a lot. a lot of them have been here since yeah, so, it is hard. hopefully, we don't lose anybody, but you never know. >> take a look at the image, because it is a sandbag, and you will see them in front of the businesses across the. >> reporter: and here neighbors are help neighbors fill up the sandbags and the forecast is saying that it should not crest for yet a couple of days. >> yes, and the skycam affiliates in davenport, iowa. >> and you can see that the river is nearly over the banks. >>> and abortion bills failed overnight in l

and in the midwest and plains, communities like davenport, iowa, along the mississippi are facing trulyg with the levels reaching right up to people's door steps as you can see there. nbc news correspondent maggie vespa is continuing to follow this, is joining us live from davenport along the mississippi, and maggie, the crazy thing is the river is not done rising what are people doing? >> reporter: not done by a long shot, as you point out, like basically where we are in parts of iowa and illinois, a little bit farther south from the head waters of the mississippi, which i'll explain the portion of that in a second. forecasters say it likely won't crest for days meaning early next week is kind of the target date at this point, monday being the most likely. today's thursday, right? we have several more days of this to go this water has been rising quickly. it's coming up here, kind of a couple of city blocks up along the waterfront, at least 500 yards or so in the last 24 hours. we just think this is erie, this amusement park along the waterfront that's normally several hundred yards fr

scenes like this in davenport, iowa, expected to grow worse between now and monday, but right now it is the south, once again, facing the immediate threat of violent and dangerous storms. an estimated 21 million people living in the risk zone tonight. texas this evening could be hit with large hail, 75-mile-per-hour winds, and tornadoes, and florida still recovering from yesterday's damaging storms could be targeted for another round along the gulf coast. maggie vespa is watching it for us tonight. >> really bad. >> reporter: tonight, an unrelenting lineup of vicious spring weather stretches on from a trail of tornado damage down south to widespread flooding along the mighty mississippi. >> i just don't know what the future holds, you know, i'm sure that's what everybody else is thinking, you know, how long and how high will they get over the next few years? >> reporter: the u.s. army corps of engineers closing g locks s and dams f from stst. paul to o st. louis brininging bargege traffic to a halt on the upper mississippi river. melting snowpack inundating cities like davenport cove

but we begin with nbc's jesse kirsch out in davenport, iowa, where the water continues to rise. jesse, how are things looking today and what are people doing to try to deal with the floodwaters? >> reporter: yeah, kate, so our team is already noticing the water level continuing to creep forward and we expect that the water level here in davenport, iowa, will continue to rise until the middle of the day on monday. so we are days away from the worst of this in this community along the mississippi river. this is normally a street and railroad crossing. you can see there is a dry patch up ahead and off in the distance is the mississippi river and illinois on the other side. it. this is what we're seeing up and down this stretch of the riverfront property here in davenport. sandbags up around multiple buildings bracing for the water level to continue to keep climbing and that is, again, something that is expected for days to come in this community because we've seen snow melt further north from the twin cities coming on down so the flooding has been impacting numerous communities alo

a lightning strike in mississippi believed to have sparked this fire in a gas and in davenport iowa, the threat of flooding as the winter snow melts the mississippi river, reaching the highest level in four years. both storm systems on the move to the northeast. a very soggy weekend ahead. abc's senior meteorologist >> tonight, severe weather taking direct aim at the lone star state. tornado warnings near waco. >> this is a very dangerous storm. >> is coming right at us. >> meteorologist - - tracking this lowering wall cloud west of the city. in - - mississippi, flames erupting from a gas pipeline before dawn. a lightning strike is to blame. the new storms coming on the heels of a separate system that brought widespread destruction to the florida panhandle on thursday. including and ef two tornado.pa isaac martinez and jaden er alvarado recovering in the hospital after they were struck by lightning on wednesday. >> thank god every second that he did not take my boys. >> meanwhile in the midwest, the rising mississippi river is disrupting the lives of families along its banks. our all

nbc news correspondent maggie vespa is in davenport, iowa. ruruch reached there? >> reporter: flood stage here in davenport is 15 feet the water behind me is now at roughly 19.t25 this is major flood stage. the shell gas station, that gives you perspective of how far the mississippi has come it is supposed to be hundreds of yards that way this is far from over. this is going to be as researchers have been calling it a slow-moving disaster, with water in parts of illinois and iowa not expected to crest until possibly monday, according to our climate team this as we're seeing as you touched on tornadoes in parts of the south, hail, snow in the rockies, really just a crazy mashup of wild weather across the country this week. take a look. this morning, millions up and down the mighty mississippi watching helplessly as the river's swollen banks continue to inch inland forecasters warning some in the region will see their worst floods in 20 years, with river levels in illinois and iowa slated to keep rising until potentially early next week. multip

it has spilled over into this downtown area of davenport, iowa. where we are expecting the water level to continue to rise here until midday on monday. that is when we expect the highest level of this flooding here in davenport. there have already been points further north from here where the river has already crested but that is what we are bracing for here. i can tell you that it is not any kind of situation where there is a frantic evacuation going on. it is pretty calm, almost business as usual down here. they are used to flooding along the mississippi rivers. so this is something that they are expecting almost, seasonally. they've had it come through before, so it is not catching anyone off-guard, per se. broadly speaking, there have been people who say that they did not expect the flooding to be as bad as it has been and unfortunately people have had damage done to their homes and seem to have lost some possessions. but it is a pretty quiet slow-moving problem here. >> what about utilities? do people have the services that they need? >> yeah

so we're still days away for the worst of this here in davenport. this is flooding that started up in the twin cities, has been making its way down here. this is because, jose, we had a lot of snow on the ground. all that snow is now melting. that snow melt has funneled into the mississippi river and is creating headaches up and down a major artery of transit and of business. there are barges, barge traffic that has been shut down for the time being. there are other headaches and, again, what we're looking at in this community is just the beginning. so we're bracing for things to get worse here potentially in the days ahead. and just moments ago, jose, there was a road closed sign here in the middle of the street and a public works team just picked up that sign and took it away, which i think just speaks to the fact that it is quite obvious that they are having to retreat where they put up warning posts as they continue to wait for things to potentially -- the water level to keep rising here, jose. >> jesse kirsch in davenport, thank you. >>> we're

louis in places like davenport, an agonizing wait for residents powerless to halt the creeping waterstill days before the river is expected to crest. almost 2,000 miles away, the atmospheric rivers that brought massive snowpacks to california's high country are gone, but warmer temperatures are accelerating their melt the yosemite valley closing to visitors this week over flood concerns the volatile conditions don't end there as 22 million people in the south face a more immediate threat tonight, violent weather including large hail and possible tornadoes in the forecast this evening. maggie vespa begins our coverage >> reporter: tonight, up and down one of america's longest rivers, a slow-moving disaster, inch by inch, is taking shape. this one is scaring people. >> yeah, it's going to devastate the whole downtown if it comes through. >> reporter: rising waters now swallowing entire neighborhoods reaching what experts call major flood stage from st. paul, minnesota, to fountain city, wisconsin, to dubuque, iowa, where levels are already six feet above flood stage and rising. that cit

there have already been almost a dozen tornado warnings here in iowa, including here in davenport asmarches east. norah? >> norah: roxana saberi, thank you very much. further south, the city of memphis is also in a high-risk zone for those severe storms, including violent tornadoes. and that is where meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel is following this major system. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. this is an extremely dangerous night. in fact, a little more than 10 miles up the mississippi river, where those dark skies are, there is a particularly dangerous situation, tornado warning right now, a tornado in progress, and this essentially just the beginning of what is expected to be a very long and dangerous night. the threat for some strong, possibly intense, long-lived tornadoes extends from texas all the way up to wisconsin. tomorrow, we are going to watch the threat head to the east coast, parts of the southeast, parts of the northeast. will have the potential for some very strong storms, also widespread winds tonight and tomorrow coul

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adrienne broaddus joins us from davenport. grew up, whether it was my dad's family in iowa or our family in minnesota bracing for scenes like what you are standing in the middle of. >> reporter: poppy, you understand what people here are dealing with as the river slowly rises, those anxiety levels also go up. i am standing on a pedestrian bridge. we are in downtown davenport. behind me there is a band shell and it's partially submerged. i am walking across the street area here. to the right, the parking spaces are underwater. the folks that we heard from who live in this community say flooding is expected. >> that's part of the downtown of davenport. we flood flood all the time. i don't know. they won't put a flood wall up. thinking that everybody wants to look at the river. well, we are tired of looking at the river. it's enough. >> we have got 22 employees, very hard working, a lot of -- we opened. yeah, so, it's hard. hope we do but you never know. >> reporter: that was claudia anderson. because of the rising mississippi, t

let's go to maggie vespa, joining us from davenport, iowa. we can see evidence of the mess behind you, maggie. the usda is reporting that barge traffic, that has been halted across the upper mississippi river for likely weeks, and this flooding is only expected to get worse, so how are folks there preparing? >> reporter: first and foremost, what you highlighted, that is a rare move. it's unclear at this point how and or if that might trickle down to consumers but definitely something to watch and something officials say to be worried about. again, that's rare. i want to point out, we're standing in the middle of what normally is a dry street in the middle of downtown davenport, there's a traffic light above me, several behind me, a railroad crossing, yet here i am basically standing in the waters of the mississippi. typically the banks are hundreds of yards that way. they have been moving up like a city block every day. we're here in davenport, river levels cresting here not expected to happen until monday. this is kind of the epitome of what

our maggie vespa is live from davenport, iowa, with the very latest on the ground there.all the flood waters where you are? >> reporter: yeah, so ana, basically the waters here are still rising, and they're not expected to peak until monday. so people basically, we've been hearing the phrase sitting ducks a lot. a lot of nervousness, a lot of anxiety. people are used to floods. this is a riverside community obviously obviously, but typically the river is hundreds of yards that way. it's ominous watching the water move up as slowly and consistently as it has been. this is a story of widespread flooding up and down the mississippi. farther north in places like lacrosse, wisconsin, water has already crested. now it's a question of when will it start to recede. that remains to be seen. all of this happening up and down the mississippi river as down south a veryernt story plays out with twisters causing some serious damage. this morning severe weather wreaking havoc across multiple states. in the midwest, the swollen mississippi river is continuing to rise. in desoto, wisconsi

. >> is part of the downtime of davenport. we fled all the time. i don't know. they won't put a flood wall up, thinking everyone will look at the river. is enough. >> that was claudia anderson. she -- the phoenix. some are working overtime to remove water flooding into her business calls by the back of sewer systems. meanwhile, the river isn't expected to crest until sunday or monday. adrian, cnn davenport iowa. >> those in california are preparing for flood weekend, as well. close over flooding concerns. the park remains closed on wednesday, but it could be close longer. officials are also preparing for floods, gavin newsom visited . >> you can look at a scene like this and think the worse is behind us. >> moore prevents itself here. not only did we need to maintain our -- the impending floods and damage that will occur here. >> the agricultural products can be lost in california's department of food and agriculture. department of representatives are pushing for a disaster relief package. earlier, spoke with congresswoman -- of the house committee of how the se

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hoda >> maggie vespa for us there in davenport.gie, thank you. >> that's something to see let's bring in al for a closer look at the storms and the forecast it's written all over your map >> stretching from victoria, texas, to hattiesberg, mississippi, we're looking at thunderstorms developingfrom br, all the way to albany, georgia, the panhandle of and we have a risk of severe weather from brownsville, texas, all the way to albany, georgia, the panhandle of florida, and severe storms that could bring damaging hail and wind gusts 60 miles an hour and we can't rule out a tornado or two so today and tonight, this storm system moves across th southeast, bringing more drenching rain from nashville down to orlando. tomorrow, this next system drops out of the rockies and brings an enhanced risk of severe weather from dallas to waco. we're talking about severe storm cells that are likely to develop late in the day tomorrow and move eastward. and in fact, we've got the greatest threat, 2 inches or more of hail 2-inch hail or more, with tor

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i mean it's just -- it's catastrophe. >> this isn't the first time davenport has seen historic floodingrom it. in fact, the last time was just in 2019. >>> stay with cnn. we'll be back in just a moment. , let it pull you past the doubt. past the pain, and past your limits. no matter what, we go on. biofofreeze >>> let's return now to the conflict in sudan as thousands flee the country by crossing the red sea into saudi arabia. that's where our larry madowo is. larry, tell us where you are exactly and what you've been witnessing. >> reporter: we are aboard a saudi royal naval forces warship, and we're just about to take off for port sudan to accompany the saudi military on an evacuation mission that they've been running this past couple of weeks. so what you see over here is some of the other warships, destroyers, frigates that the saudi military has deployed to rescue people out of port sudan, bring them out here and then visually to the other countries they want to go to. we understand from the minister of defense here in saudi arabia that the entire fleet of the saudi royal naval forc

this is davenport, iowa. flooding has swallowed much of the flooding has swallowed much of the riverfront area, and a threat along there will linger. alison chinchar has been covering this, and we're waiting for this here, certainly out west as well. where is it going to go from here, and for how long? >> right. so the hope is that it starts to come back down. we have a lot of these river gauges that are already at moderate or major flood stage. dozens of them across the upper midwest. we're hoping we can bring those back down in the coming days. one thing that's benefitting us is temperatures at normal. that doesn't allow for the melting to be rapid. even with that said, we have had pretty significant amounts of water here coming into these rivers, creeks, and streams. this is the mississippi river specifically at the davenport gauge hovering at about 20 feet. we'll anticipate this will crest monday or tuesday of next week, just at around 21 1/2 feet. the record sits at 22 1/2 feet. we're not likely to get t

have a look at davenport, iowa.ers there have already swallowed much of the river front area and the threat they say could linger for weeks. cnn meteorologist chad meyers has been covering this. walk us through the concerns. a lot of snow. heats up. a lot of water. >> it heated up quickly. and the snow melted rapidly. didn't even see flash flooding with rainfall. this was literally all snow melt. started up here in the north, minneapolis. now finally coming down a little bit. but the bubble of water is headed down river into other bigger cities. notice what this bubble looks like. it is a flat line going up slowly. most of the time we show you flash flooding. it looks like this. because it goes up very fast. that is the flash part. this is a river flood. and just because the current level is 20 feet and a little bit higher in davenport doesn't mean there is 20 feet of water anywhere except in the bottom of the river it's 20 feet higher than what the army corps of engineers say this is where the river should be. 20 f

this is a riverfront area in davenport, iowa, very clearly under water.he's joining us now. derek, what are you seeing -- what are you seeing today with this ongoing threat and also the thing that's most concerning about this is how long this threat can linger. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. it's going to get worse before it gets better. especially along the communities that line the mississippi river. let's say south of minneapolis st. paul. here is one such community, this is hudson, wisconsin, this is a tributary of the mississippi. you can see how the floodwaters have inundated the local parks across this region. mostly rural communities but that's somebody's home, park and business that are being impact bid floodwaters. you're looking at the current river flooding sfwajs, we currently have over two does under major flood stage. i want to highlight the attention between lacrosse and the davenport region. those purple dots that's the major flood stage. as we advance into the future, this would be the next three days through the course of the weekend we start

a lot of people know that spot here in downtown davenport. had to send workers home because they can't open for business because of the flooding. the sewers are backed up. that's one area of concern for her. plus, she's going to have to recoup her classes from shutting down her business. meanwhile, the river isn't expected to crest until late sunday night or early monday morning here, sara? >> thank you so much, adrienne broaddus showing us some of the damage and potential damage that could happen. kate? >>> there is another development today we want to tell you about in the fight over abortion rights we are seeing play out across the country. two bills, two different states, both almost completely banning abortion, and both of those moves failed, and both were in republican-led states. take nebraska for one, some people seen moved to tears as you can see in the video here from state senator megan hunt after what was being called the heartbeat act. it failed a critical test vote in the state legislature. that bill would have banned most abort

she's along the mississippi river in davenport, iowa, and, maggie, what are you seeing right there? what's making the mississippi approach a historic flooding event? >> reporter: yeah, tom, savannah, exactly. to your point people are used to floods here but they realize this one may be an anomaly, likely to be, and historic absolutely. the water has been moving up since we've been here over the last 36 hours and come up a city block since we were here yesterday afternoon and that's jarring for people to see how quickly it's moving. we're calling it slow-moving but when you see something that tangible it frightens people to see and especially when you add on the knowledge that, again, this is not expected to crest until monday here in davenport and other parts of iowa and illinois. so people here in these parts of the midwest, along the mississippi's banks realizing that slow melting snow up in north dakota and mingz is likely again going to affect them into the early part of next week, already we're seeing neighborhoods flooded. already we're seeing people evacuating by boat from lo

climate team has been calling this the slow-moving disaster and that is coming to fruition here in davenport and up and down the mississippi river, here you've seen the video. we have sort of neighboring towns and cities especially neighbors that are along the river, those lower-lying areas already flooded and people evacuating by boat and got an update from the utility company in the pleasant valley area. 115 customers and counting have now had their gas shut off. something residents tell us they've never seen before and this is an area that goes through floods. it will be a huge one, they say, but it's not like they haven't been through them before and never had a gas company preemptively shut off their gas. people here starting to realize this could be a historic one and it could very well be dangerous. take a listen. >> what actually is your biggest fear with this flood? >> that it's going to get in the bar. yeah. how long are we going to be closed for, you know? last time it cost me almost $90,000 with income and all that so i don't have any flood insurance. it's too expensive. >> repor

davenport's point, oh, four..0 to santa rosa did not get drizzle. but we'll take a look at their rainfall. why? because they, like everyone else has done very well this year. normal for the reindeer. july 1st is 31.7 as of today. where are they this year, 42.47 almost 42 a half and it looks like more rain might be filling up the old rain gauge next week. they're so everyone's doing well here. still some low clouds kind of hanging around a little bit, but more of a wind pattern and a cooler pattern now takes over after that was a couple of days of warm temps. sunday monday, not anymore. down we go, the wind will pick up and cooler temps will prevail. probably through thursday. santa rosa pleasant in palo alto, san jose, yesterday seventies mid seventies upper seventies to 80 . not today, it's all sixties on the forecast highs and they're probably going to stay here. the breeze is starting to pick up here from any we'll see some pretty good gusts on the coast along the also in the higher elevations, maybe up to 35

. >> reporter: todd doss is scrambling to protect his davenport body shop where the river may not crest until monday >> if they say the that you're flood stage, you better get your sandbags and sand delivered and get a plan >> reporter: this as brutal storms batter the south, blanketing the ground in massive hailstones some 12 million under threat across the region in florida, damaging winds ripping a 30-year-old tree out by its roots back here along the mississippi, residents now in a high stakes waiting game that's far from finished lester >> all right maggie vespa, thank you. >>> on an overseas trip in jerusalem, florida governor ron desantis was defiant today, firing back after that lawsuit by disney desantis saying the company is getting special treatmen that needs to end. gagabe gutierrrrez spoke with desanantis and hahas details. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: tonight florida governor ron desantis on the world stage, touting his pro-business record, but also firing back after disney's lawsuit, which alleges he orchestrated a campaign of government retaliation of pushing to sc

nbc news correspondent maggie vespa is in davenport, iowa, that's about 170 miles east of des moines.you seeing in terms of floodwaters where you are, what preparations are under way? >> reporter: yeah, tom, you can see for yourself. this flooded street is really a couple of blocks from the river then behind the street, again, that's flooding. you can see people feverishly filling sandbags to stack along the river. we also spoke to davenport's mayor a couple of hours ago in front of this massive kind of sand wall. it's like cubes reinforced with steel kind of caging filled with sand. it's like eight feet tall. he says they only break that out when they know extreme floods are coming to this river community that arguably is used to flooding to some degree every year but said this one, they are taking very seriously. take a listen. >> the last two years we have not done this. we haven't had a flood, in fact, last year the river was arguably the lowest it's ever been so in 2019 record flood, last year the lowest it's ever been and here we are with the river trying to think about doing th

davenport's into the eastern sections of iowa that has a moderate risk and then to the south. that is where we're we're currently located. that is an overnight threats. so the potential for nocturnal tornadoes exist here. that means the potential to catch you off guard as you sleep, have multiple ways to receive your weather alerts and you can already see there's so much left in the atmosphere that storms are already firing in davenport's. there is the greatest risk for our tornadoes . today it is going to be a long 24 hours and we talk about severe weather fatigue. it's real here. people are tired, and they're also scared, sarah. derek van dam. every time you give a report, i learned something new. long track tornadoes can last hours, not just minutes like we're used to when we see a tornado. thank you so much live there from little rock, arkansas, john finland is officially the 31st member of nato something russia has long feared. we have new reaction from the kremlin. we can't calculate our total taxes. do you realize how many didifferent taxes we pay? sales tax, different

nbc's maggie vespa is live from davenport, iowa, near the mississippi.ill karins is with me as well. maggie, what are you seeing on the ground >> well, chris, we're seeing that the mississippi is essentially a lot closer to us than it was even 24 hours ago. i mean, this is the water of the mississippi here you can see kind of awkwardly the shell gas station behind it. we're not at the normal banks of the river. in fact, it's several hundred yards that way typically, and again, just one day ago it was basically at least a city block farther back, so this has been moving inland. it's been moving in steadily, ask y and you know, our team has been calling this a slow moving disaster that's when people are realizing this is indeed going to be low lying areas already flooded. people already in those areas getting to and from home by boat in the last couple of days, a local utility provider started cutting off gas to those homes arguing they have to it's a safety issue but people in those homes telling us they're really angry one woman saying in my 12 years alo

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and whole storm season ahead of us and tomorrow the start of another and that bubble to the north, davenport, cedar rapids and that's afternoon through early evening event and going through chicago into the overnight and springfield, missouri, west of little rock and late night into the overnight hours and we want people prepared of having two ways of getting warned and the state of michigan, lower peninsula, indiana, ohio, kentucky, tennessee down to louisiana and western new york gets it on the damagig wind threat on wednesday. all of this fueled by that snow, blizzard conditions for many states in the northern plains and interstate 90 near rapid city 1 to 2 feet of snow. >> ginger, thank you. alarming new details into the mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville, how many shots and how long the shooter was planning this. reporter: tonight police in nashville revealing the attack on covenant school planned for months saying the shooter, 28-year-old audrey hale acted totally alone during last month's assault killing three 9 year-olds and three adults. hale unleashed 152 bullets, a

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m causing major flooding along the mississippi river. 32 river gauges between minneapolis and davenport's iowa are either at major flood stage or approaching it. the river river is expected to crest by this weekend and looking at the radar. severe storms are expected across central texas this afternoon and later the third of hail and even tornadoes will extend into oklahoma and parts of the southeast. checking today's high temperatures sixties and sunny in the northwest around 50 across the midwest 72 in albuquerque. drug busts south of the border meth inside tequila bottles by having a good credit score will soon cost you more when buying a home and later new research linking french fries to gonna want to see on g m a we're back with a drug bust south of the border. tons of meth found hidden insidequilaotes. the xican navyee £19,0 alo theus e in more than 11,000 bottles, and they were being exported. we are now hearing from the north carolina father, who was shot along with his young daughter after their basketball rolled into a neighbor's yard last week, william white says he confronted

we are looking at temperatures below freezing in some spots, davenport just 39 degrees in st. louis, 37 in springfield, 37 louisville, 40 degrees this morning in cleveland it's due to this area of high pressure bringing down this cold canadian air that will stay in place anchor there throughout most of the workweek we will see temperatures 10, 20 degrees below what is typical for this time ofa frnt bringing storms to parts of florida today. >> all right it's monday, again, we will take a look at that week ahead in just a bit. >> thank you, michelle. >>> after the break a disneyland staple goes up in flames. >>> and the scary fall that t a skskier took i in the alpsps can camemera ♪ yoyour prescriription for.r. staying g right wherere you a. ♪ ♪ your prescscription fofor... ththe blue or r white pilll. ♪ hohow did kellllogg's combmbe crunchy y oat clusteters with a a touch of f honey... hohow did kellllogg's combmbe crunchy y oat clusteters plump,p, juicy raiaisins anand tasty fifiber into one d delicious c ce? plump,p, juicy raiaisins anand tasty fifiber it tooook a lot of b b

below freezing in davenport in the 40s in st. louis paducah 37 indianapolis also below freezing, 31 it's 38 degrees right now in louisville and it's chilly too throughout portions of the midatlantic, the northeast. 35 right now in state college. as we go throughout the day, we're going to be chilly you see that flow here from canada that's bringing down the cooler air. cincinnati 55. that's 14 degrees below normal and just 74 in portions of the south where they're supposed to be into the 80s. we're looking at that late april weather tomorrow as well buffalo 48 degrees 12 below what is typical for this time of y the plains. 64 in dallas showers and storms in parts of florida. all right, guys. it's monday. we're going to take a look at that week ahead in just a bit. >> okay, thank you, michelle >>> after the break, a retail giant files for bankruptcy. >> and we will take yoyou insise the e $22 mimillion mansnsion. it is wortrth the pricice tag? ♪ yoyour prescriription for.r. staying g right wherere you a. ♪ ♪ your prescscription fo

that bubble to the north where davenport, cedar rapids, that's an early afternoon evening event. then it goes through chicago in the overnight. springfield missouri, just west of little rock, that's late night into the overnight hours. we hate those nocturnal tornados. the storm doesn't stop there. state of michigan, lower peninsula, ina,an tennessee, even western new york gets in on the damaging wind threat wednesday. all of this fueled by the snow. blizzard conditions for many states in the northern plains. interstate 90, one of two feet of snow, gusts up to 60. >> tonight there are alarming details from the investigation into the mass shooting at covenant school in nashville. how many shots, how long the shooter was planning this. here's elwin lopez. >> reporter: tonight police in nashville revealing the attack on covenant schools was planned for months, saying the shooter, 28-year-old audrey hale, acted totally alone during last monday's assault, killing three 9-year-olds and three adults. police say hale unleashed 152 bullets, 126 rifle rounds and 26 9mm rounds. from the mom