another after another thunderstorms, box cars on a train and more rainfall and not just this denton area of texasthe last 48 hours, purposele is six to ten inches. if you get in close north of ft. worth, dallas there's departmenton. just to the west of denton is where we're seeing the flood problems and a town area near crum and so a stream obviously over its banks, this is just 48-hour totals. this doesn't include the heavy rain falling since wednesday and fell thursday. here is a broad view and again, tornado watches from south dakota minnesota, down through areas of missouri oklahoma into south texas, so again, this has been going on in the same location the same region after noon after noon after noon. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and today. it slowly moves east tomorrow. we have a few warnings that the storms could dropped tornadoes. 11 unconfirmed torpedos today, much better than the 45 yesterday. look at the line of storms to the top of the screen this is what we call training like box cars on the train where again this heavy rain will fall over the same region storm after storm a

we've seen a number of cars being swallowed up by the flooding here in denton texas. continue there. we'll take a quick break and be right back. >>> we're continuing to monitor severe weather across northern texas especially right now you're looking at images taken moments ago of medevac helicopter rescues there in denton county, texas, where there is severe flooding as they continue to reel from the severe weather that has been really the past few days hitting them extremely hard they're not out of the woods yet. we'll keep a close eye on this bring you more at the top of the hour. we'll talk about something else happening tonight in baltimore. baltimore, prince is getting involved in the situation in baltimore throwing a special benefit concert tonight, doing it after the death of freddie gray in police custody and the goal is to raise money for different community programs and children in baltimore. the singer released a song titled "baltimore." listen. ♪ >> prince asked the people that attend tonight at 8:00 p.m. when the concert is to wear gray clothing in honor

-- rescue in denton texas. we're understanding, this was moments ago, brand new video coming in because we can see two pictures the live picture off the side but what you're looking at the in the middle of your screen people taken from their home where they were stranded inside. this is are the town of krum texas, it's about 50 miles northwest of dallas and denton county. and i can tell you from -- i'm going read as it's coming in. rescue chopper first located a parked vehicle and also some people in their homes. so far, four people have reported that they have been needing help and have been pulled to safety by choppers but there are many of these rescues going on and it reads, denton fire is dispatching two -- now this is another one. okay this is just coming in. look at this people underestimating how fast these waters can rise. now they are stuck on top of their rooftop, let's hope that helicopter can get there in time. this is denton county texas, right now. they have se >>> we come in with this fox news a

more money, time and lawyers. >> reporter: the prediction of this long-time denton resident made shortly after his north texasmunity voted last year to ban frac-ing within city elements has come true. frac-ing is again legal in denton effective immediately. now as the texas governor has signed a law that blocks local efforts to regulate oil and gas pro pro -- protection. it says: as long as the operation is loosely defined as commercially reasonable. the law allows cities to regulate fire and service response traffic, lights and noise. but in denton opponents of frac-ing say texas has sided with big oil at the cost of its citizen's health. >> there are too many of us in our 30s getting cancer. right at the same time as these wells. >> reporter: the oil and gas city is applauding the new state law. a group headed too denton within hours of the frac-ing ban's passage. >> we have been using hydraulic frac-ing for more than 60 years. there is no evidence of rising morbidity or higher mortality rates around frac sites than anywhere else. >> reporter: despite statements like that three out of five doneton voters ha

that followed tornadoes in central texas last night and this is a rescue that just took place moments ago in denton county, texas. a national guard blackhawk helicopter is still making those rescues. and vincente arenas is there. >> this is what it looked like in a neighborhood in denton texas this afternoon as a storm moved through. this video was shot moments before he took cover. >> it was just cracking and everything. and you heard a lot of noise and rain and the wind was just blowing really hard it kind of started sounding like a freight train almost in a way. >> the storm tore shingles off roofs and twisted trees. and tiny dellmont south dakota a twister ripped the roof off a hundred church and damaged 20 buildings. three people were hurt. the town of 230 is currently without power water or phones. >> earlier today in lewisville texas northwest of dallas, a fast-moving storm with powerful winds heavy rain and lightning done pod we are lines had damaged a cafe in several shops. as the storm moved east lightning reportedly damaged this home near dallas. just north of fort worth strong winds ble

don champion joins us now he's live in denton, texas with more on this damage. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika. this is just a taste of the damage people in several parts of texas are waking up to this morning. you can see, this tree was snapped by a possible tornado here in denton yesterday. further down this muddy driveway here you can see another tree fell on part of a house. and a truck. about 100 miles away from where i'm standing right now another suspected tornado caused major damage on what was the fifth straight day of violent weather in this part of the country. van, latest texas town hit by tornado, doll ends injured nearly thirds of the town damaged, some homes completely destroyed. >> there goes the school. >> this video of tornado ripping the roof off iowa school, shows the wind blasting through the midwest planes all weekend. >> i thought my ears were going to pop what it felt like to me. >> from the twister it that tore off the top after church in south dakota. >> came out of the steak house, we don't see the steeple. weeing

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today the state government made sure bans will not happen in denton or anywhere else in texas. >> you cannot shop these people. they have more money, time lawyers. you just don't amount to anything. >> the prediction of the long-time denton resident made after the north texas community voted to ban fracking within city limits has come true. >> fracking is legal in denton effective immediately, now that texas government signed a law locking efforts to regulate oil and gas production. the measure sailed through texas's republican control, and says a municipality must not enact: the law allows cities to regulate fire and emergency. traffic, lights and noise as it relates to fracking. in denton where three wells exist for every square mile of land opponents say texes sided with big oil at the cost of health. there's too many of us in our 30s getting cancer. too many animals, that are young, getting cancer at the same time as these wells. >> reporter: the oil and gas industry is applauding the new law. an industry group sued denton within hours of the fracking bans passage. >> we have been

reported tornadoes striking from denton, texas, all the way to south dakota. children, sheltering in the basement of that church. at least 20 buildings damaged in delmont. the state's governor on the scene. the city under evacuation. there's no water or power. >> this has been a long track tornado. on the ground about 15 minutes. >> reporter: a nerve-racking mother's day weekend. 50 tornadoes blasting across the heartland. including this ef-3 tornado in cisco, texas. killing one, injuring several. >> i lived in cisco over ten years now. and i haven't seen anything like this in a long time. definitely very powerful, very destructive. >> reporter: ripping roofs off houses. stripping trees to their trunks. a seven-mile-long trail of destruction. 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts damaging this horse hospital. in stephenville. the animals are okay. and dangerous flooding. the national guard using a helicopter to pull these women to safety. part of the same storm bringing snow from the rockies to the northern plains, too. in colorado, snow falling as fast as two to three

in denton texas, lightning from this storm strikes a gas well sparking a massive explosion. you can see smoke and fire shooting several feet into the air. no one was hurt in the blast. meanwhile cleanup begins in oklahoma after tornadoes rip through that state. 30 people were injured. this includes 12 at an oklahoma city rv park destroyed by a twister. oklahoma police taking cover inside her storm shelter drowning after it flooded. emergency in 12 counties. dangerous amounts of rainfall in storms pushing rivers and creeks over their banks. a hail storm looking more like a snowstorm. several inches of hail falling in colorado springs. there was so much interstates had to be shut down because some drivers were getting struck. more bad weather is in the forecast for parts of western kansas, oklahoma and central texas. damaging winds are likely. heather? >> patricia stark live for us. thank you. >>> to another fox news alert. today more than 30,000 police officers will gather to say good-bye to a fallen hero. 25-year-old brian moore a decorated nypd officer who died after he was

near denton texas, a lightning strike setoff a natural gas well explosion. a 4.0 magnitude earthquake. >> several tornadoes in oklahoma. police say one woman died after her storm shelter flooded. a dozen others injured. tornadoes flattened neighborhoods. oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency in 12 counties. >>> rain expected in parts of colorado the next few days. northeastern colorado with a tornado that touched down thursday. no reported damage. the storm bringing heavy rain. colorado springs pelted with up to 8 inches of hail. >>> in south dakota a storm with strong winds collapsed the roof of a building of the cheyenne indian reservation. people were trapped inside. four people suffered injuries. >>> more than 18 million people this morning under a threat of severe storms today. meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the forecast for us. derek. >> good morning, john and christine. thursday brought another round of severe weather to the central plain states. this time nine tornadoes were reported. one was actually just north of the denver met

. >>> the attempt to ban a ban on fracking in denton, texas.the mayor there joins me next. >>> the town of denton, texas, 280 more gas wells have been used for fracking, pumping water, sand, chemicals into rock formations deep underground. according to energy reporter, those sit near homes and schools and across the state from where the university of texas mean green plays football. it is on the edge of the barnett shale, the largest source of natural gas, which stretches 5,000 square miles beknead a dozen counties. there was enough concerns in the denton community that residents voted last november on texas' first ban on fracking. the texas legislature now appears to be on the verge of banning the banning of fracking. a bill that would undercut any local laws banning fracking has passed through the republican legislature and sent to the republican governor, greg abbott, expected to sign it. mayor chris watts joining me. why did you guys down there decide to ban fracking? >> well, chris, that was an interesting phenomenon. basically, we had a s

hail the size of golf balls near denton texas overnight.setoff a natural gas well explosion. a 4.0 magnitude earthquake. >>> and several tornadoes through oklahoma. one woman died after her storm shelter flooded. oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency. >>> rain is expected in colorado over the next few days. no damage reported with the storm which brought heavy rain. colorado springs pelted with up to -- it looks like snow drifts. 8 inches of hail. that is quarter-sized hail. >>> south dakota a storm with strong winds collapsed the roof of the building of the cheyenne indian certifyreservation. only four people suffered injuries. >>> more than 18 million people under the threat of severe storms today. meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the forecast for us. derek. >> good morning, john and christine. unfortunately, we have another active day of severe weather forecast across the central plain states. this time the set up looks like this we have very cool dry air funneled behind an upper level disturbance. ahead of this is ver

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>> reporter: reported tornadoes striking from denton, texas, all the way up to south dakota. children sheltering in the basement of this church. at least 20 buildings are damaged in delmont. the state's governor on the scene. the city under a voluntary evacuation tonight. no water or power. >> this has been a long-track tornado. it's been on the ground for about 15 minutes.eporter: a nerve-racking mother's day weekend. more than 40 reported tornadoes blasting across the heartland in the past 24 hours alone. including this ef-3 tornado in cisco, texas, leaving one person dead, several injured. >> i mean, i lived in cisco for over ten years now, and i haven't seen anything like this a long time. it's definitely very powerful and very destructive. >> reporter: ripping roofs off houses, stripping trees to their trunks. a seven-mile-long trail of destruction. 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts damaging this horse hospital in stephenville. tonight, the animals are all okay. flash flooding wreaking havoc. the water, and debris it carried, damaging this bridge near justin. and in granbury, p

here in denton texas, the flood gates of this dam being opened in anticipation of more rain this weekend. >>> now, to tragic news out of nepal. the six helicopters vanishing after trying to help out after the earthquake. and wreckage foupdnd it's unlikely anyone survived. terry moran has the story. >> based on what we saw and the condition of the aircraft we believe there were no survivors. >> reporter: it was one of these helicopters. two bodies recovered today, none yet identified. families so far have only been told their loved ones were on board. this was the pilot, his family speaking tonight. >> i love you, chris. i'm proud of you. >> reporter: among those last this sergeant. and the day before the crash, this video shows others reportedly missing. >> uh-1 yankee pilot here. we're able to deliver some rice potatoes and tarps to smaller villages. >> reporter: they all answered the call of duty. terry moran abc news. >> thank you. >>> and now to iraq. ra ramadi overtaken by isis. families fleeing amid reports of suicide attacks and mass executions. >>> and back at home in illinois, n

. >>> in denton texas, a natural gas well exploded and burned last night in an apparent lightning strikeevere weather sparked the blast. there were no evacuations or injuries. >>> the senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to give congress a chance to pass any nuclear deal with iran. the vote was 98-1. senators could possibly reject a deal. the house is expected to vote on the measure next week. >>> on to "cbs moneywatch," lumber liquidateors pulls its controversy flooring. >> today's jobs report for april is expected to bounce back from march. experts predict that u.s. employers added more than 215,000 positions last month. that follows the very small increase in march. the unemployment rate is expected to drop to 5.4%. asian financial markets were mostly higher ahead of the jobs report. tokyo's nikkei gained half a percent. hong kong's hang seng rose more than 1%. here on wall street they'll analyze john data. the dow gained 82 points thursday the s&p 500 was up 7 points, and the nasdaq added nearly 36 points. >>> lumber liquidators is taking all of its lumber out of the country. it says

texas took a beating. the national guard was called in denton county, texas. communities rising in floodwaters. >> i've lived in cisco for 10 years and i haven't seen anything like this for a long time. >> reporter: to the north the twisters also produced flash flooding in oklahoma. , south dakota is expecting inches of rain before the storm runs out. delays linger throughout the weekend at airports. >> the storm is still having the ability to get worse. we get more rainfall and possibly more flooding. >> jonathan martin, al jazeera. >> kevin corriveau, bad now, how long is it going to stay bad? >> this is sunday, we started this particular event last tuesday and we have one more day out of it. and we've seen a lot of tornadoes. of course may is the big month for tornadoes. we normally see about 240 tornadoes. since tuesday, all the way through saturday we have seen 117 and tonight we have seen an additional 23 tornadoes across the region. now, the big problem i think for rest of the evening is what's happening down towards texas arkansas as well as oklahoma.

in denton, texas, i'm don champion cbs news. >>> in colorado an balance trying to cross a flooded road was swept away. there was a patient and four others were inside. no one was injured. all were able to escape and make it to high ground. the storm is headed to the east but there's another one on its tail. >> we've had severe weather. severe flooding taking place in the overnight hours and the line of thunderstorms continues from northern louisiana all the way toward arkansas as well. as we take a look at the next 24 hours, we'll slowly start to see the storm diminish. it will lose some of its punch, some of its steam. most of it by the time we head into monday afternoon and evening we'll start to see it push into the southern portions of houston. that lingers all the way toward central louisiana. by tuesday we start to see the storm system clearing out, giving those folks some what of a break. then we make our way wednesday morning, wednesday afternoon and we see another low pressure system coming out of mainland mexico and that delivers more showers from southern texas, further nort

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texas arkansas to southern minnesota. a short time ago this national guard helicopter was on the scene over denton county texas a hard-hit area. people are being pulled from cars and homes after being stranded by flood water. in other areas people hit by the twisters are trying to pick up the pieces. >> that is a tornado. >> reporter: cisco, texas, 140 miles west of dallas ground zero for a deadly out break of twisters spun off from a weather system stretching up and down the midwest. dozens of tornado from the lone star state from the tiny farming town of dell mont south dacted. hail raining council on windshield. saturday night lightening sparking a gas well sparking flames. that could be seen for miles. >> water, telephone poles, trees, ripped out of the ground much very powerful and disruptive. >> sunday sunrise bought damage to light. homes ripped in half. one home was struck by lightening, six flags over texas took a beating. >> i lived in cisco for over 10 years now. i have not seen anything like that for a long time. to the north, the twisters produced flash flooding and oklahoma. as much as 24 inches of rain is

here in denton, texas, the flood gates of this dam being opened in anticipation of more rain this weekend. david? >> rob, thank you. >>> now, to tragic news out of nepal. the six missing marines, their helicopter vanishing after trying to help out after the deadly earthquake. tonight, the worst fears realized. wreckage found, it's unlikely anyone survived. terry moran has the story. >> reporter: today, deep in the remote and rugged himalayan terrain, they found the wreckage. >> based on what we saw and the condition of the aircraft, we believe there were no survivors. >> reporter: it was one of these helicopters. onboard, six u.s. marines, two nepalese. delivering supplies for those in need from the devastating earthquakes here. two bodies recovered today, none yet identified. families so far have only been told their loved ones were on board. this was the pilot, his family speaking tonight. >> i love you, chris. i'm proud of you. >> reporter: among those lost, this sergeant. and the day before the crash, this video shows others also reportedly missing. >> uh-1 yankee pilot here. we're ab

. >> reporter: a lightning strike caused this gas well to ignite and burn for hours near denton texas. mark fox with the national weather service says the damage was nowhere near what happened in bridge creek, oklahoma on wednesday. >> definitely dodged a bullet. if this had come over a little bit more populated area, it could have been a lot more. >> reporter: just north of oklahoma city, this cell phone video captured the powerful winds whipping debris right outside a storm shelter. flash flooding remains an urgent threat. as much as four-and-a-half-inches of rain has fallen in some places over the last two days, causing rivers to overflow and damaging this era texas elementary school, forcing it to close. carl and his son kevin lost their cattle in an eight-foot flood surge from a nearby creek. they're now on a rescue mission to find their livelihood. >> you hate to lose one even and whaer not worth much and when they, you hate to lose one. >> reporter: government has put state emergency responders on alert because scottarchs we head spot weekend the worse may be yet to come. >> re

rob marciano, abc news, denton, texas. >>> ana, not done with this thing. >> it's the center of the country that will face the most danger from severe weather today. accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins with us the details. good morning, paul. >> good morning to you, too, marci and t.j. no matter what part of the ohio valley region you're in, you're going to need an umbrella. and it's kind of like joe louis' old phrase, you can run but you can't hide. those thunderstorms are going to rumble throughout indiana, michigan, illinois, and to the lower mississippi valley region. if that rain doesn't catch you, we have ana, causing problems and thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and evening hours. now, the good news is, ana is going to stay primarily along the north carolina coast. now, that may not seem like good news to folks in north carolina. but the catch to it is this. she will continue to weaken. monday, going into tuesday. and then, flatten out, like a bread without yeast, flatten out and lose all of her gusto. marci, t.j.? >> paul, thank you so much. >>> four people are due i

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a tornado did touch down in denton, texas near dallas. people who live there say they had very little warning. >> everyone is calm and there's no wind or rain. i looked to the west and i can say it circling and i can hear it. it sounded like a plane going over the house. >> strong winds damaged schools churches and heavy rains caused roads to flood across the region. in some cases, people had to be pummed from their cars -- pulled from their cars. >>> american idol announces that next season will be its last. the show made it official by sending out this tweet this morning saying it will begin the 15th and final season in january of 2016. the judging panel will remain the same with keith urban, jennifer lopez at the judging table. there are reports that simon cowell could return as a judge for the final season. you remember him. he was one of the original judges and known for being -- what do you say? a little critical. >> a little critical, yeah. >> the show was introduced on fox in 2002. since then it's created a number of superstars, i

>> not working. >> are there gators in texas, which is where rob is, in denton county, texas. >> there are. >> ron says there are gators. you're not worried about the gators, right? it's the weather. >> exactly. and the gators would be across south texas. we're in north texas. where they were in drought. not so much anymore. at least this part of it in north denton county. in anticipation of more rain they're trying to lower the lake levels here. we'll probably get another two to three inches with the next batch coming through. last few days phoenix seeing an inch and inch in los angeles too. but in the really a drought but every little bit helps at the this point. it will be a little bit dryer there, and a cooler, unsettled weather in across the the inter mountain west and unsettled weather in the north east. it will be sticky, hyped and at times you will see thunderstorms that could be pretty heavy from cincinnati back to philadelphia, and new york city, and really over next three days, mid south and deep south you will stay summer-like with the heat, humidity that will be in the 80'

but in denton, where 3 wells exist for every square mile of language, texas has sided with big oil at cost of its citizens health. >>> there's too many of us, getting cancer and, too many of our animals getting cancer, right at the same time that these wells -- >>> the oil and gas industry is applauding the new state law they have sued dep ton with within hours of fracking ban passage. q.we have been using it, for recovering oil and gas for more than 60 years, there's no evidence of rising more bid todayty or higher mortality rates and despite statements like that and promises, that tracking is good for the local economy, 3-5 voters have voted to ban fracking and they say most of the minrel wells belong to out of towners and denton has to live with fracking behind hospitals and, next to parks and, steps from their backyard. >>> i may be an old lady but this is scary knowing there's a gas rig on fire, in my backyard, i guess i can only go to bed and know that if explodes i'll never feel anything. >>> now, fracking is set to resume and denton, the first texas city, to ban it, looks to b

>> it needs to be more sincere. >> are there gators in texas, which is where rob is, in denton county, texas. >> there are. >> ron says there are gators. you're not worried about the gators, right? it's the weather. >> no ail gators here at least in north texas. maybe in south texas. here, on the northern side of the state, a whole lot of rain. we're trying to lower the levels of the lakes that are completely full from the rain we have had this past week. an area that got rain that needed it probably too much at one time san diego. they got almost two inches in two days. that is unbelievable for any time of year especially late may. another strong so cal storm coming in late in the season. phoenix, 0.7 inches of rain. record rains across parts of los angeles. some what dryer in southern california today. the weather moves into the mountains. the northeast, it will feel like summer. hazy hot, humid. thunderstorms across the ohio river valley the delaware river. temperatures in the 80s and 90s. for the next three days the south sealfeels summerlike too. we're watching the severe weather

in denton, texas, the national guard had to use helicopters to rescue a number of people stranded byicles were underwater and a camera caught at least one of them being swept away. for more on the storms across the u.s., we want to bring in our meteorologist, pedram, it is extraordinary. >> it picked up. just counting, since last wednesday. reported 128 tornados. no other countrien the world sees more than 120 tornados per year. canada sees second highest in world. 100 or so. 128 since last wednesday. united states is 90% of the world's tornados. very, very active. showing you perspective here. we had 24 reports of tornados in the united states on sunday alone. vast majority down across the great state of texas, northern texas. eastern portions of oklahoma. notice on the iowa, we talked about, south dakota. zoom in. across the black hills, west of pierre, picking up snow showers. some areas upwards of 2 feet came down. blizzard condition goes back to the east. hour and a half. drive, south of mitchell in south dakota. multiple reports of tornados. we talk about the clash of air masse

one tornado did touch down in denton, texas. that is near dallas. people there say there was very little warning. >> everything is calm and still. there is no wind or rain. and i look to the west and i can see it circling and i can hear it. it sounded like a plane going over the house. >> in iowa and south dakota powerful winds damaged schools and churches and heavy rains flooded the roads. in some cases helicopters had to rescue people trapped in their cars. in northern california the spring storms flooded roads and streets that are normal -- flooded creeks and rivers that are normally dry this time of year. it may take several days to recover that ambulance. >>> right now it's 5:08. it's been more than a week since protestors in oakland trashed businesses along auto row. coming up in 20 minutes what businesses say they need from the city. >> in what city did the grizzlies play basketball before they moved to memphis? >> toronto. >> new orleans. >> colorado. >> how much do the doves fans know about the warriors playoff opponent? up next we will put

lets go to denton texas. >> this is 30 or 40 minutes outside dallas. tornado ripped roofs off buildings and damage trees. emergency officials made several rescues due to flooded streets and homes. there were no reports of injuries. >>> take a look at this image of the tornado in dell mount south dakota a resident were told to get out and stay out. storm caused widespread damage leaving area without power and running water. there are reports of injuries but it appears that everyone made it out alive. >> they will have more severe weather today. >>> flooding prompts rooftop rescues in north texas. >> helicopters were dispatched to eight stranded resident and drivers made out to water covered highway. injuries were reported and properties were damaged but so far no fatalities. >> don't drawn go around. >>> in colorado snow, 10 inches fell in the denver area. locals say that they are not used to so much snow this late in the season. more than 40,000 people lost power at the height of the storm, the figure is now flooding as that melting snow mix west falli

. >> dom champion joins us from denton, texas, with an update on these torrential storms. good morning. >> reporter: beating indeed, good morning ukee, erika. daylight will certainly help crews assess the damage here in part of texas just taste whatever people here are dealing with. you can see this tree was just split by a tornado that plowed through here yesterday. further down this muddy driveway here, you can see another huge tree, fell on part of a house and a truck here. meantime about 100 miles away from here, another town suffered major damage in what's by what's thought to be, a tornado. all of this, coming on the fifth straight day of violent weather in this part of the country. >> van is the latest texas town hit by a reported tornado, dozens of people were injured, nearly a third of the town was damaged. >> there goes the school. >> reporter: this video of a tornado ripping the roof off iowa school, shows the winds that were blasting all week end. >> i felt like my ears were going to pop. >> from the twitter -- twist their tore off the roof of the church house

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this is denton, texas. huge red flames just billowing into the sky.re told this is some sort of gas well fire. firefighters took them about an hour just to get it under control. we're told no one was hurt. it's unclear what started such a huge fireball. but we do know that severe thunderstorms with frequent lightning were moving through this area at the time of the fire. at the live desk, i'm kristin wright. >>> my first thought was oh god, what if this has something to do with the threats? >> a university of mary washington student murdered grace mann was one of several targeted by cyber attacks. now a feminist group says the university didn't do enough to protect them. grace mann was one of the officers. feminists united member julia michaels said they lived in fear ever since the cyber threats happened. the threats poured in on the social media after they criticized the men's rugby team for a chant glorifying rape. mann was mentioned by name in some of the threats. >> people gave out the locations of some of the members and they were threatened to

texas tonight. >> reporter: there is a deluge in denton county, texas.ckhawk choppers airlifted people from the raging floodwaters to safety. cars are submerged in places with people wading through hip deep water and animals are stranded, too. tornadoes were also reported in communities just outside of dallas sunday. >> you need to take your tornado precautions at this time. >> reporter: saturday a tornado with winds up to 165 miles per hour hit the ranching community of cisco, texas. one person was killed. at least three were injured. much of mother's day was spent cleaning up or surveying the damage in cisco. at least a dozen buildings were destroyed or damaged here. >> can't beat mother nature. >> reporter: brett phillips owns a farm here. one of his barns was destroyed when the tornado cut right through his property. here you can almost make out its path. >> if people get a warning, they need to heed it. >> reporter: sunday marks the fifth straight day of severe weather in parts of the southern and central plains. tornado watches are still posted in

officials at the nfs railway are trying to determine if powerful winds caused this derailment close to denton texas. we are in bridge creek, oklahoma very hard hit. the people you've interviewed, tell us about the people right there. >> reporter: andrea it's such a compelling story. they've spent 48 hours or so trying to clean up what they have. the problem is more severe weather is coming tonight and worst of it tomorrow. this is the home of katie longest. she has three young children. she was in her storm cellar be below ground in the garage when this hit. katie, you seemed solid yesterday and less so today. is that because you're facing the prospect of more weather? >> yeah it's kind of scary thinking we're going to have to get back in that storm shelter. >> could you do that? >> if i have to. i don't want to. if i have to i will. >> what are your losses? >> as far as the house? >> yes. >> the house is completely gone. it will be bulldozed as soon as we can. we have our kids. >> there's a touching moment. if you'll step over here and talk about your son for a second. he's building you a new hous

the move was a response to a local ordinance in denton texas, passed in november which beened fracking about pollution, nosebleeds headaches and nausea that they attributed to fracking. now that this bill has been signed into law residents of denton are no longer allowed to have a say on whether that fracking takes place on their land. that is something that will be left to the state. something that could be tricky territory for texas where oil and gas drilling contributed more than $12 billion to the state's revenue in 2013. and although the science isn't settled on fracking or its effects on the environment or on public health, there is enough evidence that could at the very least make people skeptical. for example, studies have linked fracking to the following. a rise in earthquakes. a rise in water contamination. a rise in infertility and miscarriages and birth defects. as of now concerned texas citizens can only hope that government greg abbott overturns his ban on the ban on fracking, or one day issues a ban on the ban on the ban on fracking. that's all for now. "the ed show" is