an entire block in hazelwood, missouri unrecognizable. this is all that's left of gary buneta's yellow brick home. the wind picked you up from one room to another? >> it's like someone just took their hands and shoved me into the other room. i hit the floor, covered my head and that was it. >> reporter: the national weather service says this was the work of an ef-2 tornado, with wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this is the inside of their bedroom, the tree came crashing right in and it's in here you get an idea how lucky they were to not be inside the room. the beams crashed down on the bed. >> we wouldn't have been talking about removing a tree. we would have been talking about getting the bodies out. >> reporter: this spring storm is also bringing severe winter-like weather. in minnesota, one dead in the snow. in worthington, minnesota, power poles encased in ice. catherine johnson is there. >> leaving behind icicles more than an inch thick. >> reporter: in rapid city, south dakota, a record snowfall. more than two feet. and they s

in hazelwood, missouri. streets, trees toppled over. 24 homes suffering major damage. missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency. 42,000 people in st. louis are still without power. >>> in arkansas, a twister tore a path through van buren county. 33 homes, a church, and a business were damaged there. these are incredible pictures coming in. three people were injured. luckily no deaths have been reported in the mostly rural area but nerves are rattled there. >>> major storm still rumbling through the south and east u.s. let's bring in samantha mohr. >> we've had a lot of lightning across southeastern texas. check out what's happening here in corpus. we have winds gusting up to 38 miles per hour from some of the thunderstorms there in the corpus christi area. we have heavy rain in jasper, texas. here in northwestern mississippi we have flood warnings. they've had two to three inches of rain in just the past three hours. it's hard to see how deep that area is when it's dark. the wintry weather wrappi

and joining us on the phone, hazelwood, missouri, mayor matthew robinson. damage this morning than we had, and which we knew we would, which we had originally estimated and walk pped around and seen last night. we knew we had three dozen homes that were unoccupy bl and just one devastated area. but we still had to evaluate the whole city as a whole. and we found quite a bit of damage with trees through windows and cutting houses in half. gregg: we just saw one huge tree split a house. what about injuries and/or deaths? >> well, that's the blessing part of it. there are no fatalities and very minor injuries. i think the worst i've heard of was a broken leg. gregg: that is truly amazing. what was it like when this storm system came roaring through last night? >> well, we were in the middle of a council meeting, and we hunkered down, and the ladies went to the restroom, and we took careful our business of trying to be safe ourselves. and then with a matter of minutes after the storm was notified that hazelwood was hit, and i immediately came to the dispatcher'

. >> you have probably seen the images after the tornado went through hazelwood, missouri. i have a video that is chilling. it comes inside one of the home in the path of the tornds. the beginning is all darkness. then you hear the person recording the video, arthur l d lindquist. >> those are coming in the window. i'm standing seven feet away from the window. hitting me in the face. [ bleep ]. >> as he's recording the video, you can hear the commotion. he says things are flying at the door. >> it sounds pretty dangerous. >> right about here, it goes crazy. >> i'm in it. i'm in it. >> the noises of destruction are overwhelming. >> it went by my apartment, took off my roof. >> he remains inside his particular apartment. just about a minute later, someone else comes knocking at his door. and listen to that person's fear. >> holy, [ bleep ]. >> are you okay, dude? >> yeah, dude. >> come here, look. >> holy, [ bleep ] dude. >> this moment is over but you know the torrent is not done. >> it traveled seven miles in five minutes. >> it got swept up and out. >>> take a look at this

before we get do that, one note: we mentioned tornado tore through hazelwood, missouri, where mike went to high school. >> two miles from where my sister lived. got a tempt, going to the basement, and i said, no, no, you are supposed to film it. kidding! kidding! >> they go through drills like we go through earthquake drills. they were prepareed. now what is going on this morning. it is breezy and gusting to 30 miles per hour on top of mount tamalpais as we look down to sausalito and over the bay toward san francisco. as far as temperatures, what to dress for when you step outside we are dealing with temperatures that are running mainly in the 50's this morning. the temperatures are running from about 50 in the financial district, 57 in walnut creek and 51 in union city and santa clara and saratoga and american canyon. tracy is a warm spot at 52. we will hang out in the 50's with clouds returning headed through the morning ours and in the 60's away from the coast at noon and 60's and 70's by 4:00. the 70's and 80's for most of us are gone around the bay. dug the evening hours we will be

high winds knocking huge trees into houses in the town of hazelwood. they are looking for damage for any one who might have been injured or buried underneath. there were no serious injuries. minnesota storms packing heavy snow and ice. there might be no relief in sight unfortunately more snow expected there this morning. it is spring heather and patti ann. >> as the sunrises we will tell you more about the devastation in these states. maria molina is live and she is tracking another round of wild weather. >> the same storm system responsible for 250 reports of severe weather including tornadoes across sections of the middle mississippi valley into the plains is moving ooeb. they were talking about more widespread severe storms. we have thunderstorms and areas of heavy rain from houston texas up to the city of detroit. a large storm system and on the backside of this like ainsley mentioned we have heavy snow expected anywhere between 8 to 12 inches of snow across central portions of the state of minnesota including cities like minneapolis. keep that in

this was if damage caused in hazelwood missouri just outside of st. louis.st two dozen homes were damaged. officials say thousands of people still remain without power tonight. >>> not as warm today. take a look at the highs from yesterday. we start there and then i'm going to show you the drop we had today. numbers are down a good 10 degrees. today down to 75 degrees. so it was cooler today. temperatures tomorrow will slide or make their way back up a few degrees. and we kind of stay in that mid- 70, upper 70s range right through the bay area weekend. as we go into the next few hours we can look for patchy coastal fog to build right along the coast. current temperatures we got lots of upper 50s. it's 63 in antioch. 53 in redwood city. temperatures tomorrow like i said a little warmer but it starts out chilly. that frontal system came through and it's going to keep temperatures on the cool side. 43 in napa tomorrow morning. 43 in santa rosa, 44 in fairfield. overnight lows, so chilly as we get going tomorrow morning. but daytime highs are going to warm up, y

louis now confirmed the suburb of hazelwood was hit by a tornado last night. we have a closer look at some of the damage, a lot of big trees uprooted, crushing cars and homes, a look at that came down on top of the roof about home at least two dozen houses in the town of hazelwood for damaged at least one dead several injuries have been blamed on this spring storm system. tornadoes also touched thursday in mississippi not a lot of morning why most people to cover this man caught the tornado on camera, storms headed east where more trouble was expected another hard-hit area, northern arkansas look at the damage here. you can see the bus on its side not much left of the house this is van buren county. cars and trucks flipped over, homes, churches badly damaged, thousands of people without power tonight there were at least three injuries in the area. and you can see why there is a flood watch. this is detroit, a soccer field believe it or not looks more like a creek bed at this point as the storm has dumped several inches of rain across southeast michigan more on

this was if damage caused in hazelwood missouri just outside of st. louis.at least two dozen homes were damaged. officials say thousands of people still remain without power tonight. >>> not as warm today. take a look at the highs from yesterday. we start there and then i'm going to show you the drop we had today. numbers are down a good 10 degrees. today down to 75 degrees. so it was cooler today. temperatures tomorrow will slide or make their way back up a few degrees. and we kind of stay in that mid- 70, upper 70s range right through the bay area weekend. as we go into the next few hours we can look for patchy coastal fog to build right along the coast. current temperatures we got lots of upper 50s. it's 63 in antioch. 53 in redwood city. temperatures tomorrow like i said a little warmer but it starts out chilly. that frontal system came through and it's going to keep temperatures on the cool side. 43 in napa tomorrow morning. 43 in santa rosa, 44 in fairfield. overnight lows, so chilly as we get going tomorrow morning. but daytime highs are going to warm

louis server of hazelwood, ripping the roof off of several homes. video of the damage on the left. no serious injuries were reported. missouri gov. jay nixon has declared a state of emergency in the state. nixon will tour damage areas today. a another turn at a touchdown in arkansas, damaging at least 33 homes and leaving three people injured in van buren counting. if you can see them cleaning up some of the damage on the right. >> and we are seeing hazardous weather conditions. we are talking about heavy snow from the midwest and we are also seen freezing rain and sleet. to the southern half of the united states we are seen the warmer air ahead of the weather. we are talking about flooding being a possibility. we may also see the wind higher. we will continue to monitor this and any national the developing news. and now we will focus on our local temperatures. it is a very clear start to the morning and we do have coastal fog and the wind is approaching from the left. the temperatures are mild and they're not as warm as they were yesterday. we are

heavy damage in hazelwood 20 miles northwest of st. louis.

rick: scary scene in hazelwood.hief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in the fox extreme weather center, but first to mike tobin who's live in chicago. >> reporter: you mentioned missouri, and that's where it really seems to be the worst. witnesses, even weather spotters say they put their eyes on at least two funnel clouds that came down. the national weather service now has investigators on the ground to confirm that the damage is consistent with tornadic activity. a little town called hazelwood just outside of st. louis, that's where you have cars and tractor-trailers tipped over, roofs torn off homes. you have trees down and subsequently power that was taken out. some 30,000 homes without power, the crews have been working, they're down to 10,000 homes that are without power. unaware, investigators say, of any injuries on the ground there, and happy to say that. what's peculiar about this particular storm is the someoneses say the -- the witnesses saw say the worst of the weather was preceded by what they call a w

in hazelwood, missouri, outside of st. louis.es damaged. >>> and in arkansas, a twister several miles long through van buren county. 33 homes damaged and a popular church just wrecked. cars tossed on the highway, three people injured. luckily, no deaths have been reported so far. mostly a rural area, but residents definitely waking up this morning a bit shaken. let's bring in samantha moore. plenty of activity out there. who is seeing the worst of it? >> in southeast texas, explosion of storms in the overnight. makes for a nasty morning commute there and in the tennessee valley we go, heads up in nashville. a nasty drive time as well. notice we're seeing in the last hour, fewer lightning strikes because we lost the daytime heating overnight. again today, we expect to see a lot more thunderstorms forming in advance of the front and a lot of snow falling around the back side of this, upper level low across the northern plains, could be talking a foot of snow northwest of minneapolis, and the flooding, that's an immediate problem ac

louis of word of hazelwood. no serious injuries were reported.ate has been declared in a state of emergency. the cleanup is underway this morning. >> taking a live look at satellite and radar this is a very vigorous system. the cooler arctic air in the midwest is where there is a in a very heavy snow. there also saying the threat of freezing rain and sleet to the east of the system. we're talking to severe thunderstorms, there's certainly a possibility as that is ahead in the warmer air in a frontal boundary is. a lot of rain affecting the central part of the united states and the east coast and the south. this is something we will continue to monitor. the giants are facing off against the chicago cubs in chicago today. rain to taper off around 11:00 their time. the game is expected at one but we can certainly see some breaks delays.rain delays. i lif the golden gate bridge, clear conditions and a mild start to the day. zero wins were in excess of 25 mi. per and on the coastline but wins has started to die down. 52 degrees in hayward. the jackass

. >> reporter: demolishing this entire street in hazelwood. >> you could see and feel the wind coming. >> reporter: and, again, three confirmed deaths in this storm so far. what a brutal start to spring. george. >> it sure has, rob. thanks so much. >>> the latest on that dangerous standoff with north korea. secretary of state john kerry just arrived in south korea after the release of a new intelligence report concluding that north korea could probably put a nuclear bomb on a long-range missile. martha raddatz tracking all the developments and, martha, all kinds of tough talk from north korea. still no missile test. >> reporter: no missile test yet, george. but this assessment which was supposed to stay classified has raised the tension and temperature even further just as the u.s. was trying to tamp it down and convince north korea not to launch those midrange missiles. overnight the pentagon scrambled to downplay the assessment buried deep in a classified defense intelligence agency report, which says they believe with moderate confidence that north korea has, quote, nuclear weapons

louis suburb of hazelwood, ripping the roof of several homes. you can see video of the damage of the left. no series of injuries have been reported. missouri gov. jay nixon has declared a state of emergency in the state. nixon will toward damaged areas today. another tornado touched down in arkansas, damaging at least 33 on the living three people injured in bad year in county. you can see the clean up some of the damage. >> let us look at our bay area weather. >> there was a verheavy rain iso the gulf coast and the carolinas. we will see winds in excess of 60 mi. for hour thursday into thursday night for the next 24 hours we are going to see very heavy rain in the area. by friday the severe storm is going to push its way to n.c. and parts of virginia as well. >> we will continue to monitor what is going on around the country. but we will focus on our local forecast and the bay area as well. waking up to patchy fog along the coastline also singing wind. expect mostly sunny conditions into the afternoon. very little changed into our forecast. cou

this is hazelwood in missouri. extreme stuff. the storm headed eastbound today. we're talking about more possible severe weather not just in the form of tornadoes and damaging wind and large hail, but even snow. we're talking up to a foot of snow across the minneapolis area and freezing rain. there is an ice storm warning in effect across southeastern parts of minnesota and parts of wisconsin because we're talking about over a half an inch of ice possible out across that area. that could itself bring power lines down and also trees down. that severe threat stretching from ohio into the florida panhandle. >>steve: crazy weather day. maria, thank you very much. >>brian: president obama continues his charm offensive dining with several republicans last night. some say as many as 12. but it looks like his new budget will still face quite a battle. we're live in washington with the details. we have a long road ahead of us still. >> it's going to be a long, hot summer and a lot of debate on both sides. hours after the president unveiled his spending plan, he followed u

louis suburbs of sullivan and hazelwood. >> i have reports of maybe 101 miles an hour winds. i don't know if it was a tornado. about 50 families displaced at this time. >> fire officials say there were only minor injuries and many are thankful to be alive. >> the wind picked my car up and brought it through this area and turned it around. now it's headed in that direction. >> i was terrified. i've never in my life been through anything like that. >> and that was kark in little rock reporting. and al's going to have much more on those storms and what we expect today in just a moment. >>> also this morning, we're following that tense situation in north korea and an expected missile test. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is monitoring the situation for us from seoul. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie, secretary kerry arrives here tomorrow. he'll also visit china and japan. and it's likely while he's in the region, north korea will carry out this missile test seen here as a provocation. while most of asia and u.s. forces in the region are on