huricane patricia lacked pretty awesome from 250 miles up.ook at this image taken from the international space station and posted to twitter by american senate scott kelly. now, it is going behind the science of the massive storm is our chief meteorologist the head dork in the weather center. >> you love this stuff. >> i of although it too, but i don't get it like you do. why was this so historic? >> a number of reasons but i start off when you talk about how difficult some of these things are to forecast. have you been in the ocean and hit a cool patch. >> i wonder, why? >> that is the atmosphere. if you say, where is the cold water going, that is difficult. our atmosphere isn't directly columns but a fluid atmosphere and a dynamic atmosphere so that is why it is difficult to forecast. we are getting quite good at some. what we are not so good is messageing. i will show you a few weather graphics. we hear the word cyclone or typhoon and hurricane and you think they are different. they are not. they are the same thing, just in different ocean

extreme weather is moving across the south, a powerful storm system come binned what is left of huricane patricia brought dangerous downpours and flash floods to texas and louisiana before moving northeast. our reporter shows us the soggy mess. >> the lone star state drenched up to 20" of rain falling over texas. >> a close call for the more than 70s rescued south of dallas. this man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. >> when flood waters derailed the freight train the two people swam to safety but a cow needed help getting back on solid ground. in san antonio a man was swept a pile through a storm drape. there were two reported tornadoes. >> all you so was a whirlwind of trash. >> roofs ripped off and 15s ton peopled. along the coast in galvaston, flags warn of the dangerous surf and waves up to 10' high forced an empty tanker to run aground. >> as the storm moves northeast so do the flood warnings in southern mississippi. >>> irish president higgins is at uc berkeley to discuss global issues. today they will talk ending world poverty and hunger. wednesday he will meet with the first r

. >> heavy downpours are expected in the gulf coast today remnants of huricane patricia which has caused destructive flooding in the united states after pounding mexico's pacific coast. rainfall broke records in texas where up to 20" of rain have fallen in some areas. houston officials say flooding closed highways and caused a train to derail. it has moved to louisiana now where heavy downpours are forecast. in tennessee, as well. authorities are working to identify four people killed in a head-on crash. it happened on saturday night. a 53-year-old woman from saratoga survived. sergio spoke to her neighbors. >> five people were riding in this charred mercedes s.u.v. and c.h.p. say it caught fire after the crash. the driver and three passengers did not survive. they are yet to be identified. the 53-year-old survived the crash near grove land, california, and was rushed to a hospital in modesto. she live has saratoga. i visited her family home this afternoon. her neighbors say they know her as janice. >> she is very sweet and seemed like the organizer of the family. >> doug and shanna say

. >> and today, the role fans of huricane patricia pounded the gulf coast with rain.in lafayette, louisiana, with heavy rain completely flooding a lot of the streets. the torrential rains dumped more than 8" of water in someplaces and local officials say a man died when he lost control of his car during the storm. >> we have our own chance of rain, of course, nothing severe and outside, we will look at all of that. mike? >> good morning, from the top of the broadcast center, one rush hour down, one obstacle and we had to go through in the form of fog and the next one could be rain. here is a look this morning, can you tell where that is? now you can. our director puts this up quickly and thought he would hold off that was san jose and 280 and 17. guess where i have our weather window open to? it is looking different, hopefully you heeded the call to grab the sunglasses because the fog is not lingering. look at that, it is beautiful. birds flying away on our walnut creek cameras and we hook south at the areas of thick fog and san rafael had thick fog but looking bright

. >> millions of cleaning up after a power will storm system combined with remnants of huricane patricia brought dangerous rain and flooding to the gulf coast. million crews in texas used boats and humvees to reap people would were stranded. more than 70 people were rescued near dallas anded there warts derailed the freight train with two people on board swimming to safety and a cow needed help getting back on solid ground. in san antonio rescuers reached a man swept a pile through the storm drain. >> you can imagine crashing along the walls. >> along the coast in galveston waves 10' high forced an empty tanker to run aground. in louisiana man businesses were forced could close. >> irish president is at uc berkeley to discuss issues including ending world poverty and hunger. on wednesday, he will meet with the first responder at the scene of the berkeley balcony collapse. they will plant two trees at the martin luther king specific center in downtown berkeley in memory of the five irish students who died in the accident. >> in alameda, workers will break ground on a 3.6 million dollar pa