our reporter, kyung lah, reporting live from japan.hank you. >>> an iowa town is trying to pick up the pieces this morning after a tornado tore through. >> estimate of 06% of the town destroyed. i think that's an accurate estimate. it can't be overstated how bad this damage is. >> the tornado hit mapleton saturday night, it tossed cars, uprooted trees, about 100 homes were destroyed. amazingly, only a few people were hurt. the tornado was measured as an e-43. forecasters say the tornado was on the ground for three and a half miles. more than 400 national guard members are standing by this morning near fargo, north dakota to help the potential evacuations, this of at the red river crested 60 miles of road are closed in the area and another ten miles are washed over. officials are warning those who live in fargo not to drive out of the city. >>> firefighters in texas hoping for better weather today to help them fight several wildfires. 400 square miles have burned. dozens of areas destroyed. two dozen states have actually sent in firefig