shannon o'brien joins us from lynnwood, kansas, with the latest. >> reporter: we are in lynnwood, kansas, 35 miles outside kansas city. we are off of highway k 32. the highway has been shut down because of a gas leak. we can smell the gas in the air and live power lines littering the highway and with the sun going down in the darkness sitting in it is too dangerous to be in many parts of lynnwood. we are 3 quarters of a mile down k 32 and took video when it was light out today. there is extensive property damage to homes along k 30 summer roofs ripped off of homes, buildings totally destroyed by the tornado that cut a wide swath in lynnwood, kansas from the lawrence area. that tornado was on the ground for more than an hour and had a wide footprint. folks hiding from the tornado described it sounding as if nails were bombarding their home as well as the sound you hear in many tornado events, the seller train coming through. brian terry who lives in direct path of the tornado said he heard the sirens go off and started running next door to get his neighbors who do not have a basement but

police arrived at lynnwood mosque shortly afterwards to find seven more victims the two seventeen pm they were finally able to arrest the far right extremist at gunpoint a witness filmed the scene with his mobile police are convinced that the gunman was on his way to a third location. he. was praying helps give strength he wants to remain strong for his daughter's sake the baby on the photo is now fifteen years old. she was at school when the terror attack happened she said words were. susmit too crude. the most if you can see. telling me a do loop of mother to move. we have. less than one percent of the population of new zealand are muslim by faith but the entire nation wept and grieved with them in part two for the country's lost innocence. for safety openness tolerance the attack has called all that into question. there is a sense of uncertainty mixed with the tears. by actually immigrated from a different country when i was a kid and one of the reasons my parents brought me here was because it was so say. so it's hard to say something that is happening here but. yeah it's just as

. >> we are in lynnwood kansas. we are off-highway k32. highway has been shut down because of a gas leak. we can smell the gas in the air and live power lines littering the highway. the sun going down a dark setting in, it simply too dangerous to be in many parts of lynnwood. we are about three quarters a mile down k32 earlier and took video when it was light out. there is extensive property damage to homes along k32. roofs ripped off of homes building totally destroyed by the tornado that cut a wide swath from lynnwood, kansas, to the lawrence area. that tornado was on the ground for more than an hour and had a very wide footprint. if you are hiding from the tornado, described sounded as if nails were bombarding their homes, and as many tornado events, the sound of a train coming through. ryan perry who lived in direct path of the tornado heard the sirens coming out and running next doors to grab his neighbors who do not have a basement. this guys are so angry he turned back into his basement minutes before the tornado hit his home, carry

take a look at the sad picture out of lynnwood, kansas. of all the destruction, even the animals are effected. dash camvideo shows this horse is lost and lonely. debris strewn around. just shows you how wide-spread the impact is. >>> karen mcginnis in the weather center. >>> the flooding in arkansas turned deadly. a driver drowned and the rain hf swollen arkansas river could crest later today. it's putting western arkansas and eastern oklahoma on alert for record-breaking flooding and warning resident prepare for a worst-case scenario. they have been releasing water ahead of the river cresting. further east flooding in at least eight states along portions of the mississippi. it is the longest lasting since the great flood of 1927. >> a really sad picture there. former vice president joe biden back on the trail in texas. he is talking about policy, laying out part of his education plan in houston and including paying off teachers student debt. >> you all went to college and spent four years. you ended up with a debt most of you, all of you

the cities of lynnwood and lawrence suffering extensive damage.hey're just across the border from kansas city and dozens of homes in the area are gone. >> it got real dark and started raining real hard and i could feel the air moving the walls and air coming from above and then all the sudden i heard stuff flying around up above me. >> storm clouds stretching for miles, homes in the area flattened. and warning residents about downed power lines and trees. at least 12 people are being treated for injuries. some forced to take cover in the safe room off a local gas station. >> lightening hitting the ground in front of me. pitch black. i was still going. she called me to and said it's right in front of me. you need it turn around. >> the red cross has opened a shelter for anyone displaced by the storm. also touched down in burks county, pennsylvania. and several trees uprooted and a busy new jersey high school was damaged by a severe band of storms but nobody was injured. >>> all the damage and destruction coming from the same system stretching from

entire homes and buildings were leveled after one tornado ripped through lynnwood kansas yesterday. 13 people there were injured. >> look at that! oh, my god! >> this is what that giant tornado looked like yesterday as it touched down in kansas. very erie scene with massive gray clouds overhead. the storm left a 10-mile path of destruction. today utility crews were called out to restore power. thousands of people are still without power this evening. and twisters even touched down in eastern pennsylvania and new jersey. people there say they have never seen anything like it. the national weather service has received more than 900 tornado reports so far this year. and forecasters are telling us they expect that number to keep climbing. we are in the heart of tornado season. so we're going to see more of this. susie steimle, kpix 5. cog arvearbound to ons have bee the levy system is -- the river now twice the level it was 10 days ago. the levy system will be strained as water rushes down. >>> we're looking at severe weather all across the united states, but we're pretty lucky here in the

jane: in the northeast of the state ne lawrence and in lynnwood, mighty twisters touched down on tuesdaying a trail of debris. this commercial greenhouse, one of the region's largest, took a direct h. for many there was barely time to take shelter, and several weather-related injuries have been reported. in ohio, at least one person has died. tornadoes here measured wind speeds of up to 165 miles per hour, threatening neighborods --in flattneighborhoods and causing widespread power outages. >> five minutes, five minutes to do all this.ne storms did not only strike the midwest. a tornado touched down in morgantown, pennsylvania. >> things in the dining room,rs bedroom, dooff the hinges. j jane: even newersey was under a tornado warning. the next few days may bring respite. but forecasters warn that hail and thunderstorms and possibly more tornadoes return next week. more on w in full day, i spoke to the bbc's tom bateman in jerusalem. what happens next? tom: it seems certain that israel will be heading to fresh , the first time in eldern israeli history that there have been twtions in one

. >> reporter: this massive funnel cloud touched down in lynnwood, kansas, just outside kansas city as tornadoes to playing the midwest. the storms have now spread to the east as well. >> all of a sudden it's like rapid fire machine gun hitting the side of the house. >> reporter: twisters were reported in an area that stretched from colorado to new jersey. >> we have a safe room underneath the front porch. we were down there and listening to the storm warnings and heard the roof come in and knew that everything upstairs was pretty much gone at that time. >> reporter: tuesday marked a record 12th straight date that at least eight twisters were reported in the u.s. the old mark 11 days today for 39 years. >> everywhere we look we see a tree broke down or a garage tore up, or a house blowed halfway over. >> reporter: may has been the country's fourth worst month for tornadoes. to date more than 500 twisters have spawned and there are still three days left until june. >> the house kind of started to pull us a little bit and then we heard the upstairs just blow from up above. >> reporter: t

they got it -- this coveington kid, they destroy -- the only good news to come out of that is lynnwoodill destroy the press. they will be paying hundreds of millions of dollars. >> the greatest. >> they got it wrong is still in front of our faces. rush collusion. >> sean: on purpose. >> they knew they got it wrong. they will ride any card to take out this president. i have a section in the book, collusion, abuse of power, and character. i give another history lesson. collusion, let's talk about collusi collusion. i explained that nancy pelosi was co-lewding with a dictator in syria when george bush asked her not to. her predecessor, one of them, jim wright, was colluding with the nick rag wan communists when ronald reagan asked them not to. ted kennedy was colluding with the soviet union to try to defeat ronald reagan in his second term. the media utterly ignored that. he was still alive. no hearings, no logan act, no nothing. right now, john kerry is colluding with the iranians to undermine the president of the united states. what about abuse of power? the last president before this p

it was on redwood road near lynnwood drive. the truck driver had minor injuries. the hazardous crews said the truck was carrying chemicals to make wine. >> we know there was nitrogen, argon, sulfur dioxide, used in finery practices. some tanks are ruptured, and some are offgassing, and at this point, we are trying to keep the residents out of the area. they don't understand the nature of the danger. >> reporter: the area is supposed to remain closed for the majority of the day. the red cross is on hand to assist people who have been affected. >>> the rain, as you know, has been a big story this week. we are getting a slight break, but more wet weather is expected over the weekend. if you're headed up into the sierra, be ready for more fresh powder. more wet rain over the weekend. rosemary has a look at latest storm system. >> yeah. we are again, with some beautiful weather for today. dry weather a little bit of sunshine out there, and that will change as he head into the evening hours. the high pressure is going to be in place for today, and it's going to bring us

. >> lynnwood, kansas, just tonight. that brings us to the last thing before we go.of expressing how wild and volent the weather in our country has been in just the last 24 hours, tonight, newark, new jersey was in a tornado warning because a tornado had been detected in the air, aloft. this is news because of how rare that is. tornado activity along the most densely populated corridor of the most densely populated state in the union. there was also news tonight as we saw from the part of our country known as tornado alley. where the big stuff is feared every bit as much, but much less rare. a massive tornado touched down in lawrence county, missouri, tonight. on the ground for nearly an hour, leaving behind extensive damage. the midwest has endured 13 straight days of tornadoes. more are expected in the coming days because of the dominating air mass. the big news overnight last night was the twister near dayton just before midnight on monday. according to the national weather service, it was a 3 on a 5 scale. winds up to 140 miles an hour. at least one person in ohi

they got it -- this coveington kid, they destroy -- the only good news to come out of that is lynnwoode press. they will be paying hundreds of millions of dollars. >> the greatest. >> they got it wrong is still in front of our faces. rush collusion. >> sean: on purpose. >> they knew they got it wrong. they will ride any card to take out this president. i have a section in the book, collusion, abuse of power, and character. i give another history lesson. collusion, let's talk about collusi collusion. i explained that nancy pelosi was co-lewding with a dictator in syria when george bush asked her not to. her predecessor, one of them, jim wright, was colluding with the nick rag wan communists when ronald reagan asked them not to. ted kennedy was colluding with the soviet union to try to defeat ronald reagan in his second term. the media utterly ignored that. he was still alive. no hearings, no logan act, no nothing. right now, john kerry is colluding with the iranians to undermine the president of the united states. what about abuse of power? the last president before this president, the