for "today," sarah dallof, nbc news. >>> it is time for a final check of your easter sunday weather.s. >> i mentioned many times i've given up sweets for lent. well, these awesome kids over here have brought me some m&ms. >> i love it. >> they gave up sweets too. we can all chow down on m&ms now, it is official. let's look at the weather across the country for this easter sunday. it is going to be nice and mild, back to the ohio and tennessee river valley. temperatures in the 70s. back behind a front, only in the 40s. that front could trigger storms later on this afternoon. some could be strong, especially western kentucky through indiana and western ohio. biggest threat for hail and damaging wind gusts so we can't rule out an isolated tornado. as the front moves eastward, it will bring showers to the northeast early tomorrow and then will clear out by monday afternoon. then it moves up to new england where temperatures will only be in the 40s and 50s and the sunshine returns back pretty much everywhere else, highs in the 60s a >>> good sunday morning. i'm meteorologist karen thomas.

for "today," sarah dallof, nbc news. >> can you imagine? >> no. >> no. >> being the wife on the other end of the call too. >> sucked into a pipe. >> okay. >> doesn't happen every day. >> meanwhile, it is the end of an era on tv tonight. the series finale of pbs wildly popular "downton abbey" but will it be the last time that fans kelly cobiella has more. she's in london. this is really sad. one of my favorite shows on television. >> i know. it's time to say goodbye tonight, craig. isn't it sad? the show has a huge following. you're not the only one watching, of course. while tonight is the last time you'll see these characters on tv, the show's creator told me they may not be gone for good. after six seasons of ups and downs, it is time to say good-bye to america's favorite aristocrats. >> the world is changing. >> reporter: the period drama with british humor, history, and manners -- >> presenting the lady rose mcclaire. >> reporter: is taking its final bow tonight. it was an unlikely hit finding an audience with the real royals, our own f

at least three people have died@ nbc's sarah dallof is in louisiana. >> reporter: the water rose fast and furious, trapping people in their homes and cars. tional guard screws have rescued more than 2,100 people in louisiana. in some areas 2 feet of rain have fallen forcing families to flee. >> this water is up to my waste. >> reporter: in bogalusa they feel helpless. >> nobody in this area has had to have flood insurance. >> reporter: tina burrell is trying to salvage what's left. >> we are just basically here trying to get things cleaned up and see where we can go from there. >> reporter: the back breaking cleanup is just beginning. the widespread floods have damaged 2,500 homes in louisiana and 400 in mississippi. >> as you can see it'sxcuf got about a foot and a half of water in it. >> reporter: in greenville brent find water inside his house and woke up his young sons. >> lost the house, the car, beds, furniture, everything, all the belongings. >> reporter: 18 million people are under flash flood warnings and watches across seven states. back in louisiana bogalusa mayor says she

as nbc's sarah dallof said thousands were rocking out to the stones. >> the rolling stones!> reporter: decades waiting over in a flash. ♪ jumping jack flash ♪ >> reporter: the rolling stones opening with a classic and taking place in cuban history and the biggest act to perform since the country's 1959 revolution. >> wonderful. incredible. >> the best concert ever? yes. >> splendid. marvelous. >> reporter: the stadium represented a shift in cuban culture which labeled music from the stones subversive and banned it from the radio. this woman, a rock 'n' roller in her youth, says she has been waiting for this forever. now the music celebrated in an open-air arena and hyped on social media. dedicated fans standing on rooftops to catch a glimpse of the show. the younger generation is hoping the group is paving the way for more international acts. >> i hope i can live to see more like this in cuba. ♪ i know it's only rock 'n' roll ♪ >> reporter: a concert more than rock 'n' roll. >> amazing experience. >> reporter: and the fans, they liked it. >> very good now. i'm very happy now

nbc's sarah dallof is in louisiana. >> reporter: the water rose fast and furious, tpping people in their homes and cars, national guard crews have rescued more than 2,100 people in louisiana. in some areas two feet of torrential rain has fallen >> this water will come up to my waste. >> reporter: dwayne fuller feels helpless. >> i don't know what we're going to do. we don't have flood insurance, nobody in this area has had to have flood insurance along with most of the people in bowing loose is a. >> reporter: tina burrell is trying to get what's left. >> we are trying to see why we can go from there. >> reporter: the back breaking cleanup is just beginning. the widespread floods have damaged 2,500 homes in louisiana and 400 in mississippi. >> it's got about a foot and a half of water in it. >> reporter: in greenville brent mann woke up at 3:00 to find water inside his house and woke up his young sons. >> lost the house, the car, beds, furniture, everything, all the belongings. >> reporter: 18 million people are under flash flood warning and watches across seven states. back in louisiana

. >> sarah dallof, thank you. >> dylan, any relief yes. the worst of the heaviest rain is over. we could see 2 to 3 inches more of rain. monroe, louisiana picked upnches of rainfall. all that water, the heavy rain has stopped, it is trickling into the rivers. i want to point out we have heavythe panhandle of florida. you see the scattered showers moving in from the south. these intensify later today and we could see pockets of heavy rain that will lead to al flooding. all of the red diamonds is where we have flood stage with rivers over their banks. it will of the rivers start to recede. we have flash flood warnings in effect. flood warnings across mississippi. 12 million peopled risk. we have the area of low pressure biggest threat of heaviest rain expected to fall through arkansas as we go through sunday. a bit farther north of whereeeing the major flooding right now. still, it is going to take until we get days of sunshine before those rivers start to recede. it takes ahank you. >>> breaking news overnight to tell you about. authorities in new mexico have caught one of two in

. >> sarah dallof, thank you. >> dylan, any relief soon? >> yes. the worst of the heaviest rain is over. we could see 2 to 3 inches more of rain. monroe, louisiana picked up more than 20 inches of rainfall. all that water, the heavy rain has stopped, it is trickling into the rivers. i want to point out we have heavy rain now moving into the panhandle of rain into the panh florida. you see some of the scattered showers in from the south. as these intensify later today, we could see pockets of heavier rain leading to additional flooding. all the red diamonds, that's where we have rivers in major flood stage, well of their banks. it will take until things dry out before things start to recede. we have flood warnings all across mississippi. 12 million people still under a flood risk. we will see this area of low pressure start to move to the east with the biggest threat arkansas sunday. so a little bit farther north right now. still, it is going to take until we get days of sunshine before those rivers start to recede. it takes a while. >> thank you. >

. >> sarah dallof, thank you. >> dylan, any relief soon? >> yes. the worst of the heaviest rain is over. we could see 2 to 3 inches more of rain. monroe, louisiana picked up more than 20 inches of rainfall. all that water, the heavy rain has stopped, it is trickling into the rivers. i want to point out we have heavy rain now moving into the panhandle of florida. you see the scattered showers moving in from the south. these intensify later today we cou >>> we could see pockets heavier rain. all of these red diamonds is rivers in major flood stage. it's going to take until things dry out before the rivers start to recede. we still have flash food warnings in effect and flood warnings across (1) 200-0000-- 12 million people under this risk. rain is going to fall into arkansas as we go into the weekend. it's going to take until we get days of sunshine before the rivers recede. it takes a while. >> thank you. still wanted and still on the loose. >> i got busted. >> new mexico's most wanted, convicted murderer joseph cruz back in handcuffs after two days