all the way down to south texas. and the coverage of the storms will be greater today than that's why i expect more severe weather. and the in enhanced risk from corpsr and hardly anything on the map. by the time we get to 10:00 to 11:00, big storms corps and the coverage grows even more and early tomorrow morning, the storms will be mostly around houston. and enjoy the beautiful ast. this is as nice as it gets for early march. now a closer look at your day ahead well, there's theather map taking areas from new mexico and pushing across the state of texre for march, thunderstorms all the way to up iowa through the afternoon. and we'll talk more about thet coming up. >>> it's national pancake day and the celebrations begin at i hop this mourning. >>> and an amazing site of alane crash landing right before your eyes. nt blindness in undernourished children all over the world. when you get your vitamins at walgreens,-changing vitamins to kids across the globe. get vitamins here.where. walgreens. at the corner of happy a

the system moving to the deep south. texas, louisiana and mississippi all bracing for hail and devastating flash flooding. >> arkansas state university swimming in a flooded dorm there. look at that. clouds flooding florida the sky turning from blue to black in seconds. >> also ringing blinding snow to the rockies. utah father missing after going in to help his family. snow conditions causing a 30 pile up. >> hope they find that dad safe. >> it is not over, though. maria molina tracking more storms. >> the same storm system is moving eastward bringing yet again a threat of severe weather. it will be from the gulf coast to the parts of the midwest. as we head into your friday and saturday you will continue to see the renewed threat for severe weather. the entire storm system spreading across the great lakes to louisiana continues marching eastward. there's a lot of moisture with the storm system. another problem will be how much heavy rain we are expecting from the storm. keep in mind over the last couple of weeks the entire re

an enhanced risk in portions of south texas that will include austin and corpus christi. the biggest threat will be damaging wind, hail and isolated tornadoes. not only that, but a lot of heavy, heavy rainfall. shreveport will get three inches. alexandria, 6.2 inches. very heavy rainfall. it is severe weather season. although it is not heading to our home, it could be very soon. and we want to talk about lighting. if you eat -- lightning. if you are stuck in a lightning storm, get away from that lightning. stay away from baths, faucets and sinks. pools, anybody's of water, creeks, streams, even -- any bodies of water, creeks, streams, even the ocean. you may want to talk about cars and why they are a safe place. the mental conducts electricity from the lightning around you, keeping you safe. we like to get into that and say what is myth and what is fact, but definitely a good place to be. did stay, we will be breaking down a new topic. tomorrow, we will be going over tornadoes. something you and your family will not want to miss. joel: lightning is underestimated around h

. >> families displaced by severe flooding in south texas are finally going home. mandatory of action -- evacuation orders have been lifted. flooding destroyed homes and businesses. >>> liquid lumber daters is in a settlement with the state of california. the retailer faced allegations that high levels of formaldehyde violated the state's air quality control. they are not acknowledging any wrongdoing. >>> u.s. navy's angels are back home in pensacola. they are flying in their 70 anniversary. offices typically served two years with the team and that is >> a family is bowing to get their foster daughter back. don champion reveals the little- known law that helped authorities take their girl. >> reporter: a heart wrenching scene as a six-year-old girl named lexi was taken away from the family she has been with since she was two years old. >> that, that our daughter has been put through his unforgivable. >> he knew this day could come because lexi is part native american and a quarter order she should live with relatives in utah. >> our family is so devastated. our hea

. >> and i'm play planning to go south texas. >> it rb a tough battle just like the first two but we're excited and we're ready. thursday night marlins and red sox in jupiter. jose fernandez. struck out four. hit 98 on the gun. the marlins won the game three to nothing. fernandez born in cuba watching what is going on there this week. >> take pictures. and my point of view here is for people who live over there hopefully this is the beginning for change. hopefully. that's the way i see it. >> lookout. here come the wave. president obama and raul castro at game today in cuba. tampa rays and the cuba team james lon knee a in the 4th 4th running for cuba. cuba won four to one. and we'll have highlights first at 10:00. highlight at 10:00. back to you. >>> >>> >> for hourly forecast and live ra dample tap the 7 weather app. it's free. search wsvn in your app store sponsored by estrella insurance. >>> >>> >>> >> lynn: that is 7 news at 6:30. thank you for watching. i'm lynn martinez. >> and i'm jeff lennox. wewel see you back here for the night team. have a great night. >>> >>> world terror a

down pours soak south texas and the gulf region. rain in new england up to a foot of snow in the rocky mountains. >> 30s and 40s in minneapolis. and great falls, montana. 50s in seattle and detroit. 60ss in washington, d.c. and as well as in los angeles. 70s and 80s from the albuquerque to miami. >>> a heart warming story for pet lovers out there. a california man's beloved dog luna has returned more than a month after she fell overboard in the pacific ocean. >> what. >> and was presumed dead. the beautiful german shepherd turned up on tuesday at a navy base on san clemente island 70 miles off san diego. yesterday, luna was handed over to the owner's best friend who will care for the dog until the owner returns from out of town. that is insane. >> that's why you've got to get those chips. i'm assuming a chip helped reunite them. >> you're thinking in the ocean. >> dog tags, right? >> true, got him home. that was quite a bit of swimming. san clementee? hey. a splash. >> how about we go from one splash to another. talking about a baby

upper-level low over south texas. this heavy rain will shift north. we'll start feeding into some of this moisture coming in from the southern gulf of mexico. and with the fact we're in the mid-80s, sea breezes going, almost an early summerlike rainfall pattern with scattered sea breeze showers in the afternoon. scattered rain in the afternoon tomorrow, mainly to the west. 10-20% rain coverage. sunday afternoon, scattered showers developing. favor the eastern half of central florida, primarily along the coast, for a sea breeze collision to happen. scattered thoefrm activity. this will -- thunderstorm activity. no severe weather. but we could see a few heavier downpours as we approach sunset. early monday, the rain starts to move out. we need to do something about this dry pattern. from 1998, a wet early went, dry in the spring, and really hot in the summer. so we tried to curb some of this drought. sanford the flip side of all this. temperatures in the mid-80s for you tomorrow. and at new smyrna beach, temperatures approaching 80. palm bay, more cloud

firefighters rushed to home on pine way drive south texas avenue 5:30 last night when they so far fire officials only said to us that one person died in this fire. if we learn anything new we will let you know on air and online. >> anchor: in brevard county. we just learned the name of the by and i felt struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash this happened last night along corny and spruce on merritt island. steven terry riding a bike, left lane, at one point fell off parkway. when he was hit. right now troopers are searching for a dark colored 1995 to 2003 chevy pickup with front he had damage that left the scene. if you know anything about this hit-and-run call crime line. also in brevard county. this just in. troopers are investigating a deadly crash on u.s. one and snug harbor way nmico . it involved a suv and a parked pickup. the male driver of the suv was taken to the hospital. where he later died. and troopers say no one else was injured in the crash. >> anchor: right now. full day in cuba. packed full of events. first time a sitting president has visited this island country in

this big low over south texas, lots of flooding. we'll keep it rain-free tonight. tomorrow an isolated shower during the early afternoon hours. overall rain coverage will be low at about 10%. maybe 15% in a few spots. that's gonna be a sea breeze. sunday better chance of rain. the clouds will keep us cooler showers from 3:00, lake county, moving from west to east . cocoa beach for tomorrow, temperatures in the upper 70s. for orlando. 85 in clairemont. 5-day forecast, set our clocks ahead one hour, spring forward. 60% rain coverage on sunday. it's gonna favor the latter half today. not an all-day washout for you. still warm next week. lots of events, icflorida.com. >>> an orange county mom in jail because a fight at a gas station ended in gunfire. the role prosecutors say her kids played covering up the crime. >> a nursing assistant was supposed to help patients at what he's accused of doing instead. >> why neighbors who don't want ugh. i really shouldn't. no, you know what? i should. and i will. i deserve this. i'm a bogo findin', weekly ad flippin', couponing mast

down pours soak south texas and the gulf region. rain in new england up to a foot of snow in the rocky mountains. >> 30s and 40s in minneapolis. and great falls, montana. 50s in seattle and detroit. 60ss in washington, d.c. and as well as in los angeles. 70s and 80s from the albuquerque to miami. >>> a heart warming story for pet lovers out there. a california man's beloved dog month after she fell overboard in the pacific ocean. >> what. >> and was presumed dead. the beautiful german shepherd turned up on tuesday at a navy base on san clemente island 70 miles off san diego. yesterday, luna was handed over to the owner's best friend who will care for the dog until the owner returns from out of town. that is insane. >> that's why you've got to get those chips. i'm assuming a chip helped reunite them. >> you're thinking in the ocean. >> dog tags, right? >> true, got him home. that was quite a bit of swimming. san clementee? hey. a splash. >> how about we go from one splash to another. talking about a baby green and scaly. that only a

that is quite a storm and south texas that is wrapping all of this moisture up and there has been days of rain on the gulf coast. the same ridge of pressure bringing us the warm weather has been keeping this rain for moving our way. however, as we get into the weekend ridge of high pressure will start to break down and we are going to start seeing more moisture heading our way, leading to scattered showers and a few storms on sunday. 80 injured tuna beach and sanford, 81 in orlando -- 80 in daytona beach and sanford, 81 in orlando. the wind coming in out of the southeast bringing in the warm air. 10 to 15 throughout the afternoon, that will continue to be the case and that will bring in the warm air, meeting our temperatures will make it a few degrees warmer into the 80' s for our inland spots. 85 in ocala and sanford yesterday. if you are still heading out to the beach this afternoon, maybe you are watching us from the beach, keep in mind the rip currents are strong all the way through about 3:00 this afternoon. make sure you swim there a lifeguard or with a friend. daytona beach bike

deep south texas. we have a bermuda high pressure blocking the severe weather. the rain will stay there over the next few days cooler by the coast, the temperature story is like this, 50s along the shore. the sea breeze kicking in by the afternoon. as you head into inland sections. temperatures about 30 degrees above average. that's why we're going to break records for tomorrow. these are the records that will be smashed. we're headed well into the 70s, even laguardia, newark. i think all these records are likely to fall. thursday's going to be a little closer, the high temperature, the record for central park is going to be 74. very close, same story in places like bridgeport, laguardia and newark. a big change on friday, a back door cold front gives us a cooler ocean influence. temperatures back down to the 60s, that's still above average. we should only be in the 40s this time of year. can't find any 40s during the day. chance of showers thursday night into friday. and don't forget to spring forward. the weekend looks to be mostly great with temperatures in t

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a south texas junior took the inaugural shots. tiger woods. knocked in the hole in one. tiger woods right there to congratulate the kid. tiger actually posted this video on a twitter page. >> look at that kid with him. >> it may never happen again. and inaugural shots. i like that. >> do not be jealous. juliet: it was underwhelming. >> just say it like it is. >> i want to see what it is. do you have it? >> okay. god is. another chilly start. here. twenty-five in bridgeport. same thing for you in montauk and isolate. temperatures down between 25 and wind is lighter than yesterday. the central and southern plains states. swinging through the tri-state region. that is not happening until tomorrow morning. mainly the first half of tomorrow. here is what you are looking at. parts of the jersey shore. looking closer to the storm center. 36 degrees. up to 36 with a sunny sky in the the snow does not get going until really tomorrow morning. higher 36 tomorrow. chance. 64 degrees and sunshine. the fox5 whether at has daily and hourly forecast. it is listed for free. ben: great ne

it happened on pineway drive and south texas avenue just before 6 p yesterday. one neighbor saw the flames and tried to help but wasn't able to. ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` just a few minutes later fire crews *"!ere..putting out the flames. state fire marshals are investigating. a controlled burn is being held in palm bay tonight. the 9 thousand acre area will be set on fire for reduce wildfire fueld and maintain fire- dependent ecosystems. burn will only happen if weather conditions are right for a controlled burn. the burn is at the "three forks march conservation area." a wire-to-wire winner at the arnold palmer invitational..... and how sweet it is to be a hurricane fan... miami reaches the sweet 16. orlando sentinel sports columnist mike bianchi.. and host of "open mike" on the new f-m, ninety-six-nine, the game ... joins us live to talk about it. jason day goes wire-to-wire in arnold palmer orlando pride win 8-0 in preseason @d\ p miami reaches sweet @p@xxx`x|`````x82````pp`@zh` `o_ khj0k0o0n```]u`]`{`{@{`z`z@x_{y@xxxxyh you can catch mike `htl 8{?`v@z0@#@#@

mississippi river valley, memphis getting drenched tonight, strong thunderstorms rolling into deep south texas as well. where we can can see that severe watch in effect, that system continues to work east into tomorrow. it won't touch us though, we will still be under the control of this high pressure offshore, and caught in the flow around it, it means more pleases flowing in from the east southeast. partly sunny skies on the way. storm my weather, and then more wet weather eventually on thujsday, starting to nudge in toward the florida panhandle, but for us, warm mainly dry weather, in the car ever cardsds as we round out the week, headed to the beaches the rip current risk, yep, it is still high, 15 and the boats are out, small crafted a visery choppy in the bay, seas running four to six feet, we will start tomorrow morning with a temperature near 70, highs creeping up to about eight degrees near normal for this time of the year lower 80's for highs for the rest of the week, the raiaichance is low, the rain chance gets better by sunday. so if you plant on heading out woe can can have a litt

a deep area of low pressure setting up across south texas. the difference providing our breeze. at least we are absent of the heavy rain that we are seeing across the southern plains. we are going to see rounds of rains. a dry forecast for the next few days, sustained breezy. first alert weather on your wednesday, lower to mid-70s this morning. a little bit of sunshine here with the clouds in place. more sunshine progressively as the day goes on. a breezy, warm pptern. the temperatures into the lower 80s this afternoon. another thing yououre going to start to notice for the next few days. we are going to see the humidity creeping back up. 81 today. we take you into tomorrow and temperatures are into the lower 80s again. 82 on friday. i think he really noticed the humidity into friday, saturday, up until sunday afternoon, we are dry. sunday afternoon, on into monday, some showers back in your first alert forecast. the temperature trend not changing much at all for the next self p days. 5:17, here is kelly with traffic. nothtng has changed in broward county. we still have a couple

five years ago the border patrol in south texas began adopting wild horses from the bureau of land management, which periodically captures them to control the herds on public lands. many are coraled in selected u.s. prisons, where inmates are taught humane training techniques. they tame the horses over a three to four-month period. >> it's life changing. you bond with an animal that's dependent on you. you bond with an animal that starts responding. >> reporter: horses selected by the border patrol face specialized training as agents hearn how to ride them before they both head out on patrol. most of the time the horse patrol unit works at night when the drug and immigrant smugglers are most active and when the horses have a great advantage because they're so quiet. we saw these two men, arrested on farmland after swimming the rio grande from mexico, being surprised by the horse unit. >> they had no clue we were here. they didn't see us until we were pretty much right up on top of them. >> reporter: these once-feral horses are particularly attuned to their environment. >> they're scanning wit

and then to the south, texas, it was rough last night. dallas at ft.th, look at the large hail in the swimming pool. we did not see a lot of damage thankfully. we didn't have any tornadoes. now the storm, start with the cold side of i. still snowing hard in rochester, and thankfully from chicago to detroit, you're on the warmer side of the storm. could get up to eight inches of snow in northern michigan. so it will slowly improve today. so here's the warm side strong thunderstorms are going through little rock, just went through shreveport. and as we go through the day, these will weaken, we'll warm it up in the south and then the cold front will push through the areas of the south. asheville, tupelo, mobile and jackson, about 10 million people included in the slight risk. isolated chance of a tornado, if we get them they'll be along the alabama/mississippi border. temperatures have dropped, chilly, rainy and in some areas in northern new england, a freezing sleet mix. >> what a mess through many parts of the country today. >> march. >> exactly. >> com

. >>> to that severe storm threat in the south. texas and oklahoma at risk for winds, hail, and a possible tornado. the threat growing tomorrow. 24 millions in the trouble zone, before it moves to the north. we'll stay on it. >>> a major headline from the supreme court. justices reversing the ruling adoption. >>> next to paideyton manning making it official, tearing up as he announced his retirement after 18 seasons. >> reporter: peyton manning will miss football as much as >> i revere football. >> reporter: winning the super bowl turned out to be the >> the denver broncos have taken super bowl 50. >> reporter: for a player who thought his career might be over in 2011. neck surgery sidelined him an entire season in indianapolis. but in denver he fought back. becoming a five-time mvp. the only quarterback to win two super bowls for different teams. >> i've finished my football race, and after 18 years, it's time. >> reporter: for the first time manning publicly addressed sexual assault allegations made against him by a former trainer at t

this stubborn storm, you can see it spinning over south texas it hadn't moved in three days. look at the radar this morning. mine, this is horrendous. this is three days in a row of this. this is torrential right now. there's going to be water rescues go -- taking place throughout the morning and afternoon. over next couple of day, we could add five to seven inches of rain. mississippi is starting to look worse by the day. over the weekend, very mild, rain continues in the south. sunday, with efinally get -- we finally get that rain heading to the north. it's rough this morning. it's bad. >> how many days has it been going on and not letting up until sunday. >>> a manhunt continues as police search for two suspects in the western pennsylvania shooting that killed five adults and injured three others. three of the dead were siblings and one was eight months pregnant. yesterday, their mother talked about the tragedy. >> i lost three children last night and two nieces. my whole family was massacred. >> it was calculated. it was planned. it's just a brutal murder. one of the most

mississippi river valy, memphis getting drenched tonight, strong thunderstorms rolling into deep south texas as well. where we can can see that severe watch in effect, that system continues to woror east into tomorrow. it won't touch us though, we will s sll be under the control of this high pressure offshore, and caught in the flow around it, it means more pleases flowing in from the east southeast. partly sunny skies on the way. storm my weather, and then more wet weaeaer eventually on thursday, starting to nudge in toward the florida panhandle, but for us, warm mainly dry weather, in the car ever cards as we round out the week, headed to the beaches the rip current risk, yep, it is still high, 15 plus miles an hour, give or take and the boats are out, small crafted a visery choppy in the bay, seas ruing four to six feet, we will start tomorrow eight degrees near normal for this time of the year low 80's for highs for the rest of the week, the rain chance is low, e rain chance gets better by sunday. so if you plant on heading o woe can can have a little rain out there, we have more on that

a big storm system to the west including over south texas. this will all move to the north. we will prime the pump and get enough humidity a cool down the upper atmosphere to get some instability. we will develop rain the old- fashioned way with our daytime heat. nothing to cancel any outdoor birthday parties or events over. we will watch a couple of showers tomorrow. sunday will be the higher rain chance. we will favor the eastern half where the rain will be pushed toward with the westerly flow in the afternoon. sunday 4:00 as we wrap up bike week and get started we have osceola and flagler counties on spring break next week. it will get an early start. scattered showers moving through. we need some rainfall but it will move -- it will move out quickly. next week back to mostly dry. orlando has a lot of clouds tomorrow. daytime highs back in the lower 80s across the board. cocoa beach will have great weather for tomorrow. tomorrow is the dryer of the two days. rip currents along the shore with water temperature warming up. the air temperature as warm as overall a nice weeke

five years ago under operation noble mustang, the border patrol in south texas horses from the bureau of land management which periodically captured them to control the herds on public lands. >> he moved into a trot. >> reporter: many are corralled at pris wronz prisons where they tame the horses over a three to four-month period. >> it's life changing you bond with an animal that's deenter dependent on you. >> reporter: horses selected by the border patrol face specialized training. agents learn how to ride them before they both head out on patrol. most of the time, the horse patrol unit works at night when the drug and immigrant smugglers are most active. when the horses have a great advantage because they are so quiet. we saw these two men arrested on farmland after swimming the rio grande from mexico being surprised by the horse unit. >> they had no clue we were here. until we were right on top of them. >> reporter: the horses that grew up fearing predators are particularly attune to their environment. >> you are scanning with night vision. you see your horse's ears perk up. that

south central u.s. a powerful system sweeping off the gulf stretching from texas to st. louis. that part of the country could see another foot of rain before the storm moves out tomorrow. >>> well, breaking news from pennsylvania where police are searching for two gunmen following a deadly shooting. police say the suspects opened fire in an ambush-style attack on a backyard party in wilkinsburg. at least five people were killed. four of them -- of the victims were found dead on the back porch. the other died at the hospital. no word on what led to the shooting. >>> the man who allegedly shot a pastor six times in idaho before being arrested at the white house has appeared in court, and there are questions about how kyle odom was able to fly from boise, idaho, to washington, d.c. the tsa says it does not screen passengers for outstanding criminal warrants unless specifically notified. >>> well, today thousands of people will continue paying final respects to former first lady reagan. her casket was moved to the reagan library in simi valley yesterday at one point carried by secr

he faces trial this summer. >>> deadly flooding slams the south. texas governor warning the disaster will get worse. we have that next. >>> flooding is a major problems in louisiana and texas this morning. more rain is on the way. record high flood waters left neighborhoods submerged. a family in orange, texas surrounded by water. you can see right there. now set up camp on the roof. torrential rain turned i-10 into a river and closed at the texas/louisiana border. governor greg abbott is seeking federal aid after a helicopter tour and warned people the danger is far from over. >> it is important i emphasize that listen the rising waters are not over yet. people need to remember about the possibility that the water could continue to rise for another day or two. >> more rain ahead for texas and louisiana. more rain. let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam for the latest. >> that is right. more rain forecast, john and christine, for the saturated environment. particularly louisiana and arkansas and border of texas. that is the potential of stronger stor

. >> there are flash flood watches from south texas to central illinois. nearly a foot of rain has fallen in some parts of the region with more on the way. a state of emergency declared for 16 parishes in louisiana where the national guard is helping rescue residents from rising floodwaters. the rain is expected to continue through friday. >>> all signs pointing to a surge in travel this spring, and an airline industry group expects to see a record, more than 2.3 million passengers a day in march and april. the transportation security administration predicts an increase of 7%, especially for spring break destinations in florida. tsa has already confiscated many more guns this year at airport checkpoints. >> makes you wonder a little bit about why all of a sudden the sudden increase. just more people carrying arms or more people feeling comfortable traveling with them. >> most of the passengers say they forgot they had the weapon with them. more people are taking to the roads this spring, as well, even though gas prices are starting to rise again. >> kendis

> breaking overnight extreme weather, there are flash flood watches for an area stretching from south texas to central illinois. nearly a foot of rain has fallen. flooding many areas and forcing residents it their homes. a state of emergency has been declared for 16 louisiana parishes like this one right there. and as you can see on the radar there is much more rain on the way to the south central u.s. that part of the country could see another foot of rain before the storm moves out tomorrow. and on the left you can see a pineapple express storm pulling into the west coast. >>> well, breaking news from pennsylvania where police are searching for two gunmen following a deadly shooting. police say the suspects opened fire in an ambush-style attack at least five people were killed. four of them -- of the victims were found dead on the back porch. the other died at the hospital. no word on what led to the shooting. >>> the man who allegedly shot a pastor six types in idaho before being arrested at the white house has appeared in court. and there are questions about how kyle odom was able to fl

interviewed to be bozo the clown in south texas when i was going to college. >> reporter: this cereal entrepreneur started fuel city in his late 40s. >> i was doing jury duty down the street. during the lunch break i found this spot. >> reporter: this spot is eight acres where in 1999 he hoped to recreate his childhood ranch. >> i wanted to enjoy a ranch but in the city, let people see what dallas looked like before it was a city. in '99 it was real hard to sell to it a bank. because when i showed them the swimming pool they said, a swimming pool at a convenience store? i said, no, it will be cool, people will want to come. the store cost $4.5 million. i borrowed $3.5 million. i put up $1 million to buy the land and finance this action put a second motor xwanl on my house. it was such a phenomenon when i opened up i thought, nobody's going to come. >> how many taco dozen you sell a day? >> a lot. i had a graph on the wall and i would graph my bank balance every day. if i was going up i was making it. if i was going down i wasn't going to make it. >> reporter: 17 years later he's expan

highest risk in south texas. the biggest threat on a widespread fashion, more than likely, over the coming days, though. look at these forecast rain totals. talking about eight, 10 inches. this is off the chart literally. it goes up to seven inches there. that white is about 10, 11 inches of rain through the end of the week for parts of less into arkansas. but if this does occur, which looks pretty likely, going to have widespread flooding problems across the lower mississippi valley, obviously. already flash flood watches are up. but that's not coming our way. we'll tell you why in a bit. upper 40's, low 30's tonight. generally low, some mid 40's. could be a patch or two of fog. overall, nice, bright start to your tuesday. 44 at 7:00. noon, already up to 70. an awesome day if you can get out and he joy. it play hooky. don't do that. but enjoy a lunch maybe. get outside. mid 70's for the high tomorrow. a lot of sunshine, that average high at 61. so we're running 15 or so above average. high pressure brought us th