let's go to derek van dam who is tracking the storm. >> james reynolds is located in the northeastern sections of loo luzon. this super typhoon, this is the eye wall, it is making landfall for all intents and purposes. 260 mile an hour winds sustained. and equivalent to a category five atlantic hurricane. we are expecting major impacts across the northeastern portions of luzon. widespread destruction to electricity and communication services. heavy damage to high-risk structures. also trees uprooted. rice and corn. by the way, the isabella province, south of santa ana is the country's top producer of corn with over 1 million metric tons of corn produced per year. as the storm moves across that region, you can imagine the economic impact that will have on the philippines, perhaps even making the cost of corn rise. signal number four for that region. that's the highest public storm warning signal. james mentioned that a moment ago. here's our forecast radar imagery. it's going to continue to impact the northern half of luzon for the next 12 to 18 hours before pulling off and moving to t

meteorologist derek van dam has more. >>> new to cnn overnight dallas/ft. worth breaks the wettest month of may on record with 14 inches of rain fallen so far. we still have some time to go. here is the forecast rainfall today. over the next 24 hours, we have the possibility of .25 to .50 of rainfall across dallas. some could experience more over central and eastern texas and parts of oklahoma. that is why we still have flood watches and warnings ongoing through the rest of today and early parts of the weekend. we have a possibility of severe weather over the texas panhandle and we can't rule out the possibility of damaging winds and large hail as far north as chicago and grand rapids michigan. let's talk about the cold front responsible for the change in seasons into next week. we will dry out across the area with the excessive rain. look at the temperature drop for the nation's capital. nearly 20 degrees from sunday into monday. enjoy. >>> wow. thanks derek. time for an early start on your money. stock futures are slipping ahead of the open. a new look at

. >> meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the weather for us. >> and as people go to assess the damage stle to content withthey have to be concerned of the water. only two feet of rushing water can pick up an suv. we received 276 reports in one day. we have seen nearly 50 tornadoes. here we go. setting up for the same location. we have upwards of 9 million americans under a slight risk of severe weather. damaging winds and isolated tornadoes from parts of kansas and colorado and eastern oklahoma and through the dallas and ft. worth region. at the moment, the more immediate threat is the rainfall moving through. we have a severe thunderstorm watch with heavy thunderstorms in the oklahoma and texas border. i want to show you this rainfall total. we had the third rainiest 24-hour period in oklahoma city. over 7 inches. 5.5 of that in two and a half hours. john and christine. >>> derek, thank you. there is no smoking gun, but an investigation from the nfl into the deflate gate reveals that two patriots employees deflated air from the footballs from the afc game and at least tom brady was a

meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the forecast for us. derek. >> good morning, john and christine. thursday brought another round of severe weather to the central plain states. this time nine tornadoes were reported. one was actually just north of the denver metro area. the other across portions of kansas and north of the dallas ft. worth region. strong storms once again in the forecast today. we have a set up that looks like this. very dry and cool air settling in thanks to a upper level disturbance over the western half of the united states that is filtering the atmosphere clash ahead of the warm gulf air ahead of the low pressure system. that will collide bringing in another possibility of severe storms. this is our high resolution radar imagery. i want to take note across the central portions of oklahoma specifically between oklahoma city and wichita falls. that's where we have a moderate risk of severe storms today, including strong long track dangerous tornadoes. back to you. >> thank you, derek. >>> the mayor of baltimore is gettin

we have meteorologist derek van dam tracking the forecast. >> not good news at all, christine. to show you how saturated the ground is we have 183 reporting locations along the rivers and streams from texas to oklahoma and arkansas that are at or above flood stage at the moment. with 20 plus inches of rain that has fallen since the beginning of the month you see why we have the flooding potential through the rest of today and into the weekend as well. we have forecasts of 2 to 4 inches of rain around texas and oklahoma. near the border. that's the area that has seen the most amount of rain. just because we don't have the heavy rainfall forecast along the gulf coast doesn't mean this rainfall will eventually move down the streams and rivers potentially leading to more river flooding across the houston and austin region. we have 4.3 million americans under a flood watch. we have 7 million americans with a flood warning this morning. that includes the greater houston region. here is the rainfall forecast for the next 24 hours. you can see just how much more rain is expected. oklah

derek, thank you. >> derek van dam joining us there. across the wild weather. what was a trip of goodwill has become tragic. after a helicopter went down in pakistan. and plus the u.s. military increases the threat level for some bases. what promded that move in just a moment. what prompted that move in just a moment. . [ speaking russian ] >> live pictures from moscow. the russians are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the soviet union's victory over nazi germany and world war ii. as you see, russian leaders vladamir putin is addressing assembled military and also the tens of millions of russians watching this around the country. a spectacular show there on this the 70th anniversary. this is the -- the 70th anniversary of the end of the german nazis. and also, one of the biggest parade, we have seen in russia 16,000 military personnel are there. let's listen in now to the russian national anthem as you can hear. 16,000 military personnel. 200 armored vehicles. plus, about 150 aircraft as well. veterans from -- many, many, conflicts, involving soviet union, r

meteorologist derek van dam is standing by with the latest. we heard from james reynolds earlier, speaking to an core andrew stevens, but we weren't able to get in touch with him. >> i follow james on twitter. him and i have been communicating quite a bit, talking about his different experiences that he's having with the super typhoon. the reason we couldn't get him on the line is because he is quite literally within the strongest part of the typhoon as we speak. this is the location where james reynolds is located. you can see the eye wall moving over that area. this is the country of the philippines, you can see manila to the south getting the outer band rains. the strongest of winds and most destructive part of the storm affecting laoag. 260 kilometer per hour winds. hower wind gusts. this makes it equivalent to a strong category 5 hurricane. this particular region we've highlighted in dark red, that's where we're expecting the major impacts, heavy dangers to structures, wide spread disruption to electricity and communication services. the

. >> all right, turn to derek van dam, our meteorologist who joins us. of course as we mentioned in the reports, there is more severe weather on the way. and how much can this region cope with. >> that's right. there is in fact at the moment. 183 reporting stations on the signs of rivers and estuaries that lead to the gulf of mexico that are reporting some sort of flooding or flood stage at the moment. this is a significant event. something we are going to be covering for days to come. we have obviously had the fatalities. and people's lives just completely impacted by this, rosie. they really can't handle much more. a short amount of time. and put it all into context. 183 locations, arkansas, east texas, oklahoma. all reporting light, moderate to severe flooding. or at flood stage. at the moment. we have had since the beginning of may. first part of the month. over 20 inches of rain. and 500 millimeters of rainfall. in the short period of time. you can see the rainfall that's, that's spread to houston and austin as well. 10 inches of rain. that's stig n

meteorologist derek van dam tracking the severe weather for us. derek. >> good morning, john and christine. terrifying video from the midwest there. this is our peak season. may typically we receive about 276 tornadoes in the central u.s. just in one day, 24 hours, folks, we reported 46 tornadoes. anywhere from nebraska to kansas and oklahoma to texas and eastern colorado. our threat at the moment severe weather watch box in effect for the next couple of hours. it expires at 7:00 a.m. near the border of texas and oklahoma. we are under the gun once again. we have the possibility of severe weather for basically the same locations. we have a collision of air mass. very warm and moist air from the gulf of mexico interacting with the dry air mass coming off the colorado rockies. that spells severe weather once again. upwards of 9 million americans under the threat of large hail and damaging winds. we cannot rule out isolated tornadoes. kansas and oklahoma and central and northern texas. oklahoma by the way, had its third rainiest event in all time rec

our meteorologist derek van dam is standing with with more. derek. >> george, central u.s. taking center stage. large hail, damaging winds and long tracks, very dangerous and lethal tornadoes. more on that. take a look at footage comes out of oklahoma sometime yesterday. we had impressive thunderstorms flare up. this is called a shelf cloud. it's seen along the leading edge of an approaching line of thunderstorms. basically, we have a downdraft from the heavy rainfall underneath the thunderstorms. and the air that's pushed out in all directions along the surface of the earth eventually meets up with warmer air allowing it to rise and forming this cloud structure you that see on your tv screen. now, we have another setup. with the appropriate ingredients for severe weather once again today across the plain states. cool and dry thanks to an upper level disturbance system over the western half of the u.s. that's going to interact with a very warm and very unstable air mass streaming over the gulf of mexico. that puts 20 million americans in some sort of enhanced to moderate ri

meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the forecast for us. derek. >> good morning, john and christine. unfortunately, we have another active day of severe weather forecast across the central plain states. this time the set up looks like this we have very cool dry air funneled behind an upper level disturbance. ahead of this is very warm humid air from the gulf of mexico. these two atmospheres will collide and that will set the scene for strong to severe weather throughout the course of today and tomorrow. to give you an indication of the atmospheres. we are talking about nearly a 50 degree dew point temperature swing behind this warm gulf air that is streaming ahead of the low pressure system. a dry line has formed just as what we saw the past couple of days. our high resolution radar imagery showing strong to severe storms firing up by later this afternoon and evening. this time the bull's-eye between oklahoma city and watchichita falls region. large hail and damaging winds. more of the same for saturday. >>> thank you. >> let's look at what

meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the forecast. >> more rain on the horizon. look how much has fallen since the beginning of the month. upwards of 20 inches near oklahoma and texas border. 10 inches near the gulf coast. we have more rain in the wichita falls area and oklahoma and texas borders. because we don't experience rainfall near the gulf doesn't mean the rainfall that doesn't fall near oklahoma won't make its way down the rivers. you can see the precipitation moving through the region. more rainfall in store. by the way, there is the possibility of severe weather in western texas today and the texas panhandle and oklahoma panhandle and western portions of kansas and nebraska. large hail and damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. however, silver lining. the 6 to 10 day forecast shows a drying trend by the middle of next week. >> tough few days. by next week it should be better. >>> breaking overnight, the investigation after the defense department shipped live anthrax samples to nine states and u.s. military base in south korea. no one has become ill and

derek van damme is standing by at the international weather center with the details. they've been waiting for this for so long. there must be a lot of happy people in california. >> reporter: including this father and son combination, atika. this was 22 months in the making, just to give you an idea of how long standing this california drought has been, four years at the moment and this young boy from dana point, california, waited 22 months just to experience his first raindrop. made for a nice photo opp with the mother capturing the father and son duo capturing the first shower of the year. the latest radar over the western half of the united states, the storm system continues to move inland but it will set up the possibility of severe weather. more in one moment. we have a nice hefty line of thunderstorms currently moving through the central plains, we are also keeping an eye on boston, rather the baltimore region today the 140th preakness stakes, the thoroughbred horse racing event taking place later today. the storm system responsible for the rainfall in southern

let's get the latest from meteorologist derek van dam. >> new to cnn overnight, dallas/ft. worth breaks the wettest month of may on record with just under 14 inches of rain. that's fallen so far. we still have some time to go. here is the forecast rainfall. over the next 24 hours, possibility of .25 to .50 of rainfall in dallas. some could experience more in central and eastern texas and parts of oklahoma. that is why we still have our flood watches and flood warnings ongoing through the rest of today and into the early parts of the weekend. we have the possibility of severe weather over the texas panhandle and we can't rule out the possibility of damaging winds and hail as far as chicago and grand rapids michigan. let's talk about the change of seasons heading into next week. we will dry out first and foremost across the area experiencing the excessive rain. look at the temperature drop for the nation's capital. 20 degrees from sunday to monday. >>> the breaking news we learned. the national weather service says there is a flash flood emergency northeast of dallas. that is

derek van damme is standing by at the international weather center with more on that. derek? >> george, parts of the east coast of australia from queensland to new south wales received over four times their monthly average for the month of may in just a period of two days. look at that. 239 millimeters. we would normally receive about 58 millimeters for, again, just the month of may, and we're only a couple days in. unfortunately, it did lead to localized flooding and it resulted in this type of, well, kind of situation, obviously. dozens of people rescued from floodwaters during this peak traffic hour. train services were suspended, flights were delayed. look at the wind just whip up that salt and foam from the ocean. just gives you a good indication of how strong this storm was. by the way, that dam overflowing as well from the heavy rainfall. looking back at my computer models, you can see on the latest water vapor imagery that clockwise rotation along the east coast of australia. that's the low pressure system in question. very typical to form this time of year. it's just

let's get to meteorologist derek van dam with the look at weather. >> good morning, john and christine. the central plains has an extraordinary amount of rain this month. five cities approaching the wettest may on record. in fact, even ft. smith, arkansas surpassed that at 14 inches of rain so far. we have several days to go left in this month. there is more rain in store. look at the storm system brewing across the texas panhandle over eastern new mexico. even the possibility of severe weather today. the national weather service has extended the flash flood watches and warnings from north texas to eastern oklahoma and western section of arkansas. remember the slogan turn around and don't drown. with 5 to 10 inches of localized rain you see why the flash flood watch continues. sunshine over northeast with temperatures in the lower 70s for new york city. back to you. >>> derek, thanks. >> we have breaking news this morning. overnight, u.s. marshals arrest the man accused of murdering a washington, d.c. family before setting that mansion on fire. this manhunt has gripped that city. we wi

and derek van dam with with us. marge simpson would like the weather you've got. >> i thought of derek as a millhouse type person. >> i need tekt spectacles foreign that one. okily-dokily. i grew up with that cast. what ready to believe they will have different characters or different voices. >>> we have a very interesting weather pattern setting up this time the possibility of severe weather. also a repeat of what happened last weekend at this time. we looking towards the central plain states for the possibility of severe werth today but not all doom and gloom. i want to show you something on the west coast of the u.s. you know that big drought we've been talking about in california ongoing for the past four years, finally some relief in sfoer that region. 2.5 million americans experiencing hail damage. that parts of kansas, oklahoma, into the texas panhandle. more needed rain to the southern portions of california. lock at this large expansive area of precipitation. low pressure system situationed off the coast of

our meteorologist derek van dam is at the world weather center. i know this is normally the start of the tornado season. is this unusual, what we're seeing, derek, or do we expect to see more? >> millions more. the peak of the tornado season across the central united states, it's just that it's been a particularly weather pattern. an identical repeat of what happened this weekend at this time, flairing up once again today. central storms across oklahoma, nebraska, stretching to minnesota and parts of arkansas, missouri and iowa as well. this is the scene that unfolded in elmore, oklahoma. take a look at this video coming out of the region. unbelievable footage shot by a storm chaser. this is a time lapse. look at the rotating clouds around this, a wedge tornado. the sun creating almost an infearial look in the distance there. lightning strikes around it, a very dangerous situation, a life-threatening situation in the united states. in fact, this very tornado created scenes like this behind me. we had damage caused by this wedge tornado. remember,

meteorologist derek van dam at world weather center and has more on how workers are trying to mop up the slick. is there any hope of cleaning up this mess, derek? >> ivan, they're making good progress. unfortunately this oil spill wednesday. took place at a very sensitive marine ecological area north and west of the los angeles region. this is in the santa barbara county. originally on wednesday, the oil spill covered about 9.5 square miles in total area. however, by thursday and just on friday, we saw that change, to several miles along this coastline, even closing some of the beaches here. we had oil sheen sightings, oil sheen the very thin layer of oil that drifts to the top part of the ocean and can spread in all directions. about as thin as -- a layer of paint on a wall. now this is the wind forekacast. generally northeastern flow. helping push the oil sheen in all directions. ocean currents, different title movements as well. helping push that in all directions. take a look at some of this area footage of the oil sheen on the coastline. and you can imagine what kind of effect t

our meteorologist derek van dam is at the world weather center and more with how they mop up the slick. how do you do it? basically go along the coastline and get all of that oil? >> george, what they're trying do is a monumental task. it's a moving target, this 9 1/2-square mile oil sheen is what it's called is moving, and it's moving because of various residence. we've got wind. we've got ocean currents and different waves and swells moving through the region. it's a very fluid, excuse my pun, fluid kind of viscose kind of material that moves on the surface of the ocean. and this has fled in all directions because of those various elements i just described a second ago. on wednesday, when the little spill originally kurd it was 9 1/2-fair miles. then when we fast forward about 48 hours, and we had she's sheen sightings. the oil sheen sightings, that is that thin layer of oil coating the top portion of the ocean. it's about as thick as a layer of paint on a wall. for several miles outside of that original 9 1/2-square mile oil spill region that was noticed on wednesday. again, just to

meteorologist derek van dam joins us now. often do you see that? >> you know, there are still, people are skeptical on the photo by the way. i have seen that on twitter. people are trying to confirm whether or not that was actually temperatures that were causing that or just something to do with the pavement. regardless we know it is hot there. it is the thing that people talk about the most. when they land in mumbai, new delhi. get off the airplane, outdoors. feel the heat, the humidity. these people are in store for a lot next couple of days. in fact, india, meteorological department has heat indices, bap of bengal. low 50s. talking 120 degrees fahrenheit. what it feels like on your skin as you step outside. extreme heat warnings in place. hot. inland is well. and people doing whatever they can to get water to the communities hit hardest, by this extreme premonsoonal heat wave. you can see this particular man just taking some of the jugs of watt to water to friend and family. what we have in place here are several factors. we have a wind that par

our derek van dam is standing by the international weather center with the details. i know they've been so concerned about this drought for so long, tell us about this situation at the moment. >> hi, atika. just to give you an idea of the longstanding nature of this drought, it took this young boy from dana point, california, 22 months, until he saw his first rainfall. it's a nice opportunity for mom catching father and baby boy enjoying the first rain drops. this is the storm over the western half of the united states. that's the rainfall that provided that. they had to reroute flights. the eastern half of the united states looking wet as well. lots of eyes on the baltimore, maryland for the 140th annual preakness stakes horse racing event. and this storm system over the western half of the united states is also unfortunately going to set the stage for another round of severe weather. we have a slight to moderate risk of tornadoes some of which can be strong. from oklahoma and texas that would be the central plains states of the united states. we're going to leave y

let's go to derek van dam at the international weather center with more. that one part of the world, austin, central texas, they are getting lot of rain right now. >> they are. the untimely death of that firefighter in clairemore. this is outside the tulsa, oklahoma region. this is rogers county. i'm going to broaden this perspective, overlay the radar so you can see the amount of rainfall that's taken place over this region, storm after storm. it is still raining. more precipitation to come. extreme flooding across this region. take a look at the totals. specifically, oklahoma city. normally, we would see three inches on average for the month of may up to this date, the 23rd of may. we have already received 18 inches. this puts it at the wettest may ever. it's also the wettest month ever recorded in oklahoma city. staggering numbers out of the plains states. here is a closer look. in 2013, they had their record may rainfall. look what we have already received. again, there's the average rainfall. wichita falls, texas, more the same. we have had staggering

derek van dam is here to tell us more about it. >> guys, it is important we get this out there. any amount of oil that is spilled is bad enough. but it was a relatively small oil spill at first but it doesn't take much for that sheen of oil on the very top surface of the ocean to spread out in different directions. waves, winds, ocean currents. that's what we will discuss during particular weather bulletin. just on wednesday when the original oil spill occurred west of santa barbara, covering about 9 1/2 square miles. by thursday, which is yesterday, in terms of the west coast of the united states, mr. are multiple sightings of that oil slick on the top part of the ocean that was spotted by helicopters in various individuals right on the shore. so it is quickly spreading and covering a larger surface area. what are they doing to try and combat this oil spill? they have deployed 4.5 thousand feet of boom. there is a 1 foot curtain that drags just under the surface of the water to help contain that sheen of oil. which by the way at this stage is about as thick as a layer of paint

meteorologist derek van dam is following this story in india and he is looking for any relief they may see in the future. derek? >> it does appear natalie that temperatures have cooled off by a degree or two. which seems minimal to us. but i think in this particular case, they will take what they can get and it just seems like they are playing out over much of india. you have seen this, if you've been in extremely hot conditions, this pavement, creating this mirage appearance. this is a famous area of new delhi, look at these temperatures. i want to talk about the states along the east coast of india. we will focus on this region because not only have they had ten days straight over 40 degrees, you can see averages right here on your tv screen, but we have also had overnight low temperatures that have been at least nine consecutive nights above 29 degrees. this is significant. because the temperature is not cooling down overnight. that adds extra stress to the people who have to spend overnight periods outdoors. it didn't allow your body to cool off so you have to seek other ways to co

derek van dam at international weather center with details. can you actually everstate how much they dearly want the rain. >> absolutely. to give you an idea how serious the drought has been. it actually took 22 months for this young boy from dana point, california, to experience his first rain shower. believe it or not. made nor a nice photographic moment for mom. capturing the first moment with dad and his son. enjoying that much needed rainfall. the storm system responsible for the rain over southern california. that actually rerouted flights near phoenix, arizona. they had their wettest single day in may. with us and inch of rainfall. we also have showers over the eastern parts of the u.s. remember the preakness taking place. 140th thoroughbred horse racing event taking place saturday afternoon into maryland. the storm system from the west coast. central plains. a round of severe weather to day. this time around 20 million americans under the risk of large hail, damaging winds. and tornado as well. want to end with this. this is fascinatin

let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam now. it's such a beautiful part of the country. if you've been there, you know this part of the coastline. how do they go about cleaning up all of that oil? >> well, they've got a monumental task, george. the amount of oil spilled was six times the sieze of an olympc size swimming pool. what they have is specialized boating equipment that carries behind it a boom. the boom has a curtain. i'm going to step off screen so you can see the whole thing. the curtain lies one foot beneath the surface of the water and that allows it to take the top part of that oil sheen. remember, oil often floats to the top surface of the ocean. so far, they've deployed 4500 feet with 18 skimmers that put it on the ship and safely remove it from the ocean. now, there are concerns that this oil sheen has spread quite dramatically, wednesday, it was about 9.5 square miles. but there are reports a sighting miles from that original spill, west of santa barbara. this is thanks to ocean currents and wave patterns. around certainly the wind say factor. northeast

. >>> meteorologist derek van dam has more on this from world weather center for us. >> according to climatologists at texas a & m university this has been the wettest recorded may in all of texas history. we're talking on average over 7 1/2 inches of rainfall across the entire state. so far this month. that's roughly 200 millimeters spread across this entire massive, massive u.s. state. now look at some of the individual rainfall totals, exceeding 15 inches, even approaching 20 inches in some locations. roughly, 500 mill merlimetermil. in liberty, we are seeing scenes like this. unbelievable stuff. houses inundated. heavy rain just drenching this area. between 4 and 7 inches fell in some locations. just on friday afternoon alone. this is -- a significantly impacted community. not only for people's homes, but also, the agricultural factor, coming out of all of this flooding rain as well. heading back to the graphics. you can see some of the hardest hit areas, the red river, border of oklahoma/texas. and in fact we have five locations that have recorded their wettest may ever. but it

meteorologist derek van dam joins us to talk about that. a big concern now isn't it? >> when you lose the daytime heating from the sunshine. we start to see severity of the thunderstorms diminish. severe weather threat continues to weaken. the flooding now i am concerned about. particularly the oklahoma city region who has the had the third rainiest, 24 hour period in history. incredible. 5 1/2 inches of that was a 75-year record. some impressive stuff. flash flooding a concern. they have had lots of tornados in the midwest. people go to assess the damage. they go out some times in their vehicles. that can be concerns as well with flooding waters you see on their screen. remember, 1 foot of water, floats vehicles. two feet of rushing water carries vehicles away. and, that is very concerning. as people try to -- assess. again. some of the tornadic damage that moved through the midwest recently. look at this, impressive rainfall total for the oklahoma city region. again, third rainiest, 24 hour period in oklahoma city's history. just a little bit over 7 inches of rain.

derek van dam with more on that. >> being election week, we are paying attention to the variables that could affect the voter turnout. this is what's happening right now across the uk. you can see a large area of rainfall moving through, waking up to rainfall in london, liverpool and plymouth. this is the forecast going forward over the next seven days. daytime highs where they should be this time of year. you can see the persistent rainfall in the first half of the week, sunshine. the second half of the workweek, monday, really just a cloudy day. look at the active weather pattern we have setting up across much of the british is s isles. two areas of low pressure are going to kind of barrel around each other. eventually absorbing into one larger low pressure system and create a showery mess of weather for the next 48 hours. you can see that on the precipitation forecast going forward. a wet day from lisbon to madrid, london, and dublin. we have rainfall further east, near the border of switzerland and france. all the heavy rainfall led to a mudslide that left this local shop damaged.

. >> derek van dam is with us. they have warned us, it could happen a third time. >> and it did. >> doing it began. >> and last week it erupted two times. people were evacuated. sent away and they started to trickle back. then the third eruption occur owned thursday and they today deal with this. lock at the visuals coming from that area. can you see the volcanic ash spewing straight up into the atmosphere. where is it going? i'm about to tell you. another kind of vantage point of the calbuco volcano taken from the west. can you see the columns spraying up from above us. just a combination of rock and ash and even some laugh why at the base. now this is what turned the landscape into. this is what i consider a great desert. not something you want to deal with. while that is what people today contend with, an ash covered landscape. front yard. buildings. and that causes concern. especially when you mix in rain fall and ash makes it very, very heavy. more on that one in just one second. there is a 20-kilometer evacua

derek van dam joins us. doesn't cause very much water to cause problems for any one in a vehicle does it. >> one foot of water can float a vehicle. two feet of rushing water can pick up a vehicle as heavy as an suv and carry it downstream. imagine when we get this flash flooding event. on going in the oklahoma city region. people need to be concerned about crossing flooded roadways. doesn't take much to lift the vehicles. that is the leading cause of death in terms of natural disaster. just in front of heat related deaths as well. some of the footage out of nebraska. flooding has been a concern. from oklahoma, through nebraska, and into kansas. because we have seen the storms move over the same locations. meteorological term for that is training. storms moving over one region with heavy rainfall. oklahoma city broke a 75-year record in terms of rainfall. in a two-hour period over five inches. in total. 25 hours. it was a third rainiest one day period. 7 inches. little over 7 inches. look towards tornado shel

let's tornado to meteorologist, derek van dam with more. what temperatures are we looking at? >> 10, 15 degrees above where they should be, rosie. talking about summer, supposed to start june 21st. but last time i checked it is may 14th. a month to a month and a half early to where it should be. people replenishing themselves with all kind of water anything they can get their hand on. finding shade to protect themselves from the sweltering heat. how hot has it gotten? take a look at this. all time may record set in three spain cities. three cities in spain. including madrid. seville, cordoba. madrid broke their all time may temperature, .1 degree celsius. close calls there. definitely surpassed that in seville and southern portions of spain. people looking for any relief from the heat they can find. portable fans were popular this week. the heat is going to continue into spain today. there is relief in sight. just as what we experience across the united states. we are experiencing across central spain. two air masses. right, you guessed it. we have severe weather. this time to

i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. the investigation into freddie gray's death into police custody, here's the latest. >> media reports say gray suffered his deadly injury in the van and not during arrest and the medical examiner found gray's injuries happened when his head slammed into the back of that van. >> but that van made a previously unknown fourth stop. today police did submit their report to the state's attorney. >> we get things started with garrett haake live on the streets of baltimore. the scene tonight, garrett? >> reporter: well, derek, the scene tonight is calm. the street is open here at pennsylvania and north and most folks have gone home. >>> just a few media and stragglers left. when the curfew went into effect at 10:00 tonight, we did see what happens when some people refused to follow officers' orders to step back and we saw one arrest happen here on the street. one man, i won't even call him a demonstrator, he mostly spent the evening shouting curses at reporters and police officers refused to s

. >> reporter: derek slesselman has his own recipe for good strong whiskey, but he says the proof is in your mouth. >> very smooth. >> we're making whiskey like they made it before prohibition. >> reporter: he opened the van front still house in brooklyn in 2012. >> we're growing fast and trying to keep up with demand. >> reporter: in 2014 there were more than 1,800 active distilleries in the u.s. that's more than double the amount from five years before. part of that boost is being fueled by small distilleries like his which makes a single malt, bourbon and american whiskey. lisa hawkins of the distilled spirits council says the u.s. is experiencing a global whiskey renaissance as sales of the spirit continue to climb. >> one key reason for that is the renewed interest in the cocktail culture. cocktails are back in the united states. they're exciting and fun and the small craft distillers are playing into that trend. >> reporter: van front still house is set to double its whiskey production this year and pump out 1,500 gallons of hooch. >> i think sky is the limit. >> reporter: marl