Caught on Tape: Floods, Twisters & a Flying Dog

We start with the flooding.

Our video comes from Wisconsin Dells, where flooded rivers were overfllowing their dams.

This one river ate away at the bank where houses were.

Eventually the homes crumbled into the water and floated away.

And it happens before our very eyes.

Now we take you to flooding in Australia from over the weekend.

This is on the Nullagine River in the Pilbarra region.

Some truck drivers loaded with minerals from the local mines tried to cross the river, but got stuck in the rising water.

The nearest rescue eqipment was hundreds of miles away.

So one of the locals pulled out his Jet Ski and gave it a go.

Now I don't think they designed jet skis for rescue work in flooded rivers.

But this one worked in a pinch.

We'll transition from the water to the twisters with video of a water spout.

This happened last week off of Hallandale Beach in Fort Lauderdale.

Three were spotted in the area.

They never came on land but restricted flights and marine traffic in the area.

Waterspots have been known to flip and swamp boats. 

Brian Smith got a picture from someone who wondered if they saw a waterspout on the lake last week.

In case you missed it, this is the dramatic video we've been showing from the Boy Scout Camp Tornado in western Iowa.

A stringer was chasing the twister and actually drove into it as it crossed a road.

This is the same tornado that hit the camp, killing several people.

It's a miracle these guys weren't part of the toll.

Brian Smith has more on this in his blog.

Maryland doesn't see many tornadoes.

So the one that hit Chesapeake Beach last week got people's attention.

This story includes surveillance camera video of the storm hitting vehicles in a parking area.

And finally, the flying dog from Illinois.

I now must confess to you that we don't have video of the dog flying.

Just the story.

But I figured you'd want to hear about a rotweiller type picked up out of his pen and dumped in the woods.

And he lived to bark about it.