WHITFIELD: Right now parts of the Midwest are battling deadly and historic flood leveling. Officials confirmed at least two people have died in the flood waters. And the water is still rising. This just days after that massive bomb cyclone hit the area melting snow and ice. The jams threatened the region and experts warned that in some places the worst is yet to come. Here is CNN's Kaylee Hartung.</s>KAYLEE HARTUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bridges destroyed. Highways washed out. Cars and cattle stranded. This is the aftermath of a bomb cyclone. The powerful weather system slammed the Midwest with hurricane-like winds and blizzard conditions last week leaving drowning rains and flooding in its wake. After heavy snowfall this winter, natural snow melt is making bad conditions worse. In Wisconsin, Darlington officials say the city hasn't seen this much flooding in more than 25 years. Free Freemont, Nebraska, home to more than 26,000 people became an island when roadways in and out of town flooded Friday. Nebraska's governor touring the damage in his state.</s>GOV. PETE RICKETS, NEBRASKA: This has probably been, you know, the most severe widespread flooding we have had as far as parts of the states being impacted in the last century.</s>HARTUNG: Nebraska rescue teams have been pulling trapped residents out of flood waters since Thursday. At least one person has been confirmed dead because of the dangerous waters. Jims Wilky (ph), a Nebraska farmer got a call to assist a stranger, left home on his tractor and never returned. Two other men are missing and presumed dead. The national weather service predicts much calmer weather in most areas this weekend but flooding will persist throughout the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. And forecasters caution more snow melt is on the way, so the worst flooding may be yet to come. Kaylee Hartung, CNN.</s>WHITFIELD: And New Zealand's prime minister vows to change the country's gun laws following that massacre of two mosques. We will go live to that country. And here, why some say action should have been taken a long time ago.
Parts Of The Midwest Are Battling Deadly And Historic Flood Leveling