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Welcome sign for so many, anxious for the roarry to begin here. the congary river is already above flood level in many areas. the water is rising, in fact a flood warning for the river has been extended now through tuesday evening here. thats the latest live in columbia, south carolina, im jay gray. betty, back to you. >> the dapger is not over, thank you so much. new developments in the desperate search for a cargo ship missing at sea. search and rescue teams are scanning a 225 square foot de...

Uncovered this 225-square mile debris field with styrofoam, wood, cargo. that announcement came a few hours after an oil sheen was discovered with life jackets and containers. you have the owner of the ship, el faro, saying the container had come from that ship. the coast guard not confirming that at this point, but a lot of the families waiting for more information. they knew their loved ones were headed into the path of the storm. in fact, we have one mother who were hearing from who is readin...

At 225 square miles of debris filed has been discovered in the search for the cargo ship. breaking details now from an attorney specializing in the field of maritime law, rod sullivan. rod, what did they find so far? >> what they found is a major oil slick. its more likely than not the ship broke in half before it sank. a ship that found her -- it simply fills up with water and sinks, it leaks oil over a period of many weeks and years. here theres a big oil slick indicating that the ship broke u...

Parts of south carolina right now. more rain is on the way. 10s of thousands of people are out of their homes or without power. you have heard from janice dean earlier more rain is on tap for at least another day there. the this was a flood of historic proportions. our other top story a 225 mile debris field has been found in the water of crooked island where a missing cargo ship was last contacted. the debris field includes pieces of wood, cargo, styrofoam, life jackets and oil sheen. 33 people...

Latest. now theyre saying this ship sank. >> this has been agonizing for the families. they identified the debris field as being some 225-square miles. the very painful news from the coast guard, they believe the ship did sink, but we need to underscore the point, theyre continuing to treat this as a search and rescue operation, because there are 33 people aboard this ship. the owner of the ship has come out yesterday, saying that one of the containers that was found had been on the ship. the co...

Im home, stuck in my house. i have to get out, the water is scaring me. i have medical needs or others around me do, whats the best course for a south carolinaen right now? >> call 911. if you have a life-threatening emergency, call 911. this is no time to worry about clogging the phone lines or thinking that your threat or emergency or what youre going through isnt that big of a deal to us. it is. call 911 immediately. >> are you going to put up auxiliary lines? >> yes. we are bolstering suppor...

History. >> the kind of thing that i know first responders are saying theyre witnessing a change in the landscape down in the carolinas. things are washed away they wont put-back together again. >> im sure the pictures will be telling. >> well come back to you if the news warrants. thank you very much. >> this fox news alert. the search for the 33 people missing on a cargo ship in the bermuda triangle. nearly all of them americans. search and rescue crews reporting they found a second debris fie...

Back to you guys. >> with the siren in the background, people needing help all over the place thank you very much. >> its still raining. >> heather has friends that live there, too. you reached out to them, are they doing okay? >> their house completely fine in columbia but their neighbors house completely gone. random. its really concerning to a lot of folks. wishing them the best down there. speaking of the storm weve got new information coming in overnight from the coast guard, they have ju...

Now. more rain is on the way. 10s of thousands of people are out of their homes or without power. you have heard from janice dean earlier more rain is on tap for at least another day there. the this was a flood of historic proportions. our other top story a 225 mile debris field has been found in the water of crooked island where a missing cargo ship was last contacted. the debris field includes pieces of wood, cargo, styrofoam, life jackets and oil sheen. 33 people were on beared the ss el faro...

And it drew moisture from joaquin to this region. you look at the flood gauge points. we knew the previous flood gauge in columbia was 9.4 feet. we had an observation of 17 feet. the water was so high, it broke off. we dont know how much higher it got. you talk about a foot of water moving downstream, it has 500 pounds of lateral force behind it. incredible. you take a moving box, a one yard by one yard. you have 1,700 pounds of weight if you fill it with water. you put a couple of these down on...