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We saw slow water coming in under the door, and then it progressivelyjust got, i was mopping, and then it progressively got worse. it was ankles, knees, almost chest level, so we put the dogs on the counters and then we climbed into the attic. the gravity of the situation has led president biden to pledge more assistance. more than 5,000 members of the national guard have been activated from louisiana, mississippi, alabama and texas to support search and rescue and recovery efforts. and fema has...

About 30 miles or so from new orleans on the western edge of lake pontchartrain, and it turns out hundreds of calls and after the water had receded the national guard and the cajun navy went in, and using high water boats to take people out. and we spoke to folks, geoff, who said that when the water was coming in, it was at the ankles and the waist, and when it was closer for the chest, they would go up to the attic to wait and not knowing the fate. several of the individuals were rescued this m...

0 helicopter with the state police to get him on the island and as long as there is communication, we will communicate with him to see what is going on there, the but it is hard to have no word from the island and the people on it. in lafitte, the water is very high, and from the louisiana national guard and others are there doing the search and rescue. they are having to get the boats in and out, and we are sheltering the people at the park playground, and then the state is going to coordinate ...

Kind of around his ankles and got to his knees. this thing is coming in fast and furious with the flood surge. >> it really is. we get the rainfall. we think about this. were putting 10 to 20 inches of rain on top of that wind and on top of of this storm surge here. does every one of these impacts is life threatening. this is a catastrophic event. an extreme wind warning was just issued. theyre making sure they get information tout everybody. the values, alex, 12 to 16 feet of storm surge from h...

Its starting to get some flooding here. the water has gone up above my ankles. flooding not too bad just yet. this is kind of a rainfall flood. its not a storm surge flood here in the french quarter. the french quarter is on higher ground than a lot of other sections of new orleans. i just talked to some emergency management officials here. they say what theyre worried about is the storm is slow-moving and new orleans has not gotten the brunt of it just yet as far as what its going to get later ...

RaeLynn was just a couple of weeks from her due date when she performed at the 14th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors.

RaeLynn was just a couple of weeks from her due date when she performed at the 14th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors.

We are hearing incredible stories of survival, but also intense heart break from the flooding disaster in tennessee that has now killed 21 people. the fast-moving flood waters knocked homes off their foundations, swept cars away, washed out roads and more and more. one person was trapped inside her home with her four-month old daughter when the flood waters came rushing in. i spoke with her last night about her terrifying ordeal. listen to this. >> i mean, everything was floating. someone was li...

Turning treacherous. henri winds down and moves out. >> our thank taska think park for that report. lets go right to meteorologist bill karins for more on the weather. so much focus this weekend on tropical storm henri, but actually what was happening down in tennessee seemed even more frightening. >> when you hear stories of mothers with their 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds on top of kitchen countertops with water rising around their ankles, the stories of their survival is just incredible. were...

Of the fridge. everything was floating. everything was under water at that point. and getting on top of the kitchen counter has my only option. everything was under water. my ankles were actually covered with water at that point. and so i just put her at the highest level i could and just prayed to god that we would be okay. >> we were just showing video and ill show it again of your brother-in-law who came looking for you. he was in a kayak. and then he kind of recorded a video just moments -- ...