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Were still rescuing. weve just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal but 30 kilometres north, here, its still a recovery operation. rescue workers there in fluorescent life jackets. and if ijust swivel you around to the right, well, this is a road thats turned into a river, a lake, call it what you like. 100 metres down there, the water is at knee level. even further its at chest level. so the rain has stopped for now but this is still a crisis. from above,...

Ijust dug my clothes out. the water was up to my chest. we ran for our lives without taking anything. her bed tonight is the floor. one of the 1.2 million people the government here said was affected by these floods. out of the city, north, the rain was still coming down and the rescuers were still rescuing. weve just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal but 30 kilometres north, here, its still a recovery operation. rescue workers there in fluorescent life...

Part of a broken bat hit a woman in the face, leaving her hospitalized for a week and still in a rehab facility. new york yankees manager joe girardi telling nj.com after fridays game, protective netting needs to be extended at all ballparks. a red sox spokesperson telling abc news, "we are working with mlb on the study of fan safety and we are talking to our fans who have seats in those areas." research shows more than 1,700 spectators are hurt by batted balls at major league stadiums each year...

Look for traces of flammable liquids. they found none. and chemical tests of the rubble couldnt find accelerants either. >> there was very little trace evidence for us to recover at the scenes. >> there was no vandalism at the fire scenes. so the motive appeared to be thrill seeking and all of the fires started the same way on the ground floor at chest level. over the next several weeks, there were eight church fires, six were lutheran churches. eventually the arsons moved on to businesses and h...

Each one of the panels on the outside is going to be exchanged with any of the panels you see around the building. >> it might be a helicopter or plane or normal car or truck. >> exactly. >> you take your left hand this is a reference point to finding the door handle. oo radio release the seat belt with rur right hand and begin getting out. >> when do i take my breath? >> the water will come in from the bottom and rapidly. when it is chest level thats the time to take a breath. >> are you ready ...

With 10,000 lost hectares of crops, the flooding causing an estimated $11 million worth of damage and counting. rescuers worked all hours to clear up the flooding, a result of many factors, including that a warming atmosphere caused by climate change makes extreme rainfall like this more likely. with downpours here forecast to continue for many hours yet. mark lobel, bbc news. lets go to beijing now where our china correspondent stephen mcdonell is monitoring the situation. what more can you tel...

And the city 1.5 million. volcanos ranging from 8,000 feet to 10,000 feet. you get tropical rainfall. that type of topography, didnt take much to spell a recipe for disaster. thats what weve seen unfold here within the past 24 hours or so. i get to the aerial shots now to on the ground. you can see exactly what people are dealing with. i just want you to note the floodwaters with this gentleman, you can see how actually theyve risen to just about chest level. its safe to say that floodwaters the...