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In new bern where more than 400 were saved saturday. another round of flooding sparked more rescue missions today. north carolinas governor says at least 2600 people and 300 pets have been freed from danger so far. the storm has been blamed for at least 20 deaths across the carolinas. and many more people are still at risk. >> the crisis in north carolina continues. catastrophic flooding and tornadoes are still claiming lives and property. >> in south carolina flash flooding fears are rising wit...

But today i spoke with the chair of the collier county commission here, penny taylor. she is a republican who accepts the consensus on climate change. she says once noaa undertook a study on how collier county will be affected by sea level rise, people there became more open to the issue. and then hurricane irma happened. >> the folks that say oh, you know, it ebbs and it flows and whatever, well, it does. but this ebb might be longer than we have ever experienced. and so to me, there is much mo...

Flooding is. there is still flooding in a lot of areas. so were doing that today. and that, you know, all of the sudden oh, you mean you live on a hill, you dont flood, that doesnt always hold true. >> so how do you talk to fellow republicans about this issue? youve got the president of the united states, you know, sort of dismisses it. scott pruitt said now is not the time to talk about this. [ laughter ] >> you think thats not true? [ laughter ] >> you know, we -- where is this man? get him he...

Barrier islands please get off. we are expecting anywhere from five to nine feet of storm surge in this area. all of these rivers, the lagoons, the intercoastal waterway, there will be a surge of water coming inland so areas that dont flood will be inundated. we will stay here as long as we can but we will have to move because water will be above my head within the next 12 hours or so. hopefully people took advantage, they got out and -- but now is the time if you are inland and staying in your ...

Down tornadoes, and the heavy rain slowing people down. oklahoma city, they get four naand a half inches every may. they picked it up in the the months worth of rainfall. police officers saying parts of downtown are under water. even areas that dont flood during flooding events one of the largest floods we have seen in this area in decades. look at this. the bottom of the screen this is within the city of oklahoma city. eight feet to thursday. friday morning, things quiet down. friday evening, u...

So, there are many areas that know that when it rains a lot, really fast, they will flood. they flooded before. even if it is only every seven years or eight years or something. but now these new evacuation orders are in areas that they never flood. even when you had tropical storm allison. even when you had hurricane rita. you know, even when you see a lot of destruction flooding. theres always a lot of areas that dont flood. theyre just on higher ground. but now youre seeing many areas that do...