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Time to actually get there. we should have been there already. were getting started but were not satisfied. >> reporter: back at the airport first responders desperately look for a way to get this young girl out. she is stoic, but her leg is gravely injured and clearly in pain. this plane is full, another helicopter takes off without her. and so after walking around the tarmac, she is placed in another truck, a painful wait for help goes on. and rainfall continues to come down from tropical stor...

All out there right now to get rid of the h storm near bermuda. were worried about grace, the convection, the thunderstorms with grace right over the top of that 7.2 epicenter. this weather is brought to you by servpro, helping to make fire and water damage like it never even happened. fred came onshore near apalachicola as a 65 or 70 miles per hour storm, put a four-foot storm surge into apalachicola. its raining heavily through north carolina, tennessee, and by tomorrow up through pennsylvania...

By the hour. overnight, the island nation slammed by a tropical storm as the death toll climbs past 1400 people, days after the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake. gabe gutierrez is in haiti with the latest. gabe? >> reporter: stephanie, good morning. when we traveled to one of the hard it hit regions, mothers had to hold up ivs for their children in the hot sun. international aid organizations are struggling to bring in relief surprise because of treacherous roads. now overnight, the weather ...

Truck, a painful wait for help goes on. >> matt joins us now from port-au-prince. matt, theres concerns now about the tropical depression graces impact on the search and recovery efforts. thousands without homes tonight. whats the weather situation there right now? >> reporter: yeah, the fact is, anderson, there could be some parts of these communities that were hardest hit that could receive 5, 10, maybe even 15 inches of rain overnight tonight into tomorrow. that, of course, raises the risk of...

Tropical storm grace poured heavy rain and blew strong winds across the area after the earthquake. thats complicated search and relief efforts. its also left many people homeless and living in makeshift camps. nbcs gabe gutierrez has the latest from the ground in port-au-prince. >> overnight tropical storm grace drenched haiti raising more fears of flash flooding and mudslides, and slowing urgent rescue efforts after this weekends powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake, and 6,000 injured and many des...

Breaking news tonight. the death toll from the massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake in haiti has risen in the last few hours, haitian officials now report that at least 1,419 people have died. thousands more are injured. with tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, haiti tonight is also facing the prospect of flash flooding and mudslides, as a tropical depression threatens a country still reeling from the chaos caused by the assassination of its president. mat rivers is in haiti for us, wit...

Panhandle as the storm moves through. and as tempting as the water behind me may be for some, officials say the surf is dangerous and are asking people to stay out of the water. one of the biggest threats from fred the storm surge, could reach 3 to 5 feet in some areas of the panhandle and some areas are already dealing with the water coming up as early as this morning. tonight the main concern going forward: the rainfall. some areas could see 4 to 8 inches of rain, that is certainly enough to t...

Absorb and deflect as much as 70% of rainwater that comes down. it is absorbed, consumed and kept in place. once you remove that vegetation and again only 1% of the primary forest remains here, you are essentially leaving the way for mudslides and flash flooding to take place and all of that water will want to end up downstream across some of these communities and that is the last thing you want to see. fortunately the storm system will be gone later this afternoon or this evening, but our frien...

Overnight, tonight into tomorrow. that, of course, raises the risk of flash flooding, of mudslides, makes it harder for search-and-rescue teams to do their work. and you are also talking about thousands and thousands of people who have been displaced from their homes, who are spending the night outside, anderson. during a tropical depression. >> wow. its just awful. matt rivers, appreciate you being there. thank you. up next, what pfizer told the fda, today, about its covid-booster shot. and w...

Damaged or destroyed. all this comes as heavy rain from tropical storm grace threatens to unleash flash flooding and mudslides in the area where the quake hit on saturday. and as we wait to see the impact from the storm, matt rivers was in les cayes touring some of the damage near the epicenter of the quake. >> reporter: getting to the hardest hit area of the earthquake means a helicopter ride 100 miles away from port-au-prince. land and the reality of haitis latest trauma greets us on the tarma...