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The national weather service sent out these messages in kick succession, flash flood emergency for a dam failure, followed by dam operators report the dam is failing causing flash flooding downstream on the river. this is a extremely dangerous situation buses are evacuating people from the area as quickly as they can, all areas surrounding the river should evacuate now, lives are in danger. these all caps warnings from the national weather service couldnt have been more clear. but it raised the ...

Tuesdays 7.1 magnitude earthquake. city government says 60 people in all have been rescued since the quake hit. the official death toll tonight stands at 286. with more than half of those in the capital. things may be getting even worse in puerto rico. the national weather service is warning that a dam is failing in the northwestern part of that island and could cause flash flooding downstream. buses are evacuating people as quickly as they can at this hour. the rain is also not letting up. an a...

Very passionate about. >> i am. its personal. >> i know it is. there is breaking news coming out of puerto rico. the national weather service that a dam is failing causing massive flash flooding. this is happening along the river in the northwest part of the island. people being evacuated as we speak by bus. they are calling it an extre extremely. we havent even been table because of limited access until now. oh, my goodness. it has also been declared a -- so i set the stage for us. whats it l...

It turned slightly to the left, but its slightly further. why? for now the two computer models have a kink in them. a kink back towards the west and heres the newest. that was last night. there is the new 12 z or 8:00 a.m. run even for the american model. they tried to push the storm closer to the united states for you. jose is up here doing that and shifting it off into the ocean away from atlanta, canada and away from bermuda and away from the united states. look at the numbers we are seeing h...

Of maybe four to six months without power is led to awful for people here on a daily basis. remember two days ago woke up to a normal life in 2017 in american territory, today everything frankly changed. you know, the 155-mile-an-hour winds have torn electric cables down, thrown trees in the middle of highways, caused flash flooding that means we drove for a mile down a highway where it felt like a river. and taken cell phone signals out. and thats a key thing for people too because they have a ...

Nearby island of st. lucia, and hoping for clarity on just what has happened to the island of dominica. michael holmes, cnn, over dominica in the caribbean. >> incredible pictures. just moments ago, the national hurricane center released its new update on hurricane maria. lets get to our weather center and cnn meteorologist chad myers. chad, fill us in. >> the storm is hammering the north shore here of the dominican republic. right through there. and theres a couple mountain ranges in here too. ...

Lesser. >> you just spelled it out. it is is staggering what they are facing in terms of the future. no one knows when they will start to rebuild or get powerback. nick, thank you very much. where is hurricane maria headed now? cnns meteorologist chad myers has the track. >> it is moving north of the dominican republic. theres the north shore and the eye. very well defined. now, we still dont have radar back. look act how much white and now even some purple across the western half of puerto rico...

Assess more of the damage on the island. just completely devastating from what weve seen. tammy lightener, thank you. >> lets bring in our meteorologist, bill karins to talk about the path of this storm, and what it continues to do in the path. >> right now were still in the fog. were still trying to figure out how bad it is in puerto rico. weve seen the pictures around san juan. theres tons of tree damage as expected in a category 4. were waiting to see what areas outside. im concerned with the...

>> some of gabe gutierrez reporting. stunning images there. get a check on hurricane maria and its path. bill, you were talking about it earlier. rain still falling in puerto rico. flooding still a huge problem. you dont know how bad its going to be in some of those outlying areas. pictures of devastation though. really painting a dire picture. >> yes. the rivers themselves are well above records in many cases and major in others. its hard to tell with this video with the river flooding or from ...

That are potentially not quite so secure is. 175 miles per hour with a peak speed of this particular storm would make it possibly the worst ever to hit puerto rico. the last hurricane like this 1928. we have seen some water on the floor. the siren in the background we think is generate bud a in air pressure. it may also be heralding flash flooding. we got a text message alert with when our phones were still working and arent now telling us that the flood warning would be in place until 8:30 this...