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Scotland and yet another band of rain making its way southwards. Some uncertainty as to exactly where that is going to sit but whether wherever it falls, salt and saturated ground. It looks like temperatures are going to rise well above the average as we go towards the middle part of the week. Perhaps speaking on thursday, 16 and 17 if we see some sunshine but as you can see from the chart behind me, it is going to stay quite saturated and unsettled. Thanks, helen. And thats bbc news at six. You...

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Mild, but chilly, i think, a chillier night elsewhere. we will pick up a few more frosts overnight in the coming a few nights. for thursday, the best of the brightness will be in the north, probably fewer showers than we have seen today. a little bit more sunshine coming through scotland, northern ireland, northern england. not as windy, except in the north with that cold northerly. in the south, i think quite a bit of cloud for many parts of england and wales. uncertain how far it will come, bu...

Thats a slow moving band of rain again, the concern with the ground saturation that we could see some local flooding and it grinds to a halt then as we move through friday. the cold air starting to dig down from the north. much milder and brighter towards the south. and where that cold air and that mild air meet we could see some snow initially over the hills, possibly at lower levels as that low pressure system into christmas day starts to move away and we get some wintry showers. so, that cold...

Well be back with you shortly. so as florence crawls, literally crawls toward south carolina, lets right now head to myrtle beach and speak with the mayor of that city joining me now on the phone. madam mayor, what kind of night has it been like for you? >> it was a little bit more peaceful than it has been. still tropical storm conditions, a lot of rain but were going to have to wait that out for a couple of more days with the rain. >> what about power outages? >> we still have a little over 8,...

Had to be dragged out by ropes themselves. >> by the way, a slury is a thick mud. at least six houses destroyed and many more damaged. residents said it happened in an instant. >> i was coming down the hill, i just saw the darkness. like somebody grab you. everything was gone. like three seconds. >> the fire chief described the scene as quicksand, still trying to reach people trapped in the mud. eight people rescued and taken to the hospital. how did this happen without any warning? a lot to do ...

Northeast of seattle washington. >> we have people that are yelling for our help and we are going to make, were going to take extreme risk to try to get them out of there. >> 45 miles, im sorry 44 yards wide and 6 housedi destroyed an ground saturation and really heavy rain in the last month that led to this catastrophic situation. the pictures there hard to turn away from. look at all that mess, guys. >> i was reading the first reports came in 10:45 yesterday morning which is 1:45 eastern time....