Heavy Mud News Today

Them morning. You were live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News this Morning Disaster in Western North Carolina as one North Carolina official put it the devastation is quote biblical large swaths are completely cut off in that area. Official say, all roads there are considered closed. These are exclusive pictures coming into cnn showing the destruction in asheville. What you are looking at is the main Road And Biltmore village near the famous biltmor...

the record heat in the southwest, from texas to florida, too. just a short time ago, phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for a 12th day in a row. janai norman and ginger zee in the storm zone. in california, meanwhile, at this hour, all eyes on a massive landslide, destroying or condemning at least 12 homes already. they are now worried about 16 more homes. the ground shifting. whats driving this? the urgent manhunt right now in the northeast across state lines for that dangerous murde...

southwest, from texas to florida, too. just a short time ago, phoenix hitting 110 degrees for a 12th day in a row. in california, meanwhile, at this hour, all eyes on a massive landslide, destroying or condemning at least 12 homes already. they are now worried about 16 more homes. the ground shifting. whats driving this? matt gutman live on the scene. the urgent manhunt right now in the northeast across state lines for that dangerous murder suspect. tonight here, the new image. the...

City area as the snow blows across the northeast but it will clear out of chicago which got hit hard over the weekend. abcs alex perez is there. >> parts of wisconsin, michigan and illinois buried under snow. in the windy city, salt and plow trucks racing to keep up. a slippery sloppy mess making getting around a nightmare. >> its like mud, heavy mud. >> reporter: if you are driving out there how bad is it? >> its terrible, right? you can slide. you can get stuck. my roommate got stuck trying to...

Rainfall and recent volcanic ash that flooded down these regions and you can see in this particular demonstration on the graphic we created for you to explain what sirkts lava debris fields that let go from the side of the volcano, traveling upwards at speeds of 10 meters per second just destroying anything in its path and weve got some footage of this coming out of this region. you can see what a lahar look like. very dangerous. all this volcanic ash from recent eruptions mixes with heavy rain ...

These numbers keep moving. >> you heard his description about the emotional toll, the physical toll is an entirely different story, the slippery mud, heavy mud and the need to go through respectfully to clear through and be able to search for victims. the categorization is a complicated thing. earlier and for the last few days the death toll has been 16. we do expect that number to officially go up at the press briefing in a couple hours, but the missing list has been the one thats the most conf...

One. >> thanks. well watch for that. ed henry from the white house tonight. at least 12 are dead as powerful storms trigger a landslide. thats our top story. as we go around the world now in eight seconds. >> mexico. state media report heavy mud poured down a mountain, burying two homes in a bust east of mexico city. crews uncovered victims beneath the debris. it came after two tropical storms battered the countrys gulf coast, killing dozens and forcing more than 20,000 to evacuate. china. res...

How well the static kill operation may have worked that was done last week. thats where they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud and cement into the top of the well. some of that cement may have gone all the way down 13,000 feet to the bottom of the well and then up the sides of the casing. well, thats exactly where the relief well would be drilling into. so admiral thad allen and the government scientists arent convinced theres enough cement there to seal permanently. so they want to go ahe...

>> reporter: good morning, alex. >> a bit of talk earlier this week that the crews possibly would not have to finish drilling that relief well because the current cap was so successful when it stopped the oil from leaking. is that still the case? >> well, remember the cap on top that was placed there july 15th was only temporary. last week, bp at the direction of the coast guard began what they call a static kill where they pour thousands of pounds of heavy mud and cement into the top of the wel...

Work in the gulf is starting to shift gears now that the well is not leaking oil. but some locals worry that bp wont finish the job. bps tests show the well is cemented and its holding and no oil has leaked since july 15th. but there are still questions over fishermen and restaurant owners getting paid. and the overall environmental impact of the worst spill the nation has ever seen has yet to be fully determined. nbc news correspondent charles hadlock is in venice, louisiana. charles, chas next...