ranchers are selling their herd because they don t have water? reporter: yes, absolutely. it s happening across the country. if you go west into california, east from where i am into west texas, north, even into canada, what s happening is the heat is taking away the ability to feed the cattle. it s a water issue, as you just laid out, lake mead is dropping lower and lower. the lower is gets, the less water arizona can have. it is hitting these ranchers hard and out here, water is a lifeline. take a listen. if you don t have rain, you don t have cows. if you don t have feed, you can t have cows and so it all boils down to the rain and the water. right now, the cost of cattle are down because everybody was liquidating their herds, so now they re worth less. there are domino effects that start happening with that. reporter: lori, who you heard from there is going to sell 200 heads of cattle august 1st, if it doesn t rain.
to return to their properties and get out of their properties, but many people just want to stay put. they want to see their houses stay safe, but it is incredibly danger, because the rain is still falling. river levels are still rising. the road networks, transport links are all interrupted. so as i say, a very worrying situation, indeed. and a massive operation for the rescue services. angela merkle was with pride president biden here just yesterday. coming up, andrew cuomo in the hot seat. i m not talking about the weather. the new york governor set to take serious questions from lawyers about sexual harassment allegations against him. first, new details from the explosive book about trump s final days in office, including two nightmare scenarios his top general was worried about. we ll dig into that next. s worr. we ll dig into that next mm. [ clicks tongue ] i don t know.
has become part of everyday life in cape town and conserving it s a civic duty from february the first water consumption has been limited to fifty liters per person per day in germany the average consumption is one hundred twenty liters the only now having a plane we ve been here for more than ten years this has been happening the dow has been happening for so long the only planning now. over the past twenty years cape town s population has doubled to four million and add to that of the two million tourists that come each year and it s no surprise that the city s more today and some skyrockets has wanted a barber to talk or down the hall to get a little it s tough but what can you do we all need the water it s a lot of shows. and we just go with the flow for most residents are taking the restrictions and mess drawing us if it doesn t rain soon in the cities will use
need it and quick. queuing for one of life s essential has become part of everyday life in cape town and conserving it s a civic g.t. from february the first water consumption has been limited to fifty liters per person a day in gemini the average consumption is one hundred twenty pages the only now having a plane been here for more than ten years this has been deafening the crowd has been happening for so long the only planning now. over the past twenty years cape town s population has doubled to four million and add to that of the two million tourists that come each year and it s no surprise that the city s more to made some sky rocket ships we wanted a barber to talk again i ll take that argument a stuff but for can you do we all need to vote for a few it s a lot of shows. and we just go where the program most residents are taking the restrictions and straw eat us if it doesn t rain soon in the cities which they use
mean we are in the clear. remember rain that falls upstream can have a major impact on flood stages downstream as those rivers andes estuaries. this is latest radar. look at interstate 70 and near oklahoma city. both locations wake up to a messy commute. more rain in store for you. we had upwards of 20 inches since the start of the month. unprecedented rainfall throughout the area and, yes, there is more to come. our models indicating anywhere between 1 to 3 and pockets of 4 inches of rain near the texas and oklahoma border. we also have the possibility of severe weather over the western parts of texas and oklahoma panhandle. western texas and into arkansas and into kansas. large hail and damaging winds