We have an nbc crew at the scene talking with neighbors describing the emotional scene. Well have a live update at 4 30. As we told you, irma is down to a tropical depression, but storm surges caused record flooding. Crews rescued 46 people from swamped homes. Heres whats left of irma on the first alert radar. This morning the push is on to recover after the hurricane. It will be a long and slow process in the florida keys. Look at the video. The hardest hit area of the state. The keys are still cut off from the mainland by flooding, and supplies are dwindling. Military cargo planes are flying relief missions. More than six Million People are without power across florida. Officials say it could be weeks before it is fully restored. At least ten people died in florida, georgia, and South Carolina. Most of the deaths are blamed on falling trees. A 57yearold man in South Carolina died when he was clearing branches from his yard and another tree limb hit him. Irma goes in the record books
But hesen innocent of any criminal charges. Now the scene of the derailment was a massive scene in which you had firefighters, crime scene technicians and bomb technicians thatten went to examine parts and pieces of the train. At one point today an officer with the Police Department testified hes with the bomb squad and went into the compartment and he says he saw bostians knapsack anden went through it and found a tablet like an ipad or some or device there. When he was done examining that, he put it back in the bag and then left. Later pictures were shown of that bag being ransacked and to this day the tablet has yet to have been found. Thats the latest on this. The judge ruling this an accident, not a crime. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Well keep updating you on this story. At 5 00 our legal expert will explain what todays decision means for the future of the amtrak case. Hurricane irma still being felt in the south. People are assessing the damage caused by the storm. Search and re
Already escaped. And he died. Katy zachry spoke with a neighbor who tried to save him. He was looking for his wife and calling for her. She said, babe, im out here on the roof he was screaming for her. They drove down west 37th street at the right time. As he passed by this house late monday night, he saw flames. He pulled over as the homeowner was trying to put out the fire himself. He says the man is well known on this block and has lived here for years. He was running in and out of his home looking for his wife. The victims son tells us he didnt realize his wife had walked on to the first floor roof and was looking for a way to jump down. So he ran around the side of the house to get a hose, came back in to try to find her, but shes outside yelling his name the whole time. He didnt know. He did what any husband should do. He went in there to troy to find her. He didnt make it out. Reporter the tims son says his 5yearold niece lives at this house and she happened to be staying somewh
DNREC and the Division of Watershed Stewardship announced the launch of "I-ADAPT" to help Delaware residents become more resilient to climate hazards - particularly flooding.