Well have more on the wusa 9 news app. So glad you are joining us for the news at noon. Im mike hydeck. The flooding in South Carolina is making headlines. Flood victims are returning home to see whats left. For others, that threat is not over. As weijia jiang reports, the rivers are still rising. Reporter emergency crews are scrambling to stabilize the beaver dam this morning in columbia. Workers are placing heavy rocks in the water to hold back the rising river. Probably up to just over two tons right now. Theyll continue to work this dam until theres not an imminent danger. Reporter officials believe this dam is protected for now, but earlier today, they were not as confident. An emergency message went out urging people who lived nearby to evacuate. Sheriffs deputies are going doortodoor in vulnerable areas warning people to be on alert. National guard troops line neighborhood streets ready to help. A number of rivers near South Carolinas coast are still rising, threatening to wipe
58 degrees. Notice the cloud cover. This is due it a front coming on through. Well see a good mix of sun and clouds through the afternoon. Highs above afternoon and higher than they were yesterday. Well talk about changes for the weekend coming up. Heres larry miller. You might see light clearing Road Construction throughout parts of the metro. Nothing to slow you down just yet. Just be mindful of that. Metro riders, youre off to a great start for your wednesday morning. Trains, buses running on schedule. Taking you to the beltway right now, no issues in terms of accidents or incidents that will slow you down in the whole 53mile stretch. 395 and 295 free and clear of any issues as women. Heres a live look as well. Heres a live look at how things are shaping up 066. We had earlier problems near chain bridge road on the eastbound side but looks like residual delays. For now over to you. New information this morning in a countdown of captivity here at the Washington Post. This ticker outs
Right in germany and counterprotests from their opponents point to an emerging crisis thats grown out of the arrival of tens of thousands of refugees all desperate for help. What makes their plight even more tragic those who would choose to exploit them in their hour of great need. America tonights Sheila Macvicar saw it all tirs hand in firsthandin germany. All along the refugee trail, a trail that last year alone saw more than a million Asylum Seekers make that long journey, from turkey to western europe, all along that route there are helping hands. But where many see human struggle and need, others see opportunity and profit. Sometimes, that impulse is down right criminal and beyond cruel. Take the owners of this turkish factory arrested last week for producing fake life jackets, meant for the refugee aid, stuffed not with the buoyancy aid, but guaranteed to sink a drowning refugee. Even the most welcoming of countries for long established systems for resettling refugees have found
To put a number on the damage done by an estimated 11 trillion gallons of water. Today as the sun came out and the water slowly began to recede, we heard Amazing Stories of survival. David begnaud is in south carolina. Reporter for angela cole, coming home was hard. Oh, god. I cant even breathe right now. Oh, my god. This is just. Reporter but she does appreciate that her family is alive. She snapped photos on her phone as the water was rising, and her family kept climbing higher trying to escape. Craig smith is her partner. And by that time, the refridge rairpt was floating in this direction. Reporter they dialed 911 but two hours later still no help. Did you think that you and your family were going to die . When i saw the water coming up, yeah. There was nowhere to go. Reporter cole decided post a plea for help on facebook. If anyone has a boat, please help. 4220 timberlane drive. I have two children, one with special needs she wrote. Smith feared help would not get there before his
Right in germany and counterprotests from their opponents point to an emerging crisis thats grown out of the arrival of tens of thousands of refugees all desperate for help. What makes their plight even more tragic those who would choose to exploit them in their hour of great need. America tonights Sheila Macvicar saw it all tirs hand in firsthandin germany. All along the refugee trail, a trail that last year alone saw more than a million Asylum Seekers make that long journey, from turkey to western europe, all along that route there are helping hands. But where many see human struggle and need, others see opportunity and profit. Sometimes, that impulse is down right criminal and beyond cruel. Take the owners of this turkish factory arrested last week for producing fake life jackets, meant for the refugee aid, stuffed not with the buoyancy aid, but guaranteed to sink a drowning refugee. Even the most welcoming of countries for long established systems for resettling refugees have found