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Record rainfall. its expected to continue through labor day weekend, but schools and government offices are reopening today after rainfall was less than oer originally predicted. joining me by phone, thad allen who directed the federal response to hurricanes katrina and rita. that is one little silver lining that were hearing out of louisiana, that they may get half or less of what they originally expected. but as somebody who understands how this works and as someone who dealt with katrina, whi...

Catastrophic loss, this is more of that. this is unfortunately what i think our region can come to expect. >> leland: we appreciate you joining us, we are glad you and your family are safe and i admire your dedication to your reporting to be with us, obviously a lot of work to do for the port arthur news. >> record rainfall in houston, 52 inches, the rising water can pose a very very, very serioust for a lot of people. urkey to pe, and make stuffing from scratch. so that you can spend time on wh...

We dont know where the water is going to be. theres a lot of these gauges that are now in record flood stage. this one will set the record bar for the next time. as far as the records go now, the one major record are the purple one. theyre all dotted here throughout the region. especially concentrated in the houston area. now we have two things that are happening. we already had this record rainfall. we saw the pictures in the last 24 hours. now we have two dams that the waters are starting to b...

And they are offering that family compensation. some record rainfall has led to historic flooding in the midwest. parts of illinois, missouri, and arkansas have all seen rivers overflow and houses filled with water over the past 48 hours. up to six inches fell in some areas yesterday. forecasters saying that a dryer weekend should provide some relief. two idealogical opposed presidential hopefuls in france have one more full day to make their case. sunday, voters will be choosing between cen...

Yesterday across the northeast. i want to point your attention to the west. quieter weather pattern for you because we have seen record rainfall and snow. winter storm advisories today. heather: deadly small plane crash at tucson airport, people crying out in horror as this unfold and they watch the aircraft go up in flames. [inaudible conversations] heather: the private plane skid ding off two people on board, both of them were killed, thick black smoke, its actually seen from miami away. they ...

Reaching for a shoe. a familys followings found evidence that it was a homicide. a federal probe has now begun its third year. reinforcements moving in to join the ranchers protesting in oregon now. they are still holed up in that building on an oregon wildlife refuge. others have arrived bringing long guns for them to stage a buffer between the law enforcements and ammmon bundy protests. >> as the mississippi river swells from record rainfall, hunters are clearing the camps in new orleans pre...

Checking top stories, reinforcements moving in to join the ranchers protesting in oregon, yes, thats still going on. for ten days protesters holed up in a building on an oregon wildlife refuj, speaking out about the federal governments land use poll sipz now a group calls themselves the idaho 3 percenters arrived bringing long guns. they plan to establish a buffer zone between law enforcement officers and protesters. and as the mississippi river swells from record rainfall, hunters are clearing ...

Balmy. record breaking warmth will continue to grip much of the central and eastern states into the weekend. a different story in the west with that, snow, i-90 closed at snoqualmie pass in washington state due to the danger of avalanches and heavy snow weighing down on trees. bonnie schneider is here with more. so, the west is like the east, the east is like the west and then you also got flood watches. >> right. we had the severe weather, were monitoring the threat for flooding. in alabama eme...

The coast closely this time. it depends on how fast the storm moves influence the area. >> with record rainfall in texas, authorities there in houston are asking the residents to stay at home tonight if they do not have to go anywhere. stay safe. >> what about the train derailment? >> you saw those crazy pictures at the beginning of the story. that happened 50 miles south of dallas. it was the union pacific train. it was when a creek overthrowed and washed over the tracks and washed them away. t...

The coast closely this time. it depends on how fast the storm moves influence the area. >> with record rainfall in texas, authorities there in houston are asking the residents to stay at home tonight if they do not have to go anywhere. stay safe. >> what about the train derailment? >> you saw those crazy pictures at the beginning of the story. that happened 50 miles south of dallas. it was the union pacific train. it was when a creek overthrowed and washed over the tracks and washed them away. t...