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Officials say is on the way. jillian: a lot of people evacuated. 700,000 without power. hundreds of rescue operations. connell: a terrible story with that tree coming down and we hope for the best for the next few days. jillian: we have you covered, tropical storm florence creeping slowly inland, the downpours expected to continue for days to come. connell: much of the region under flash flood warnings, rescue workers preparing for potentially catastrophic floods. special team coverage continues...

When we were there today, there was no one on the road. no vehicles, no people, no sight seers. no one was getting in. and as far as we could tell, there was no one there except police and other rescue workers waiting to see if anyone would need rescuing. as far as we know, there were no rescues necessary. other areas, yes, they have been pulling people out. there have been people rescued or assisted out of their flooded areas all across the state and that is only going to intensify as the rains...

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>> absolutely. the ocean is a benefit. once the storm surge comes in, its got somewhere to go, it goes back out to sea. the minimal flooding we have seen in this immediate area, we have seen that the water is mostly receded and gone back out to sea. like those rivers that are cresting, there is nowhere for that water to come. here in morehead, the major rivers, major newport river feeds down into this bay. that takes days, if not weeks to get out of there. >> griff jenkins. thats amazing. you lo...

And we will have all of this and more straight ahead. arthel: another major weather story we are following today, a deadly typhoon slamming the philippines this weekend, at least 12 people killed and thousands forced to evacuate their homes. katie logan is following live from london bureau, kitty. >> hi, arthel, this was the strongest storm to hit the philippines so far this year, in addition to 12 dead there are several people missing. hit northeast philippines before dawn on saturday and high ...

When you look at the size of the waves and the fact that you still have the water and the sand coming into these homes that are here in the ocean and flooding the streets, that is what rescue workers and that is what authorities here on the island fear the most. it is that in that flooding and the fact, again, that these bands can just come out of no where and its why theyre urging residents here to stay hunkered down. frances? >> weve seen what it has done to that sign behind you. thank you. ...

Not off, according to authorities who warned this incident could continue for another week or more with people unable to access their homes. we know one person was killed and at least ten people including a firefighter was injured, one of them critically. >> a streak of violent gas explosions ripping through 40 homes and businesses in three massachusetts towns, stretching fires across dozens of blocks and forced thousands to evacuate. >> i have been in the fire service for 39 years, and i have n...

The authorities say an issue with gas lines may have prompted the explosions, which began shortly before 5:00 p.m. >> that smoke looks crazy. >> loud booms ringing out as fires erupted without warning. firefighters and rescue workers racing to respond. answering more than 70 reports of fires, explosions, and gas odors as the night pressed on. >> top of the road, state police down here. you know, local warrants police. there was mayhem pretty much. >> chaos forcing thousands of residents and work...

When it comes to florence. sadly though we have gotten confirmation of at least three people that died in the storm. an infant, a mother, and also a woman apparently from cardiac arrest. sadly people have died. there are going to be many more people that will be injured because of flooding, because of downed trees, because of electrical situations and on and on. the folks helping out with that are people in the cajun navy as well as other emergency and rescue workers. todd carol is with the caju...

On. again, they were working so frantically and exhaustively trying to get these two people out. unfortunately a sad outcome in the end, don. >> yeah, thats a really awful outcome. brian todd, thank you very much. you heard the warning from brian todd, you also heard it from miguel marquez. unless it is a dire situation, theyre asking you not to call rescue workers or emergency workers or dial 911 because they have their hands full. theyre dealing with people who have flooding issues, dealing wi...