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Know what theyre doing, especially not only in the day, but also at night. it is extremely important. but they will provide much needed support to the state and local first responders. theyre working around the clock, responding to record rainfall and flooding. all of us remember the devastating impact of the great flood of 1993, and thats why weve been working proactively with our local partners to prepare and respond. we expect most rivers to crest in the next few days. at which point well ass...

Foot, has caused river levels not only rise rapidly, but to go to places theyve never seen before. now that the rain has moved out, the threat has changed, but it is not, by any means, over. the safety of our neighbors and protecting property wherever possible is what we are in the business of doing. >> so to give you a better sense of the scope of this flooding, check out this chart. so it predicts water levels in st. louis, as you can see, for the mississippi, and weve highlighted two areas he...

A building that had stood tall for over 200 years on the banks of the river, another casualties of the rising river levels. and in radcliff, a gas main exploded. in lancashire water flooded the main road, cutting the village in two and flooding homes and businesses. some returned home this evening to salvage possessions and assess the damage, but the cleanup will take months >> this is the first time weve been in this state. roberts been here 50 years, hewett shackleton, 50 years. >> reporter: e...

Evacuated. martha fairley has a look at some of the worst-hit areas. >> reporter: the boxing day deluge had been predicted, but there was nothing homeowners could do to stop the rising water. at one point, 15,000 homes were left without electricity. the water side restaurant which had stood for over 200 years, another casualty of the rising river levels. and in radcliff, a gas main exploded. in lancashire the roads flooded. some families who were evacuated returned this evening to assess damage ...

Day or so as floodwaters roll in from the midlands down into the south carolina low country. as a precaution over here, you can see that some businesses have placed sandbags in front of their doors to prevent floodwaters from creeping in. over the next couple days emergency management officials and first responders are going to be keeping a close eye on river levels on the other side of georgetown county, emergency managers and first responders have set up a command post and staging area to assi...

Just south of myrtle beach, georgetown completely submerged. they have been pumping the water back out into the ocean, but an hour ago was high tide. too many water rescues to count right now. five fatalities mainly due to traffic accidents. theyre now calling in crews from tennessee because theyre overwhelmed by the number of people who still need help. it is coming down. this stream over to columbia, all the rivers have to flow back toward the ocean. so all the water making its way inland has ...

Numbers are close because of the lack of production this year and the heat. and want to show you what is happening with video coming out of poland. that is warsaw in the background. what you are seeing are the lowest river levels since the 1800s in poland. water levels are so low that officials have puld out over 100,000 square feet of trash because of the drought in place there. we know the wheat is limited, asparagus and apples could cost the farmers millions of dollars. we go down the longest...

We didnt really get hit. there are other people that really, really did. and so we wanted to help out. >> thats a terrific young man there. rivers are starting to recede after some crested at 49 feet. houston was hammered with heavy rain again raft night. in some areas -- last night. some areas getting 3.5 inches. we have more on the recovery effort from the tonwn of wimberley. hows it going there? >> reporter: volunteers are back at it this morning helping search for the missing and helping wit...

Is this morning. >> another harrowing night for people in the path of this extreme weather. that is an area that stretches from here in texas up into central missouri. now, here in wimberley, overnight rains caused river levels to rise once again. it is making search and cleanup efforts very difficult. in some areas debris is stacked as high as 20 feet. were talking about branches personal items. weve even seen furniture wedged together tightly by these strong floodwaters. lets go to dallas wher...

>> hands get chapped up there. rick reichmuth knows a thing. >> followed by the end of winter dry for a long time. >> thanks. >> i could use that. they still have more snow there today. hard to imagine but we still have more snow across parts of new england. very heavy rain across parts of the ohio valley. this is areas that saw two feet of snow in one snow tropical storm alone this winter. very heavy rain. some spots over five inches. a lot of flooding yesterday. still flooding in rivers take a...