Sandbagging Efforts News Today

They were breached because of the storm surge and the flooding. thats why you see this behind me this morning. sandbagging efforts that started late yesterday evening into this morning. i spoke with a lieutenant in the national guard who tells me those big sandbags will be airlifted around 8:00 a.m. local time to try to patch together these levees. as you and bill have been discussing, the rain is still ongoing. some areas might get 4 to 6, maybe even 10 inches. so they want to put that together...

Of rain. already soaked in new orleans, it is under a tropical storm warning. barry is expected the make landfall tomorrow. the cost of damage and economic loss from tropical storm. barry can be 8 to $10 billion. joining me live is marianne atencio. >> reporter: this is under mandatory evacuation because of the historic rainfall that you mentioned but also the three feet of storm surge that could occur. you can see the water behind me, it is at the bottom of the lower houses and the storm is not...

Rain yet, brynn, what are you seeing today? >> reporter: pelted today too. thats slowing down. the sandbagging efforts, protect of home efforts because a mandatory evacuation in effect at 3:00 today here on the island. the barrier islands. these are people filling cars one by one with sand bags, ten per car. as you can imagine, people are quickly trying to get whatever they can to help protect the homes. i want to talk to this gentleman. he is nice to talk tous. he is an island resident and youv...

Missouri, with the latest. matt? reporter: good morning, guys. in arnold, 200 homes are affected or destroyed by flooding. the mayor said this is the worst natural disaster he has ever seen. the river is still raging, creeping up on to this road, nearly destroying this home, probably saved by sandbagging efforts. damage is done and cleanup pins pins -- begins. there are pumps all over town. it is cold here. a lot of floodwater turns to ice on streets and sidewalks. river crested high of 4feet. i...

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This morning on "world news now," flood fears. the state of emergency and disaster preparations as the mississippi river overflows. >> many property owners have been forced to leave and also prepare for the worst. it is friday, may 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday morning, everybody. im rob nelson. >> and im peggy bunker. along hundreds of miles of shoreline, volunteers and even prison inmates have been asked to join the sandbagging efforts. there are pr...

Famed opryland hotel in nashville. now under in some parts 10 feet of water. nashville, really, has been hit the hardest, the most damage from the floods in the state of tennessee. on the phone with us as we continue to look at these pictures is the mayor of nashville, carl dean. mayor, thank you for coming back again today. update us if you will. lets start with this water situation. i know people are being asked to conserve and maybe cut their consumption by at least 50 percent. >> yes. we hav...

One year they fought off record flooding with sandbagging efforts. they are doing the same thing. in fargo, north dakota, latest shows it rising 20 feet above flood stage, three feet above last year, which was a record. congress will send president obama an overhaul for no child left behind today. what the changes could mean for your child and the people who teach them. plus another american detained in an alleged terrorist plot. should the government change guidelines for terrorist profiling....