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Tuesday. were yet to hear whether it will be extended then. this is a temporary solution until the relief wells have been dug, thought to be the more permanent solution. but theres some weather heading into the gulf of mexico and it would be good if this cap actually worked so that they dont have to let oil back out into the gulf of mexico. you can see there, those are the relief wells being drilled. they are expected to be done sometime later this month or in very early august. the new cap has ...

Could keep oil out of the barrier islands. state officials say it will be done in august. the here and now is oil-soaked birds, tar-stained beaches and local businesses going bust which is why the coast guard gave bp a sunday night deadline to speed up its plans. the government estimates anywhere from 900,000 to 1.7 million gallons are gushing into the gulf every day. it told bp to deploy pressure sensors to get a more specific number. on is under the company used remote control robots to positi...

Tony. and thats been part of the problem, that it doesnt really advance too much, it sits there and doesnt really move out of the areas, so thats why the rainfall totals have been so severe. heres a better picture. here is high pressure as i mentioned over the southeast. here is a front. and notice how the front is somewhat stationary, its a slow-moving front and a slow-moving front is the worst possible weather for flooding. because when a front doesnt zip on through that we tend to see in the ...

Okay. all right. pictures from oklahoma city, bonnie. again, just how much water were dealing with. >> thats right. >> if you would, walk us through this storm, the training effect of the system. it is a similar pattern that we saw last week that impacted arkansas. >> and before that, texas last sunday. >> and texas before that. >> right. this is -- what happened was, we had a storm system that tapped into tropical moist tour so that really got it going and thats when we saw a lot of rain coming...

The containment cap itself. but a bp official told us it will take a few days to know if theyre sending better information. quote, its a complex operation, and how effective it will be, we dont know. its not as if theyll plug thissen sores in and get readings rights away. bp says its capturing 600,000 gallons every day, and starting tuesday, plans to rejigger that top kill system. now, it didnt work when the ship was pumping mud down to plug the leak. but now the same pipes will suck up oil, and...

Creek. i know we are working to verify that and double check that. we have got an awful lot of water here. we are talking about inches upon inches. there we go. look, jacqui, we are talking about anywhere from two to six inches in the last three hours? >> our radar is reporting amounts higher than that across the metro area, in ed monday, nine inches of rain. >> this is all tied to a system that you can actually show us that has been training, and you can explain that that is. sure. >> there you...

Edmond, just to the north of the city, where we saw the most intense rainfall. 9 inches or more since the storm began at 2:00 in the morning. so imagine if youre just heading out to work in the morning at 6:00 or 7:00, you see its raining, dont think its going to be that bad, but doesnt stop and keeps going over the same places again and again. and even looking at the radar picture right now, it is still raining. and want to show you as we advance the picture on a wider scale, were looking at wi...

Beaches and local businesses are going bust which is why the coast guard gave bp a sunday night deadline to speed up its plans. the government estimates 900,000 to 1.7 million gallons are gushing into the gulf every day. it told bp it deploy pressure sensors to get a more specific number. on is under the company used remote control robots to position those sensors inside the containment cap itself. but a bp official told us it will take a few days to know if theyre sending better information. "i...

Getting this i-report. and this is clearly a residential neighborhood, and im not sure -- wow, look at this, jacqui. >> ooh. >> you talk about -- you want to see what flash flooding can do in a moment. you go from a heavy rain storm to flash flooding, and bang, look at what you get. >> thats why we call it flash flooding. it happens in just a matter of minutes. >> look at all of that water. >> amazing power. >> yeah. that i-report from jimmy enriquez. jimmy, thank you. and jacqui, if you would, ...

Million gallons are gushing into the gulf every day. it told bp to add pressure sensors to get a more specific number. those were positioned by remote control robots on monday. a bp official says it will take few days to know if they are sending better information. quote its a complex operation and how effective it will be, we dont know. its not as if theyre plug the sensors in and get readings right away. tuesday it plans to rejigger that top kill system. now, it didnt work when the ship was pu...