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kill a man when responding to the wrong house. the big melt. after a record season of snow, some western states brace for the water rush and disaster. and later, phantom bows out on broadway. ♪ the phantom of the opera is here ♪ >> after a record run, a musical theater institution ends sunday, and so does a love affair for stage workers and performers. >> i thought it would run forever, and im sad about it. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana di...

with devastating winds, storm surge and flooding. our correspondents are in the heart of some parts of florida right now. were tracking ian in the weather center as we bring you live special coverage of this hurricane disaster. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> this hour ians brutal assault is still very much underway. hurricane force winds. brian todd is on the scen...

>> don, we have seen an increase in new bern, north carolina. were north of you where the noose river and the pimlico sound meet. a lot of intercoastal waterways leading to the atlantic ocean. the river has gone through union point park and its now reaching across the road past the barriers into downtown new bern at this point and, again, you pointed out, were just now seeing these outer bands. now, we havent had too much on the part of this severe wind here but in new bern, in craven county, th...

>> it is all in this area from ft. myers, florida. there you will see bands coming ashore. that is because on the south side of this system, still for tampa, still going out. so in the next couple of hours as irma transitions more north, tampa is on the back side of this and that water will start rushing into some of those bays even north of tampa. and right now ft. myers is seeing that as well. maybe 1 to 3 feet storm surge is what we are expecting. but i wouldnt diminish that. those dont sound...

That say there is a breach somewhere on the columbia lakes levy and they are expecting it to fail. there is no huge water rush, from some accounts from our eye that is not happening but county officials say that could happen any moment and they are urging people to get out right now. >> the concern is always a flash flood type of situation that could occur. >> rescue operations continue in texas right now. im sure you havent slept in a few days so i appreciate you joining us. every member of the...

Professional actor. whether im talented or a jen genius let the time decide. and we continue on hour two. youre watching cnn. im brooke baldwin. lets talk texas. people in southwest texas are being told to prepare and get out. volunteer evacuations are under way in wharton, texas. another band of thunderstorms are coming in and it it could lead to more flash flooding. like this in one familys home. >> oh, no! can you imagine? this family was able to get upstairs to the second story here and wa...

>> we watched the water rush in and the power go off. then we smelled a fire the electric was burning. it became very very real and scary at that moment. >> my wife my daughter was asleep upstairs. my brother and brother-in-law were both there. yeah, i think we went into survival mode at that point. we just -- you know the girls were -- my sister-in-law was calling 911. my brother and i were trying to figure out what our next move was. there was a point where i started tying all the bed sheets t...

Wiping out vehicles and damaging homes. officials say recent fires allowed the water rush down with nothing to hold it back. residents came home to roads that were completely washed out. nobody was injured but officials say it could take days to clean up the mess. >> now it is time for your weather update. what can folks expect? >> still more of the same across the west. a lot of tropical moisture from the pacific. flash flooding is going to be a concern for a lot of states across the west, neva...

to countless communities where irene, now a tropical storm, is causing catastrophic flooding this is margaretville, a small village in the catskill mountains, about two and a half hours south of the city. within the past hour president obama addressed the governments response to this natural da disaster. >> i do want to underscore that power may be out for some time, perhaps days. i want to make sure dhs, fema and other agencies are doing everything in their power to help folks on the ...

>> well be here. when its gone. >> the gentleman was saying you do the work sandbags and seeing the water rush over it. its so discouraging. in 1973, after surviving devastating floods, a 22-foot seawall was built to protect the people of morgan city, louisiana. people who live there like to call it the gateway to the gulf of mexico. theyre hoping they dont become part of the gulf of mexico. they hope that seawall holds. >> rob marciano is live there this morning in morgan city where some reside...