Dropped off 15 foot. All the sand is just totally gone. Reporter in duey, the streets flooded, but in bethany the damage is more significant. Access to the beach is now very limited. Past the gates its like a cliff that drops down into the ocean. Once all the water calms down and the sand dries out, thailg be able to get a better look at the damage and how to fix it. Some of the dunes took a pretty good beating. He says a lot of the fences they put up to protect the dunes, most of the fences are out at sea. The water is still high in many spots and the cleanup continues. As bad as it is, many are thankful the noreaster wasnt followed up by joaquin. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Still, todays weather complicating the cleanup efforts in some of our areas. Glenn hurricane schwartz has more on whats causing trouble now. Glenn . Yeah, well we continue to see wind direction thats coming in off of the ocean. Its not as strong as it was, and the level of the flooding is down, but it doesnt recede enough for people to go and fix what happened. You can see a live view of cape may, you can see theres some beach there, but we do have some issues here and a Coastal Flood Advisory continues for southern delaware and extreme south jersey. We continue to see that northeast wind. You can see it would be worse at the delaware beaches than at the jersey shore where its more parallel to the coastline there. And that goes until 7 00. Minor tidal flooding, especially in the back bays after the high tide. These are the wind gusts in the past couple of hours. You can see some places gusting still 20 to 30 miles an hour. So were not exactly totally out of the woods here, but the general picture is for improvement, the clouds, the only issue now, got to get rid of the wind and the weather is just going to get better and better around here. More on our weather this week and the latest on joaquin and whats going on in South Carolina with the seven day in a few minutes. South carolina is experiencing record flooding following a weekend of torrential rain. At least nine people have died in the state, and while the rain has eased, the intense flow of water is pushing towards the coast. Nbcs jay gray is in hard hit columbia, South Carolina, with the latest. Reporter South Carolina is still under water right now. Historic flooding thats tossed aside cars, torn away roads, bridges, and dams and swallowed communities through the coast through the midlands. We are continuing rescue and evacuation operations throughout the state. Reporter in the columbia area alone from the weekend through today there have been more than 150 swift water rescues and First Responders expect that number to climb. The National Guard has moved in to help with the ongoing effort in the flood zone, focusing much of their attention in the columbia area, where the water has had an effect on just about everyone and everything. Infrastructures compromised. Reporter one of the most severe issues, water. Not the flood levels that continue to climb, but the Public Water System thats been compromised leaving thousands without usable water. The situation so dire fire teams continue to pump tens of thousands of gallons of water into area hospitals. Were going to continue to provide the water to the hospital as long as we can sustain it. And we just dont know how long we can sustain that. Reporter the firefighters like most everyone here pushed to their limits, but the struggle for many is still far from over. When it finally does stop raining and the floods recede, then we have to deal with all the incredible amounts of property damage, which im sure will total into the billions. We got a lot of work to do, but were doing it together. Reporter the same way that so many to this point have survived this historic storm. Jay gray, nbc news, columbia, South Carolina. An amtrak train expected to arrive in our area tonight derailed this morning in vermont leaving more than half a dozen people hurt. This accident, of course, comes five months after the deadly amtrak accident in philadelphia. Train 55 derailed this morning in the town of rocksbury, in central vermont. It was on its way to washington, d. C. , with a stop planned at 30th street station. The train went off the tracks after it rain into a rock slide. These are photos from the scene. Seven people hurt, one seriously. Passengers were put on school buses and were waiting to hear back from amtrak about when the passengers are expected to arrive at their destinations. It was back in may when amtrak train 188 detrailed in philadelphias Port Richmond section. Eight people were killed and more than 200 hurt. Investigators say the train was traveling twice as fast as the speed limit. An arrest in dorm room attacks at a local university. 24yearold john cannon is accused of criminal sexual contact and harassment of Rider University students. Investigators tell us cannon entered the unlocked doors of two dorm rooms. He touched the women sleeping there and ran away when the women woke up. Cannon is not a student at rider and its unclear how he got inside the buildings. Rider university put out a statement saying it has increased Public Safety on campus. It is also reminding students to lock their doors. Another day of testimony in the Center City PhiladelphiaBuilding Collapse trial. On the stand today an architect who says he warned the buildings demolition contractor the day before the collapse, saying the building was in imminent danger of collapse and needed to come down needily. The defense is cross examining the architect. Griffin campbell faces thirddegree murder charges in the deadly collapse. It was back in june of 2014 when a fourstory brick wall fell on to the Salvation Army thrift store. Six people were killed and more than a dozen hurt. Griffin campbells Construction Company was in charge of that demolition. 2 00 came and went without any problems on local college campuses. The fbi issued an alert this weekend there could be an act of violence at 2 00 this afternoon. The threat did not name a specific college. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante was on campus at the university of pennsylvania this afternoon. What is the reaction from students, deanna . Reporter well, its mixed there. Law enforcement sources all over the philadelphia fivecounty area say they are sending alerts to college and university communities. All local police and Campus Security officials are urging those people to urge police if they see something suspicious. Students tell us they didnt want to miss class, but at the same time some of them tell us they couldnt wait to get back home. There was no specific college named, but out of an abundance of caution, the alert was passed on to university and college communities. The threat was set to expire at 2 00 today and the threat mentioned last weeks shootings in oregon and made a promise to attack in the philadelphia area. That did not happen. So many students and College Workers say by living in fear were giving in to the people behind the threats. On edge, but definitely security presence out here is assuring. Bigger today . I wouldnt say its bigger, just they are more active walking around. My mom made me promise to stay off campus, so she sees this, shes going to know you didnt listen. I still have time. The fbi says this isnt the first time there has been a social media posting like this. They say they have seen similar postings throughout the country. Theres no word there are any suspects that are behind these threats. Reporting live, Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. Deanna, thank you. Now a house fire in West Kensington today puts at least two people in the hospital. Sky force 10 over the scene as firefighters battle flames this afternoon. The red cross is helping the families who live there. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. A delaware man is charged with dui and assault after officers say he hit an suv and a police car. Officers arrested samuel pu tzoy last night. Officers say tzoy first hit an suv, causing it to overturn. A woman in the suv was seriously hurt. He then drove off, but stopped after hitting the back of a lewes police cruiser. No officers were hurt. A woman enters a home in south philadelphia to steal jewelry from an elderly woman. This video shows the suspect who took off. The suspect was found by the victim inside the home on snyder avenue in south philly. She claimed to be a nurse sent from a hospital. Police tell us the intruder told the victim she needed to leave to move her car, but she never returned. From the nbc 10 News Delaware bureau, an suv barrels into the back of a strip mall in middletown. This is the scene along summit bridge road shortly after 9 00 this morning. Police believe the driver had a medical problem. The driver was rushed to a hospital, no one in the building was hurt. A vote will come later this week on the pennsylvania project. That budget battle has been at a standstill nearly four months. Its been 96 days since the keystone state has had a budget. Well hit 100 days later this week if no budget is passed on wednesday. Governor wolf is warning republican lawmakers that steep cuts in education will happen if taxes are not raised. Wolf spoke today saying the republican plan does not responsibly balance the budget. On wednesday the state house will vote on wolfs plan. Just the way weve been doing it is not at all honest and weve got to stop it. Thats what this has been. Not about ideology, its about math. We reached out to Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers today, but we havent heard back yet. Today is the last day for pennsylvanians to register to vote in next months election. State officials are telling us that residents can register online for the first time as long as they have a penn dot drivers license or an i. D. Card. Voters will fill three open seats on the pennsylvania supreme court. Two other state appellate openings, and several local races. Election day is tuesday, november 3rd. To decision 2016. Less than a week after the latest School Shooting, democratic president ial frontrunner Hillary Clinton today unveiled new gun control measures. She spoke about it today in New Hampshire seen live on the today show, her measures are aimed at strengthening background checks on gun buyers and eliminating legal immunity for sellers. She also wants to repeal legislation that shields gun manufacturers, distributors, and dealers from most liability lawsuits. Clintons announcement comes four days after a gunman shot and killed nine people at the Community College in oregon. She became emotional today when she was joined by the mother of a young victim of the School Shooting in newtown, connecticut. So many of the parents of these precious children who were murdered have taken the unimaginable grief that they have been bearing and have tried to be the voices that we need to hear. Clinton has made strengthening gun laws a centerpiece of her president ial campaign. The coast guard says it found the body of one crew member from a cargo ship that disappeared thursday near the bahamas and were also learning a mechanical failure left the ship in the path of hurricane joaquin. A total of 33 men and women were onboard the ship that sank, including 28 americans. Officials also say they found an empty life boat after the ship was reported lost at sea. The ship left north florida tuesday night and was expected to arrive in puerto rico on friday. Officials say they remain hopeful that survivors will be found, but they do believe the boat sank near the bahamas. A pilot died in midair, sending an American Airlines plane to syracuse for an unexpected landing. The plane was on its way from phoenix to boston this morning. The copilot landed the plane safely after the pilot became ill. The airline hasnt said what caused the pilots death. It wasnt until the second flight with a new crew that passengers were told the pilot had died. The airline says thats so no one would panic. The pentagon says the u. S. Air strike that killed 22 people in afghanistan was requested by Afghan Forces. The commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan says Afghan Forces requested air support saturday when they were under taliban fire. Several civilians were among the 22 people who were killed at a medical clinic, but many think the u. S. Needs to take more responsibility for its role in the air strikes. Severe, severe violation of International Humanitarian law and it is completely unacceptable. The u. S. Government promised a full investigation and said the u. S. Would acknowledge and correct any mistakes. The six American Service members who died in the air strike returned to the states today. Today north korea released a former New York University student six months after capturing him crossing into the country from china. Heres video showing the student and south Korean International during a News Conference in north korea last month. North koreas official news agency said joo was caught back in april and admitted he had violated north korean law. A decision on an Early Release from prison for Oscar Pistorius has been delayed, again. The olympic athletes Early Release has been referred back to the parole board. Pistorius was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of culpable homicide for killing Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. So far hes served about a year of his fiveyear prison sentence. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well, the fabulous fall day out there. Water in the poconos, this is a live picture from lake wallenpaupack. Boy was it cold and windy and nasty, but things have improved tremendously. Things are calming down. The winds calming down, waters are calming down, and were getting more sunshine, and were also going to be warming up. Warm today, think of the forecast for the next couple. Lot of sunshine out there right now and were 68 degrees, the average high around 70, but still having a northeast wind at 6 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. Yesterday was a lot warmer than saturday. You can see were in the mid to upper 60s across just about the entire area, and everybody seeing sunshine, everybody is seeing less wind than what we saw over the weekend. But we still cant get rid of the northeast wind that keeps plaguing the delaware beaches the most. Its in the 60s at the jersey shore, the ocean temperature 65 degrees. And so were going to see these temperatures in the 60s go into the 70s during the day tomorrow. We continue to see the Coastal Flood Advisory mainly for the back bays and its just until 7 00 tonight, so by tomorrow we may not actually have any coastal flood warnings or advisories. Still have some clouds down there, but were still calming down around here. Things are still pretty wild out in the atlantic. There is joaquin, still a pretty impressive looking hurricane and we still have the big upper low off the southeast coast and rain continues in parts of South Carolina. Some places got 20 to 30 inches of rain. Now around here, we have the dry northerly flow, its going to go down into the 50s and even the 40s overnight tonight across a good bit of the area, so were dry, you need a couple of dry days, youre going to get them. As a matter of fact, we dont really see any significant moisture coming in here until really the end of the week. And there is joaquin out north of bermuda. Theres bermuda, continues to move to the northeast, 85 mile an hour wind, and the next place is generally headed toward, believe it or not, take a look at these computer models, right across the atlantic. And in the general direction of great britain. So they are talking about joaquin way overseas in europe right now. The forecast for tonight around here, mostly clear and cool. 49 degrees for a low in philadelphia, 43 north and west. Little bit below average for the temperature, but at least the wind has died down. Sunny and warmer tomorrow, high temperatures getting into the 70s. Low to mid 70s, little bit above average, but look at the wind, only 5 to 10 miles an hour and the direction from the northwest, that allows the ocean to calm down. Its been a long time since weve seen anything but a wind off the ocean. Then on wednesday, were even warmer, up to 77, weak front comes through, cools us down a bit, but we get lots of nice sunshine on thursday. Theres another front coming through on friday. Thats our best chance of showers during the next week and over next weekend it looks pretty cool on saturday, but looks like a pretty nice weekend, nice and comfortable. A woman who abducted a 5yearold girl from a Philadelphia School will spend 40 years in prison. She was caught on Surveillance Video leading the child out of her school in cobbs creek two years ago. A jury last year convicted her of kidnapping the girl, then sexually assaulting her. The girl was found at a playground the next month. Regusters was sentenced 40 years to life in prison today. She apologized in court. A fourth grader saves the life of his school bus driver, who was having an asthma attack. Nbc 10 National CorrespondentMichelle Fiori spoke to the girl and the driver in milwaukee. Reporter heros come in all sizes, this one happened to be just 42. He saved my life. I just want to thank him for him stepping forward