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There are 161 Berkshire County dams rated by the state as a "high hazard" to life and property should they fail. Plus at least one that the state didn't know
Water. the death toll in this weekend's storms in the carolinas is now 17. 15 of those were in south carolina where the recovery effort from historic rains is just beginning. correspondent steve harrigan is in columbia tonight. >> as the water in south carolina recedes, the losses are beginning to take shape. the death toll climbs as more submerged cars are discovered. the structural damage is harder to estimate. there are ten dam failures across the state, putting pressure on roads and bridges that have so far withstood the flooding. and as the water moves south, more dams and the communities...
You have waters spilling the banks. if you put enough force and we had that across the region, you can cause dam failures. you have fractures that take place in the dam. a lot of dams in the united states, 75% to 80% of them are privately owned. in south carolina, 90% of the dams are privately owned. a lot of them are dated when it comes to severe weather events and dealing with the rain events. you look at the flooding. murray boulevard in charleston. the before and after. remarkable to think the amount of water that has taken over some of the landscapes in the palmetto state. thank you. ne...
Mistake. the international aid group doctors without borders calls it a war crime. we're also following the escalating crisis in syria, where russia's sudden military intervention is now complicating u.s. efforts to fight isis. and tonight we're also learning the united states is taking a closer look at implementing a no-fly zone. and here in the united states, we're watching the disaster unfolding in south carolina, where record flooding is now blamed for at least 14 deaths and multiple dam failures in that state. and there's also fear the worst may still be to come in some areas. we're cover...
Try to make an adjustment and they did not. what it's doing on average is knocking about two years after the jail sentences of primarily drug offenders, 6,000 as you mentioned, the largest one-time release according to information published by the "washington post." another 8,000 would come by estimates in november. this is part of what we have seen at the executive level an attempt to deal with what many people think are overlong sentences. according to one count, the average type of inmate sentence is someone getting out at eight years instead of ten. >> ari melber, thank you very much, upda...