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That's what these people are doing in british columbia. an avalanche down boulder mountain over the weekend killing two men from alberta. 30 others were hurt. about 200 people were watching a snowmobile competition when the avalanche happened. police believe they've accounted for everyone. it's not snow but rain and wind causing headaches for so many people in the northeast, right, rob? yeah, well, the snow from this past winter didn't help either because you had a tremendous snowpack. some of that snow melting and then a tremendous amount of rain that fell on top of that snow over the weeke...

As far as the rainfall, you're going to see it all the way from d.c. up through new york, back through boston so an area of low pressure is back up through here and we're seeing not only rains but some winds across parts of boston. i think we have a live shot. take a look. another nasty day for you. a lot of rain on the lens there. our affiliate out that way showing an incomplement day. temperatures not all that mild but we have winds coming in off the ocean so it's not a real, real cold event now. the back side of this is seeing a little bit of snow actually mixing in right across parts of th...

Like you see here in connecticut. those trees going down easily because the ground is already so soaked from a record snow this winter. the trees also vulnerable from wind gust that is reached hurricane speed. power lines went down leaving half a million homes in the dark yesterday. tens of thousands of people still waiting to get their power back. our i-reporter andrew sommerfed. a large tree crushing a car. thankfully nobody was inside. that same tree from another a angle, you can actually tell how mammoth that trunk is from this shot. rob marciano, are you there? >> yeah, i'm here. >> oka...

At the bottom of the hour, a look at the health care debate through the eyes of a grieving w widow. she asks, does the system work for those facing life and death struggles? she'll describe her investigation. >> reporter: peop people in the northeast may feel coursed. first, record snow and now a wicked weekend rainstorm. more than six inches of rain leading to floods and crazy drivers. >> people just driving in the water. i have no idea why he'd go through something like that. it happens all the time. >> wow. >> the wind's going fast. this rain stings but the waves look awe so. >> the storm...

Northeast thanks to driving winds and heavy rains. all that now blamed for at least seven deaths. look at what the winter severe storms have done to parts of the massachusetts coastline. people are being warned about the risks now. >> we have told them to get anything valuable, to move that out. you know, just be diligent and, you know, watching the weather. if they feel unsafe, you know, get out. >> more flooding in the northeast today, right, rob? >> yeah. the storm doesn't want to go away. it will tomorrow, but they are still being hit with wind and rain. lows right here and the winds keep ...