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Area of road i'm standing on right now, usually a heavily trafficked intersection and street in the city of charleston. water up to ankles now. you can see that's receded, but the problem back here still remains. those cars have been there all morning long, finally getting towed out, since the water has receded to where it's safe for the tow truck drivers to get in here, but it has been a storm that's coupled with hurricane joaquin to present life threatening dangers. four people have lost their lives in the states of north carolina and south carolina combined, three traffic related fatalities...

At the time. he is accused of raping dugard. in her diary during that time, it paints a picture of growing despair. an entry revealed from july 5th 2004 -- jaycee is now 29 years old and was discovered by police back in august. back to tom costello may have an update on the breaking news regarding the d.c. metro train derail many. what do you have? >> reporter: d.c. fire/ems saying no injuries. no injuries from this derailment here at farragut north station in d.c. we'll have much more on the other side of the break. [ female announcer ] the latest athletic fabrics that keep you cool and dry...

>> it's fantastic you brought up the psychological aspect of this beyond the injury. it's also what is in her head and if she can overcome this pressure and perform up to what we know she's capable of. thank you very much, chris. you don't want to miss it. catch the opening ceremony, the olympic winter games in vancouver tonight at 7:30 on nbc. back to that breaking news story out of washington, d.c., where we've been told there's a major incident involving a derailed metro train. nbc's tom costello on the phone. tom, what do you know? >> reporter: actually i'm with you in the studio, the d.c....

The train. so far no word on injuries but that is not to say that there aren't any. it's just at the moment no word on injuries. they need to get in there and do a better job of appraising what the situation is, also get the elected tr electricity off. if you know d.c. we're talking about an area that is right in the core of d.c. the streets affected right now are 17th street, 18th street, h street, k street, connecticut all affected by this. we should also hasten to add that a lot of people were kind of coming into work late today especially federal employees because we've had so much snow he...

Injuries. the earliest reports were there are none but, again, the d.c. fire/ems chief are appraising the situation, getting in there to the people on the car before they can make that final determination for sure, tamron. >> hey, tom, i am sure right now we're waiting to hear the possible cause but i have to ask you with so much snow in d.c., have the metro trains been affected by all of that snow you guys got there? >> reporter: well, that certainly is something that they would have to look at, but, keep in mind, this is an underground station in the heart of d.c. so did the snow in some way...