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More than 300 people are known to have died and dozens more remain missing in the heaviest rains to hit the country in more than 60 years. shingai nyoka reports from durban. the aftermath of days of torrential rain, a month's worth of rain fell in a single day in some parts a month's worth of rain fell in a single day in some parts of kwazulu—natal. floods and mudslides destroyed key infrastructure. communities are in disbelief. some were lucky to escape with their lives, but the flood walters took everything else. i've got nowhere to go now. i've got no house, i've got no nothing. these are...

>> reporter: carol, the folks who live in the path of the morgan city spillway express, the water that's pouring out of the right side of the mississippi, some of them are take something drastic measures to save their home, especially those who live outside of the protective levees and sea walls. check out the house behind me. it's an old one. 150 yearsed old, so worth saving. once the flooding is done, they're going to make it a permanent structure. the flood walters are coming in here. the river itself should be 400, 500 yards that way so it's encroaching rapidly. spoke with a family member ...

the governor of louisiana says the record water levels could last more than a month. houston's newspaper reports that doctors will perform major surgery on gabrielle giffords. but first, we have an idea of who will leave al-qaeda and it's not who you'd expect. dan rivers is in london. who is this man? >> this is saif al-adel, who is a former egyptian special forces officer, a veteran of al-qaeda, the chief of their military committee for many years. a veteran of afghanistan and somalia. he's got a long record as a terrorist. he has been appointed in a caretaker capacity to sort o...

Trained at a terrorist camp in pakistan. flood walters from the cumberland river in tennessee receding but not fast enough for people in businesses there. drier conditions in next couple days will help. a number of landmarks are still under water. better weather in the gulf of mexico could help in containing that giant oil slick. skimmer bolts will be able to go out, booms can be repaired, and the dome that bp wants to drop over the oil leak could be plugged in as soon as tomorrow. he wore a woman's wig for the heist and taser prongs for takedown. suspected carjacker finds his end of the...