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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20160101:20:02:00

>> reporter: gregg, the water crested at an historic high yesterday. it's now starting to recede but as you can see behind me the river is still raging. the area remains flooded. we're he intersection of route 141 and highway 44. that interstate just opened a few hours ago after being closed for days. up to 25 miles of the interstate were closed, creating for a travel nightmare. now, right now, thousands in this area are without power and it's cold so many people are staying at shelters. the red cross and the national guard are helping. hundreds might not be allowed back into their homes for days. city officials warning people avoid the water. could have stray animals or snakes. the department of health is offering tetanus shots to helpers and families. and while the interstate has re-opened, dozens if not hundreds of roads still remain closed right now, gregg. >> matt, as we mentioned a moment ago, just because the waters are receding in some areas, that doesn't mean the problems are over.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20151230:14:09:00

right now is at the bridge here, talking about 49-8, talking about almost ten more vertical feet of moving water. so the power we are talking about as well as the volume is extremely significant. lea: dear valley's edge, what does it look like on the ground? >> reporter: i am standing in front of an exit ramp, it is hard to tell that is what this is because it has been completely taken over by raging flood water carrying a lot of debris, large trees and branches. you can see the water nearly to the top of these traffic signs. to my right is this is the intersection of highway 44, 141, water nearly to the top of these traffic lights. beyond that the highway completely flooded and to my left you can see the water touching nearly the top of that underpass so water here at least ten feet high and it is not

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CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin-20151229-19:04:00

you get towards st. charles county, the missouri river. it's very confusing to e see all these pictures. so the union, you get on highway 44 out to highway 50, you're going to flood and will be closed down. that's a major highway. you get out to mid-rivers, that was closed a couple days ago u. that's a major interstate. traffic was closed and even on westbound down to elaine, that may be closed again. but this is where you have other communities that have seen flooding in the past. not just from union, but it will go to pacific, fen on to and then arnold. that feeds the mississippi. what we're going to see is even though we may not have a record crest in st. louis, we're seeing records on the merrimac. then in chester just shout, we are expecting an all-time record crest. back in 1993, they were at --

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151229:21:15:00

airport. significant employers there, and we're working plans to be sure if those have to be evacuated, we'll keep security in those area. the safety of our neighbors and protecting property whenever possible is what we are in the business of doing. now, nws officials predict the river in chester, illinois, the bridge right at perriville on the illinois side -- actually, the missouri side too -- that gauge is predicted to go to 49.7. that's exactly how high it got in 1993. it's expected to crest thursday. hundreds of roads have closed, including all lanes of highway 44 west of raleigh, down near jerome, missouri. i'll talk about that in a minute ppt we also have significant franklin county issues. the merrimack river is causing

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151229:21:24:00

this family survived, they were huddled in their bathroom. they heard the sirens going off. the cell phones were going off. they knew the storm was coming, but they said they were surprised at how much damage was done in just a short amount of time. take a look. the car are tossed into the yard. that's the man's truck, it was parked where the camera was located. it was tossed over the trees, landed on someone else's house and a tree fell on top of that. an example of some of the power of this storm. 236 homes have been demolished by this storm. 11 people died in this storm on saturday night. eight of them in garland alone. they were killed on the highway when the storm came through and swept their cars off the freeway. ayman, back to you. >> charles hadlock, in garland,

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