scrambling to cover the cost. and the swimmer defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone when it rains it pours, but rarely like this tonight, an unraveling emergency continues to unfold across swaths of the southwest as severe flooding leaves several areas under water or caked in mud. in texas, arizona, and new mexico fast rising floodwaters triggered some harrowing rescues and shut down major thoroughfares. dallas coming off its second longest dry spell ever, 67 straight days without rain only to now be facing what weather experts say is a 1,000-year flood east of dallas, storm totals approaching 15 inches downtown dallas more than 12 1/2. at dfw airport 7.8 inches of rain falling in just 3 hours. now even as the weather system moves eastward, rain is still in the forecast for some hard-hit areas. miguel almaguer has a look at what they re facing reporter: the record rainfall in cities like
A smidgen of the Holiday Shopping pie. The online sales during the Holiday Season was 92 billion. They are expecting that to go up 13. 8 . Somewhere in the 7 billion range. Reporter ron says count on this. You save way more than just 30 to 60 off and free shipping. Saving time, save gas, anxiety of dealing with people in the stores and the pushing and the shoving. Reporter and also be mindful if you add stuff in your Online Shopping cart tonight and dont click buy now. Opportunities will come your way all week. That makes me want to look at things online. Reporter honey and camel, camel, camel will apply the discounts so you dont miss out. Now, last year we can tell you on cyber monday, amazon customers ordered 64 million items, 740 items per second. The average amount of money that families spend on cyber monday is roughly 194 and from the couch and with my iphone i may be adding to that. Im cydney long, nbc 10 news. Im right there with you. Porch pirates are sailing through security
Roads that are not treated will see slippery conditions for the afternoon. Thats when it starts. The light snow showers to the west, this is the area that may really cause the most problems. Thats the wintry mix, the combination of sleet and freezing rain, and freezing rain could give us an icy glaze later today. 9 in new jersey. Cold enough for frozen precipitation. 13 in the suburbs. 19 in philadelphia. The temperatures climb, and some neighborhoods will wind up above freezing. New jersey, 33, but the ground will still be frozen. At the shore, mostly dry, showers in the afternoon, and the evening, rain showers there. Ill break it down when im back in ten minutes. First, katy zachry with first alert traffic. Good morning. When i last saw you, i told you about a water main break thats affecting things in philadelphia for septa riders. Its on the broad street line. If youre waiting at the susquehanna dauphin station to be picked up, they are not stopping because of the water main break.
From matt pellman in for karen rogers and david murphy. Reporter i hope you enjoyed your weekend, all that is in the rear view mirror. We have a system to the south thats passing us by. We have showers in our direction hindering areas south and west of philadelphia. 73 in wilmington. 65 in allentown. 70 in trenton mid 70s along the boardwalks. As you head out to catch the bus or grab the car. 70 degrees by 6 00. 75 by 8 00 a. M. 5 by 8 00 a. M. Noon 83, 3 00 p. M. , 86 the high will be later in the day around 3 30 or 4 00. 87. At times this afternoon or early evening theres a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. Matt pellman ill show you that on future tracker 6 and set you up for the week ahead. How was the Holiday Weekend . Reporter not bad. Reporter i hope you enjoyed yours. Looks like we have a traffic stop on 42 southbound side approaching 55. All the Police Activity is off to the side. We expect extra traffic on the garden state parkway and ac expressway and 42 as people ma
For 17yearold taylor white of jackson, mississippi people have it on their houses. Its everywhere. Reporter and rose kenney i dont know of any other, you know any other place when you have a war and the loser gets to fly their flag. Reporter witnessing this historic fall of the Confederate Flag over South Carolinas capitol is a moment they will forever embrace. Even watching it on a tv screen from the Pennsylvania Convention center. I had a great great uncle who was lynched under the flag and my great grandmother had to take care of him. Reporter kenny and his sister are united having felt the divide and hatred they say associated with the symbolic battle flag in their native north carolina. Even running into the woods from the ku klux klan. People used to throw things at us and use the n word go home and we were only third and fourth graders at the time. Reporter as young girls they crossed the Railroad Tracks among the first black students to attend a white school. So for those of us