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Afternoon at this time. there are your tropical models. a few of them making landfall across bermuda. there is your forecast radar. again, judge, we have all of this moisture pounding the southeast coast. historic rainfall in some cases close to 16 inches. on top of that, we could see 8 to 12 inches as we head into sunday, monday, and tuesday. back to you. >> all right. janice dean, thank you. joaquin's fury is to blame for a mystery at sea tonight. a cargo ship vanished during its trip. the ship is called "the el pharaoh" and is approximately 790 feet long. it's carrying 33 people, 28 of them...

Two big breaking news stories we've been following throughout the evening. the coast guard crew spent today combing rough waters in the bahamas, looking for the ssl farrow, a cargo ship with 33 people aboard, 28 of them americans. the ship disappeared during hurricane joaquin on thursday. search crews located a life ring from that ship just a few hours ago, but no other sign of the approximately 790-foot vessel or its crew. also tonight, president obama offering condolences, after at least 19 people died in an apparently a mistaken u.s. air strike in the vicinity of a doctors without borders h...

Life ring near its last known location. but the fate of 28 americans and five other crew members remains unknown. the ship started taking on water thursday afternoon but managed to remain floating. they found the life ring and that means they're in the right place. joining us now on the phone is rochelle hamm, the wife of crew member frank hamm. we can't imagine what you're thinking and going through this morning. when was the last time you spoke to your husband? >> it was on tuesday. >> on tuesday. so a few days before they started taking on water. what is the coast guard telling you this mor...

Seventh district chief of response, captain mark fador. welcome back the show this morning. we appreciate you joining us again. we know you have a busy morning ahead of you. that life ring that you with discovered, was does that tell you about your rescue operation? >> what it tells us is it was located 70 miles to the northeast of the vessel of last known position, so we were expecting anything of the vessel to drift that way, so it validates our search efforts. so what we're about to do is today is recalibrate our search effort and look in the most probable places where the vessel could be l...

They're going between jacksonville and san juan. >> how old is this vessel, has it had any problems in the past? >> the ship was built in 1975. it's a u.s. flag ship with an american crew. the ship is 790 feet long. it is a sturdy ship. sit a ship that's very well maintained. much confidence in this ship. it served in different trades around north america, and had been serving in this trade for some years. >> what does the fact that they found this life ring tell you, tim? >> well, i think the initial thing, which we noted earlier, that it reflects the ship was caught in extreme weather, rough...