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The oil markets. any disruption, no matter how small, has the potential to affect pricing without question. >> reporter: as more dirty water heads south there are growing concerns about the hidden toxins in the debris. health threats that won't become known for years. yet for all the dire predictions, among resilient louisianaens, you can still hear the sound of optimism. >> we're completely surrounded by levees. we have good pumping stations. i have to feel good that powthe parish itself can handle all this. >> now to bill karins who is tracking the path of the floodwaters for us. good mornin...

An extreme to severe drought. let's did to video to show you exactly how bad the conditions are there. dealing with irrigation, trying everything to prevent this from getting worse but unfortunately this is east china's wheat basket area and they're bracing for the worst drought in more than 200 years and that's the area that's the hardest hit picking up 12 millimeters of rainfall since last september and that's 15% below normal for this time of the year and they're going around putting in the pumping stations trying to save what crops they have but unfortunately going over to the models not s...

It carries 2.5 million barrels a day from the oil producing countries to europe, and analysts say the pipeline and its pumping stations are another vulnerable target, wolf. >> lisa, thanks very much. good explanation. cnn's anderson cooper is standing by. he's live in egypt covering all the breaking news for us. we're going to check in with anderson when we come back.

It looks and sounds like it's pretty nasty. marty, what about drinking water? we're hearing stories about pumping stations and the ability of those pumping stations to get clean water to folks. >> reporter: right. there are about 622,000 people that live in the city of nashville. they have two water treatment plants. one of them did get flooded. the other, they barely stopped from getting flooded. the problem is now, with only one plant, they've got to conserve water. people to do that, many people have no -- they started filling the bathtubs, bringing in water thinking the city is going to ru...

Sergeant worst in two centuries. >> it really is. an official with the departments of homeland security now saying that secretary janet napolitano will actually be heading there to survey the damage. it's so widespread, people say, where do you even start. for more, we're joined by the mayor of warwick, rhode island. thanks for being withes. >> good morning. >> what we're hearing first hand are the heartbreaking tales of people like eddie flynn whose home was basically destroyed in all of this. i know it's been tough for so many people. what is the latest in terms of rescue mission and emergen...