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Trucked in. everybody in the state has been directed to strictly conserve water. state and city ordinances have upped the fines for people found wasting water. and it's been like this for a long while now. this has been a very severe drought and a very long one. finally this week, they are getting a bit of relief in the golden state. but i'm not sure this is the kind of relief anyone wanted. this was san francisco's embarcadero this morning. water already crashing over the sea wall there. enough to close streets and knock out power, even four hours before high tide. that was just the beginning...

Golden state. but i'm not sure this is the kind of relief anyone wanted. this was san francisco's embarcadaro this morning. water already crashing over the sea wall there. enough to close streets and knock out power, even four hours before high tide. that was just the beginning. rain pounded the bay area all day. hurricane force winds, flash flooding led to blackouts in more than 200,000 homes today. heavy downpours affected the commute in a major way. big highway connecting san francisco and san jose, most of them were shut down due to severe flooding. public transportation suspended in much ...

The statue of liberty is reopened to visitors. >> the island took quite a beating from hurricane sandy. just in time for the fourth of july, she's all cleaned up and ready to welcome the public. abc's john donvan has details in our "favorite story of the day." i missed it. >> reporter: she stood there when sapd sandy hit, when the clouds lowered and the rain pounded in. holding her ground, hour after hour. empty, of course, of tourists. the day before sandy had been up inside her first time in a year. and the upstairs had been closed for repairs and just reopened when the storm came this way. ...

40,000 people remain without power here in the state of oklahoma. for blocks and blocks here there are now no homes to send power to. the city of moore, where i am standing saw the worst of it. the skies have not yet cleared. more rain pounded the area today. it felt almost like hail at times. this is one of the times when words really fail to capture the scope of the damage as survivors look upon the twisted metal and the snapped wood and smashed brick that used to be their homes and their businesses, their schools and their play grounds. they know the work here is really just beginning. >> w...

Suggests that the reliability of any north korean nuclear weapon would be low. and, remember, this is a military assessment. it remains to be seen if u.s. intelligence agencies have come to the same conclusion. chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> as a destructive storm heads east, people across the south waking up to ripped up trees and damaged homes. powerful winds and torrential rain pounded areas from missouri to the carolinas. at least three people died as the storm crossed the united states this week. people are picking up the pieces. here is cnn's david mattingly. >> this is where the ...