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Flooding in the southeast portion of the statement, some of which is surpassing record flood levels, and there are rescues ongoing. >> reporter: flood gauges show the schuylkill river rose 8 feet in 12 hours. at bound brook, new jersey, water covered train tracks and parts of this stadium. a major highway in the bronx now a parking lot. and here in mamaroneck, new york, these people lost everything. >> how high was the water? >> i would say at least 6 feet. where that line is? that's where the water went up to. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: it all started wednesday night. the national weather se...

In the northeast. >> tonight historic flooding pummeling the northeast and the race now to rescue people from their homes. >> we're still uncovering the true depth of the loss. the human loss which is hard to imagine. >> officials say they have responded to at least 500 emergency calls in just one philadelphia county. >> we're still seeing ongoing flooding in the southeast portion of the state. some of which is surpassing record flood levels, and there are rescues ongoing. >> flood gauges show the schuylkill river in philadelphia rose more than 12 feet in eight hours. >> just because the rain ...

Here in the city of lumberton, north carolina. have been forced out of the firehouse which is still partially submerged. we know at least 4,000 people have taken to shelters this morning. some neighbors we ran across here gave us an opportunity to actually join them on their boat as they he were going out to help neighbors remove belongings from homes. that closer look will give you a better idea or perspective of how much damage was left behind. sadly, the worst may not be over for more as they are evacuation orders in the eastern portion of the state. for example, in kinston, north carolina,...

In kinston, north carolina, where the neuse river is expected to reach record flood levels tonight and tomorrow and in greenville, north carolina, at least 9,000 residents have evacuated their homes. that's roughly one in ten residents now spending the night in shelters as the effects of hurricane matthew still felt in the southeast. >> they have tough days still to come. thank you, polo. hurricane nicole is weakening as it moves away from bermuda. this is what it looked like from space passing over the island. it brought 125-mile-an-hour winds. it never officially made landfall which was a ...

>> na was the design. if you reached those critical points where you can could fail and flood out cities you would flood farmland, individual homes and those were tradeoffs made in the system design. so it is working as designed. but it's also under record flood levels so they've never had to exercise all of these things at the same time. and again, when you're talking about towns like the city of memphis, we have flooding there because the rivers are backing up. the main line levee system is protecting the city from the mississippi flood. >> you've got record april tornados, in parts of the s...