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From 31 states water ultimately makes its way into the mississippi river drainage basin. that's why when you have this problem it can be so profound. what is at risk here? let's bring up this area. you look at the most at risk area, greenville, mississippi, baton rouge, louisiana. let's show you something stunning. before and after in satellite image. this is fulton, tennessee. this is mostly land. you can tell looking at it. you see river beds over here. river bed over here. watch this as you come through. wow. water. just coming in over that. that's one image. let me close that one down. we'...

Dam holding back a man-made lake has burst, sending thousands of gallons racing downstream into a formerly dry river bed. the dam gave way near arizona state university. there have been no reports so far of injuries or damages to other structures. harris faulkner is at the breaking news desk, she has new information on this story. >> reporter: i do. by the way that man-made lake outside of phoenix holds 1 billion gallons of water and they're thinking the thing is nearly empty now after that dam burst. jon: wow. >> all of those gallons of water coming down. in arizona, you mentioned there was r...

Differently today in the search effort? >> reporter: well, bill, the search -- as the search matures they get a better idea of what they need. we have volunteers, who are setting up behind me, and these volunteers taking the day off work and not getting paid here, they are coming from all over the state and assisting with the search efforts and beefing up the dive teams, the water is receding and they have access to the entry point and they are bringing in canine units, doubling that from yesterday. and they are really taking a good look at the debris piles which are along the river beds, thos...

Switch to local that use their often had can make do with less rain and can withstand pests and agricultural research institute wants to set up a seed bank for this crops. northern zimbabwe's rivers have dried up due to a severe drought in the region. desperate villagers have dug holes along the dried out river beds to collect water to keep their gardens moist over eighty percent of the nation's farmers grow maize hard hit by the dry spell in this region much of the crop has already begun to wilt. helton and bosy is an agronomist with commie tech and in geo that seeks to improve the livelihood...

We've been reporting on a couple days. >> and those working to save lives they need rest to recharge as well. here you see exhausted texas national guard troops sacking out on brand new mattresses in a sleep store showroom between rescues. that was in richmond which is where we find cnn meteorologist derek van dam. what are the conditions now it looks like no rain for now. >> yeah the rain stopped renae with you that is did he seefgt for the communities and members around this area because just the rain coming to an end doesn't mean the threat's come to an end. we're at the brazos river in ric...