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Worst, which is yet to come. the remnants of hurricane florence now moving through virginia and slowly making its way out of the carolinas, but not before dropping record amounts of rainfall, misery, catastrophic flooding. rivers continue to rise, many yet to crest. roads and even some train tracks are just totally washed out. access to cities, completely cut off by historic flooding that could last for several more days. this storm claiming the lives of 20 people so far. more than a thousand people people have been rescued and now more waiting for help to arrive. right now, one of the most di...

Hundreds have been rescued and the danger is clearly not over. what are you seeing? >> reporter: over the weekend, wolf, it was really a critical 24 hours for the people here in lumberton. a temporary levy was breached, sending floodwaters into many of the neighborhoods here. we should note most were evacuated. for now mother nature seems to be cooperating, a break in the clouds, allowing rescuers a chance to get their boats in the water and find those people who stayed behind. deadly and deep floodwaters are rushing through the carolinas as days of rainfall break 140-year records in some plac...

Crow river and under the bridge, it could elevate it and rise it to over a foot, which would bring it over 20 feet. >> i hope everything works out right and it starts to go down. bill: so do we, peter doocy is live in des moines, iowa, a neighborhood devastated by floodwaters two years ago, what is happening in des moines, how are they getting ready. >> reporter: bill, in 2008, the neighborhood was devastated by flooding from the des moines river, which is just about 200 feet over this way, and, in fact, this entire street used to be filled with house and the damage was so bad they had to tear...