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I'm looking at some stats, kerry, that say four days from now harvey is forecasted to be only about 60 miles from its current location, indicating the extent to which it's just hovering. so when you look at this town, victoria, we know houston is just ripe for flooding and that's not good coming their way. how about victoria. does there appear to be areas for runoff and they can survive massive flooding or not so much? >> reporter: the ground is already saturated by the 16 inches that have fallen thus far. you know, for perspective, 16 inches of rain in -- i guess we're now at 16 hours of this...

Object thrown at the window, right before the train a crashed at 9:21 on tuesday night. anistant conductor in the cafe car of train 188 says she overheard the engineer talking by radio to a local train engineer that they had both been hit by something before the derailment. >> she recalled the septa engineer reported to the train dispatcher that a he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. the septa engineer said he had a broken windshield and placed his train into emergency stop. >> reporter: while a passenger on board that septa says he remembers amtrak train 188 going past their train whi...

Happening. all right. so drought stricken california is finally getting a double blast of rain. but it comes with the possible flooding. heavy showers in the san francisco bay area knocked down trees and caused power outages in some areas. and wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour forced the cancellation of some airline flights. now following wednesday's rain a potentially stronger storm is on the way which could cause some severe flash flooding. but they need the rain since 2013 was california's driest year on record. residents are being warned to prepare for the largest rain event in southern...

It's heart-breaking. >> reporter: the little bear wildfire stretches across another 10,000 acres and continues to grow. one of more than a dozen large fires burning across the u.s. right now. putting a strain on crews and equipment. >> we're definitely competing for resources, whether that's new mexico or other locations. it is difficult to get resources at this point. >> reporter: it's relief that's difficult to find along the gulf coast. driving rain a foot and a half in pensacola, soaked and in many areas shut down the city. while in alabama, two inches of rain an hour washed away roads and...