figures you've gotten on the extent of the devastation in japan, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, the new figures show that there are still more than 10,000 people reported dead across japan. that number is expected to rise to above 18,000 people before this disaster is over. 16,000 people remain missing and another 240,000 people remain in shelters because of the earthquake, the tsunami and now the nuclear disaster going on in japan. alex. >> some devastating numbers. all right, charles hadlock, thank you. crews in california are cleaning up after heavy rains and severe flooding. that flooding was also caused by a damaged drainage pipe and that sent a three-foot surge of water into one santa cruz county town. public works crews tried to contain the water but the situation went from bad to worse quickly. >> and the rains quickly started to overtake the capacity of the pipe and started to back up. crews eventually had to evacuate