welcome back, everybody. officials in maryland are holding out hope the national guards man who was washed away in the devastating flash flood in maryland is going to be found alive. 39-year-old eddy hermand was swept away sunday while trying to help a woman find her missing cat. witnesses say they saw him go under the flood waters and never resurface. this is the second catastrophic flood to hit a historic ellicott city in two years. in 20162 it was called a thousand year flood only for it to happen again over this past weekend. one of the biggest questions now is whether the city founded in 1772 should once again try to rebuild. >> so there was a lot of weather stories to be tracking out there. we are also tracking tropical storm alberto which is threatening to bring floods to the southeast. for that we want to turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill? >> good morning. between 16 tornadoes yesterday,