two other major league, former major league baseball players have died in car accidents in the dominican republic since the year 2000, that makes a total of four. in 2015 the world health organization says the d.r. has the highest traffic accident death rate in americas at 29.3 out of every 100,000 inhabitants. eric: and, of course, the marlins ace, jose fernandez, was killed in that horrible boat crash in miami bay. rob, thank you. arthel? well, president trump i just wanted to really say that i love you, i respect you, there s nobody i respect more. you re going to do a fantastic job, and we re going to start winning again. arthel: president trump paying a visit to cia headquarters yesterday, vowing to stand behind the agency. it comes just days after tense remarks between mr. trump and former cia director john brennan. the president suggesting brennan had something to do with the
quickly. there s not a lot of elevation changes and the water is just kind of sitting there, slowly creeping down to the ocean. that s why we re going to be talking. i could show you these pictures four to five days from now, some areas are still going to be this flooded. that means people are out of their homes that much longer. we don t have proper damage assessments yet because the water is still rising in a few spots. here s one of them. this is one of the biggest rivers in eastern north carolina. it crested last night. all time record crest, so we re at 29.3 feet. we re still going to be above major flood stage by sunday. the river only goes down about two and a half feet in five days. that s just ridiculous and painful. the next big weather event that s going to happen is moving into the west. we re getting active in the pacific. we have one storm here that s going to come onshore tomorrow bringing heavy rain, then we have a typhoon that s well out in the pacific, extra tropical
record 29.3 feet. floodwaters pouring into businesses in peoria. as abc s wendy gillette reports, the flood threat covers a wide area. [ sirens blaring ] reporter: sandbags to the rescue in fargo, north dakota. and the tiny community of dutchtown, missouri, population 94. all to save homes and businesses from ravaging floodwaters. flowing across parts of the midwest. you couldn t ask for a more appropriate name than grand rapids, michigan, these past few days. never seen anything like this before in my life. and just was intrigued at how high the water was. and just how bad everything got flooded. reporter: a familiar refrain across the region. we lived here 50 years. we come downtown to walk a lot at least a couple times every week. and never have seen anything like this. reporter: the flooding is the worst in recorded history in some areas. came in like a water fall. reporter: that was before
new level. record 29.3 feet. floodwaters pouring into businesses in peoria. as abc s wendy gillette reports, the flood threat covers a wide area. [ sirens blaring ] reporter: sandbags to the rescue in fargo, north dakota. and the tiny community of dutchtown, missouri, population 94. all to save homes and businesses from ravaging floodwaters. flowing across parts of the midwest. you couldn t ask for a more appropriate name than grand rapids, michigan, these past few days. never seen anything like this before in my life. and just was intrigued at how high the water was. and just how bad everything got flooded. reporter: a familiar refrain across the region. we lived here 50 years. we come downtown to walk a lot at least a couple times every week. and never have seen anything like this. reporter: the flooding is the worst in recorded history in some areas. came in like a water fall.
wow. the drenching rain that caused so many rivers to overflow their banks, is hitting the ohio valley today. flooding continues across the midwest after the illinois river crested at a new level. a record 29.3 feet. and floodwaters are still pouring into businesses in peoria this morning if you can believe it. good luck to those folks. a look at your hump day weather. after a foggy star california a plent denver getting well-deserved sunny skies after spring snowstorms. thunderstorms possible along the much colan utest chicago and detroit struggle to reach 50. florida sunny and warm. warmhe aic n portland is in the mid-70s. as the saying goes, everybody loves a baby, especially if he s 6 3 tall. how is this possible? talking about a giraffe. 6 3 , now nearly a week old. wow, dane the giraffe there, newest star at the zoo in santa barbara, california.