the dog came running in. we could hear glass shattering and water pouring. it was shocking. it was unreal. seeing that water just come surging up. reporter: in san francisco, lightning and hail storms, trees falling, power lines down. it sparked everywhere around me. reporter: even a tornado briefly touched down near sacramento. on tuesday, california had one of its busiest days ever for air rescues. and at least 18 people have died in the storms. that s more than we ve lost in the last two years of wildfires. so this is a very significant emergency. reporter: in san francisco and other parts of northern california, the rain continues to fall. if we flood more and more, it s not manageable. reporter: some 5 million people are you said flood watches in northern california. while parts of central and southern california, getting a much needed break from downpours, flooding and mud slides. the ground is so wet and the
any stupid mistakes. a video made by revolutionary guard affiliate group also threatens israels, this stems from weak foreign policy in the white house. biden administration is looking to return to obama era deal in exchange u.s. would give iran relief from massive economic sanctions. todd: largest wildfire of the year burning 55,000 acres and remains zero percent contained. in kentucky historic toll from flooding 600 air rescues. todd: janice dean, that
to recede? reporter: the flood waters have started to recede but people are incredibly nervous knowing more rain is expected overnight reporter: thank you. thank you joining me now is the kentucky governor. thank you for being with us. our thoughts are certainly with you all there tonight. i know you just got an update what can you tell us about casualties and folks you may not have gotten to yet? well, this is by far the worst flooding disaster at least of my lifetime in kentucky it has wiped out what we believe are hundreds of homes. we have half of some of our counties under water. we re going to lose double digit lives i know we ve already lost at least eight. but i know there are many more than that. hundreds of kentucky families are going to lose everything. it is tough. right now we have helicopters in the air. we ve done air rescues
with their family members now going on two days, and they are getting very worried. so we are making a lot of home visits to hook these people up with our personal cell phones so they can talk to family members. obviously some air rescues happening there, rolling on video of doing everything you can with the resources at hand. i know you told our team there are some areas that you still cannot get to. but you ve heard people crying for help. tell us about that. yes, that was so sad. we obviously are getting text messages from people that were trapped themselves, begging please come to me, please come and get me or get my mom, get my dad, and then we could hear people by voice distance away from us we could not get to for some time. we were able to eventually, but, and that s a hard thing to do is get back and try to put all your efforts to get to somewhere but you can t do it because of the swift of the water. knowing how hard it is to get around, what can you tell us
that cannot take any more. as we mentioned so many times, but it is important to reiterate, the concern is in the coming days, flooding that will come, rivers that will crest, some of them not until wednesday. we ll be watching all of that closely. the official death toll has risen to six for the storm. we learned of a sixth death here in the state of south carolina a little bit earlier today. we can tell you there s more rain on the way. there are also a number of officials and also teams from across the country that are in the area to help. we re going to continue to update you on the rescue efforts. the coast guard doing some 50 air rescues in north carolina alone. coverage continues of tropical storm florence on the other side of this break. when you rent from national. it s kind of like playing your own version of best ball. because here, you can choose any car in the aisle, even if it s a better car class than the one you reserved.