Are they the greatest of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from the olympics. Full coverage of the headlines from here ahead, but our top story is back home where the death toll and is rising because of the devastation in louisiana. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways reminiscent of the aftermath of katrina. Nbcss Gabe Gutierrez is in louisiana with the latest. Of louisiana under water, now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . Once a shopping center, and clearly a major retail area here is compromised. Reporter today a break from the downpours, but not from the heartbreak. Many rivers receding, but still at record levels. More than 20,000 peop
First we check with kelly. Kelly, tell me its going to be cooler than yesterday. Anchor actually were looking for similar temperatures to what we saw yesterday. 108. Thats our forecast high. Here is the day planner, though. It says youre stepping out this morning. Were actually looking at upper 70s, low 80s. So its definitely cooler right now than it was at this time yesterday. But by noon, 103. 108 at 4 00. Thats our high. Notice the sunrise time, though. 6 00 a. M. On the dot. Were getting shorter and shorter mode. Well take a look at the weekend forecast. Anchor all right. Looking forward to that. Right now starting out essentially here on thompson drive. Thats where you have one of those roundabouts right next to sutherland hospital. Watch out for that. Somebody had trouble with the roundabout. Taking you over to the Rainbow Curve where it shows us a good looking view. Its not many people on the roadway. That means travel time all running in the green. Kim. Anchor thank you very mu
Moms know kids grow strong when they milk life. The dangerous heat continues. A big announcement about her future. A u. S. Runner goes down but its how she got back up that makes all the difference. Im jacqueline london in rio with a story of sportsmanship. We begin with the first alert that covers both the dangerous heat and potential for severe weather. Our triple team of meteorologists have it covered. Glenn . Yeah, keith, those storms are moving into our area right now. As you can see this line of thunderstorms, its actually a curved line, and we have areas that are moving faster than others. Like this middle part. Its known as a bow echo. Thats sometimes where you see the strongest wind gusts. Its also right over the reading area. And as we zoom in a little bit, youll see it is right over downtown reading now. Its moving pretty fast. So its going to be move out of reading pretty quickly, too. Pottstown at 5 13, limerick at 5 36. Theres also quite a bit of lightning with us. Weve h
Shes looking for. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. First, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. From virginia, up through new england, d. C. , baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the potential path of storms. Its a brought several reported tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. This one in howard county, indiana. And in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. A state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down and tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. Meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. Reporter tonight across louisiana, the rivers and bayous and we are seeing unprecedented levels as the waters move south. Reporter south of baton rouge in ascension parish, new evacuations and rescues. At least 11 are dead. And more than 30,000 p
Shes looking for. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. First, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. From virginia, up through new england, d. C. , baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the potential path of storms. Its a system brought several reported tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. This one in howard county, indiana. And in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. A state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down and tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. Meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. Reporter tonight across louisiana, the rivers and bayous its unprecedented. And we are seeing unprecedented levels as the waters move south. Reporter south of baton rouge in ascension parish, new evacuations and rescues. At least 11 are de