This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the floodwaters in louisiana have started to recede, but the death toll is rising and the danger is far from over. The flooding is blamed for at least six deaths. More than 20,000 people have been rescued so far, and more than 2,000 homes have been damaged. This was one of the more swallowed this car. The driver screamed im drowning, and david fong jumped in. Shes gone. No, she better not be. We have more on this disaster now from Omar Villafranca in baton rouge. Reporter from the air its hard to find dry land in southeastern louisiana. Tangipahoa parish just east of baton rouge is covered in several feet of brown water. Sergeant paul meeker of the Louisiana National guard took us on a searchandrescue mission in the flood zone. A lot of People Choose to stay until the power goes off. Reporter the National Guard pulled more than 7,600 people from the floodwaters. At least four rivers stretching across southern louisiana reached reco
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the floodwaters in louisiana have started to recede, but the death toll is rising and the danger is far from over. The flooding is blamed for at least six deaths. More than 20,000 people have been rescued so far, and more than 2,000 homes have been damaged. This was one of the more dramaticcu swallowed this car. The driver screamed im drowning, and david fong jumped in. Shes gone. No, she better not be. We have more on this disaster now from Omar Villafranca in baton rouge. Reporter from the air its hard to find dry land in southeastern louisiana. Tangipahoa parish just east of baton rouge is covered in several feet of brown water. Sergeant paul meeker of the Louisiana National guard took us on a searchandrescue mission in the flood zone. A lot of People Choose to stay until the power goes off. Guard pulled more than 7,600 people from the floodwaters. At least four rivers stretching across southern louisiana reached record highs. T
With scott pelley. Pelley it hit hard, it hit fast, it hit with an intensity we hadnt seen before. Those are the word of fire chief mark hartwig describing the wildfire in San Bernardino county, california, that has forced a mass evacuation. The runaway fire exploded overnight, torching more than 30,000 acres and an untold number of homes. Nearly 83,000 people have been evacuated, 34,000 homes are in the path of the fire. Tonight, carter evans is on the fireline, 60 miles east of los angeles. Reporter massive flameses tearing through miles of dry brush, unstoppable. This is the nightmare wildfire chief mike wakoski has always feared. In my 40 years of fighting fire, ive never seen fire behavior so extreme. Reporter unprecedented, they say, the result of five fire directly into desert communities, consuming local landed marks and homes. That building totally gone. Reporter after home after home. It looks like it just incinerated everything here. Correct. It was very nondiscriminate in w
Pelley it hit hard, it hit fast, it hit with an intensity we hadnt seen before. Those are the word of fire chief mark hartwig describing the wildfire in San Bernardino county, california, that has forced a mass evacuation. The runaway fire exploded overnight, torching more than 30,000 acres and an untold number of homes. Nearly 83,000 people have been evacuated, 34,000 homes are in the path of the fire. Tonight, carter evans is on the fireline, 60 miles east of los angeles. Reporter massive flameses tearing through miles of dry brush, unstoppable. This is the nightmare wildfire chief mike wakoski has always feared. In my 40 years of fighting fire, ive never seen fire behavior so extreme. Reporter unprecedented, they say, the result of five years of drought. Powerful w a fire directly into desert communities, consuming local landed marks and homes. That building totally gone. Reporter after home after home. It looks like it just incinerated everything here. Correct. It was very nondiscr
Pelley it hit hard, it hit fast, it hit with an intensity we hadnt seen before. Those are the word of fire chief mark hartwig describing the wildfire in San Bernardino county, california, that has forced a mass evacuation. The runaway fire exploded overnight, torching more than 30,000 acres and an untold number of homes. Nearly 83,000 people have been evacuated, 34,000 homes are in the path of the fire. Tonight, carter evans is on the fireline, 60 miles east of los angeles. Reporter massive flameses tearing through miles of dry brush, unstoppable. This is the nightmare wildfire chief mike wakoski has always feared. In my 40 years of fighting fire, ive never seen fire behavior so extreme. Reporter unprecedented, they say, the result of five powerful winds are driving the fire directly into desert communities, consuming local landed marks and homes. That building totally gone. Reporter after home after home. It looks like it just incinerated everything here. Correct. It was very nondiscr