Record gold. And a dive leaving so many divided. And americas golden girls back in action. 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. Another big night of competition getting under way here in rio soon. Well be getting to that shortly. But once again, the unprecedented flood catastrophe in louisiana. Despite a Welcome Break in the rain, new areas are under water tonight as floodwaters move downstream. While in already hard hit places, displaced residents are returning home to see what is left. 40,000 homes are damaged, where in some areas only one in eight have flood insurance. Today the number of water rescues climbed to 30,000, while the death toll for the disaster reached at least 11. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez leads our coverage for us again tonight. Gabe, good evening. Reporter lester, another eight parishes have been added to the federal disaster declaration and we have
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