knowing what looks like rain might be a tornado. so, i wouldn t be surprised that there s some of that in some of the death total. as you were talking just then, we were showing a picture just so dark, all of the headlights on on the cars and there s a steady stream. i mean, there s just no way out of it. you re definitely sitting ducks if you re getting on that highway and the storm s coming your way. bottom line, sir, what help do you need in oklahoma city or can you handle what you ve got on your plate right now? the type of storm we got last night is probably more typical of what we might see on an annual basis or every two or three years. this was nothing like the may 20th tornado which is an event that may have occurred once or twice in our city s history. we re recovering emotionally from the may 20th storm and physically from that storm for a long, long time. this storm if you weren t directly affected and lost a loved one, is something you ll
i m jessica yellin. tonight we re live in italy as the certainly for survivors aboard a capsized cruise ship becomes more urgent and dangerous. we ll also take you inside the ultimate and deadly serious video game. see how captains are taught to handle ships the size of skyscrapers and avoid disasters like the one off the coast of italy. also this hour, we re releasing new numbers from our brand new poll. what voters think about the economy might be good news for the obama campaign. we begin in italy where late today search crews finally were able to go back inside a capsized cruise ship looking for any sign of survivors who may be trapped alive. just a short time ago, officials raised the number of missing to 29, including 25 passengers and four crew members. time is running out. the ship hit the rocks off the western italian coast on friday night, killing at least six people. when the captain and a number of crew members abandoned ship, thousands of passengers were left to
forced to wear face masks like this, if you want to be safe. you mentioned the death total, 52 from the fires, but that belie what is could be the real figure. remember, heldth workers here, the health authorities are saying that the mortality rates for the month of july are twice as high as they were for the same time last year. and so if you you know, quite back to the whole of this western central region of russia, that could mean thousands of people have lost their lives because of these poisonous, noxious fumes. and as i said, the reports indicate that authorities don t think they can have this under control for at least five or seven days. well, five or seven days, very optimistic estimate. at the moment, what everybody is waiting for, are for the weather conditions to change. we re in the middle of the worst drought here for nearly 40 years. it hasn t rained since may, temperatures around 40 degrees send centigrade, 104 degrees fahrenheit, in a country used to
of all, 43. that s the confirmed death total so far. unfortunately that number is likely to rise as well. hurricane harvey caused what is being called the thousand-year flood. we want to take a look back at the past week at scenes of tragedy, survival, and the common purpose. this storm intensified quickly, making landfall overnight. this whole front area was grass earlier. now we ve got two feet of water. behind me, you can see wow. this is one of the major highways in houston. the house is flooding, and it s rising way too fast. i was in just such denial, i didn t put anything up. i didn t grab anything. the alarming situation is playing out right now in crosby, texas. explosions and smoke at a flooded chemical plant. the situation they warned that might happen is happening. you have the firefighters getting out their air canisters and their masks. the weather in beaumont has been deteriorating all day long. we were, like, so happy.