st. francis is safe. the road closed because powerlines are down and falling rocks from the fire. but allowing residents to get back into community, thousand or so people who were evacuated, who can come back in now and check on their homes and for most of them, returning to homes unlike the stilson family, carol. stephanie elam, live from california this morning. midwest weather nightmare rages on. take a look at this a levee breached nearly st. louis. the mississippi gushing out. emergency workers scramble to reinforce barricades and temporary dikes. residents in st. charles county near st. louis had to be evacuated last night after the levy breached. flood warnings and advisories in effect from northern illinois to louisiana. meteorologist indra petersons joins me now for more. so any rain in the forecast for the fine people of missouri? unfortunately, yeah, looks like there will be more showers
chances. high water threatened small towns. sandbags and temporary dikes often the only thing between a surge water and mainstream. commercial districts are already under water. the rising river closes roads. in most places the water is expected to crest an inch high from what is regarded major flooding. what makes this event so dramatic is that five months ago the river was at record lows. i m standing on the exposed bottom of the mississippi river. since then the river shot up 45 feet. there had been fears they would have closed it due you to
pack up and go. i want to be safe rather than sorry. don t want to take chances. in many places along the mississippi, near st. louis, high water threatens small towns. sandbags, temporary dikes, the only thing standing between a surge of stormwater and main street. in some community, commercial districts already underwater. other towns are isolated as the rising river closes roads. as bad as it is, it could have been worse. in most places, the water is expected to crest an inch shy as what is regarded as major flooding. but what makes this event so tra mat dramatic, five months ago, the mississippi at record lows due to drought. i m standing on the exposed bottom mississippi river. since then, the river shot up close to 45 feet. it s pretty crazy to see how fast it came. there had been fears the drought would close the river to
reporter: neighbors told cnn dikes was a paranoid anti-government loner. people are going to be standing up to this [ bleep ], incompetent, self-righteous, bunch of sorry [ bleep ] in government that tell nothing but [ bleep ] lies. reporter: law enforcement sources told cnn authorities used a camera to monitor what was going on inside the bunker while fbi hostage rescue teams trained on a model of the structure nearby. agents reportedly saw dikes holding a gun, prompting the rescue operation. dikes, they say, was armed and managed to fire at agents before he was killed. authorities found two explosive devices. the boy named ethan was alive and returned to his family. he celebrated his 6th birthday after his rescue. alina machado, cnn, atlanta. coming up, they are sucking the life out of other fish. they are known as gives me the creeps.
profanity-laced phone call between hostage negotiators and dikes. you just go ahead and send s somebody down that [ bleep ]. reporter: negotiations deteriorated. if that sorry [ bleep ] above you doesn t respond to me by 5:30 this afternoon, or whatever time it is, by god i will not be talking to [ bleep ]. reporter: authorities say dikes stormed a school bus in midland city, alabama, on january 29th. a boy on the bus told dispatchers how a man shot the driver and snatched one of the children. okay, is he on the bus? did he take the kid off the bus? he took the kid off the bus. reporter: the us about driver, charles poland, was later hailed a hero, for trying to protect his young passengers. was the bus driver the only person shot? yes, ma am. hang in there, honey. you re doing so good. i m so proud of you, okay?