downtown st. petersburg, i live own a canal in st. pete, we lost power earlier, then went out, saw the power lines were down, so, decided to evacuate and get out and get to safety. i hope most of my fellow floridians did the same thing, because this is one heck of a storm. the magnitude of it the intensity is much like hurricane charley in 2004 that s been discussed a lot today, but the size of the storm is so much bigger. it s virtually covering the whole state, except for the western panhandle. and is going to go up to orlando, then up probably through jacksonville and then as bill was just saying, probably go off the coast and head up into south carolina or georgia. it s a massive storm. and i m really concerned about all the damage that we may suffer in florida as a result of this tragic event. charlie, what bill was talking about was the last-minute, you know, change in the path and as
pennsylvania. i mean, he s all over the place except florida and floridians are suffering from it. middle income floridians are getting squeezed and crunched in this economy. good luck buying a home in the sunshine state it s so expensive. or good luck renting an apartment, serving in congress as i do, had an apartment i rented in downtown st. petersburg, my home. the one more expensive, the one in st. pete. it s unbelievable how he s let it go. our property insurance is through the roof. it s ridiculous. your ad that we just played is a character attack, and democrats don t often run character campaigns against republicans. it s a real jujitsu, but his character has been revealed in the merciless attack and weaponization of gay and lesbian students and teachers, his don t say gay bill, chasten buttigieg tweeted that people will die
dianne gallagher, cnn, kentucky. and more heavy rain in southeastern louisiana. a flash flood watch for downtown st. louis has been lifted but warnings are still in place for the southern suburbs. police report stranded motorists, flooded roads and flooded basements, creeks are rising too and exceeded levels they reached last week. let s turn to pedram javaheri. it feels like so many new records are being set by this recent bout of weather. it is remarkable. yeah, we re talking about nine days, a span of nine days, three historic floods having taking place in an area that has been so walloped with heavy rainfall. and you look at a span of six hours, some areas picking up 3 to 4 inches, some in just a matter of a few minutes with incredible frequency of lightning strikes in this region as well. speaking to the intensity of these storms. as you noted flood alerts in
martha: record rainfall causing problems in st. louis. first responders swimming through the water to rescue people. one person has died. a body found in a vehicle flooded by more than eight feet of water. robert is in st. louis with more. hi, robert. yes, downtown st. louis right now. market street. you can see behind me the famous arch gateway to the west. st. louis going through historic flooding today. not since 1915 have they seen this amount of rain so quickly. 2-4 inches fell in just over an hour overnight. a total of 11 inches plus in some of the areas. over 70 rescues and door-to-door. unfortunately one person did lose their life. they drove a vehicle into a submerged water on a road 8 1/2 feet when officials came, the person was deceased.