we have a lot of damage and it is recurrent. we just do not know what to do anymore. translation: it wouldn t matter how many water pumps we had here. with the high tide and this amount of water, we still would not be of able to avoid this. for the second time in less than week, locals are clearing debris, water and mud from their homes and businesses. the authorities insist work on a five kilometre drainage tunnel to prevent flooding in the future will begin soon but that won t be soon enough for residents of the capital because more rain is forecast later this week. wendy urquhart, bbc news. the first in a new generation of european weather satellites has been launched, which meteorologists hope will allow them to better predict violent storms. the satellite meteosat 12 took off from french guiana on an ariane rocket. it will monitor the atmosphere across europe, the middle east and africa, when fully operational, sending huge amounts of data back to earth. the multibillion dol
extreme weather gripping much of this country. the storms in milwaukee, for one. the 10-year-old boy swept away, the two adults trying to save him swept into a drainage tunnel, as well. also, the emergency inside yellowstone park. the home plunging into a river, they say because of unprecedented flooding, because of the rain and snow melt. and across this country tonight, more than 100 million americans under alert for record-breaking heat from california to texas, from chicago to the east coast. the stunning images tonight from gardner, montana. this home swept away by the rushing yellowstone river. the view from the other side of the river, the foundation gone there, that house slips into the water and is just swept away. bridges and roads gone across the area. many families staying in the park, they were forced to shelter in place. the images of the treacherous route through a rainy yellowstone national park. rocks falling on a car. that heat also fueling severe storms pummeling chi
closing in on an escaped prisoner in jessup, maryland. police say david watson may have been spotted today. authorities say a man matching his description was seen wearing a stolen hard hat and a neon safety vest. they believe he may have been hiding in a drainage tunnel. watson escaped last friday. he s considered extremely dangerous. authorities are on the scene of a school bus crash. in detroit tonight. the bus slamming into an apartment building. the bus driver stuck inside. rescuers pulling him free. none of the children were hurt. get ready for a tighter squeeze when you fly, american airlines reducing leg room by up to 2 inches on its new 737 max-jets. leg room in several row shrinking to 29 inches to add more economy class seats. the restrooms will reportedly also be smaller as well. and america strong tonight, the police rescue in topeka, kansas. the officer sprinting across the park after spotting a 4-year-old boy falling into a pond.
tide. we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it s going to go from a rescue to a recovery. september 2nd, 2007. dennis riley along with his wife sue thompson and their friend claudia darrow are sightseeing along the ware river in massachusetts. we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was going up coming in, get there at high tide, and just kind of leisurely go back out with the tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. just, you know, a baby s bath. and then all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked down underneath into the culvert. so we made a bee line for her as fast as we could. but it was immediately obvious
a kayaking trip becomes a nightmare. forcing four people to fight for their lives against the rising tide. we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it s going to go from a rescue to a recovery. september 2nd, 2007. dennis riley along with his wife sue thompson and their friend claudia darrow are sightseeing along the ware river in massachusetts. we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was going up coming in, get there at high tide, and just kind of leisurely go back out with the tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. just, you know, a baby s bath. and then all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked down underneath into the culvert. so we made a bee line for her as fast as we could.