the top of all the water banks and flood banks. it has just started to rain as well. 430 homes identified in manchester as being at risk of flooding. the owners were told they could leave their houses and go to a rest centre that was being set up overnight. 150 flood warnings are in place, all across the north of england. at times yesterday when the rain was falling, it felt like you were being hit by buckets of water and they were being thrown at you. horrendous, torrential rain! 0vernight there had been high winds making problem even more problematic. most of the main roads have been driveable and open but little roads like this other problem really. it will take some time to clear up. people here have said it is the highest they have seen the water and they do not know how it
this is south of manchester. just in front of me is the m56 motorway. behind me as a bridge with so much water underneath it. this is the debris that has blown up from the river mersey and completely closed the road. there are but bulls, carpet which has been dragged down by the water as well. lots and lots of trees. i have been speaking to a chap whose job it is to try to clear the road and try to play the golf course behind me. the problem is thatis course behind me. the problem is that is underwater at the moment. huge floodgate have been open to try to relieve the pressure on the river mersey which flows from here out to see. that water has been coming over the top of all the water banks and flood banks. it hasjust
few feet. you are in floodwaters. photojournalist john persons will pan loudoun and show you crops here are already flooded out. they have soy, cotton, corn here. all being wiped out. this in a we are when a lot of farmers around here thought they would catch a break. thought they would have good crops and maybe be able to recover from lean years and actually turn a profit for a lot of them, because of the floodwaters, that s not going to happen now. we have to talk about cresting because that s a key stage right now. near here in vicksburg, mississippi, it crested on thursday but that crest is expected to hold at least until saturday. top levels. now here in natchez, mississippi, water levels are rising and going to get to record levels probably tomorrow. but in vicksburg it is critical. key flood stage right now, record crest, going to hold until tomorrow. as you mentioned, wolf, what we are told now is that the mississippi river is going stay out its banks, won t recede to within it
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila
the entire area under a tornado watch for next several hours officially posted until 11:00 a.m. the most action will be over the next two to three hours. we ll keep you posted. we re looking at more rain than severe weather but heavy rain will be the issue across the northeast and flood watches and warnings posted lr. 3 to 6 inches of rainfall expected and should last through tomorrow. already saturated and sog gi in the tri-state area and more rain expected tonight and tomorrow we could see many rivers up and over the flood banks and this could be an issue. the saturated ground as you said, the trees, it won t take much wind to knock them over. the wind shouldn t be as bad as the last go-around. the more saturated the soil is, the easier it is for the trees to topple. a self-proclaimed christian