right now? well, there s a lot of concern, but the biggest concern now immediately is making sure everybody is rescued and that they are put someplace, that there is a shelter available for them to go to and they have what they need. clothes and food and necessities. and then we have to get people moved out of these temporary shelters into a better permanent housing. so that s what we re working on and that s what we see as the biggest need. but, you know, the flooding isn t over yet. some parts of the county, harris county, which is mostly houston, waters are rising and in other places the waters are going down. when this flooding gets over with, we re going to deal with the issues of taking care of people short term and long term. this is going to move into that long term that is so important, and do you think that you have all of the funds that
what we have seen this afternoon are some heavy bands coming across. but charleston itself is drained off pretty well. that was a big fear. they were calling it a one in thousand year flood. but north of charleston and inland 20 miles or so recorded 10 or 12 plus inches, we ve heard of roads washed out, we heard of an animal shelter having to be evacuated so much flood water came through it. so this whole problem up and down the coast continues. and as the bands shift north that freight train of water is going to continue to pour into the carolinas and cause problems. the flooding isn t over. the rain isn t over. we re going to see this kind of moisture event continuing into tomorrow afternoon. right now in charleston though, a little bit of break and a lot of people are getting out and trying to enjoy it for a few minutes. richard. ron, thank you so much, my friend. let s get the latest on what s going on and what will be happen. knbc meteorologist shanna mendiola joining us. this
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incredible new pictures from sendai, japan, the city oh at the center of the disaster. raging fires have filled the sky with thick smoke as rescue efforts continue across the region. homes across the coastal community have been completely destroyed there. all right. back at home the rain may be gone in northern new jersey. fear of flooding isn t over yet. two days of torrential downpours soaked the region. a lot of people were forced to evacuate and now as many wade out of the mess. emergency officials are keeping an eye on the state s waterways and river banks. the wep s eric fisher gives us an ep date from little falls, new jersey. not so little falls. reporter: big falls today, thomas. the water here is raging. this is a river that took the longest to crest. it crested this morning. it will take the longest to go down. take a look at what we are watching. this is the poour power of water. we have seen too much of that the last few days f. the water