destroyed. this didn t end when the wind died down. this was and continues to be a very big deal and water is the reason why. you are looking at where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely. they don t have much to return to. the correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri, after the tornado. she was stranded by rising flood waters. she joins us shortly. still stranded there actually tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto waterlogged ground and full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through the water. the water has to go somewhere. it doesn t care what or who is in the way. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks were even having trouble getting around. from virginia to vermont rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be, largely because of flooding damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion making it o
moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night in a battle in northwest libya. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafi s wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge in algeria? reporter: you know, one of the interesting things is that algeria still recognizes moammar gadhafi as the leader of libya. they haven t yet recognized the transition council, the rebels, as traditional rulers now. so what happened in the early hours of the day is that moammar gadhafi s wife, daughter, two sons, showed up at the border and crossed over into algeria. they said they re taking them in on humanitarian grounds. the national transitional council say they want them back,
41 people now confirmed dead from hurricane irene. this hour vermont is still trying to pull people out of the rushing rivers. i ll speak with several people still trapped there. including a groom got married saturday, hoping to leave on his honeymoon in 48 hours. we ll get a live update pr him. also from fema and the governor of vermont. stay tuned for that. in addition to the wildfires, there s talk about a formation off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. chad myers, who is racing back out here. chad myers, as we re looking at this formation, do we need to be worried? we don t need to be worried at this point in time. although, this may be the nicest tropical storm, i hope, that we ever see ever. you consider what we just showed you, all the pictures in oklahoma, that s really, other than the fire, that s what all of texas looks like. completely tinder ground. if we can get a 40 miles per hour storm over the gulf of mexico and run into louisiana and texas and spread ra
into life-threatening torrents. we ll get an update in a few minutes. but first, breaking news on the international manhunt for moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafi s wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge in alge a algeria? reporter: you know, one of the interesting things is that algeria still recognizes moammar gadhafi as the leader of libya. so what happened in the early hours of the day is that moammar gadhafi s wife, daughter, two sons, showed up at the border and crossed over into algeria. they said they re taking them in on humanitarian grounds. they want them back and if algeria doesn t s
a quaint, new england street turned into a torrent north of new york city. this is the legacy of what was tropical storm irene, once hurricane arna across the northeast u.s. cars are no match for these waters. this car was battered like driftwood. fortunately no one was inside. whoa. get out of here! grab the mic. a reporter with wcbs was covering irene in new jersey when a large wave nearly swept her off her feet. she and her crew thought they were far enough away from the water but they were wrong. on long island, large sand berms were piled up to protect the life guard station and it worked, for a while. the waves smashed the building into the pier. good evening. i m martin savidge. don is off tonight. irene made landfall again this morning in new york city as a category one hurricane. from there it made a nonstop march north as a tropical storm sweeping through new england with high winds and heavy rain. what s left is now crossing into canada. at least 19 people lo