we had support from the ski area. they have some very high-capacity pumps at the top of the ski area. so, we re protecting the power supply for those pumps because if the fire does approach there, we re going to be relying on those. now to the soggy south. this church goers had quite the big surprise. they walked out of sunday services only to discover waist deep flood waters had stranded them. can you imagine? flash flood watches dot the region record rainfalls have saturated the ground and the threat of more heavy rain looms. cnn meteorologist indra petersons joins us live from new york. good morning. you getting familiar with this at all carol? i m getting tired of it. i don t blame you whatsoever. july setting more records and now august and take a look, this is a water vapor. from the last three days, we look at the moisture from the yucatan peninsula feeding into is the southeast. day after day. record-breaking rain.
you that the damage actually has been fairly minimal, just a few outbuildings basically that have burned down. the people feeling the brunt seem to be the local businesses. obviously this is a tourist area, and a lot of the tourist have taken off. the local merchants definitely taking a big hit. carol? wow. dan simon reporting live from haley, idaho. now let s head to the soggy south where flood watch flood watches doubt the region flash flood watches dot the region. the threat of more heavy rain looms. we have more on what could be another miserable day. reporter: heavy rain and high winds battered much of the southeast this weekend bringing flash floods and record rainfall. check out what members of one church in gulfport saw after their sunday service. waist-deep water covering their car doors. a foot of rain fell in less than an hour. and business owners along highway 49 found water rushing into their stores. fire trucks are out there.