so much to cover here, but we re starting to draw that connection to climate change. absolutely. all right, thanks so much. in pennsylvania, at least four people are dead after flooding caused by the storm. officials estimate they have responded to thousands of water rescue calls across the state. pete muntean is in philadelphia where experts call the flooding historic. reporter: conditions are improving here although we are not out of woods yet. this is the most dramatic scene of the day, this is interstate 676, the vine street expressway, straight through the center of philadelphia. and it connects interstate 76 on the west to the ben franklin bridge in camden, new jersey in the east and this has been very flooded, the water is very high. you can see the water, it was up to the 21st street overpass there, it has receded a little bit now about halfway to the bottom of the road there. this is just one scene here in philadelphia. the schuylkill river crested
tomorrow, and the national weather service says it will not get below flood stage in philadelphia until after midnight tonight. i want to show you the impact of this river. there have been water rescues taking place all day. the governor s administration says there were 500 calls for water rescues in the montgomery county suburbs to the north of here. you can see famous boat rouse row in the distance. it has been under water for hours. i want to show you one more thing. this is interstate 76 here. that s the pennsylvania turnpike going into center city, philadelphia. it is a parking lot right now because of an issue further on down the river. according to the pennsylvania department of transportation, the cross roads between 76 and 6 p v 7 67 is under water because the pumping station is also under water. they can t even begin to get out of the problem.
flood warning still in place, right? reporter: that s right, victor. the flood warning here in philadelphia stays in place until 7:00 tomorrow morning. the skchuykill river behind me only crested at 17 feet a few hours ago. now it is about 16 feet. the national weather service says the skook ill will not be below flood stage until well after midnight. the impact far and wide. you can see the famous boathouse row behind me, it has been under water for hours. that is interstate 76, the schuykill expressway, it is a parking lot because it is hard to see where it begins and the river begins. it is overflowing between 76 and 676 downtown which made a big traffic smarl. one of the biggest problems is there was a pumping station next to the interchange and it is under water. not just here in philadelphia. even upstream of the schuykill in bridgeport there were dozens