the city. one of the two key things, change the dynamic and order the government to retake the area. one getting reinforcements here and the other was having nato and u.s. special advisors on the ground who were able to direct and bring in air strikes on positions that threaten ed them. the government trying to restore electricity and water. the people short of food and food prices have been sky rockets. hundreds of civilians at hospital. people in the corridors and on the floors there. a big mopping-up operation for the government. in the midst of that, taliban will continue to try to move back in. boris. nic, thank you. we thought it was under control. the afghan forces outnumber the taliban, but obviously that did not help.
it has been raining and it is very wet here. separate, but unfortunate before joaquin. in massachusetts, a very, very dry september ending in dramatic fashion. 4 inches of rain. north of boston, a woman had to be rescued from the flood waters. and watch this in worcester, mass. she stalls out and boom. the weather snarling traffic across the region. it s bad. it s just gridlock everywhere. there s flooding everywhere. i ve been on the road for two hours. and in maine, the national weather service says more than 5.5 inches fell on portland. one of the ten all time wettest days in the city s history. rain knocking downpo power line. and west of baltimore, knee deep flash flood water rushing through streets.
a dry september in dramatic fashion. up to 4 inches rain. a woman got stuck in the flood waters in her car in boston. the driver gets to relatively dry land and stalls. the weather is snarling traffic across the region. it is bad. it is gridlock everywhere. it is flooding everywhere. i have been on the road for two hours. in maine, the national weather service says more than 5.5 inches fell on portland. one of the ten all time wettest days in history. it knocked out power and knocked down trees. only trucks and suvs getting through. the problem west of baltimore. knee deep flash flood water rushing through the streets. a love ymca was flooded out. check out the car in this
a local ymca flooded with three feet of water in frederick, maryland. i really did not know that flash flood went quick rain, everything. it looked like a freaking river. this could be followed by hurricane joaquin. where will that storm hit? let s go to meteorologist pedram javaheri. good morning. with so much uncertainty of a storm system of a category three, all of the cruise ships have been diverted because the storm is so powerful. you can get outside on land if you were to be in this region and run past the storm in a faster speed. the model disparity is remarkable. this time yesterday, the models had it going to the carolinas and mid-atlantic. now we are seeing more widespread action here with the models to south carolina and
local police and government. we heard reports from residents in the town that the electricity was cut and water was cut. food prices going up two or three times for the price of regular food i tems. the government has to get the basic services up and running. the taliban will not give up entirely. we can see them mount counter attacks. now the government does have control over most of the city. the help with the u.s. and nato advisors on the ground. thank you for that, nic robertson. the u.s. spending trillions in afghanistan and iraq. the investment is not a great look this week. east coast flood. record rainfall happening as hurricane joaquin gains strengths. we are tracking the storms next.