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 that city s history. rain knocking out power and trees and flooding roads. let s go to maryland west of baltimore. knee deep flash flood water rushing through the streets. a local ymca flooded out. three feet of water there. the car in this photo we will show you totalled. here s the owner. i really didn t know that flash flood meant quick rain, everything. it looked like a freaking river. this is a prelude to hurricane joaquin. where will it hit? let s get to meteorologist pedram javaheri. good morning. the latest update from the national hurricane center in the last few minutes. the changes in the forecast that we touch on with the category
a woman in boston had to be rescued in her car after being stuck in the flood waters. look at this car in worcester, massachusetts. the driver gets to dry land. opens the car door and gallons pouring out of the car. the weather is snarling traffic as you can imagine across the region. it s bad. gridlock everywhere. flooded everywhere. i ve 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 the city s history. the rains knocked down power lines. and west of baltimore, knee deep flash flood water rushing through the streets. a local ymca flooded out with three feet of water and stuff everywhere. check out the car in this photo. it s totalled. listen to the owner. i really did not know that
joaquin? the state of virginia is related to the rainfall seen in the past four to five days from the gulf of mexico. not this storm the and particular o ocean. the water has no place to go. thank you. no government shutdown at least for now. breaking overnight. congress passing a stop-gap spending bill to keep the government funded through december 11th. that is when republicans are pushing hard to defund planned parenthood. president obama calling this good news and cause to celebrate. even if the bar for congress is quote somewhat low. a high ranking secret service official facing disciplinary action this morning for allegedly trying to smear the reputation of jason
and russia launching the first air strikes in syria, but isis may not be who they are targeting. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m boris sanchez. it is thursday, october 1st. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we are following breaking news. joaquin now a category three hurricane bearing down on the bahamas as another storm produces record rainfall up and down the east coast. look at massachusetts. a very dry september ending like this. 4 inches of rain. north the boston, the woman had to be rescued after being stuck in the flood waters. this driver in worcester, massachusetts, gets to dry land and stalls out. opens the car door and all the water. the weather snarling traffic across the region. it s bad. it s gridlock everywhere. it s flooded everywhere. i ve been on the road for two