heavy rains across the midwest, interstates and put a big hole in a dam in iowa. in chicago, officials say more than 7 inches of rain fell early yesterday. in eastern iowa, the lake deli dam failed as rising flood water made a 30-foot wide hole. officials do expect a significant loss of property in that area. meanwhile the southeast is baking again today with many areas setting records. janice dean is live from the fox weather center with the very latest from the flooding and the heat as well. janice, doesn t sound like there is much good news out there right now. the good news we were wrong about tropical storm bonnie. that s the kind of good news i like to hear really not a problem across the gulf coast. and, yes, the heat is still with us, unfortunately. people are urged to stay indoors. especially small children and the elderly. we broke some records yesterday. we re going to break some records today. look at that in richmond, virginia, 105, 101 in baltimore. 100 in raleigh, mo
peninsula. aircraft carrier u.s.s. gorge washington is among the 20 warships, subs marines and 20 aircraft taking part. north korea has threatened physical response. exercise runs through weapons. search underway in eastern afghanistan for two missing sailors. u.s. and nato officials confirm the two disappeared friday but from v. no explanation why they left their compound near kabul that afternoon. in iowa the lake deli dam gave way yesterday sending floodwaters racing towards homes and businesses in the town of. no deaths or injuries reported. celebrity sheriff mario is being sued by two former employees who say they were cheated out of tips at his restaurant. the workers told the wall street journal the restaurant was ill healey withholding money from a tip pool. a representative had no comment. those are the top stories. shannon? back to you. shannon: malini, thanks very much. is this latest threat of force against south korea and the u.s.
the dam. and so there were warnings issued and notification given to those in the flood plane. but the other good news is, as you re not talking about a highly concentrated area, in terms of residential homes. so you know that s a blessing i think at this point. that s good. caller: and we ve had time to get people out of the way. but we re right in the middle of it. and we re monitoring it very closely. and we just don t want any loss of life and we want to avoid and prevent as many injuries as possible. and so far, we ve been able to do that, which is which again, is a very good thing. iowa governor, chet culver, thanks so much. we wish you all of the best. of course we ll keep tabs with you and your emergency response people throughout the evening. so once again, a dam break there near lake deli.
service members. earlier saturday morning, we got word that five u.s. service members were killed in southern afghanistan in two straight ied attacks, improvised explosive devices. thank you, atia. this comes as five other u.s. troops were killed in two separate bombings in afghanistan to date. both attacks happened in the southern part of the country. more than 50 americans have died in afghanistan so far this year. 60 were killed just last month. we have a breaking news story to tell you about this hour in iowa, where a dam on lake deli. the result of massive rains. governor chet culver told cnn just moments ago that the region has seen record flooding and so far there are no reports of injuries. the lake deli had dam is about 45 miles north of cedar rapids. and also flooding near