with it and targeting the pacific northwest with a lot of rain your can see the rain stretching from seattle to the coast of oregon and some of those areas in yellow, those are areas of heavier rain. how much rain? basically already we have seen four to six inches of rain falling across the mountain sides. so it s been a prolonged event and an additional six inches we have through tomorrow, flood watches and also warnings around the seattle area are in effect through the entire region as we head into basically monday. this is going a very long lasting event. very warm air associated with the system, that raising the snow levels. you ve got water on top of some of the mountains already will help weaken it and bring concerns for avalanches. gregg: a couple trying to do the right thing sent out the
megyn: in brazil epic rainfall causing one of the deadliest natural disasters in that country s history. the death toll is already nearing 500. the pictures are hard to watch. reports of more than a thousand people unaccounted for. flash flooding is washing out mountain sides and suffocating mud is cascading down on entire homes. these pictures, oh, joining us now on the phone from brazil is tom phillips, a reporter for the global radio news and the guardian newspaper, tom, does brazil expect this death toll now nearing 500 to rise even further? reporter: yes, they are convinced that they will rise further. the doctors, the nurses and dentists are working on the identification of 400 bodies just here. there is a long line outside of
question. another thing that s a big focus is the heavy snowfall we ve seen throughout the season for much of the central rockies. that snow and powder has been bringing in thousands upon thousands of skiers. skiers that have to be very careful when they hit the slopes. this is a story about a group of people who do what they can to keep people safe on those mountain sides. reporter: steam boat springs, colorado, attracts skiers of all levels. enjoying the fresh powder on the 165 trails. but amid the thrill of barrelling through the snow, accidents can and do happen. so let s do that, let s simulate an injury. imagine you re flying down through here and you lose your balance, one ski goes in one direction, one goes in the other, your poles go flying and you land in the embankment, and your knee s killing you. how do you get up the mountain? reporter: that is where these guys come in. a team of 60 men and women who are not only excellent skiers,
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