A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. So an engineer has stabilized the dam for now. You heard them state their plan. Claire stagers with us from the university of lynchburg. Good to take to you, claire. Good to talk to you. How are you doing today . Shepard good. Might have been frightening when they said 125 houses could be under 17 feet of water. Yes, sir. Im not part of that but im close to it. It would turn my tenminute commute to 30 minutes if i had to reroute. Shepard i guess three inches of rain in an hour, thats a lot for anybody, even your part of the world. Yes, sir, a lot of water. Came into our basement as well last night. Shepard thanks, claire. I know theyve been trying to shore it up. They have taken a 3 x 3 foot area, a spillway, to relieve the pressure. The problem is theres rain on the way. Lets get to Rick Reichmuth live
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so an engineer has stabilized the dam for now. you heard them state their plan. claire stagers with us from the university of lynchburg. good to take to you, claire. good to talk to you. how are you doing today? shepard: good. might have been frightening when they said 125 houses could be under 17 feet of water. yes, sir. i m not part of that but i m close to it. it would turn my ten-minute commute to 30 minutes if i had to reroute. shepard: i guess three inches of rain in an hour, that s a lot for anybody, even your part of the world. yes, sir, a lot of water. came into our basement as well last night. shepard: thanks, claire. i know they ve been trying to shore it up. they have taken a 3 x 3 foot area, a spillway, to relieve the pressure. the problem is there s rain on the way. let s get to rick reichmuth live
four to six inches in an hour or two. by 9:30, the city considered a nonmandatory evacuation. 90 people took shelter in a local high school. today engineers came to examine the bridge and the dam and here s what they found. the dam is stable at this point. with pendinger with coming in again this evening, we re still concerned about its overall stability going into tonight and tomorrow morning. we re confident at this point the dam is stable and safe. the city of lynchburg has known for some time that this ear earthened dam is not up to standards. basically any dams built before a certain date didn t have to comply with new dam