officials in florida now say at least 66 people are confirmed dead, more than half the fatalities are here amid the widespread devastation in lee county, home to fort myers. the sheriff there says there have been more than 600 rescues in that county alone. near sarasota police officers evacuated a neighborhood early this morning as a levee appeared in danger of collapsing. that threat, a 15-foot wall of water crashing into the neighborhood. just a short time ago the state reopened a 12-mile stretch of interstate 75 in both directions bet an over flowing river has forced a closure there. governor desantis said overflowing lakes and rivers have also created havoc. there s also other areas where we may expect additional flooding. i was touring central florida with some of the aerial tours. there was more standing water in central florida than there was in southwest florida from the imp immuno impact of the storm serurge. i want to bring in jim acosta in fort myers, one of th
officials in florida now say at least 66 people are confirmed dead, more than half the fatalities are here amid the widespread devastation in lee county, home to fort myers. the sheriff there says there have been more than 600 rescues in that county alone. near sarasota police officers evacuated a neighborhood early this morning as a levee appeared in danger of collapsing. that threat, a 15-foot wall of water crashing into the neighborhood. just a short time ago the state reopened a 12-mile stretch of interstate 75 in both directions bet an over flowing river has forced a closure there. governor desantis said overflowing lakes and rivers have also created havoc. there s also other areas where we may expect additional flooding. i was touring central florida
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texas as overflowing lakes push more water into the trinity river system. a dallas officials warn the commute could be rough with at least 21 roads closed because of the high water. northeast seeing massive flooding overnight. several roads turning into rivers in new jersey. maria molina is tracking the warm weather today. quite a lightning show last night. quite a lightning show. those storms are expected to continue through out the day today. you mentioned parts of the plains oklahoma and texas that has been the story out there t. has been ongoing. we expect drier work conditions. parts of the northeast more storms forecast across parts of new jersey where we saw flash flooding. a number of watches for new jersey across the new york city area also into portions of new england. further west across parts of the rockies we have a developing area of low pressure. today that system would intrifrng storms across parts of
flooding from the storm surge. they re also potentially damaging waves, right? inland away from the sea, the storm is expected to bring so much rain that there will also be fresh water flooding almost anywhere the storm lingers, overflowing lakes, rivers and ponds and also water in the street. again, 1 million people under mandatory evacuation orders already. this does look like a big one of potentially national consequences. so expect that storm as it continues churning toward the carolina coast. expect this to be dominating news and rightly so all week long this week. today in washington, republicans tried to set thursday, this thursday as the day for the judiciary committee to vote on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court. first of all, that day, thursday, is likely to be hurricane day. secondly, senators were still submitting additional questions