to make land fall in just a matter of hours. and flooding already reported tonight ahead of the hurricane. this video just coming into us from key west florida. as you can see, one resident s basement is already flooded and there obviously many more just like it. plus, we showed you video last night of a wawa just outside philadelphia being ransacked and now we have brand new video giving us a much clearer picture of the roughly 100 juveniles some as young as ten years old causing thousands of dollars of damage. tonight how other area stores are looking to confront the increasingly rise in crime. it is a real problem across the country. and as you know we re also just days away from online applications being made available for president biden s student loan handout that could be put on hold, frankly, as there is a new legal challenge to tell you about tonight. we re going to talk to the group that has filed a lawsuit later in the show. but we begin this hour with hurricane
over normal rain amount england for the entire month. the northwest of england and north wales have borne the brunt of the wet weather. the rain is 59% over what s normally expected for the whole of the month. blackpool is the wettest place relative to normal so far. it s had more than double its normal july rainfall this month. the heavy rain has disrupted a number of events including festivals. sarah rogers is at kendal calling in cumbria where they re looking ahead to a weekend of sunshine and showers. iam i am already looking around you, you are on a stage and i can see quite a bit of wet weather, puddles already forming. bit of wet weather, puddles already forminu. ., bit of wet weather, puddles already forminu. . , , bit of wet weather, puddles already formin. . , , ,, forming. yeah, this is the park, we came on the forming. yeah, this is the park, we came on the stage forming. yeah, this is the park, we came on the stage to forming. yeah, this is the park, we came on the
areas could see up to 12 feet, some of those possible areas like fort myers down to naples the barrier islands some only have an elevation of about three feet, you think about what 12 feet of water rise would do, that s why the mandatory evacuation orders were issued. this is the more widespread threat. of course those hurricane conditions spread well inland but look at that stripe of red along i 4, tampa, saint pete over to lack land orlando eventually daytona beach. that rain amount is 15-20 inches. that represents an extreme flash flooding risk over the next 36 hours. kevin? great stuff, ian. thank you so much. of course, i know you ll be watching it all throughout the night and throughout the day tomorrow. we ll stay locked in with you. meantime let s check in with fox weather correspondent robert ray, he has the latest on the ground from fort myers. conditions deteriorating here in fort myers overnight. this is fort myers beach, which is a very long key and we are
flooding is always an issue for our community, especially with the tree canopy that we have. we re really preparing and working towards a plan that would deal with making sure our drainage systems are working and that we re prepared for any excessive rain amount. you re not asking people to evacuate obviously from charlotte. what are the preparations that you re asking people to undertake when they re there? what we re trying to get people to do is to make sure they have the supplies that are necessary if we lose electricity. if we don t have the utilities working, do they have flashlights, batteries, food that can be eaten without are being heated. that s an important part. once we lose a major tree with an overheadli line, that s whene begin to experience real difficulties. right now our prepation is to prepare for the flooding. one of the things that our mind go to is what happened to
pyongyang. no one has a better perspective and view than you. thank you, sir. back to our storm coverage next. they ve already had 15 to 25 inches. could be in for double that rain amount in the houston, texas, area. early start continues right now. this likely is going to be an historic rainfall if not an all-time record. 50 inches of rain. parts of texas under water face a devastating few days of more rainfall. months if not years of cleanup ahead. we have loive coverage of the damage, rescues, and what lies in store. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. devastation there for more than two million people in houston. almost seven million in the houston area under water at 4:30