We begin with the killer storm swamping South Carolina, still parked over the state after triggering catastrophic flooding. Scenes like this, take a look, playing out over and over again. Hundreds of people plucked to safety from submerged cars and trucks. After some areas got slammed with more than two feet of rain. Those raging floodwaters blamed for at least seven deaths. Powerful enough to unearth coffins, bringing them to the surface at this church cemetery. We want to give you a look at the storm system on radar. Its dumping lots of rain in the carolinas right now. Abcs lana zak has the latest. Reporter scenes like these ravaging South Carolina this morning. This is an unprecedented event. Reporter grown men in water up to their necks. These floods at rooftop level. Some residents losing everything. Everything that i own, that i know of, has been destroyed. All my memories. Everything that ive worked for. Its all gone. Reporter as onlookers hope the floods will stay away from the
The pentagon is investigating the circumstances of the strike believed to have been carried out by a u. S. Aircraft. A new report says the fees we pay to use an outofnetwork atm are new record highs nationwide. The average 4. 52. Also at record highs are Overdraft Fees. They now average 33. 07. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 5th. From abc news, this is world news now. Hey, good morning. We begin this half hour with the stubborn storm still lashing the carolina coastline after a weekend of historic flooding, even more rain still on the way. Can you believe it . Hundreds of stranded drivers and families had to be plucked from their cars in South Carolina. In fact, so many. Officials say they lost count. At least seven people have died and more doortodoor Search Operations are planned for today. Abcs rob marciano is there. Reporter a stubborn system battering the east coast for nearly four days. And it wont give up. This is deep. Reporter historic rain. For char
Reporter that whole thing started when officers got a call around about a car burglary in this neighborhood near that intersection of mirabella and coso, when officers got unseen, one officer got out of his car to look for the suspect when the suspect drove into the officer pinning him with the car. He tried to maneuver out of the area but another police car showed up in the suspect ended up hitting that car in an effort to get away. He felt and officers arrested him without incident. Police say there may have been to other people involved, they were detained from this area. But as you can see behind me, mirabella avenue, very difficult to get around here, a pretty narrow street. As for the officer who was injured, we are told he sustained injuries to his leg as well as may have suffered broken ribs but is going to be okay and in stable condition. Reporting live in San Francisco, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. Today students and staff will return to a Community College in oregon less than a w
One minor accident east 80 as you work your way in, but no delays as you work your way out of oakland into San Francisco, a couple of cars on those cash lanes. Nice right. At the san mateo bridge, high wind advisory earlier but that has been canceled. So far so good. Thank you. Developing news where a Police Officer is recovering from injuries covering the lineup duties. Reporter this is an Ongoing Investigation and investigators are still here on the scene processing evidence in the area, thats what one officer told me, there is still a lot left from this crime scene. Lets give you background on what we know. San Francisco Police say they first got a call about a car burglary near bella avenue and when one officer got out of his car to investigate thats when the suspect ran him over. The suspect ended up hitting the officer with his car and hit another police car just arriving to the scene but that suspect was not able to get away, and Police Say Two other people may have been involve
Island near the bahamas thursday. The same island where debris was found saturday. A coast guard crew recovered a lifeline from the ship called el farro, search teams have searched a debris field that could be from the ship, 33 people were on board. Heavy rain storms are expected to continue today in South Carolina, the coast guard and local agency made hundreds of rescues including that of a woman and her 15monthold they be. They had gotten trapped in fast moving flood waters near charleston yesterday. Rainfall totals over the weekend ranged from 14 to 24 inches and some roads were no match for all that water. We havent seen this level of rain in the low country in 1000 years. Thats how big this is. At least five storm related deaths have been reported in South Carolina, in the capital, columbia, a dam break flooded major thoroughfares. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for many areas because more rain is in the forecast today. Time for our weather and a little traffic, i woke up