Behind me is relatively calm but the weather has been changing by the minute. Overall in the past 24 hours we have witnessed steady violent, torrential downpour spread are forecasters of said that most of the damage of the storm will not come from wins but from the consistent rain and flooding. In our reporting we have seen just that. The National Weather service has issued a fresh Flash Flood Warning and also a tornado warning. Our phones have been going off the hook with all the tornado headings that hit your phone. We have seen 9 inches of rain just outside of houston and the National Weather service is saying anymore between 15 and 25 more inches of rain could fall. As you sit here in see the constant rain and we have a little break right now and youre saying to yourself this rain has to be going somewhere and with more steady days of rain in the forecast it seems like the flooding will just get worse. We talk about dirty water and the risk of disease and animals in the water and t
Behind me is relatively calm but the weather has been changing by the minute. Overall in the past 24 hours we have witnessed steady violent, torrential downpour spread are forecasters of said that most of the damage of the storm will not come from wins but from the consistent rain and flooding. In our reporting we have seen just that. The National Weather service has issued a fresh Flash Flood Warning and also a tornado warning. Our phones have been going off the hook with all the tornado headings that hit your phone. We have seen 9 inches of rain just outside of houston and the National Weather service is saying anymore between 15 and 25 more inches of rain could fall. As you sit here in see the constant rain and we have a little break right now and youre saying to yourself this rain has to be going somewhere and with more steady days of rain in the forecast it seems like the flooding will just get worse. We talk about dirty water and the risk of disease and animals in the water and t
To this. Thank you. We will be there 100 . All of the folks from the federal government that are around the table, they are confirming it, as well. We started early. Well be here late. I want to thank you for the great job you have done. I would like to ask richard burr to say a few words, your great senator who has done an incredible job. And then we ask tom till s to say a few words. These are two people who love this state and the country. I will say to this group what i said to you on the plane. I have been doing disasters in North Carolina as an elected representative for 25 years. I have never seen the preparation, coordination and collaboration between the federal, state and local government like i have seen prior to this. If we do half as good in the response as we did in the preparation, then North Carolinaens are going to be in good hands. The challenge is quite frankly going to be this, facing things in this event that we havent been faced with before. The ability to have th
Hello, you are in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york. The disaster from Hurricane Florence is most likely only beginning. Damage from the wind is over, cleanup will take weeks or longer. But more urgently right now, floodwaters are rising. Emergency officials are warning people in parts of North Carolina to get to Higher Ground or they are risking their lives. The flood threat is already proving deadly. In just the last hour the death toll from the storm went up. It now stands at eight. The latest victims of florence are two people caught in flash flooding in fast moving water just north of wilmington, North Carolina. Again, eight people now dead from this storm. And forecasters say conditions will continue to worsen as long as this massive weather system just sits and dumps rain, refusing to break apart or to move faster. Cnn teams are in place where the water is rising and where people are being told to take these floodwaters seriously. Cnns Martin Savidge joins us from wil
Effects. Floodwaters are still rising. More bridges like this one are shut down, and the threat to others is growing. Police making an arrest now in the murder of a former Iowa State University golfing star. We have charged colin richerds with murder in the s rst degree. Julie chen is walking away from the talk and standing by righusband as he faces a flurry of sexual abuse allegations. Right now i need to spend more time at home with my husband and our young son. She was evil and twisted. Danlizabeth smart believes she s ll be in danger when one of her kidnappers is released from prison tomorrow. Mcdonalds workers are on strike in 10 u. S. Cities to protest Sexual Harassment on the job. Spacex founder elon musk announces the first private passenger to fly on a trip around the moon. Its japanese billionaire yusaku maezawa. I choose to go to the moon glor good evening, im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. We are going to begin with the latest on the possibility of a muchdiscus