Good monday morning. Its been a busy overnight hours for us following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana. Expected to get worse today. Overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to to 20,000. Parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. A boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. Only car roofs peeking above the abcs ray raimundi has the latest. Reporter this drone video giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. U. S. National guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. The federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. Obviously this remains a very flooding and it remains ongoing. Reporter cars submerged underwat underwater. Dramatic rescues like this. Get my dog. Your dog . Get my dog. This man rescuing a
It takes between the time between you see the lightning and hear the thunder to go on mile. A of lightning, war of thunder, look at how fast it has moved out of here. The leading edge of the hot air returning. It is going to be with it will feel like it is over 100 degrees today. Partly cloudy skies, around 80 degrees. By 3 00, 96. We have to introduce the chance of thunderstorms. One or two of us might have a thunderstorm that produces heavy will talk about these temperatures, when they will cool down and when we can break the humidity. Antoinette we are following breaking news. The coast guard called to a rescue mission. Six people pulled out of the water. They were found clinging on to the boat as it sank in dorchester bay. Police responding to a distress call around 1 30 this morning. Officials say the boat was taking on water and sinking fast. Some of the passengers were wearing lifejackets. None of them were injured. Right now. The coast guard will try to retrieve that boat today
It went 3 times it exploded and then the power went out. We will get a check on traffic in just a moment. This morning first we have to talk about so many people who still dont have electricity because of those nasty storms. A lot of power lines are down trees too on the west side. Nick foley is live in one of those hardhit areas. Nick, what is the latest from the Power Company . At last count we have more than 8001st ener county alone. With thousands of customers waiting for power to be restored in the eastern communities, this latest one two punch now has crews scrambling to help those in the western communities like right here what place try west lake. Take a look behind me, you can see this tree snapped in half. This makes it more than difficult for crews trying to get things back to normal. Saw on first street in columbia and columbia road. We are near the entrance of rta park andride. The parking lot to a nearby plaza also covered with debris and then there are those downed power
Joining the pantheon of greats. A dream come true for the ohio native. I was just a really hyper kid. I was always bouncing off the walls so gymnastics fit, and i didnt try any other sports. It was like gymnastics chose me, and then ive loved it ever since. Reporter her significant flip named the she flips back with a straight body and on the second body she does a flip and lands forward. I believe that her floor routine is the best and most difficult floor routine ever performed in the sport of gymnastics. Reporter her teammate, aly raisman impressing with a second. And russia taking home the bronze. Biles relishing the victory with her teammates, leaving rio with the coveted title, and a taste coming up today, Michael Phelps is competing in the 100 butterfly finals. Katie ledecky set a record yesterday and the u. S. Basketball teams are back on the court as well. The women take on canada. The women play serbia. Lets hope the men play a little bit better than the last time against aus
Pelley louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. Livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and its not over. At least one person is dead. Theres more flooding in mississippi and alabama. Omar villafranca is in amit city, louisiana. Reporter in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains flooded out neighborhoods. Motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. My house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. Reporter emergency crews went after those who couldnt get out on their own, using boats and highwater vehicles to take stranded neighbors and pets to higher ground. Residents chipped in. Where is all this water supposed to go reporter but in baton rouge, the rising floorpts trying to escape. Drum was his friend. He got over and he went under and didnt come back up. Reporter several drivers in amit city teamed up to help an elderly man to safety who was trapped in his car. Jordan