Reena ninan. And im devin dwyer. And in iraq, we just learned that militants captured another city. And the Islamic Militant group trying to take control of the country now claims to have captured or killed hundreds of iraqi soldier s. Because of the dangerous conditions, the u. S. Is beefing up security. Kristen fisher is joins us with more. Reporter they have captured a third city in iraq. And now theres a real fear that baghdad could be next. The question, what will the u. S. Do, if anything, to stop them . Baghdad on the brink. A series of explosions killed at least 15 people on sunday, and 60 miles away, fierce islamic jihadists, sights set on seizing the capital city. A lot of fear. A lot of fear. Reporter just yesterday the state department announced plans to partially evacuate the American Embassy in baghdad. The pentagon is sending in 100 troops, including a platoon of marines to protect the personnel who stay behind. Over the weekend, they have boasted on twitter saying they
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in 1999, topping the hurricane. many lost their lives by driving through water during that storm. so this time around authorities are warning the folks, don t even think about it. from the southeast to new england it is bad and getting worse, and we are working and watching it all. janice dean our meteorologist on over time today already in the fox weather center. reporter: thank goodness for our hair and make up team. megyn: god bless those geniuses. reporter: tropical storm nicole was only a tropical storm for six hours, megyn. we are getting a tremendous amount of moisture from the tropics. jamaica over 8 inches of rain, several people are dead, many are missing right now, and millions of dollars worth of damage because of this tropical storm. we are still getting that feed of moisture all up and down the east coast. there is the radar right now you can see the heaviest of rain moving towards the ou outer bans and the interior sections of the northeast. what you can t