Relentless new evacuations in southern louisiana. The destruction is overwhelming. As Homeland Security secretary jeh johson toured the flood zone thursday an editorial was released in n it urges president obama to visit the state. Fema says more than 80thousand people have applied for federal help. At least 13 people have died. Its hard for forecasters to keep up with such devastating floods. That was the exprience for forecasters here in colorado during the floods of 2013. But now scientists in boulder are trying to make those forecasts better. The National Center for Atmospheric Research in forecast model for noaa. It could change the way we predict floods across the country. The way the National Weather Service Forecasts floods now, happens based on information from specific sites. Usually on major rivers or waterways. That doesnt always help predict what could happen along smaller waterways. As it did in colorado almost three years ago. This new computer modeling is able to not ju
80s. Under a bright moon, this morning is mostly clear and humid with patchy fog and lows in the upper 60s. Today is sunny and steamy once again with highs in the mid to upper 80s, even in green bay for tailgating. At kickoff, temps will be in the lower 80s, and then drop into the mid 70s by the end of the game. Tonight is partly cloudy and muggy happening now atf agents and the fbi are still looking for the people who torched 8 businesses during saturday and sundays roits in sherman park. Several businesses including the bp gas station and oreilly autoparts near sherman and burleigh are damaged beyond repair. Investigators promise tipsters can remain anonymous. If your information helps you could get 10thousand dollars. Rebuild and recover thats what the focus is now in the Sherman Park Community. Pete zervakis joins us this morning from the sherman park neighborhood where Community Leaders are coming together to help the healing. A pair of events aimed at keeping the peace here in sh
Milwaukee police are on scene as well just in case thats after firefighters had to leave a burning building over the weekend because of gunfire in the area. So far this morning no problems. Welcome to live at daybreak. Its im vince vitrano. And im susan kim. We want to start with a check of your weather and traffic together with meteorologist brian gotter. After Early Morning showers, yesterday was warm and humid with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Under a bright moon, this morning is mostly clear and humid with patchy fog and lows in the upper 60s. Today is sunny and steamy once again with highs in the mid to upper 80s, even in green bay for tailgating. At kickoff, temps will be in the lower 80s, and then drop into the mid 70s by the end of the game. Tonight is partly cloudy and muggy dry incident free roads this moring light traffic volumes and speeds are at or above posted across the interstate starting tomorrow at 10 pm evening 94 east will be closed heading up to lambeau fi brown
Let us go back to new york. Savannah . We are still covering this raging wildfire in california that has grown even larger overnight that threatens even more homes now. How are crews going to get it under control . Well take you there live when we give you the news in a couple minutes. Back to you in rio. Savannah, thank you very much. Let us begin this morning with that alleged Armed Robbery targeting ryan lochte and three teammates. Brazilian authorities investigate diskrepensy in their story. Reporter ryan lochte at home watching events unfold. Two teammates pulled from the plane interrogated for hours. Another teammate, jimmy feigen is in rio at an unknown location. Leaving a Rio De Janeiro Police Station now at the center of an embarrassing International Incident surrounded by cameras refusing to answer questions. Ryan lochte is sticking to his story. Are you doing the same thing . Reporter hours earlier jack conger and gunnar bentz were removed from their flight. They are coopera