and the water continues to rise. 1700 people have been forced to flee as a result of the water. hundreds of homes, five subdivisions up in this part of the city and more to the south of the city and the number grows because the wearlt level is rising and we are not expected to see the water crest until thursday. we took a boat ride through this community and it s really startling to see the pictures of how high the water has come. in many cases it s not to the point of coming up to the roof line but over the roof line. 11 feet, 15 feet of water. yes, they flooded because that s this kind of historic flood. meanwhile, we wanted to show you at least one elementary school that has been trying desperately in redwood to fight off the floodwaters that have been encroaching up their way. there is only about a week of
her husband, of course, we are talking about is arnold schwarzenegger, the newly former governor of the state of california. here is now maria shriver s brief statement, and she says quote. this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal. i will have no further comment. end quote. very short statement making it clear there that she would like some time away, and would not like to be bothered and not expected to hear much more from her any time soon. and no denying that you can sense the grief in those short words from maria shriverer, and let me bring in casey wian who has been on this story since it broke overnight. a lot of people thought, casey, or just wondered what was going on when they first heard of the separation in the first place. a lot of people shocked by that, and then you throw this shock on top of that one. yeah, absolutely.
fredricka was just saying, those floodwaters there are only still rising. they have not yet crested like we have seen farther upstream. that s the scenario. it s kind of like a wall of water pushing in. it starts to the north with the mississippi. and this wall of water just has to go somewhere. it s like filling up a bathtub. you hit the top, there s nowhere to go but over. here s the record flooding. flood warnings means flooding is happening or is imminent. on may 11th, this is when we re going to see it crest in memphis. this is the first big city and the beginning of a stretch of places we will watch this water crest. we re going to see it go about 14 feet above flood stage on may 20th. it takes a few days. it s like throwing a ball down. it takes a little while to get to these places. later and later, may 20th in vicksburg, 14 1/2 feet above flood stage. may 22nd to natchez, you see the river landing.
text afternoons needing so many help at the moment. and you can see it and you ve pa been monitoring it, what is the severity of the disaster so far that you have seen and how does it compare to friday? oh, this is a landmark event. and what is occurring is what the national weather service has been telling everyone over the last 48 to 72 hours, that we will see torrential rainfalls that cause catastrophic flooding and it s become a reality unfortunately and i m afraid it s not over. we ll continue to see the rivers and the water crest over the next 48 hours. it still habsn t reached the cresting point. and right now we are laser focused on making sure that we can get the federal government resources actively mobilized in support of the governor. we re down there helping them to perform search and rescue. we ve mobilized search and rescue resources from all over the country to be there. as you and i watch together,