the shooter s movements that fateful day. survival stories and why congress can t ever seem to agree on how to keep guns out of the wrong hands. nightly news begins now. reporting tonight, craig melvin. and a good saturday evening. are following two major developing stories tonight in a few moments, thomas roberts will have the latest on thursday s shooting massacre at a community college in oregon. but first historic flooding. many parts of charleston are under water tonight. some roads look more like small rivers. more than 20 million people along the eastern seaboard are under a flood watch or flood warning. some communities are expecting epic amounts of rain. 16 inches in some places. this afternoon, president obama declared a state of emergency in south carolina. forecasters say some there could experience a once in a lifetime rain event. we start tonight in greenville, south carolina, with kerry sanders. reporter: wide areas of charleston, south carolina, unde
reporting tonight, craig melvin. and a good saturday evening. we are following two major developing stories tonight in a few moments, thomas roberts will have the latest on thursday s shooting massacre at a community college in oregon. but first historic flooding. many parts of charleston are under water tonight. some roads look more like small rivers. more than 20 million people along the eastern seaboard are under a flood watch or flood warning. some communities are expecting epic amounts of rain. 16 inches in some places. this afternoon, president obama declared a state of emergency in south carolina. forecasters say some there could experience a once in a lifetime rain event. we start tonight in greenville, south carolina, with kerry sanders. reporter: wide areas of charleston, south carolina, under water tonight. adding to the relentless rainfall, coastal flooding. with more than 11 inches of rain in the last 36 hours, some residents already forced out of their hom
lose their grip and a painful process, it really is. let s start with the radar as we would have reports in charles county, and a lot of folks are down there with plenty of power. heavy rain east of i-95, the west side of the bay. and in delmarva. here is the radar over the last hour. you can see the rain pushing from the southeast to the northwest. a little bit of a breakdown to the south with pretty moderate rain in most of loudoun county and montgomery county. i ll widen the radar out. don t let it fool you as this is a massive storm sitting off the coast of south carolina, producing rain all the way up in to southern sections of new hampshire. this is a big, big nor easter. we ll look ahead at 8:00. it will be chilly in the upper 40s. some folks had their first fire of the season tonight. well why not? 49 in the morning in gaithersburg, bowie, 53 downtown in manassas and 49 in leesburg. by 10:00 not much better in the low to mid-50s. it is generally green, which is just l
hello and thanks for joining me. i m suzanne malveaux in for fredricka whitfield. hurricane joaquin is now back to a very dangerous category 4. it is drenching rains, they re already being felt on the east coast. now, here s what it looks like right now. this is myrtle beach, south carolina. millions of people in the carolinas expected to be affected. north carolina governor pat mccrory spoke to me just a moment ago. sadly, south carolina, which we wouldn t have anticipated less than 48 hours ago, is going to get hit the hardest, due to this very stagnant storm, which is impacted by the hurricane going off the coast, which was very good news for north carolina, especially in the outer banks area, closer to virginia. but south of wilmington is where we re having some flooding. we had an evacuation of a couple hundred people in the calabash area, a well-known tourist fishing destination. south carolina, north carolina, new jersey, and virginia have declared states of emerge
being felt on the east coast. this is myrtle beach, south carolina. millions of people across the carolinas expected to be affected. this is what charleston emergency management officials said in a news conference. this was just a little bit ago. this is a very serious event and everyone in the area needs to take it that way. they need to take this seriously, because there s a potential for a very dangerous and life-threatening situations to occur. so as the mayor said, if you do not have to frequent out into the area today, please stay at home. south carolina, north carolina, new jersey, and virginia have declared states of emergency. more heavy flooding could hit those states and others up the east coast. want to bring in our nick valencia, live in charleston, south carolina. nick, it looks like the rain is, in fact, accumulating, getting a lot deeper where you are. reporter: the rain has not stopped so far, since this morning, suzanne, really since the last few days