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world s fastest man yet again. coming from behind to beat justin gatlin in the 100 meters. those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 15th. from abc news, this is world news now. the amazing photo that s going viral this morning of bolt in front of everybody else smiling at the camera. we begin this morning, though, with the massive flooding in southern louisiana, especially around baton rouge. there s a federal disaster declaration for four parishes with at least five people dead. the body of a woman whose car was swept away was recovered late last night. the numbers are simply staggering. more than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes, and 10,000 spending this morning in shelters. also rescued the approximately 1,000 drivers and passengers stranded for 24 hours or more on interstate 12. the national guard used their helicopters throughout the day to deliver food, water, and medicine to those stranded as well as to remove people fr ....
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that image is going viral on monday, august 15th. he s just chilling out front. from abc news, this is world news now. that photographer nailed it. he s in focus and everyone else is blurry. he has that perfect smile. and the photographer had 9.8 seconds to get that sort of shot. i want to show you. this is what jamaica looked like overnight. [ cheers ] they had big screen tvs out in kingstontown, and man, they were pretty the announcers compared him to bob marley. reggae fans would say it s impossible to be that big, but you look there and realize, wow, all of jamaica is one with him. and belize must have been so excited at their medal. belize are one remaining tuesday. we re all going to be cheering for him. there won t be celebrations like that in the capitol. let s move on to the story that s topping news here in the u.s. we begin this morning with new protests in milwaukee as the black man who was killed by police, that case is touching off some r ....
shaunae miller upset allyson felix who was trying to become the only woman to win five gold medals in track and field. miller diving across the finish line, hitting the ground and hitting gold. felix was second. in the finals of the men s 800 meters, kenya defended the olympic title. clayton murphy won the bronze on his first trip of the olympics. simone biles didn t hit her usual g in the finals, she grabbed the balance beam costing her what could have been her fourth gold medal at the games. she had to settle for a bronze. her teammate laurie hernandez won silver. netherlands took the gold. biles does have another chance at gold today in the floor exercise finals. in the men s pole vault finals, american sam kendricks soared to the bronze. event in 12 years. no medal for the u.s. men s beach volleyball team after the american duo was eliminated by ns. raibing reigning champions. an american driver advancing with a third place finish. and in the women s 300 meter ste ....
the skinny on this monday, august 15th. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m diane macedo. i m kendis gibson. we re going to start with the crisis that is taking place right now in louisiana. historic flooding. at least five people reported dead. 20,000 rescued from their homes. the governor says 10,000 people are now spending the night in shelters and many drivers are stranded on roads and highways. 1,000 were evacuated fr senate from an interstate, interstate 12. many having spent more than 24 hours without food or water. drone video shows the extent of that flooding. some rivers are crossing overnight. that will mean more flooding. the federal government declared a major disaster for the area. officials are praising the acts and courage by ordinary citizens. abc s phillip mena is in the flood zone. give me a knife. reporter: thousands caught in the flood zone still trying to reporter: the convertible sinking by the second. ....