rainfall has hit a record two days running. at least a foot has fallen yesterday on top of the more than 15 inches that fell the day before. the rain there has been so heavy that the associated press is reporting that more rain has fallen on pensacola in this one storm than has fallen in los angeles in the past two years. in fact, investigators are assessing whether the flooding is a factor in last night s apparent gas explosion in nearby escambia county prison. two inmates are dead and more than 100 inmates and guards injured many of whom were moved to nearby facilities. today there was still confusion as to whether any of the inmates are still unaccounted for. in part authorities say that s due to the chaos at the scene. right now the building is still so insecure that our folks cannot make entry to do an appropriate headcount of the inmates. we re looking for any more that may be deceased as a result of that. we ll have more on that in just a moment. now the front that
headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening, the very same weather system that left behind a death toll of 35 from the tornados it spawned, churned over the south overnight dumping as many as 18 inches of water, five inches in the space of one hour and because flash flooding kills more people every year than tornados or hurricanes, the rising water has become a huge danger. it s a wild figure but the u.s. geological survey estimates 2 trillion gallons of water will fall on the south and along the east coast just today. roads are giving way, power s out for over 40,000 people, and the rescues continue. we begin with our teams on the ground tonight and gabe gutierrez in pensacola, florida. gabe, good evening. reporter: good evening. the water may be receding, but the scope of this disaster remains massive. more rain fell here than during hurricane ivan, a decade ago. in the florida panhandle today, high water and high drama. first
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