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thousands under evacuation workers right now, and according to governor gavin newsom, 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn s nick watt, joins us with all the latest on the los angeles river which in normal times his river in name only. what is the latest, nick? you are right anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact there is usually a homeless encampment in what is the l. a. river. those people have had to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren t used to this amount of water. and in many cases, the states are just not equipped to deal with it. further up north and santa barbara, the floodwaters just overwhelming the sewer system in that ended up with sewage on the streets in santa barbara, and also you know, drivers just trying to drive where they shouldn t be driving because frankly they just don t know any better. so we have seen quite a few rescues, people being plucked out of their cars and when we are talking about drivers also just ....
Also died. they have also been backed to to the mess.ich is yeah. yeah, intense and ruptured breaking. some places, anderson have seen 16 inches of rain, maybe a little more in just 48 hours, places like st. louis abyss have set a record of all-time high for rainfall in a single day. al now they re river the salinas river a bit further north, it usually runs a bit of five feet, it is expected to crest tomorrow at more than 27 feet. and as you said, it is not over. we are at a bit of a lull right now, there is a lot more storm to come. the national weather service actually put it rather poetically, they said that the next in the seemingly endless parade of storms is going to roll in from the pacific within the next day or so. ....