Cases have been rising sharply, putting further pressure on the faltering economy. heavy rainfall has again caused severe flooding in parts of belgium, ten days after flash floods killed at least 36 people. some of the worst affected areas were the city of namur and the historic town of dinant. more rain is forecast. the authorities in the western indian state of maharashtra say they will be implementing a flood management system, after torrential monsoon downpours caused widespread devastation. more than 130 people have died in monsoon related incidents, and many are still missing. mayooresh konnoor reports from a landslide site in raigad, nearmumbai. consistent rains over the past few days have created havoc in the western indian state of maharashtra. where i m standing right now, this is the mountain range, and once there was a village
Off even longer if they don t agree here today in brussels on a package the leader that leaders that is but it also adds some pressure to the leaders here even more pressure but you know the parliament just going ahead voting if there is no package seems unlikely at this point nice thank you very much for filling us in on those complicated negotiations that was max hoffman that in brussels. some of the other stories making headlines today at least 15 people have been killed in mumbai after torrential monsoon downpours caused a wall to collapse the. addition calls travel chaos in the city flooding roads and water logging train tracks whether agencies say the area was hit by at least $35.00 centimeters of rain which fell overnight into tuesday. facebook evacuated 4 buildings said its headquarters in california after a suspicious package tested positive for the nerve agent sarin 2 people are being
Carolinas. heavy monsoon downpours from albuquerque to denver and salt lake city. a mild 74 in seattle. 93 in boise. 99 in colorado springs. near 90 in minneapolis, chicago and detroit. dallas hits 107. still way too hot down there. new orleans meanwhile at 94. atlanta 93. 91 here in new york. 89 in boston. i m glad it s cooled off relatively here. nice little break. there s a new kind of rodeo wowing crowds in idaho and there s not a horse, cattle or cowboy in sight. instead, the western states rodeo is all backhoes and hard hats. it s a search for the best heavy equipment operator in the northwest. every participant has to demonstrate their skill in several events including tire stacking and navigating through an obstacle course. that s tricky. the top contenders will compete at the end of the month for a chance to win a heavy-duty pickup truck. i could use one of those. very nice. i hear the swimsuit competition was pretty fun too. so that s good.
Cave within hours. look at this, we ve got new pictures in to cnn. an ambulance here leaving the cave with lights flashing. we do not know if there is one of these boys who is on board, but we know that after, if one comes out soon will be put into an ambulance and then flown to a hospital. we re told this could be a three-day mission to complete. and they truly are racing the weather now because heavy rains have started there. the monsoon downpours are expected to intensify over the next several days to a week. let s go to cnn s david mckenzie. he is live there near the site, that cave in thailand. dave, we saw the ambulance again. we don t know who, if anyone, are on board that ambulance, but we know they ll be boarding a helicopter. have you seen or are you even in a position where you see those helicopters take off to head to the hospital, if that s what s happening right now?