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Of this country are in the middle of a kind of monsoon. More rain in one week than they usually get all summer long, and all day we have been seeing families scramble to safety, crawling on rooftops where theyre waiting for rescuers. Abcs alex perez starts us off with the story of firefighters and a baby girl tenderly carried to dry land. Reporter it was a dramatic scene that had two tennessee parents in a panic. Little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her familys attic by firefighters, her father in shock. Next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs. Its hard. Its scary. You dont know what the water is going to do. Reporter firefighters wading though that chesthigh water, clutching onto baby laurens carrier to get her to safety. It was emotional. You see your baby and shes a n newborn and how are you going to do this . What are you going to do to get us out . Reporter across the nashville area, swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of ....