Viewers, a typhoon is another name for hurricane. this would have been the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. look at the record rains. the wind was significant. we had some damage as a result of that. but the rain has been just prolific here. no question about it. incredible amounts of rain. you can see them washing off the roads here. i mean, this was somebody s street right in front of their house. it is barely there. we re talking about a couple of feet and you re in the river here. that s been the case throughout portions of hongshu in japan. 14 rivers and tributaries that run through tokyo and have to get out to the bay. they run through neighborhoods and they re inundating the neighborhoods. incredible images coming out of one of our nasa satellites. dramatic before and afters and this is no exception. before we had a typhoon hitting
Frivolous lawsuit. john boehner can do it. anyone can bring a lawsuit. this is one of the things you have to make a decision as an attorney. do you fight it, or is it going to cost you more money to just give them the $5,000? you might as well go back to napping. karen desoto, thank you very much. up next, for all the talk of raising the minimum wage, there s a bigger problem holding workers back. first, let s get you caught up in the storm cycle. we are tracking another afternoon of summer storms. 44 million americans are watching the skies, or at least maybe they should be. the midwest and northeast are once again under the gun following more than 250 storm reports on monday. and the worst of it still to come. expected to hammer areas like new york city tomorrow. hey, look at the bright side. it could be worse. check out our coverage of the massive typhoon hitting near taiwan. it s all at weather.com. the cycle is coming right back. so now we ve turned her toffee into a bus
With the relief efforts, but obviously will cause more misery on the ground, anderson. reporter: in terms of, you know, you talked to a woman who is still searching for her family members. in terms of recovery efforts, is there equipment on the ground? how are people actually search ing through rubble? . reporter: yes, looking at the moment, anderson, i really believe the focus is just on the survivors and getting aid and supplies as to the them. you know, we are just going days into the typhoon hitting. so these people are going days without the basic necessaries. we were on a really remote island and picking up the wounded and the injured, ferrying them back. people with broken bones and internal injuries. and this is just a handful. as we flew back to cebu, there were people on their homes, on