good afternoon, disc jockey is used to say, the beat goes on as well as on the weather front, the be does continue we continue in the spell of dark clouds, periods of significant rain and continued eyes on the weather radar screen. it is he go again, more on that shortly times are far to upper --

than louisiana. entire communities are submerged under floodwaters from heavy rains that started late last week. a state of emergency is in effect in louisiana. the floodwaters continue to rise. we have more on our story. >> reporter: the governor of louisiana says it right now was a working to get people out of there homes. they are trying to grasp this devastation while the death toll is expected to rise . >> reporter: the bayou state is underwater. incredible images coming out of louisiana and extraordinary water rescues caught on camera. this woman in baton rouge pulled from her sinking car just in the nick of time. more than 30 inches of rain in just a week triggered historic flooding and a state of emergency. at least 6 people are ted -- dead and 20,000 people rescued from the rising waters . even

it was historic levels of rivers and creeks rising. i will tell you we have not seen anything like this in the past. >> reporter: the us coast guard is in the air making daring water rescues. the national guard is on the ground. more than 200 roads are closed or impassable. >> we have road closures all across southwest louisiana. the water is dangerous in terms of the coverage on the roads. >> reporter: right now 12,000 people are in shelters of them grabbed whatever they could and others escaped with the close on the back. >> we got out the back door. there were spiders. >> we tried out the kitchen and there were snakes. we finally got in the car. we tried to leave but we couldn't. >> reporter: the president declared louisiana a major disaster. the weather is improving but the rivers continue to rise. the water levels are not expected to

>> many thanks for your report. we do appreciate that from all across the country. terra, -- swatara, how well are we looking -- tara, how well are we looking? >> that same system is trying to make its way toward us. louisiana even here today could see another inch. you can see those highlighted that is where the flood watch is our if you are wondering where the big problems are in louisiana. this is about 2 feet or higher in a lot of laces. they have what is now -- places. they have a goal freeze bringing on though showers and storms. notice that stationary front just to the west in texas. that front bringing in moisture to home right here northeast ohio. 78 your current temperature in cleveland with light rainfall to report.

illyria. notice to the west of you. we have up to a quarter of an inch or half an inch as this system moves off toward the west. this is almost pushing out of the area, but notice rainfall is in place potential thunderstorms as we await our a warm front. this will move to the north and bring additional chances and then a cold front behind that. for tomorrow, the heavy rain. your chance high is 82 . we will timeout all of this rain coming up later. >> thank you and we will get back to you for more information. police are investigating a murder overnight. this

nesack was killed in the botched robbery. if you know anything, call any police department in tell them what you know. this is dramatic video of a fire roaring through a cleveland westside house. jon rudder was in the sky as the story unfolded. he has more on this mornings fire on cleveland's west 56 street here air scene before firefighters. firefighters got to the scene around 6:14 here couple of minutes later they had the flames not down. by 6:23 those flames were mostly out. you can see transformers were blowing and even a tree catching on fire. there are a lot of pop some flashes you are seeing on the screen. the back part of the house

we got confirmation that that home was indeed make it. is unclear how this fire started. we will follow-up and bring you the latest. it is that time of year again, that school bell has wronged. students in the metropolitan school district went back to the classroom today. this marks the first day of school for cleveland students. in some cases the students were welcomed back with water bottles and paper cups. the building -- school -- schools for the water in the building to check for lead. >> reporter: officials are not sure how these -- how long these faucets will be out. until the water is deemed 100 percent safe to drink students will use water stations and water bottles. the district began the testing for lead in the water back in

constructed before 2002 are on the list of those being analyzed. they are testing the main areas were students will be exposed to water the most, water fountains, sinks in the restrooms, kitchens and the nurses office. testing is being done as a precautionary measure. there is no federal law that requires schools to test for lead however they often do test the schools -- opted to test the school after the flint michigan water crisis one year ago. one those come back they will notify the public of those results. it is schools that test positive, the parents will be contacted and the water will be off. coming up: stories continue to make headlines. how routine traffic stop helped ohio state troopers get hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs, heroine, off the street.

for 3 men who spent more than 2 decades in prison for a murder they did not commit. tensions remain high in milwaukee after another involved -- officer involved shooting. why the family of the victim has called for peace in milwaukee.

ohio state troopers discovered drugs hidden in a secret department during a

interstate 80. troopers pulled the driver over. he was driving an suv. they pulled him over for following too close to the car in front. after searching the vehicle they found 6 pounds of heroin. it was hidden in a secret compartment in the vehicle's dashboard. 2 men in that suv, both from chicago, were arrested and charged with possession and trafficking of heroin. they spent 20 years in prison for a murder they did not commit. th dismissed. there conventions -- convictions were also satisfied . the 3 were convicted for 1995 murder. in april they were released from prison after the judge found evidence of misconduct by prosecutors. at that time a new trial was ordered. in the courtroom today prosecutors dropped the charges 21 years after the conviction.

now free to go. wildfires continue to be a major concern for people on the west coast. later we have the damage and devastation. it is makeup day for the tribes. the problem is we have more rainfall at least a 60 percent chance in the afternoon our. when do we get a break from the

it was a week of height -- weekend of hypertension and confrontation in milwaukee . demonstrators took to the street for a 2nd straight night . they protested a case where a police killed an armed man. many milwaukee resident say the protesters were just hurting the community. in this scene, the family of the man who was killed was calling for peace. we have the latest on that situation in milwaukee. >> [ video playback ] >> reporter: mayhem in milwaukee with tension between police and protesters boiling

an allegedly armed black man during a traffic stop. >> [ audio playback ] >> reporter: and chaos protesters destroyed this patrol car and burning businesses. at least one teenager was lost to the hospital in an armored vehicle. it all started saturday afternoon after the the 23-year-old suspect seen in this facebook picture and now identified as smith was shot and killed by an officer who to -- the suspect was armed according to authority. the officer ordered him to drop his weapon but when he did not comply there was the confrontation. the confrontation was sought -- seen on the body camera video. >> i know what i saw. what he made was a credible decision. >> reporter: smith's family

destroying the neighborhood. as for the video from the officer's body camera, officials hope to release that as soon as possible. the officer involved, in the meantime, we are told was not injured and is right now on administrative duty. elsewhere in the news: damage, devastation and heartache on the western part of this country. a raging wildfire has destroyed a historic town. thousands of evacuate here the fire is about 90 miles north of san francisco. this is the aftermath of that raging fire. the community is called lower lakes california. cars and homes were charred. in many instances they are unrecognizable. thousands of records and -- residents in the area are without power. additional law enforcement officers have been brought into the area. >> emotions are still incredibly raw from the valley

ensuring we're also ordering a significant amount of mental health professionals to come into the county. as you all know, we are continuing to do cover -- recover from the 3rd worst fire and this was the last we needed to see. >> so far that fire has burned more than 3000 acres. we check in on the weather situation right here northeast ohio. rain we have been dealing with. >> yes, this is where we got started last tuesday . we will marks 7 straight days of rain chances which is something we didn't have a lot of the entire summer. we are getting it all in about a weeks time. rainfall back into the forecast today here cleveland has had some pretty light rain and a lot of added cloud cover. i expect you to go through rounds of showers and thunderstorms, but we will have some drier air trying to work

that timing of when you can venture out without an issue coming up in just a few minutes. right now it is 78 degrees with the dewpoint at 70. yet again, with the storms or showers we can see some pretty big numbers because we have a lot of extra moisture to tap into. southern winds at 9 miles per hour delivering that gulf moisture as well. 74 worcester. 70 50 lit area -- elyria. we have all the shower and thunderstorm activity outside of the viewing getting wet the heaviest rainfall at this point of the afternoon, brown to carrollton. moving off to the north and east, you will go through moderate light rain but elsewhere pretty much on the light side. richton county has some light spells but it is drying out. we're all going to be using the windshield wipers but the good idea is have your umbrella handy for today and tomorrow until we lose these bigger rain

around downtown, 480 we do have that rain shot in and around south brooklyn. we also see the right lane in cleveland -- 490 and 77 ask usually. for the most part -- excuse me . for the most part we expect weather to cooperate if you are planning on venturing out without finding big rain totals. we are waiting our a warm front. to the north it is been lighter into the sou in into the overnight hours . we will see the slow move closer and closer. with that path comes heavier rain. right now it is making its way through indiana and illinois keeping though stronger showers and heavier rain totals back to the west. north and west is the backs -- best shot to see lower rain totals for this event. our prediction is it will stay just

but still plenty of rain to come with some areas having upwards of 3 to 4 inches for this past week. if we can stay away from the thunderstorms that does help because it will not approve the trees or calls problems with your power lines. this is the bit of the break at about 4 - 30. stay quiet with a lot to our north and then we will see that pushed to our front for tuesday afternoon. we do get a break with a little left over for wednesday into thursday. there is that the potential of another inch or 2 inches for some of us. the west has the better chance of some of those heavier amounts. we are on the radio to keep you

more wet weather. 82 your high today. 80 for us on tuesday but we dry out. >> and so it goes. take care. >> closed captioning is brought

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