a view of the flooding and devastation from florence. the storm now blamed for att leas6 deaths. let's give you a ground level look at the situation. more than 30 inches of rain has soaked some areas. water is overrunning communities and swamping neighborhoods. also breaking tonight a college professor comes forward breaking her silence and says she is the woman accusing brett kavanagh of sexual assault decades ago. and the colts gallop pasthe redskins in a disappointing homr open. news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert.

the north carolina governor says florence has nev been more dangerous than it is right now. flood waters are rising and more rain is on the way. we kick things off with storm team 4 chief meteorologist to talks to about the tropical depression, where it is situated and where it goes from here. >> florence is still in the carolinas. arounwas a tornado today the myrtle beach area. ske a look at the latest radar and you will the storm continuing to sit and spin at least into the western portions. that is where the circulation is. we are still seeing feeder bands all the over towards wilmingtce, a p hit especially hard with 30 inches of rain in the region. ok at some of the rain bands in and around the charlotte area. we are talkingbout flash flooding going on. we were talking last week i said i-95 would be closed in numerous locations. it is closed forll miles up

and down portions of north and south carolina. this rain finally making its way our way. we have swers associated with florence moving in right nowot r than virginia. a lot more rain to come and flash flood watches have been posted into our region. i'll show you who has the best chance to see flooding in our area coming up. even though florenceas been downgraded the danger is far from over and the recovery will take a long time. there are still man active rescues happening in the carolinas. jay gray was there at londfall the coast and is live with the latest there. what is the scene? set the scene behind you. >> what a scene it is, one playing out across the carolinas. ant oak tree ripped from the ground here. you can see it falling across the street. power lines are down here. this scene is playing out across the carolinas. 30 inches of rain.

unfortunately, more rain and more pyblems likel on the way here. >> florence continues to slowly eep across the carolinas. the winds have eased a bit but the rain has not. entire communities swallowed wy theer and more is on the way. >> this storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now. >> reporter: the numbers likere the storm overwhelming. more than a dozen dead and close to a million without power. in some areas there is almost 2 1/2 feet of water ripping apart and washing over roadways leaving many no way out. >> noe need to b driving. i should have justre stayed whe i was at. >> high water rescues continue across the strike zone. hundreds have been pulled to safety tens of thousandse could b in jeopardy. risingrisko t life is with the angry waters.

>> reporter: he used a boat to escape. today he got the chance to walk back in. >> it'sime to start rebuilding our lives and see what we are going to do and take it from there. >> reporter: the recovery can't start until the attack from florence ends. lo >> , no power here. a lot of people without water pressure. this car behind us has been crushed. they are still using it to charge their phones and other things that they need. the cleanup here will take time. need a break. it doesn't look like it is going to happen. the forecast calls for rain through tuesday here. >> suchne an impressive s it sounds like the folks are okay. jay gray liven wilmington. thank you. the riverseep rising as concerns keep growing in the carolinas. rains are just not letting up. and that isausing rivers and streams to rise.

some people i area dire situation. jim handily with the big concern for people in greenville, north carolina. >> reporter: we're a hereng the tar river in greenville, north carolina. this is truly the story through tuesday and wednesday of this week. water rusng down from higher elevations in north carolina and flooding out roads and more communities. have seen almost 500 water rescues so far over the weekend. many of those people pulled from cars on roads overnight where the streets are pitch black because power is out. we have seen a number of people without power in the neighborhood of 680, carolina alone. we have seen hundreds of roads across the state closed. i-95 for a 16-mile stretch in both directions and i-42 another big highway closed today to people trying to get south, north, east and west.

it is truly a challeng everyone being urged to stay off the roads and stay either in shelters. we have about 157 open right now or stay where they are in homes or hotels. we are in greenville, north carolina. jim handily, news 4. >> andur coverage on tropical depression florence continues in about ten minutes. more on the paorm's imct plus we will check back in with doug. in other news tonight,ot th way the redskins were hoping to open up in front of their fans. a head scratchin loss to the colts erases the optimism from their week one. w sherree burress is at fed ex field with more. >> reporter: the home opener exciting here for the redskins and they lose their first game at fed ex field. they were playinghu cawith the colts all afternoon. the redskins trying to start 2-0 for the first time since 2011.

let's skip ahead to the fourth quarter, colts up 14-9. colts are up 21-9. the redskins trying to drive for their first touchdown of the day. alex smith for a good gain but he loses the ball. it was a bad fumble for there dskins. colts win it 21-9. a tough loss for those hoping to give the fanson ad straight win. >> we had ahance to come and dothat and did get it done. at the same time i think we need tose this constructively, build off of it and find ways to get better and improve so that we are more consistent. coming ter: one player off the field was joking it was a rough day of work. we have more reaction coming up in sports. >> sherree burress, thank you.

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you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> north carolina, watching as raging flood waters cause aam burst. city officials say nobody is in any. dang the coast guard has been working

continuously to rescue people. these are some of the rescues yesterday in north carolina. baskets are being used to lift flood victims into choppers. and then take a look at this charlotte. outside it is believed the heavy rain caused the driver to crash. he slammed into tree, the truck burst into flames. witnesses were abl to pull him from the truck and the man suffered only a leg injury. great news there. a gut punch from the washington redskins. the home o enered in a way that no redskins fan wants to see. here is spdarcy spencer. >> reporter: they are hoping for a win for the first home game of the season. you know redskins fans may be disappointed,ut they areot hopeless. many already saying that they

are looking forward to the next game, hoping for a win next time and saying it really is early in the season. they are not going to give up faith. many notice that there are a lot of empty seats inside the stadium. matter of fact, it looks like it might be the first home game that was not sold out in a matter of decades. >> i don't know what is up with that. there were a ton of empty seats today. hopefully people will come. >> today they seemed to come through a little bit. that's a shame, but they'll pick it up. >> reporteiv just to you an example of the disappointment one man yelled out of c his i'm tired of losing. we also saw people wearing t shirts that say this team makes me drink. at fed ex field, news 4. all of the rain we had may have caused this me. a tree at 42nd street in

northwes fl and it crashed into a power pole causing that to snap. ome homes on the block lost power but should be restored by nis evening. goods is nobody was injured. >> lots of tho we are seeing lately. so for our areae start to really see rain tomorrow. >> we have had a couple of tre down. there hasn't been much in the way of wind. a lite bit mor tomorrow as residents make their way across the region. i would expect a few more trees. not area wide. out there right now let's show u the radar. this is where florence is currently in the carolinas. it has been t effecting carolinas since thursday night into friday, dsaturday, all today. you look at that rain right there. some of that rain is heavy. circulation in towards western north carolina right now. take a look. un down a the myrtle beach area, here is wilmington, north

carolina. theseti locations ce to see very heavy rain. look at the feeder bands and there are tornado warnings. the charlotte area under the gun right now especially east ofsuresuresur charlotte. look at myrtle beach. we have strong storms movin on shore. the worst of it as far as the gone. s concerned is the bright red, those are tornado warnings. all of this are flood gs in effect for most of the states of north carolina and south carolina, as well. would not be surprised if these move in. this system starts to mov o way. already seeing moisture as far north of northern. virgin look down towards the area. flooding definitely an iss in ese areas over the next 24 to 46 hours. the rainfall down to thouth still going to be an issue in

towards e carolinas rightn through the middle of this week into late this week. as far as radar is concerned, not much going on. most of the da has been dry. we saw some sunshine. as we talked about, pretty good today for my son's baseball game. stilling shower activity. wn around the loudoun county, prince william county. warrenton seeing good shower activity. down pours currently. but the real stuff moves in overnight tonight. here we are tight about 8:00. notice back to the west, notice by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. starting to see the showers come in. the heaviest rain back towards the west along i-81 is where we can see really heavy down pours here. just showers around eastern portions of i-95. during the afternoon, showers. look back towards the west.

parts of the valley see heavy rainfall. this goes all the way to 7:00 a.m. on day. then we see scattered showers and maybe a couple of rumbles of thunder on tuesday. n other that i think it is out of here in one day. we have flash flood watchesn effect for all of the valley. if you are nothere ixpect to see a flash flood watch for you. this is a flash flood watch, two to four inches of rain. further up tomorrow, 81 degrees. rain likely. heaviest near the blue ridge as i continue toay take the umbrella. 83 on w tuesdayh 60% chance of morning rain. then we get nice weather here, sunshine. we get to heat up a little bit by friday0o near degrees. next week the first full week of fall lookingfallish. 70s out there. it was a great day. >> i'm looking forward to next week and the 70 degree temperatures. still ahead a bright spot on a

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desk. >> you know, god bless the redskins fans. ever the optimist. there are still peopl out there who believe we are going to the super bowl this ar. we just got to shake it off. >> i'll haveho what people are drinking. >> in the home opener the redskins could not g going on the ground today and now finish week two. >> flying high, 182 yards in the week one win overarizona. redskins ran for 65 yards this week and seem to have run out of ideas in a loss to the colts. how could this happen with alex ovechkin rocking the burgundy and go. it's looking good. skip ahead second arter, colts up. andrew luck's pass is hit by foster.

it's great diving play, his first interception of the ason. redskins catch him and make it 7-3. late in the quarter a lon drive to head off t rookie. how did he get in? eight-yard touchdown. s colt take a 14-3 lead. . ird quarter colts try to add to it luck back to pass. intercepted by dj swearinger t thinkiouchdown but he is taken down. it led to another redskins field goal. s ey are down 14-6. fourth quarter redinching closer. down 14-9. andrew luck finds a wide open hilton. colts up 21-9. alex smith trying to lead the redskins to the first touchdown. finds jordan reed across the middle. lose the football. and they lose to the colts 21-9 which brings us to sherree

burress. how do you sort this one out? it is so disappointing after week one? >> reporter: it was disappointing. that was a lot of the words tha locker room. eustrations w started with the guys on the field and the fans in the stands wereoog when the offense came out. the players know thathis perforance was just >> it feels terrible. you just have to get it corrected and find way to get this. it still sucks. that is the one you have to have. you have to have those games. when you don't, they are sitting more so than a win. >> the is no way that we should ever finish a game not scoringth touchdown with e offee that we had. it's just -- after the performance we had last week we felt we had momentum going into

is week. it is tough to pretty much lay a goose egg. we have to get better this week and practice and be ready to bounce back. rehopefully with some wins, people say t were 20,000 fewer people at today's game than last year's home opener. >> i think we have lots to talk about on redskins final. we look forward to that. we have to do it. let's go to the other footbal big home game. united five points out of a playoff spot. o'neil fisher. sublime, his fifth goal. in the 87th minute, more. aone-man wrecking crew. un ited in a 3-2 lead. they should win. minutes later gives d.c. and new york a 3 draw.

nats and braves meeting for the final time this season. top of the first. this is what a shot, his 34th homer of the seas. that wasgreat. now to the third. this is his 2th homer of the season. we like to leave you with the long ball. see now you can finish your dinner with this better news. thank you. and thank you for joining us. nightly news is coming up next. we'll see you again for news 4 we'll see you again for news 4 at 11:00.

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tonight as the death toll rises, the flooding emergency now overwhelming areas hit by florence. utcities and towns off. the dramatic rescues and long lines at the few stores now open as hundreds of communities prepare for more flooding in the days to come. millise it, and tonight a major new study on ting aspirin to prevent heart attacks. does it work or not? the woman who claims she was attacked by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh comes forward telling "the washington post" what backsays happened in high school. a supersr actresseen on "x-men" and far beyond goes missing in china. is the government behind her disappearance. > and we'll go to a