tenures ago, floodwaters swept through the town of alstead. jean mackin return to alstead to show us how the town is remembering the day. jean: many people recall vividly where they were 10 years ago at 7:25 in the morning, when the wall of water where each -- water reached this spot. the rows of photographs displayed kerry flood survivors back to october 9, 2005. days of unrelenting rain collected by dozens of acres. it was held back by a hill at the top of a town until the earth gave way. while many were saved by early evacuations, four lives were dozens of homes swept away, along with everything in the path of that wall of water. >> the town came back and worked together and made it what it is today. it is because we are a small tong and we all work together. -- small town and we all work together. jean: the alstead historical society documented the disaster and rebuilding. from the photos of the roads broken, debris recovered, and even the pan used by the governor to sign the buyout bill for flood properties. >> many organizations work tog

amy: remembering the flooding in alstead ten years later. how the town ten years later marked the somber anniversary. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. amy: hello, welcome, october 10th, i'm amy coveno. first, kevin skarupa joins us in the weather center. kevin: it looks like a cool start to the holiday weekend with a warmer finish. we start off this morning with temperatures in the 30's and 40's. some extra clouds up north this morning otherwise looks like we start the day fairly quiet with any early clouds giving way to sunshine. what will be the coolest and most crisp autumn-like day that we will have for the holiday weekend. temperatures starting in the 40's and then jumping into the 50's, maybe near 60 and you'll also have a northwesterly breeze that will add a bite to the air through the afternoon. all flannels are a go and from there, we're talking about warmer temperatures for the second of the third days of the holiday forecast. we'll talk about that coming up. amy: bipartisan team of legislators is proposing a new bill tha

in alstead, mike cronin, wmur news 9. stephanie: new hampshire state police say they had to chase after a japanese man in canterbury this morning. 70-year-old chikara ishikawa of japan was allegedly speeding on i-93 just after 7:00. troopers say when they tried to pull over ishikawa, he refused to stop. another trooper set up a spike strip down the highway and stopped the car. ishikawa is charged with reckless driving, disobeying an officer, and resisting arrest. actor randy quaid was arrested this morning at the canadian border in vermont. vermont state police say the "independence day" actor and his wife were detained by troopers at the highgate springs port of entry. quaid is wanted in california on felony vandalism charges after he and his wife, evi, were found squatting in a guesthouse of a home they previously owned in 2010. the two are expected in court for a hearing next week. the pumpkin festival is this weekend in milford and fall is in the air. thousands gathered on the historic milford oval for the food and fu

shelley: 10 years ago today a alstead. for the people on the front lines there was an extra challenge, several of them spoke with wmur's jennifer vaughn about that added pressure. she's here now with more on what they were facing. reporter: well, this was an unprecedented disaster for al spelled, difficult enough on its own but even more so when the people in peril are your neighbors and friends. the danger was imminent, no time to waste. >> i came through town and put the cruiser on the opposite side of the bridge here, and told people that the wall of water was coming. reporter: the water took so much including telephone poles. alstead went dark. >> we had mutual aid radios but they weren't for public use, and there's 2,000 people in this town, they all had relatives that live somewhere else and all of them her about in flood and they want him. report he spent that sunday working, his orders were haunting as people went missing. >> told me to look for a hand among the debris stream, or an arm, elbow, leg or toe. just the

tomorrow marks 10 years since the deadly flood and alstead. one of the most important projects was to get the roads open again. at work fell largely to the state department of transportation. wmur' s andy hershberger met people who had a giant task. andy: their job was to put the roads and bridges back together, a task that seems pretty overwhelming. mark: the first thing that comes in is just the displacement of that community. caught my eye. andy: mark moran has seen this destruction before. he was in north carolina for hurricanes fran and floyd, but the alstead was different responsibility to get traffic moving to an area that needed mark: when you get out there and you find large segments of no pavement and nothing to reference, yeah, it is definitely overwhelming. andy: he spent a week working on route 9 between roxbury and sullivan and then turned his attention to route 123. they developed a two-pronged approach where cleanup and construction would happen together. getting re id of the debris relied on a simple approach. dean: we relied

that's during our special rising above, alstead 10 years later. it's tonight at 7:00 right here on wmur. tom: luckily nothing like that in the forecast tonight. hayley: no, but we do have some rain in the forecast, but we actually need it, we're still pretty dry. josh: i'm in litchfield, new hampshire, at spooky world, i've just been wandering around the haunted hayride and some belled across some really scary things. it is time to deal with skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs. commentator: the 32-year-old head of a pharmaceutical company raised the price of a life-saving drug overnight by 5,000%. i'm announcing a detailed plan to crack down on these abuses. commentator: he may be lowering it after hillary clinton blasted him out of the water. her plan would limit the out-of-pocket costs that consumers have to pay. clinton: nobody in america should have to choose between buying the medicine they need and paying their rent. i'm hillary clinton, tom: it is haunted thursday, and tonight we are taking you to spooky world. jennifer: it is the place to go

that' alstead. his lasting image is not the jenniferhis lasting image is not the disaster. : but the bonds of a community. >> it was a disaster, it was a tragedy, but i think it really reflects new hampshire at its very best. tom: you can watch our entire interview with governor lynch on wmur.com. there you will also find more stories from her special half-hour show about the anniversary. go to wmur.com/special reports. haley: we do have some rain coming our way. the heaviest -- not as heavy as what they saw 10 years ago. the clouds are on their way. we have clear skies but that will not be the case as we go through the next couple of hours as clouds begin to move in. today was actually a really nice day. right sunshine in if you were really warm. of year is 64 and we got there today. it was a bit cooler up in the and berlin. here is where we sit right now. s, close to freezing up north now. about 48 degrees in manchester. some cool stuff, and the reason is we still have clear skies across much of t

it has been 10 years since destructive flooding hit alstead. we talk to some of the people who lost everything about how life has changed in the decade since. >> no one covers new hampshire now, wmur news 9 tonight. shelley: heroin is now the most important problem facing new hampshire, according to a new it' s the first time in eight haven' good evening, i' m shelley walcott. close to half of new hampshire residents say they personally know someone who has abused heroin in the last 5 years, that number jumping to 60% for residents 18 to 35-years-old. some of those people came out tonight to a forum in derry. wmur' s jennifer crompton was there. jennifer: about 150 parents and educators showed up at the derry boys and girls club for an informative and very direct forum, called ' our children and the opiate crisis.' >> i have to start by saying, before i came here, i stopped at the cemetery. jennifer straight talk, about an : issue now hitting at the heart of every community. >> i lost my oldest son peter ten months ago last weekend, to an overd

coming up in the next half an hour, marking ten years since the devastating floods in alstead. plus he gained international attention after helping stop an attack on a train in france. now a u.s. airmen is in the hospital after a >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur "news 9 daybreak." sean: good morning. it is friday, october 9th. it finally had to arrive. the rain is on the way today. kevin will talk about the forecast in just a moment. first the top stories on friday. forprosecutors with responding to a request that a felony charge be thrown out against a concord prep school graduate. and investigation is underway this morning into what sparked a fire that badly damaged a hotel at hampton beach. and a man from arizona has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting his baby during an argument with the child's mother in merrimack. more on the stories in a moment. rain is on the way a little later this morning. kevin: it doesn't feel like rain this morning. mainly because you have temperatures in the 30's to lower range of the 40's. it is cool for the rain

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those lives are being remembered along with with how alstead rose again. this is an emotional time for people here to remember. >> it's rough. it changed the town forever. the damages, the houses, you but losing the lives is a tough thing. reporter: those lives will be honored on a new plaque that is ready to be unveiled tomorrow at 4:15, it's sits on a white rock on the edge of the cold river. the display at the fire station is also open until 7:00 tonight, 10:00 to 4:00 tomorrow. some amazing photographs marking a dark day here. and also the remarkable recovery in this town. live in al spelled, jean mackin, wmur news 9. tom: our hearts are with them all tonight, thank you. straight ahead, an officer laid to rest. >> it shows support for our police and first responders. i'm amazed at the response. jennifer: a huge turnout to support the northampton police department and the family the officer left behind. hayley: clouds and showers on the way out now, only a couple more hours with the rain, tomorrow we're back to sun. >> a big storm brewing in milford as

remembering the alstead floods, the word is out on a cherished fall tradition. thousands are driving in for the how you can check out the fun >> it was devastating. it was, you know, you don't see stuff like that every single day. that changed their lives forever. the special ceremony held to mark the 10th anniversary. >> a new boston family without a home this morning, how the red cross is stepping in to help. >> our beautiful weekend weather continues. we'll take a look at steadily warming temperatures and which will give us a taste of indian summer. >> breast cancer awareness month. how a former miss new hampshire is inspiring patients with her stories of her own survival. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do, now, wmur news 9 this morning. >> good morning, new hampshire, 7:00 on sunday, october 11th, i'm amy coveno. we'll get to the top stories in just a minute. first, josh judge is in the weather center with a look at the all important weekend forecast. it's going to be nice. josh: a chilly start. did you put on the heat yet. amy: i had a fire yesterda

join us tonight at 7:00 for a special look back, rising above the alstead flood. and there is no rain falling right now, which makes this a great night to get out and enjoy a hayride. josh: yes, you can choose the haunted option at spooky world this year. josh judge is on this haunted thursday. hey there, josh. >> hi there, josh. and it's a great place, never been here before when it was dressed up for october. this is the time of year spooky world presents nightmare new england, and all the rides are open, all their normal attractions and so much more, one of them is the hayride. and with me is michael who is the co-owner here. tell me, why are people all around me and where are we? >> right now we're in the spider's den, which is just one of of the scenes over 300 feet long at spooky world's new hayride this year. >> how long this is hayride? >> it a little over one mile long. and when you guys are doing this you really do it up. this is not just a back yard hayride. this is a little of everything. >> absolutely. we have a little bit for everyone. we call this u

a plaque was unveiled this afternoon in alstead, as the town commemorates 10 years since the flood. the stone was built into a rock on the edge of the cold river. wmur' s mike cronin was at today' s dedication. he joins us live with more. mike: it was a low-key but sessional ceremony -- special ceremony as they remember the day that change this town forever. dozens came to see the plaque revealed, built memory of the four lives lost and recognition of the property and homes destroyed and gratitude for those who helped with rescue and recovery on october 9, when floodwaters swept through the town. everything in the town was rebuilt and now the plaque has become part of history. they cost $1000 to build and was paid for by resident donations of $20 and five cents, representative of the year 2005. people say it is important to remember and come together on a day like this. >> this is all part of our psyche now that this happened and we dealt with it. it looks so nice around here now. >> very painful. but this is a special town. i' ve always thought so. all these people around me, i kno

this month marks 10 years since the deadly flood in alstead. one of the most import and projects after the flood was to get the roads open again. that work fell largely to the state department of transportation. andy hershberger met some of the people who faced a giant task and tackled it head-on. andy: their job was to put the roads and bridges back together. a task at times that seemed pretty overwhelming. >> i think the first thing that comes in just the displacement of that community. it was the first thing that just caught my eye. andy: mark had seen this destruction before he was in north carolina for hurricanes fran and floyd. but the alstead flood wqas different -- was different because it was his >> when you find large segments of no pavement and nothing to reference, it' s definitely overwhelming. andy: he' s been a week working on route nine between roxbury and turn his attention to route 123. and a six mile stretch of road that was virtually destroyed. they developed an approach where cleanup and construction would happen together,

alstead was ground zero, but many saw these washouts. kevin: when you have a tornado, you generally have that in the summer months, but flooding can happen any part of the year for us. that is always the moderate consideration of any sort of hazard for us around here in the granite date. we start off this morning looking at the cooler air as to bidders are in the 20' morning with partly cloudy skies s this morning with partly cloudy skies. mid 40' s and central parts of the state. a good deal of sunshine expected for us today, light northerly breeze will keep things very comfortable with the autumn feel end of the afternoon. temperatures today in the low-to-mid 60' s for most, some 50' s up north. quick moving system does not look like all that much right now, but i think by the time this gets here, there could be a 10th of an inch to maybe a half inch rainfall arriving just before sunrise tomorrow in the north country and exiting the seacoast probably around mid-evening tomorrow night. manchester. you will notice a little surge of warmt

there was flooding in alstead, new hampshire. it just wiped out parts of the town. cold river rising caused part of a culvert to collapse sending a huge wall of water down on route 123. two people died after their home was swept away. this was 10 years ago today. quite a different scenario as of late. it has been so dry, still experiencing moderate drought conditions. we could use a little bit of rain. some thunderstorms possible as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. cold front off to the west will the wind is going to be picking up. time. late in the day, the wind will hour. wears on. you can see we are dry through the most part. storms. 3:00 this afternoon, worcester on north and west. you will deal with the showers and embedded downpours. they will close in just in time for the evening commute. not expecting a time of rain. the skies clear out overnight. sunshine each and every day through the holiday weekend. let' s get you out to the roads. a couple of trouble spots. olessa: the volume is out there. let' s get to the maps and check out the rest of the

antoinette: residents in alstead, new hampshire, continue to commemorate 10 years since the devastating flood. yesterday, a plaque was unveiled. the stone built into a rock on the edge of the cold river. it's built in memory of the victims who were killed, the property destroyed, and in gratitude for all those who helped with rescues and recovery. reid: 51 degrees. warming up a little bit. just a little bit. danielle: but this afternoon it is going to be a big difference. antoinette: the sun will help that. danielle: the sun helps this time of year. even though we have cool mornings, we have nice, warm afternoons. today is no exception. tomorrow we're really warming things up. it will feel more like summer, i think, out there in the mid to upper 70's in a lot of locations. 72 on tuesday. and then back to seasonal average of 63 on wednesday. we'll take this warming trend over this nice holiday weekend so even though it's a chilly to have a warmer afternoon. mild and sunny for your monday. for your actual columbus day and rain chances are on the way up beginning late monday night into tue

antoinette: residents in alstead, new hampshire, continue to commemorate 10 years since the devastating flood. yesterday, a plaque was unveiled. the stone built into a rock on the edge of the cold river. it's built in memory of the victims who were killed, the property destroyed, and in gratitude for all those who helped with rescues and recovery. reid: it is now 5:16. talking to danielle. we have a really beautiful day out there. there's a difference though. i have sleeves. and a jacket. antoinette: we're freezing. we're trying to just conjure up summer thoughts here. danielle: right. here's the thing. by afternoon we're going to be just fine because. antoinette: you're going to be sweating. danielle: you're going to be sweating at 78 degrees. we have a lot of things on talk about this morning. hey, if you're waking up with us starting out on the chilly side. want to talk about what is happening. high pressure dominating our weather through the weekend which means a lot of sunshine, dry conditions. in fact, we really couldn't ask for a better columbus day weekend. however, i'm watching