the danube river takes over but about 200 miles, devastating a lot of people up and down this area.rade will be in line for the forecast that takes the water level up to 21.5 feet. or 6.5 or so meters. that's the expectations. the record from 2006 is about seven or so meters. we'll close in on the numbers. flooding will be a major concern. you take a look. 8.1 million people living in the river basin across this region. many tributaries coming to the south in a river that stretches about 600 miles. this goes on over the next couple days and peaks right in belgrade and notice the river as it pushes into the danube. much wider so we expect the body of water to finally begin to get some breathing room and the flooding concern down stream going to be alleviated. we know the water levels, 6 1/2 meters or 21.5 feet expected to reach on friday afternoon with flooding a major concern. not just the city but about 18 miles southwest of the city. 30 kilometers away there is the coal burning power plant across that region. it supplies electricity to half the nation's population with around 3.5

it is the highest rainfall ever recorded in the balkans of the danube river is not expected to floodthe area. hot rapper mclemore is apologizing for wearing a costume that some have found to be anti-semitic. the grammy award winners as he did not mean to block the jewish people at his performance last friday in seattle he said he randomly chose random pieces is a need to disguise himself a move freely around the secret show. if he said the beard and a fake nose want men to the character of the jewish man. and we're waking up to partly cloudy conditions on this tuesday morning. we do see the chance for some unstable weather in the form of showers and maybe even some storms grid for more details on that and also a look at your memorial day weekend forecast on the editions yesterday. it was when the overnight. >>anny: does in the winds will be as strong for the rest of today. we are scene of some breezy conditions and hear some satellite and radar picture. but the blue. we have snow falling off in the mountains and the sierra and that's no continues this morning where we could see one t

this time, two large rivers are set to peak at the same time, the sava and the danube. >> emergency services have been laying kilometers of sandbags to boost the riverbanks. >> elsewhere there is the chance of disease and infection as the waters receded. as well as washed up landmines in some villages in bosnia. >> the floods have left rubble and mud in their wake. in the northern bosnian town, the cleanup operation is already begun. the scale of the disaster has brought back memories of the destruction caused by the war in the 1990's. >> after the war, i repaired my furniture, my sofa, and my wardrobe. they had holes in them. at least i could still use them. but now, now, i don't even have a wardrobe anymore. >> locals are worried about the outbreak of disease, too. with animal carcasses floating in stagnant water, hepatitis and typhoid could spread fast. in neighboring syria, the situation remains serious. the river sava has burst its banks. in a neighboring town, people are being urged once again to leave the roms. >> they were driving my crazy, beeping their horns, saying get out, get ou

all along the danube, where bleak fortresses had guarded the river, a chain of magnificent abbeys wasuilt. the victory over the turks meant that money was now available for grand enterprises. the monks' taxes paid for buildings rather than for weapons. these abbeys were meant to serve not only as religious communities, but also as hospices for the emperor. saint florian's abbey, begun in 1689, is the work of an italian and an austrian-- carlo carlone and jakob prandtauer. in true baroque fashion, the new abbey was a stage upon which royal ritual could be played out by the visiting emperor. paradoxically, the stage usually lacked its leading actor, for the emperor himself rarely visited any of the abbeys. but it didn't matter. the object was not imperial housing. it was to make a political point, to bear witness to the unity of christianity and empire. here we're dealing not with the glorification of an individual emperor, but with the need to assert the divine right to rule of an institution, the hapsburg empire. newly victorious over the turks, the austrians believed themselves to be

now you have the danube off towards the north, down towards the south, this is on may 18th before allhe rainfall occurred. look at the big difference on may 19th. all these showers flowed downstream and wow. it just caused that absolutely historic flooding out here. it's cleared up in the east. but back towards the west we do have a low. that's spinning across much of western europe. these areas of the red you're looking at the threat of severe thunderstorms and also the threat of heavy rain, much of portugal under heavy rain warnings at this time. here's a look at your temperature. and i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. w?q?q?q?c these are the headlines for you this hour. a crisis meeting in thailand the lien -- between rival political parties ends without a resolution. the meeting was held by the head of the army one day after imposing martial law across the nation. twin car bombs in nigeria leave at least 118 dead with no claim of responsibility yet, but it does seem in line with the bok

it's the highest rainfall ever danube river is not expected to flood the area.ities say the danube's levels will surge in coming days but should remain within the limits of flood defenses. serbia, bosnia and croatia have been hit by the worst flooding in more than 100 years, forcing half a million people out of their homes and leading to more than three dozen deaths. happening now. crews are combing through the woods in bladen searching for a u-s marine who fell from an aircraft. marine was taking part in a fell out monday night. there's no word yet on why he fell from the aircraft. new details are emerging on a near disaster at newark-liberty airport last month. federal investigators say two planes were way too close for comfort -- coming within yards forone was attempting to land, while the other was about to take-off. rene marsh has the story. coming up to poleaxed the customers to leave their guns at home what brought that request a list to a live look at it as the approach will arrive at. ♪ ♪ get 5% cash back at lowe's this quarter so you can score more cas

if you take these from serbia, 90% of the country is in the danube drainage basin. the sarro river is in the west. if you look at the satellite - there's some cloud around, but nothing much. it's moved way up towards the north. it's towards poland. they have seen bad weather over the last 24-48 hours. we had widespread flooding. here rivers having overfilled the banks. and the situation when the heavy rain pushes towards the far east of germany. if you look towards the balkans, there's a little rain, but nothing much. the forecast moving through sunday through to monday. the rain is gone from that region. it's a case of dealing with what has fallen, so the rain has stopped and people can deal with the issues. rain through the week, but not more than a few is rated showers. >> that's good news >>> people in switzerland have been voting on whether to introduced the world's highest minimum wage - about $25 an hour. as we report lots of businesses say they can't afford it. >> reporter: on the shores of lake zurich this restaurant is one of many new businesses that have

it eventually meets up with the danube river. it's 22 feet high. that was the water levels across this region. here's the flood stage. it actually broke a record from 1981. the forecast from them is bringing the water back towards reality. downstream belgrade, notice where we are right now, the forecast for them continues to rise wednesday into thursday. that's the issue here. air will touch down across this region over 100,000 mines unexploded and 10,000 fields across this region. so it's going to cause issues for a lot of people, guys. >> appreciate that picture, harry. let's look at some other stories in the news right now. >> a couple things we want to show. let's turn to turkey where the country's semi-official news agency reports that four coal mine employees have been rescued in the aftermath of turkey's worst ever mining disaster. two engineers and a security chief are in custody at the courthouse in the town where the accident took place. 201 people died. >>> news of a merger in the telecommunication industry in the united states. at&t say

flood waters working their way down the saba river and into the danube and flood plain region.he good news is there is no rain to come. what they need at the moment is across the u.s., particularly in the west and the issue they've got with the wildfires out there. >> that's what i was going to focus on now. you have a look at weather charts. >> that's the weather front which gave a lot of heavy rain across the mid at landic states and eastern seaboard on its way out. this front stejdz is active across the southern states,ga and into the care leip as. there is an area of low pressure out towards the west, but it's dry, and there is just knock much happening in terms of precipitation. so once again, we've got these scenes near san diego. wildfires which resulted in $20 million worth of damage destroyed more than 10,000 hectares, and as i say, although the winds have dropped a little bit, it doesn't look as though the situation is going to get an awful lot better across this region. so, it's going to remain fine and dry. yesterday, the pacific northwest. during the day on sunday,

they're concerned about the rise of the danube. we report from the area where mudslides have swept homes away. >> reporter: she says sandbags could have saved her house, but no one came to help. in one night her home and her life slid away. >> reporter: >> translator: i put my life savings into the house. it's overwhelming. >> reporter: this location is vulnerable. it's in a valley. the river runs through it, and in many towns the floods took people by surprise. in just two days this tiny river rose 3 meters sending a torrent of mud and water through the heart of this community. the landslide also destroyed bridges, cutting off many villages, and it's taken people's livelihoods, too. this woman showed me the field where she farmed. they're covered in a blanket of mud. she said nothing can grow here again for years. >> translator: the young will leave this place. this is the saddest thing. if the country would only help, then they would stay. >> reporter: people here say they need the basics. things like food and drinking water. the