little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters, her father in shock. >> next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs . it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. >> reporter: firefighters wading though that chest-high water, clutching onto baby lauren's car seat to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you see your baby and she's a new born and what are you going to do to get us out. >> reporter: across the area swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast moving waters to get people out, not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee this morning, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, the past 24 hours, 8 inches and the worst, rich land, missouri, 17 inches this week, enough for an entire summer. and, diane, tonight here in the nashville area there is still water rushing through these swal own

little lauren marlin, just 5 weeks old, rescued from the attic by firefighters. the attic trying to get the babies upstairs. it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. so -- just lose it all. >> reporter: firefighters wading through that chest-high water clutching on to baby lauren's carrier to get her to safety. >> it was emotional, you know, you see your babies. she is a newborn. you know how are you going to do this? what are you going to do to get us out? >> across the nashville area, swollen creeks caused flash flooding forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast-moving waters to get people out. not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over 6 inches of rain in madison, tennessee, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, 8 inches. and the worst, richland, missouri, 17 inches this week. enough for an entire summer. and here in the nashville area, there is water still rushing through these swollen c

in nashville, tennessee, a daring rescue. 5-week-old lauren marlin, saved after murky waters invadedheir home. her parents, shaken. >> we're in the attic, trying to get the baby upstairs. it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water's going to do. >> reporter: back in missouri, teaming rivers and flash floods force people on to the roofs. the driver of this week, trapped

little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters, her father in shock. >> next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs. it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. >> reporter: firefighters wading though that chest-high water, clutching onto baby lauren's carrier to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you see your baby and she's a n newborn and how are you going to do this? what are you going to do to get us out? >> reporter: across the nashville area, swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast moving waters to get people out. not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee this morning, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, the past 24 hours, 8 inches. and the worst, richland, missouri, 17 inches this week, enough for an entire summer. and, diane, tonight here in the nashville area there is st

the baby is lauren marlin, just five weeks old. won't have a memory of her rescue but her parents rebecca and jeremiah marlin won't forget it. a truly terrifying day for them. they join us with their baby daughter lauren and their son. we're so happy everyone is okay. rebecca, walk us through what happened. you're at home. you're watching the news. what happened then? >> i open the front door to watch the storm and i looked down and i noticed my entire front yard is covered in water, and i yell for my husband to get up, we're flooding. he jumps up, and he calls 911. they tell us to get into our attic and bust open the side vent up in the attic to let the firefighters know we're there. i go into panic mode. i start picking up toys -- not toys but i start getting food and diapers and clothes together because i have no idea how long we'll be up there, and we get up there and we're up there, i know for a good hour and they get my mother-in-law and father in law out first and they finally come over to us, and they rescue our 4-year-old

little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters, her father shock. >> next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs . it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. >> reporter: firefighters wading though that chest-high water, clutching onto baby lauren's car seat to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you see your baby and she's a new born and what are you going to do to get us out. >> reporter: across the area swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast moving waters to get people out, not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee this morning, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, the past 24 hours, 8 inches and the worst, rich land, missouri, 17 inches this week, enough for an entire summer. and, diane, tonight here in the nashville area there is still water rushing through these swal own cr

the baby's name is lauren marlin. she's just 5 weeks old. obviously won't have any memory of her rescue, but her parents will never forget it. they join us now along with their baby daughter loren and son jeremiah. rebecca, walk us through what happened. you're at home, watching the news. what happened then? >> i opened the front door to watch the storm and i looked down and noticed my entire front yard is covered in water. i yelled for my husband to get up, we're flooding. he jumps up and calls 911. they tell us to get into our attic and bust open the side vents to let the firefighters know we're there. i go into panic mode and start picking up -- i start getting food and diapers and clothes together, because i have no idea how long we're going to be up there. we're up there for a good hour and they get my mother-in-law and father-in-law out first. and then they finally come over to us and they rescue our 4-year-old son first. and they decide to get my husband out so he can be out to get our daughter when the firefighters bring her out. and

in nashville, tennessee, a daring rescue. 5-week-old lauren marlin, saved by first responders from her family's attic after chest-high murky waters invaded their home. her parents, shaken. >> next thing you know we're in the attic, trying to get the baby upstairs. it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water's going to do. >> reporter: while back in missouri, teeming rivers and flash floods force people on to the roofs. the driver of this truck, became trapped when his truck stalled and floated off the road. in garfield, arkansas, in these pictures from thursday morning, rescue teams in hollister, missouri, out in full force, searching for friends and family. this woman, frantic to find hers. >> i have an aunt down there and nephews down there. >> reporter: finally a joyful reunion. >> i think that's them right there. >> reporter: and now, the rains spread into the northeast. heavy rains bringing overnight flooding to this walmart in new york. and there's plenty of tree damage, as well. with heavy rains like this, we've had very strong winds. so, we focus on the rain in new eng

in nashville, tennessee, a daring rescue. 5-week-old lauren marlin, saved after murky waters invaded their home. her parents, shaken. >> we're in the attic, trying to get the baby upstairs. it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water's going to do. >> reporter: back in missouri, teaming rivers and flash floods force people on to the roofs. the driver of this week, trapped when his truck stalled and floated off the road. and in these pictures from thursday morning, rescue teams in hollister, missouri, out in full force, searching for friends and family. this woman, frantic to find hers. >> i hope nothing found down there. >> reporter: finally, a joyful reunion. >> i think that's them right there. >> reporter: and now, the rains spread into the northeast. heavy rains bringing overnight flooding to this walmart in new york. and there's plenty of tree damage, as well. with heavy rain, we've had strong winds. we focus on the rain in new england. and follow this line back to where this rain has been for a week. that's where we expect it to stay. and some of the heaviest rainfall b