stories out of pensacola.t's been a dangerous few days. let me show you what we're talking about. behind me is what used to be south cory field road. now it is just a jumble of asphalt, dirt, and cars. people had to be rescued from these cars. you can see the smashed windshields. no injuries reported. everybody is okay. and it's not that pensacola isn't used to rain. this is actually one of the rainiest cities in the country, but it is the amount. nearly two feet in 26 hours. i want you to compare that to los angeles. the airport there has received about 15 inches since 2012. put it in a little perspective for you there. now, here in pensacola, this historic storm has not only been wet, it has been deadly. at least one person killed by rising flood waters when they were in their car. there's been a number of rescues including that of a mother and her young son who were trapped by the water in their home. firefighters had to use an ax to get them out. there is good news. it appears the worst of the storm is gon

pensacola dates back to the 1980s. never have they recorded that much rainfall in 24 hours nearly quadrupling their monthly rainfall for this time of year. to put this all in scale, city of seattle, this is what seattle would get in seven, eight months in one night they received here in pensacola, florida, causing all of the historic floods that took place. in fact, if we go to the weather observation, there were 10,000 lightning strikes reported at that weather observation in a 15-minute period. knocked out the station. some personal weather stations recording over 24 inches in 24 hours. pretty impressive stuff. the end result, of course, significant destruction across the region. at least one fatality when they were trapped in this vehicle losing their life out there. to point out, this photograph is not bad there. what you see is many vehicles in this region dealing with when it comes to forrtorrential rainfal. many people trying to catch fish in pensacola. conditions continuing to improve. it went from two feet pri

this stretch of pensacola's scenic highway, crumbled. some residents have replaced their cars with canoes. in mobile, alabama, an elderly woman was carried by firefighters after her car got stuck. another woman killed after driving though high water. after four days of tornadoes and thunderstorms causing all this damage, meteorologists say the system will head out to sea later today. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. >> man, oh, man. >>> one more flooding incident to show you. this one from philadelphia. look closely. you'll see three people trapped on top of a commuter bus. >> the bus got stuck in floodwaters off of the schuylkill river. and the driver and two passengers were pulled off of that roof and brought to safety. luckily no one was hurt. >>> strong winds and high temperatures on the west coast are helping to fuel a dangerous fire burning east of los angeles. crews worked through the night trying to get a fire line around the flames at rancho cucamonga.

five inches drenched pensacola in a single hour. nearly 6,000 lightning strikes were recorded in just 15 minutes. for the south, it was the latest round of severe weather after days of destruction. in alabama, more water rescues from mobile to summerdale, in georgia, one person died when a tree smashed their car and in north carolina, a possible tornado roared through. >> her life was more important, to me it was. >> reporter: back in pensacola, three water line walkers were on their way to work this morning when they noticed something. >> i was concerned with how fast and rapidly the road was caving in. >> look at the manhole right there. >> reporter: in the rising water, a woman trapped in her car, they took action fast, scrambling for a nearby excavator. >> she said please, don't let me die. i looked in her eyes, and that's all i needed. >> reporter: they managed to hoist katrina shannon to safety just in time. >> thank y'all. y'all saved my life. >> reporter: with all this debris, the cleanup here will take quite awhile. forecas

let's get the latest from the mayor of pensacola, ashton hayward.oining us this morning. >> good morning, kate. how are you? >> doing better than the town of pensacola is fairing at the moment. let me ask you about the apparents gas explosion at the county jail. not clear from what i've seen yet if it is weather related but what are you hearing? >> yeah, what i'm hearing right now, i'm getting the details as we speak. they're coming in. i understand there's over 600 inmates here and over 100 folks had to go to the local hospitals here. and there's a potential of two deaths right now. i am getting the details and i've heard the same thing that it was maybe a gas explosion. so i'm getting the details right now. >> any concerns where the inmates are? i assume everyone has been cleared out of the jail even though it's a partial building collap collapse. where are all the inmates? >>inmates are setting up a temporary jail as we speak. some of them had to go to the hospital. over 100 are at the hospital. they were able to contain the others. we're taking

in pensacola, where the rain set a record, part of the scenic highway washed away.e flooding is blamed for at least one death in all since sunday. the storm death toll is, at least, 38, and thousands of homes have been damaged. mark strassmann is in pensacolaó >> reporter: more than 20-inches of rain fell in pensacola in 24 hours. flash flooding washed away roads and bridges. this sinkhole was 20-feet deep. the driver survived. >> you could see the currents. lightning was still popping all over the place and you just kept watching the water rise. >> reporter: kristin fairchild lives in pensacola's cordova park neighborhood. piedmont road is washed away and broken in pieces for six blocks. early this morning, she used her smart phone to take this video. these geysers are actually natural gas escaping from linesó broken by the rushing waters. >> i've done whitewater rapids and that's what it looked like. it literally looked like white water rapids were coming through the neighborhood. >> reporter: so piedmont road became piedmont rapids became piedmont river. >> yes,

many places like pensacola saw over 17 inches of rain. radar indicated, looks like some places could have seen as much as 22, even 24 inches of rain. unbelievable. and of course, that wasn't the only place it rained. we saw a lot of flooding into the northeast. now, these totals don't look as impressive as what you maybe saw down into the southeast, but we're still talking about those very heavy rainfall rates. a lot of rain in a short period of time, enough that we broke the daily record. new york city saw about 3.94 inches, philly, also seeing over 4 inches of rain. currently still talking about rain across the area, and unfortunately, we'll still be talking about even more rain into the northeast and southeast as we go throughout the day today. it's going to feel a little bit different. we're behind the warm front, so it is warmer out there this morning, but nonetheless, we're still looking at showers, 1 to 2 inches, so not as much as yesterday, but into the southeast, we could see anywhere up to 4 inches of rain as we go throughout th

an apparent gas explosion at a jail in pensacola florida. two inmates are dead and more than 150 inmates and corrections officers have been hurt. the blast happened late last night and collapsed part of the building which was housing about 600 prisoners. a man who works at a nearby gas station saying it felt like an earthquake. the county facility is where inmates are held before and after their arraignments. we're hearing from nbc's gabe gutierrez on the ground at the facility that it was nearly flooded from storms over the past two days. he spoke with the county commissioner. >> i'm shocked. i'm surprised. i'm deeply saddened. our community has had a lot of tragedy in the last 24 hours with all of the rain and all of the water and to come into the jail and find this out, we're just praying and we're hoping for the best. >> pensacola, florida, hit a new record with rain with 20 inches, the most the city has seen in one day since the year 1880, by the way. >>> it was one of the many areas across the country that we have been following that g

. >> the gulf coast hit the hardest with historic rainfall in the pensacola area. nearly 2 feet of rain fell in just two days, just destroying roads, wiping out homes. cnn's ed lavandera is there. >> reporter: christine and john, residents here along piedmont road in pensacola, just south of the airport, tell me that it was the middle of the night when pieces of their road started slopping up on to their front lawn, and that's when they knew things were not going very well in this neighborhood. several homes took in almost 3 feet of water along this stretch here. and now that the floodwaters have really started to recede, people are able to get inside their home, start the cleanup process and assess the damage. many roadways here in the pensacola area were heavily damaged by these floodwaters and the massive amount of rain that fell for almost 12 hours here in this region, and it just caused some serious destruction. scenic highway, a very picturesque roadway on the eastern side of pensacola, a big, gaping hole washed away. several cars fell into a crater there. an

this is happening at the jail in pensacola. of the jail central booking causes part of it to collapse. no word on what caused the blast. we are monitoring the situation and will bring you updates through out the morning. people around the east coast in it the grip of the storm will not quit. look at this ariel video taken by a drone. it shows houses soaked in nearly 2 feet of rain. hundreds of people being rescued out of washington, d.c. cruz used a raft to save him. they brought the deadly tornadoes to 14 different states. it was across places like arkansas and mississippi and so many other states. also the flooding. it has been so extreme across parts of alabama and also in the state of florida. take a look at some of these latest rainfall totals from the national weather service in pensacola officially they are reporting 14.7 inches of rainfall. there have been higher amounts in other areas as high as 2 feet of water in parts of alabama more than 18 inches reported. also the rainfall rates. how much rain came down within an

and pensacola, florida saw record-setting rainfall.l rains washed out part of the scenic highway sending cars falling into a ravine. entire neighborhoods in the city were hit, and roads turned into raging rivers. >> water was coming in through our garage and then through the back doors and flowing in out this door. so we just had water in the house. the kids were getting a chair to perhaps get in the attic. we don't know what was going to happen. >> the residents resorted to alternative forms of transportation to navigate the flooded streets. 26 countyies in that state are under a state of emergency and heavy rains continued to pour. officials are urging people to heed their warnings. >> watch local weather, be careful of tornadoes. don't drive into downed water. be careful of downed power line s and be cautious. >> we are joined just south of the pensacola airport. so it stopped rains where you were in pensacola, other parts of the state are still getting hammered, right? >> well, this storm system is moving towards the east slowly. s

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pensacola received a foot and a half of rain. that has made getting around on foot, by car or in the air nearly impossible. sips tuesday there have been more than 24,000 flight delays nationwide. many coming from the big hubs of new york and atlanta, washington's dulles airport reported its wettest april day on record wednesday. we've got a team of reporters covering the aftermath of this huge storm. the weather channel is on it from their headquarters in atlanta. but let's begin with the crazy scene from that sink hole in baltimore. kristin well can her is there for us. >> let me tell you the latest. as we speak, cranes are 75 feet below the ground trying to remove those eight cars that were still on the train tracks as of this afternoon. we just stood with one resident as he watched his car getting smashed and then cart on to a train of sorts to be carried off. he was screaming, no, no, no, as he watched this scene unfold. a lot of residents here still stunned, still trying to accept what has happened in their neighborhood. the

pensacola saw just over 20. so what we will be seeing is still flood warnings in effect across the area, even though the rain has stopped the floodwaters are still in place. that will slowly start to reseed. for the next day or so, here across the northeast. things have gotten much better we had seen five plus inches of rain, that was enough to cancel over 18 flights yesterday, throws of delays and terms of the major metro areas all the way down towards washington. >> thank you for the update. across the globe, may first, today, is considered may day. there have been rallies in many cities and in seattle, workers there are going to get a raise. he announced a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, if approved the wage would be the highest of any major city in the united states. allen joins us from seattle, with a may day protest is taking place, and allen, take us through the mayor's new proposal. >> well, david, this is inning but 15 now. which is what the people have been pushing for this wage hike ha

what is going on down there in pensacola? >> well, good afternoon, joy. we have shifted into the cleanup and recovery phase after several dangerous and very wet days here in pensacola. like you said, record rainfall. more than two feet in 26 hours. and people we talk to also describe intense wind and lightning. in fact, in one 15-minute period, there were more than 6,000 lightning strikes. people taking shelter in their bathtub, fearing for their own safety and the safety of their homes. there's good reason for that. take a look at some of the destruction here behind me. 911 was receiving call after call. we're told a thousand calls in a 24-hour period, people needing help. some of those people, they couldn't wait. it was upon ordinary citizens to jump in and help. that includes the driver of one of these cars, katrina shannon, was stranded in her car and had to be rescued by three workers who risked their lives to get out and help her. she's going to join us live to talk about what she went through yesterday and just how unexpected it was. thanks so much

omar villafranca, cbs news, pensacola, florida. >>> a study this morning from the centers for disease control finds that 35% of premature deaths in the country are preventable. the report covers deaths from 2008 to 2010. the five leading causes of death o are heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, stroke, and accidental injuries. they account for 63% of deaths in the u.s. the study found 20% to 40% of deaths in each category could be prevented by changes in risk factors such as smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise, and high blood pressure. >>> coming up on the "morning news," health care enrollment figures fall short. >>> plus, coming to america. britain's princes harry and william drop into memphis for a low key visit. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get into spring at kmart. where swimwear is on sale. kmart. where members always get more. where swimwear is on sale. frequent heartburn? the choice is yours. chalky. not chalky. temporary. 24 hour. lots of tablets. one pill. you decide. prevacid. ♪ 24 hour peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds

rushing through this pensacola florida neighborhood. the effects of more than 17 in. of rainfall and 24 hours. move watter moved in many art for people to get out. are you ready to pull us back moby alabama firefighter called out as u.s. demand trip to a flood water. there have been more than 200 rescue's since. is a clear set of emergency and say things may set bad for a while the storm system is moving very slowly. >> : ilka training in reining in manning we never thought this would happen a a flood is going to lock out. but the fish river and alabama as clear there's now a lottery for more rain. across the region some bridges are washed out and roads are gone that is why emergency officials are urging businesses to stay close in people to stay home. >> : you can't go any for the

investigators in pensacola, florida, are asking whether storm flooding there helped trigger an apparent gas explosion at a jail late last night. it killed two inmates and injured some 150 others. the jail had housed 600 inmates, but it was almost completely destroyed. the injured were taken to local hospitals, while those unhurt were transferred to neighboring jails. this was may day or, "international workers day," and in russia, trade unions organized a parade through moscow's red square. the first since the soviet union collapsed in 1991. the crowds came out with signs supporting president vladimir putin and celebrating the annexation of crimea from ukraine. and, they called for more. >> we express solidarity with our brothers in southern and eastern ukraine work those that don't want to live under the orders of kiev suddeno authorities who don't want to live under

almost two feet in 24 hours in pensacola. that's over 9 billion gallons that could fill over 14,000 swimming pools. more that five inches fell in one hour. flash flooding is just that, too much flowing too fast especially in this case. the ground, the soil, the drainage system couldn't handle it. the car exploding right now. >> reporter: after seeing scenes like this play out, it's worth a reminder. flooding kills. >> oh, my god. those poor people are more than any other weather hazard. half of all flooded related drownings are from people driving into flooding. when the flash floodings are happening all it takes is six inches of water and you can lose control of your car. more than a foot, you can start to slope. at 24 inches your car can be swept away. so what should you do if you see water? turn around, don't drowned. if you find yourself in an emergency situation, the water coming up and over the car and your windows won't go down, you're going to need one of these, an emergency hammer. you can break right through the win

chad myers is in pensacola. how are conditions looking and is there hope that things are going to get better there very soon? >> reporter: i think so. there may be a shower or two but not the rain that they had. in fact, that pensacola airport, only about a mile from here. every time a plane takes off, we can hear it. this is a street. i am not standing on the beach. >> you are kidding. >> i am standing on piedmont road. under this road was sand. the sand eroded. and let me show you here. i'm about maybe a foot and a half where the road grade would have been. this is the truck. this is where the truck was sitting parked on the road. this, guys, is not going to buff out. all the way down and into the engine. here's the waterline from the inside of the truck all the way through because see still the water inside. here's where the road should be. there's the storm sewer in the middle of the roadway. it's all gone. the water came from up here from up a little reservoir. they call it kind of a retention pond. came st

in pensacola that was a one in 200 year flood event. recorded yesterday the second wettest april day for new york city. the black hills of south dakota on the backside of the storm picked up nearly two feet of snow in blizzard conditions. here's the rainfall totals yesterday. 7 inches widespread. about 2 to 4 inches in new york. it's still raining hard for areas from connecticut to boston. the storm itself is now centered almost over the top of milwaukee. we also dealt with the really hot conditions in the west yesterday. that will be a repeat today. as far as the east is concerned, the heavy rains, the flooding, that's all ending during the day today. still some showers, but the flooding rains, the devastation, destruction, we are done. >> it did enough damage. that's for sure. >>> just ahead, what brought l.a.x. to a screeching halt? plus china is about to overtake u.s. as the world's largest. we'll tell you what it is next. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timel

in pensacola florida floodwaters are starting to recede after knowing to seek a white veil. much of the city flooded. we do >> not know exactly what would happen but it was pretty exciting evening. >> you talked about flooding pensacola has never had this type of flooding. >> reporter: reporting in pensacola florida >> pam: in philadelphia, three people had to be rescued. after a bus got stuck in flood waters. you can see the top of the bus in the standing water. crews had to use a boat to rescue passengers. two people and the bus driver were taken to the hospital. no one was seriously injured. >> catherine: happening now. nearly two months after flight 370 disappeared.malaysia airlines is advising relatives of the passengers that it's time to go home. there was no easy way to say it. us >> catherine: families were upset and crying. the airline has announced that it's closing the assistance centers where they've been gathered for weeks. one will close friday.others by may 7th. a new report meantime, points out that there was a 17-minute gap before >> catherine: anyone report

. >> public comment is pensacola. item 8. information item. report from the disability disaster preparedness committee. >> item 9. pensacola comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. >> item 10, information item. correspondence. item 11, discussion item. councilmember comments and announcements. >> item 12, adjourn. >> >> thank you. next we proceed to agenda item no. 3. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mayor's disability council. i have three cards here. we'll start with john lowell with the safety and advisory council. >> good afternoon, my name is, thank you derek for the introduction. my name is john alex lowell. i hold the seat no. 4 on the disability organizations. i come to you on my public comment on this section to make some announcements regarding p sac. the acronym for the selected advisory committee. it selected a new chair to carry out the rest of the term for 2014. her name is sonya kauf. she's in south market ho

let me show you here, you can see where pensacola is located, also over towards mobile, but for pensacolaon tuesday, they broke a record that they have never seen before, a one day total of 15.55 inches of rain. that was just one day for the whole year, last time they saw something even close to this was october, of 1934, when that was due to a tropical system making it's way up here, so in two days they saw over 20-inches in some of those low lying areas that's where they saw 36 inches of rain, not falling but accumulating. there is spill warnings out, you can see here across to the northern part of the central area, we don't think this is going to really last too much longer, most of the rain is ending but here across the eastern section of the united states, where we did see quit a bit of rain, there is still flooding warnings we think that will be done for this evening, temperatures rather nice here in new york. >> some encouraging news here, thank you. israeli prime minister says he will propose legislation to enshrine israel status as a jewish state, the issue played an important ro

gio benitez, abc news, pensacola. >> incredible stuff.baltimore. the residents had to be evacuated. they are being told it could be six weeks before they can go home. >> here's what's really sad. a lot of people in the new york and new jersey area that are flooded out now had just recently finished rebuilding after superstorm sandy. a lot of these people are dealing with round two of devastation. >> yeah. all right. >>> talk about the fire crews in southern california who are mopping up what is left of a wind-driven wildfire that scorched 1600 acres. 700 firefighters battling the blaze east of los angeles in blistering heat and winds. winds hitting 70 miles an hour. the fire is 50% contained and evacuation orders lifted for about 1,000 homes. >>> dry conditions mean water rationing in santa cruz. each home is allotted a certain amount of water with fines added to utility bills if residents go over. the goal is to reduce consumption by 25%. santa cruz is only served by one reservoir and there's no rain in the forecast anytime soon. unfortu

how extensive would you say the damage is in pensacola? >> well, gwen, you are getting total up in dollars close to the $100 million mark or more. we've been rescued people late to the evening last night and obviously to the early morning. flooding that we're not used to, gwen. as you know we're used to the hurricanes but not the flooding. it's kind of an anomaly for us. >> ifill: it's an anomaly for us to talk by phone in an american city because of power outages all over the city. how extensive would you say the power outages are? >> we've had close to 35,000 people without power in the city and the county. they are restoring power now but it's been challenging. we're making it happen. >> ifill: and road closures, are people able to get around at all? >> people are getting around now, gwen. there's specific areas. one of the highest points in the state of florida, state road 90 that washes out. that's been highway 98 has been very challenging. we had the governor here all day. there's specific areas washed out that we're taking care of r

i want to show you the video of the area of pensacola last night. at the airport alone, just in one hour, we saw 5 and a half inches of rainfall. and of course that rain, that water has noplace to go. for highway 10 between alabama and parts of mississippi, we saw 30 miles of i10 closed. and it was reopened later this morning, and some of that water was able to move out of the region. we're not over yet. we're still dealing with showers here. only 2-4 more inches in the area, and that rain has noplace to go. and we're focusing on northern parts of florida, and up to the north, john, we saw 800 flights canceled across the northeast because of all of the rain moving in. i'll get to this later on in the show. >> thank you, >> since the weekend at least 35 people have died in the storms. and some people are still unaccounted for. 2 tornadoes touched down in lewis-ville, mississippi monday night one was an e- f- 4, the second strongest tornado on the scale. robert ray met one family as they returned home for the first time. >> for the first time, michell

pensacola, florida, is just beginning to assess the situation after two feet of rain left massive damage to homes and businesses and officials say the flooding is possibly related to a deadly explosion at a county prison last night. we'll have more on that story in a moment, but we start this morning with nbc's kristen welker who is in baltimore, maryland with this road collapse there. kristen, as i understand, some neighbors indicate they have been complaining about issues there for a while. >> reporter: that's right. a few neighbors complaining that they had serious concerns about the retaining wall behind me that gave way last night, causing about eight to ten cars that fell 75 feet on to train tracks. one resident telling me she complained multiple times to the company that is responsible for the tracks, also to city officials. she says she got no response so there was a lot of deep concern throughout this neighborhood. here's what one resident had to say. take a listen. >> we've reported this a couple of times over the past several years and was told it was structurally sound. they

this was at pensacola prison causing the building to partially collapse.00 inmates were from there. those were taken to hospitals or take tn to jails in neighboring counties. >>> the grim task of recovering the ferry that sunk two weeks ago, some worry the people will never be found. the 89 passengers are still unaccounted for. now the prime minister has apologized. >> i'm here to make an apology. i think it's the right thing to explain the current situation to the families. >> there's the apology. bbc's john sut worth is in the port where the recovery is taking place. >> this is the safeguard, american navy ship with a team on board brought in to assist with the recovery. every direction you look, there are large ships on the surface directly above the place where the ferry sank. there are korean coast guard vessels, south korea's biggest navy ship out here. communication ships and supplies ships. this is a huge separation. nonetheless, some family members suggest the effort to recover the bodies, the actual diving, has been as slow and uncoordinated as t

pensacola, florida, is drying out after setting a single day record for rainfall.et of rain fell there from tuesday in to yesterday. the flooding that resulted from it destroyed roads and inundated neighborhoods. hundreds of people called for help, but the high water made them extremely difficult to get to. one rescuer you see there carried a baby to safety through the flooding. >> we have been getting people out of cars. people driving through the puddles, they get trapped. we try to get to them. we have had guys swimming to them. >> it seems incredible to think the same storm system that flooded the florida panhandle spawned the deadly tornadoes in oklahoma and arkansas. at least 37 people were killed in that destruction. >>> things didn't get better as the system moved north. the heavy rain was too much for a street in baltimore that collapsed cars along with dirt and debris, slid down onto a set of train tracks. people living closest to the crops are evacuated and are spending the night elsewhere. the train tracks owned by csx which sighs all traffic through th

and it's not that pensacola isn't used to rain.hey're one of the wettest cities in the country, but it is the amount. nearly two feet in 26 hours. as you said, it has been deadly. at least one person killed. and there have been a number of dramatic rescues including that of a mother and her young son. they were in the attic of their home. the flood waters were rising and firefighters had to use an accident to break through the roof. they say they were about two feet of breathing room left when they got to them. and people who weren't in such dramatic situations say they were quite afraid. besides the heavy rain, there were also extreme winds and some very intense lightning. they say there were moments of terror in there when we talked to them. some good news. the worst has passed. we'll see rain today but nothing we've seen in the past few days. it will give people a chance to dry out and start to clean up. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. let's go to bill kairns with more on this. >> let's sum up this four days of destruction

pensacola, florida, got over 15 inches. that's the most in a single day there after recordkeeping began in 1979. for the people who live there, it's nothing but a disaster. >> reporter: you were inside when all of this happened? >> yes. >> reporter: what was that -- >> i was here all night. >> reporter: in the 22 years jamess ray has lived in this house, he's never seen this kind of damage. >> reporter: how difficult is it for you to be standing here in this living room? >> very difficult. this was my life. it's gone. >> reporter: ray lives in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in pensacola where more than 17 inches fell in a matter of hours. how did you know something was wrong? >> i went back in this hall closet and i saw water coming out of the door. i knew the carpet was wet. >> i didn't realize water was coming down the hill. i saw water bubbling. that's when i realized it was like a river out there. >> reporter: must have been terrifying to be inside not knowing what was going to happen. >> i'm a little worried. i k

this happened in pensacola, florida.e explosion inside the jail central booking area caused part of it to collapse. no word on what causedç the blast but that area has been hit with heavy flooding. we'll keep you posted. >>> millions of folks across the east coast are in the grip of a storm that just won't quit. relentless rain in pensacola, florida, causing this road to collapse, swallowing a truck. the driver inside that truck managed to make it out believe. mobile, alabama, an elderly woman was one of those who had to be rescued. fire fighters carried her to safety after her car was stranded on a flooded street. a little girl in a kayak in her family livingç room. her family was trapped in their home in two feet of water. the only way to try to keep that little girl dry. >> in a botched execution of an oklahoma inmate, sparking a lot of outrage this morning and now calls for moratoriums on legal injections. witnesses at the execution report a grizzly scene after one of his veins ruptured when he was injected with an

but it's especially bad down south as you saw, especially pensacola florida. at one point yesterday, there were five-inch it is of rain that fell in just one hour, truly incredible. more rain fell in the panhandle in the past 24 hours than during all of hurricane ivan more than a decade ago, but not just down south, it's all the way up the east coast into new york city. you are talking about roads giving way and tens of thousands of people without power. >> dangerous floodwaters swallowing entire communities in the florida panhandle. the rushing water ripping apart roads, stranding drivers and flooding homes. >> we have been through tropical storms and hurricanes, ivan and dennis back-to-back in 2004 and 2005 and we still did not have this much water. >> in pensacola, 20 inches of rain hit the area in just 24 hours. some people ditched their cars for canoes, rescuers pulled people from rooftops. children saved by boat. >> all my memory, all my baby's things, everything i own is again. >> in alabama, firefighters carried an elderly woman to safety after her car

this one is coming out of both pensacola and also into portions of alabama. and this is a lot of rainfall. 610 millimeters of rain fell in pensacola, florida, on wednesday. that flooded streets. that also stranded drivers. and, unfortunately, one person was reportedly killed by drowning in those floodwaters. these rains also hit parts of alabama. according to the national weather service, it is the worst flooding to hit alabama since 1997. as we go back to the maps here, here's a look at the cold front that is responsible for the heavy flooding earlier this week with tornadoes. what's going to happen is it is eventually going to slide toward the east. but it looks like the tail end of the system, plenty of moisture associated with this. so it looks like that there may be another chance for some heavy rainfall for portions of florida. also the low pressure system is still located in the great lakes. it is slowly pushing toward the east. so anywhere from the great lakes eastward into parts of canada and also into the new england states. you're also going to be

this coming out of pensacola, florida, this morning.was a huge deadly gas explosion at a jail. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom with more on this horrendous scene, pam. and investigators say the weather may be to blame? >> yeah, we have some new video this morning showing just how bad that gas explosion was. it happened at a jail in pensacola, florida. two people were killed. at least 100 others were injured, including some corrections officers. now, the blast happened late last night and caused part of the escambia county jail to collapse. investigators say severe weather in the area may be to blame. >> the building received extensive flooding as a result of the rain. i don't know if that's directly related to the incident that happened this evening or not. we'll be doing an investigation to determine that. >> now, 5 inches of rain fell on pensacola, florida, in just one hour. and the whole area has seen severe flooding. so that certainly is part of the investigation. now, about 600 inmates were in the jail at the time of the explosi

chad myers is live in pensacola.'ve been at the forefront of this reporting, with the governor yesterday. this is before we even knew the tip of the iceberg with this damage. get me up to speed of what you've seen since waters have started to recede. >> reporter: i'm standing on piedmont road in the cordover subdivision. the only problem is piedmont road isn't here anymore. it's down somewhere. this is not beach, this is under the roadway. here is a car that floated from down here and ended down there, truck. this is where the road should be, the level of the surface. they're working on it, getting to it. it will take a while to recover. the mayor is here with me. good morning. how is your city? >> we're fair right now. all hands on deck, the crews and sanitation department cleaning up our roads and utility companies to get our game plan in place. obviously right now we will get utilities turned off, get heavy equipment the beginning of the week to get this debris out and lay a base so people can get out of their hom

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pensacola picked up just over 20 inches of rain.ysian government is out this morning with its preliminary report on flight 370. it finds a four-hour gap between the time controllers noticed the plane disappeared and the start of the search. the report recommends real-time tracking of commercial aircraft. the final aerial search ended yesterday. the jet vanished nearly two months ago. this morning malaysia airlines told the families of those aboard the missing boeing 777 to go home. many had stayed at hotels in malaysia desperate for news. >>> nba owners will hold their first official meeting today since donald sterling was banned from the league after racist comments. a third of the owners serve on a committee. they're expected to help clear the way to force sterling to sell the los angeles clippers. carter evans is at staples center, home of the resurgent team. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. players are calling on team owners to move quickly to force sterling to sell the clippers. now nba commissioner adam silver

. >> reporter: as the record- breaking water recedes in pensacola. homeowners begin cleaning up. >> oh, my gosh, look at this. >> reporter: whole backyards swallowed up into the earth. once a tennis court, now a sinkhole. inside muddy ruins. a tenant avoided drowning by climbing on top of the refrigerator with a life vest. >> so she was on the refrigerator because the water was rising too high? >> yeah. and she wasn't certain if she went out the door as to what she would run into. >> reporter: at the pensacola jail overnight it caused a gas explosion. at least two inmates dead. nearly 150 injured. including officers. over three days this storm brought 65 tornados from nebraska to north carolina. including on ef-4 in arkansas. one of the deadliest in decades. two feet of flood waters in florida. extreme flooding in ten states. all tolled, 865 reports of severe weather. at least 39 dead and more than $1 billion in damage. and fixing this mess won't be easy. we're told it could take weeks, even months. >> gio benitez reporting. thank you very much. >>>

from florida, 155 people have been sent to hospitals after a gas explosion and building collapse in pensacola. two people have been killed. this is at a jail and most of the injuries are inmates and corrections officers at the county jill. the blast caused the building to partly collapse. there were 600 inmates in the jail the at time, which was flooded during severe storms on tuesday and wednesday and they are investigating if this was related to that. >> temperatures could be rising but in the city of santa cruz, water usage should not, and that is because drought-induced water rationing begins and matt keller is in santa cruz with the hand and the penalties. >>> how serious is this? check out the water fountain here at city hall, no water flowing and it has been changed into a planter for plants that don't need water with water rationing starting today running through october 31 designed to provide enough water for indoor use but not for outdoor irrigation. you are not allowed to water your property between 10:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. the goal is to save 100 million gallons of water and many lon

look at that in pensacola.generally would have had 20 inches of rain by this opinion in a year. they've had 50 inches. 30 inches over your averages and this is the future radar. we'll see a little bit more rain across the panhandle of florida, but a that exact same system, the end have to cold front, will sag along the florida and we'll clear things out for most of the country for the weekend. >> that sounds good. we just told you about the explosion at the county jail in florida. we are just being told in a news bull continue say officials located three of the inmates who were missing. however the alert does not say whether they are alive. we'll get you more information as soon as it becomes available. >> we're also getting new details about delays in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. nearly two months after the plane went missing the malaysian government released a preliminary report on the investigation. >>> our first look inside the south korean ferry as the ship was beginning to tip. some of the

his phantom drone with its mounted camera became key to a search operation wall street near pensacolats video reassured first responders no one was trapped inside this sifng hole. >> there's some things you can't see when you're on the ground, and when you get in the air, it's a whole different perspective. >> reporter: drone enthusiasts have to follow a couple of rules. they have to maintain a 400-foot ceiling for the drone and they also cannot sell the video for commercial purposes. but the f.a.a. has privacy concerns and safety concerns and is expected to issue more regulations by the end of the year. >> we're still in a little bit of a gray area. >> reporter: dr. jamey jacob is ray professor of aerospace engineering at oklahoma state university. >> the technology is essentially outpacing the regulations right now, and it is taking some time for the regulations to catch up. >> reporter: this week, the f.a.a. find a new york man for recklessly flying and crashing his drone in manhattan last september, and the agency's investigating an arkansas television station for using a drone as