HEIGHT OF THE AFTERNOON RUSH AFTER A MONTH’S WORTH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS
OVERNIGHT.
>> NOW TO LIVE PICTURES FROM
CANTON TOWNSHIP INTERSECTIONS.
THEY’RE CLOSED OFF,
NEIGHBORHOODS FLOODED AS SOME
PARTS OF METRO DETROIT SAW AS
MUCH AS SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN.
>> LET’S MOVE TO LIVE PICTURES
FROM WOW, LOOK AT METRO AIRPORT
THIS AFTERNOON. ALL OF THE RAIN
FLOODED THE TUNNELS TO THE
MCNAMARA TERMINAL, MEANING
DOZENS OF FLIGHTS DELAYED OR
CANCELED, LEADING TO THE LINES
WE HAVE AT THIS HOUR.
>> WOW. THE RAIN HAS LEFT
29,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER
ON WHAT COULD END UP BEING THE
HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
>> SO A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER
HERE. BUT LET’S START THINGS
OFF AT FIVE WITH WORRIES ABOUT
WHAT COULD BE TO COME. ALL EYES
ON EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR CLEAR
AT THE MOMENT, BUT THE THREAT
OF MORE STORMS IS FAR FROM
OVER. WE’VE HAD REALLY HIGH
TEMPERATURES, REALLY HIGH
HUMIDITY CONDITIONS RIPE FOR
MORE TROUBLE. YEAH.
>> SO LET’S GET OVER TO KIM
ADAMS. KIM, THE WEATHER SERVICE
HAS PART OF THE REGION IN AN
ENHANCED RISK OR AN ENHANCED
RISK, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST
WE’VE SEEN IN A WHILE.
>> USUALLY WE HOVER SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN MARGINAL TO SLIGHT
RISK, WHICH WE’VE SEEN SOME
PRETTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EVEN BEING WITHIN THOSE RISK
AREAS. BUT NOW AN ENHANCED RISK
THAT IS A LEVEL THREE. WE HAVE
THE RISK FOR HIGH WINDS, LARGE
HAIL, AND WE CAN’T RULE OUT AN
ISOLATED TORNADO. BUT ONE OF
THE BIG RISKS TONIGHT WILL BE
ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT WE GET THAT
COULD CAUSE MORE FLOODING. YOU
GO NORTH OF I 69. IT’S A SLIGHT
RISK, BUT SOUTH OF THAT AND AN
ENHANCED RISK. AND IF YOU’VE
NOTICED, THE SUN HAS POPPED OUT
THIS AFTERNOON IN MANY AREAS.
THE HUMIDITY HAS GONE UP EVEN
MORE AND THE TEMPERATURE AND
THAT’S NOT A GREAT SIGN FOR
WHEN WE GET THESE SEVERE
STORMS, THEY WILL DEVELOP VERY
QUICKLY. SOME WILL BE
SUPERCELLS WITH 70 MILE PER
HOUR WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND
AGAIN, THAT HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE
ADDING TO THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND. AND YOUR EVENING
PLANNER, YOU’RE OKAY FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT THESE
STORMS ARE GOING TO DEVELOP
VERY QUICKLY BETWEEN SEVEN AND
ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THAT’S
THE TIME FRAME WE’RE LOOKING
FOR 83 DEGREES AT 8:00 WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING. WE’RE REALLY IN THE
THICK OF IT BY 10:00 AND AT
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THINGS WILL
START TO WIND DOWN. BUT WE DO
EXPECT THOSE STRONG STORMS
AGAIN TO DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY.
SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S
THURSDAY, SO WE DO AT LEAST GET
TO TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND, TOO,
AND WE’LL DO THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES. OKAY, KIM, RIGHT NOW,
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT HAS MORE
THAN DOUBLED THE DELAYS IN
CANCELLATIONS THAN ANY OTHER
AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY.
>> AND THIS IS WHY. OH, YEAH,
THE RAIN FLOODED THE TUNNELS
THAT LEAD TO THE MCNAMARA
TERMINAL, CUTTING OFF ACCESS
AND THAT HAS WHAT LED TO A REAL
MESS ALL DAY LONG. AND THE
RIPPLE EFFECTS GO ON. HANK
WINCHESTER LIVE AT METRO
AIRPORT, NOT A GREAT DAY TO
HAVE TO FLY. HANK
>> I LOOKED UP DEVIN.
>> IT’S AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER. I
MEAN, THAT’S JUST THE BOTTOM
LINE HERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS,
THOUGH, THAT I CAN SHARE WITH
YOU AS YOU LOOK AT THESE HUGE
CROWDS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN
SEE HERE IN THE MCNAMARA
TERMINAL, THE GOOD NEWS IS
FLIGHTS ARE TAKING OFF TONIGHT.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE ROADS IN
AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT HAVE
REOPENED. AND THE BAD NEWS IS
YOU’RE GOING TO BE WAITING A
LONG TIME.
>> WHEN DID YOU FIRST REALIZE
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR
PLANES? UM, WELL, I SAW
SOMETHING ON TWITTER THIS
MORNING. GO, GO, GO, GO.
>> WHAT? TRAVELERS LIKE BILL
AND OTHERS SAW THIS MORNING
VIDEOS LIKE THESE PARTS OF
SUBMERGED ROADS, IMPASSABLE
FLIGHTS DELAYED OR CANCELED.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO CALL.
I IMAGINE IF YOU CALL DELTA,
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHEN
THE WATER IS GOING TO GO DOWN
EITHER.
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET
CRUSHED. IF YOU DO NOT MOVE THE
WILD WEATHER IN THE AREA
OVERNIGHT, CAUSING CHAOS AT
DETROIT METRO.
>> PEOPLE DITCHING THEIR CARS,
WALKING TO THE TERMINAL OR
WALKING TO THEIR RIDES, WHO
COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET
TO THEM.
>> SHE’S OVER THERE AND I’M
TRYING MY BEST TO WALK AND DO
CROSS TRAFFIC AND THE COPS ARE
SAYING, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO
DO.
>> OTHERS WAITING IN HUGE LINES
AT THE EVANS TERMINAL, HOPPING
ON A BUS TO GET TO MCNAMARA.
>> HOW LONG WAS IT?
>> I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE SEVEN
HOURS.
>> YOU WAITED SEVEN HOURS? YEAH
JUST TO GET ON THE BUS TO GET
OVER HERE.
>> WE’VE NOW MADE OUR WAY
INSIDE THE MCNAMARA TERMINAL.
TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN SEE JUST
HUGE CROWDS, FRUSTRATED FLIERS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD
HERE, YOU CAN ALSO NOTICE A
NUMBER OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN
CANCELED BECAUSE OF ALL THE
FLOODING PROBLEMS. AND IN THIS
HUGE CROWD, WE ONCE AGAIN FOUND
BILL, WHO’S HOPING HE’S NOW
WHEELS UP, HEADING TO A FAMILY
WEDDING IN COLORADO 12 HOURS
AFTER HIS LONG JOURNEY BEGAN.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE INSIDE
MCNAMARA. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS
THE LINE RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE
JUST CHECKING BAGS FOR DELTA.
NOT EVEN ONE OF THE SECURITY
LINES. THOSE LINES ARE JUST
WRAPPING AND ZIGZAGGING ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE AIRPORT ON BOTH
LEVELS HERE. AGAIN, THE GOOD
NEWS IN THIS SITUATION IS THAT
THE FLOODING ISSUE HAS BEEN
RESOLVED. THE TRAFFIC ON THE
OUTSIDE COMING AND GOING AS
EXPECTED. UNFORTUNATELY,
THOUGH, MANY FLIGHTS TODAY HAVE
BEEN CANCELED AND THOSE
CANCELED OPTIONS NOW CONTINUING
THROUGH THE EVENING. SO, OF
COURSE, TAKE THE TIME, CHECK
THE STATUS OF YOUR FLIGHT
BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY HERE
AT METRO. WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE THAT LIVE COVERAGE.
WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TONIGHT
AT 6:00 WITH ADVICE DIRECTLY
FROM DELTA. FOR NOW, DEVIN,
KIMBERLY, BACK TO YOU.
>> SO, HANK, COUPLE HOURS OF
RAIN, BUT HOURS AND HOURS AND
HOURS NOW OF SPILLOVER EFFECT.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY. THAT’S THE
PROBLEM. I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE
FLIGHTS THIS MORNING, I MEAN,
IT WASN’T JUST PASSENGER HOURS
WHO COULDN’T GET TO THE PLANE.
THE CREWS, THE PILOTS, THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, MAINTENANCE
CREWS, THEY COULD NOT GET TO
THE AIRCRAFT. SO AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, THAT RIPPLE EFFECT IS
JUST CONTINUING THROUGH THE
EVENING. WE’VE GOT ABOUT HALF
OF THE BOARD WITH CANCELLATIONS
RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, HALF
THOSE PLANES TAKEN OFF. SO YOU
KNOW, SILVER LINING THERE,
RIGHT?
>> THAT’S HOPE. YEAH ALL RIGHT.
>> WE’LL KEEP FOLLOWING WHAT’S
GOING ON THERE. BUT FROM THE
AIRPORT, LET’S NOW MOVE NINE
MILES NORTHWEST TO CANTON
TOWNSHIP WHERE PEOPLE ARE
DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF
INTENSE FLOODING ROADS AT
MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS ARE
IMPASSABLE AND SOME RESIDENTS
HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH NO WAY OUT
OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> VICTOR WILLIAMS IS LIVE
TONIGHT. VICTOR WE’VE SEEN
DRIVERS BEING STUCK IN THE HIGH
WATER ALL DAY TODAY.
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, DEVIN,
KIMBERLY, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
WE’RE SEEING RIGHT HERE. THE
AFTERMATH OF THE FLOODING THAT
HAS LEFT A LOT OF CONGESTION
RIGHT HERE ON SHELDON. THE ROAD
AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THESE ARE
THE ABANDONED VEHICLES RIGHT
HERE. AND NOW THAT ALL OF THE
FLOODWATER IS GONE, ALL OF
THESE DRIVERS NOW HAVE TO
NAVIGATE AROUND THIS. BUT IT’S
A BIG HASSLE IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
>> I WAS STRAN NEEDED IN WATER.
I TRIED TO HELP THIS ELDERLY
LADY. HER NAME IS ANNIE. I END
UP TAKING HER TO SUMPTER AND
TODD AND I’M JUST GETTING BACK
DRIVING IN CANTON TOWNSHIP
TODAY WAS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE
FOR SOME PEOPLE BEHIND THE
WHEEL, HAVING TO NAVIGATE
THROUGH MULTIPLE INCHES OF
WATER.
>> I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE. I’VE LIVED IN
CANTON FOR 16 YEARS AND I’VE
NEVER SEEN IT FLOOD LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
>> ROADWAYS WERE COVERED AS
MANY PEOPLE TRIED, SLOWLY
MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
FLOOD WATERS. OTHERS WEREN’T SO
LUCKY.
>> I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO LOOK
DOWN THERE. I SEE SOME CARS
KIND OF LOOKING LIKE THEY’RE
QUITE A BIT OF WATER UP OF
THEM. IT’S REALLY SHOCKING WITH
SEVERAL DRIVERS STRANDED ON THE
STREETS, THESE YOUNG MEN
DECIDED TO MAKE SEVERAL RESCUES
BY KAYAKING.
>> RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE MAKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH A STRIP MALL
PARKING LOT, GOT UP AT 530 THIS
MORNING TO GO TO WORK TO WORK
AT THE GOLF COURSE AND COULDN’T
PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY.
>> SO I DECIDED TO HAVE SOME
FUN AND HELP SOME PEOPLE OUT,
GET THE KAYAKS OUT AND PUSH
SOME CARS OUT OF THE WATER.
THAT STALLED OUT MANY DRIVERS
FOUND THEMSELVES EITHER TRYING
TO GO AROUND THE WATER.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS,
MEIJER PARKING LOT, SOME EVEN
BRAVE ENOUGH TO WALK THROUGH
THE WATER TO GET TO WHERE THEY
NEED TO GO. BUT AS THE WATER
STARTS TO RECEDE, SOME ARE
ASKING WHY THIS HAD TO HAPPEN
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> I’VE BEEN ON THE ROAD SINCE
830, BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL
THESE ROADBLOCKS AND
EVERYTHING, TRYING TO GET HOME
.
>> AND AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE,
IT’S JUST A BIG MESS OUT HERE
WITH EVERYONE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO IF THEY
NEED TO STOP OR WHATEVER ELSE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN ON THE
WAY BECAUSE JUST LIKE YOU GUYS
HAVE SAID, A STORM IS INDEED ON
THE WAY. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES
. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE
REPORTING LIVE IN CANTON
TOWNSHIP, VICTOR WILLIAMS,
LOCAL 4.
>> UNBELIEVABLE PICTURES
TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, WE
APPRECIATE IT. AND OUR COVERAGE
OF THE FLOODING IS FAR FROM
OVER TONIGHT.
>> AHEAD HERE AT 530, WE’RE
GOING TO TAKE AN AERIAL TOUR
WITH SKY FOUR TO SHOW YOU SOME
OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. BUT
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE
HEAVY RAIN REALLY, REALLY HIT
AND THEN COMPLETE SPARED OTHER
AREAS. THAT’S THE WAY IT’S BEEN
A NUMBER OF TIMES THIS PAST
SUMMER. THAT’S COMING UP HERE
AT 530.
>> ALL RIGHT. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE, THREE
PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN FORMALLY
CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING A 14 DAY
OLD TWINS FROM A HOTEL IN
LIVONIA.
>> CHANTEL JONES, CURTIS SLAY
AND DEVIN CHANDLER ALL FACING
CHARGES OF KIDNAPING THE
NEWBORN SUNDAY NIGHT FROM THE
QUALITY INN, WHICH SPARKED, OF
COURSE, AN AMBER ALERT. WE’VE
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL
WEEK, SHAWN LEY IN LIVONIA FOR
US. SHAWN GETTING QUITE A BIT
CLEARER PICTURE OF THE
POTENTIAL MOTIVE HERE.
>> YEAH, WE DID.
>> ALTHOUGH DETAILS VERY FEW IN
COURT. WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT
THESE THREE ARE BEING HELD
WITHOUT BOND. AND KEEP IN MIND,
A 16 YEAR OLD ALSO WRAPPED UP
IN THIS ALLEGED KIDNAPING
SCHEME. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING
OUTSIDE OF COURT FROM OUR
SOURCES, WE CONTINUE TO WORK
THE SOURCES THIS WEEK. I’M
BEING TOLD TONIGHT THAT THIS
ALL HAS TO DEAL WITH A FAKE
PREGNANCY AND THE DESIRE TO
PRODUCE TWINS TO FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
>> AND THE MATTER OF CHANTELLE
JONES.
>> LATE THIS AFTERNOON, 23 YEAR
OLD CHANTELLE JONES, ALONG WITH
TWO TEENS, 18 YEAR OLD CURTIS
SLAY AND 19 YEAR OLD DAVION
CHANDLER, APPEARED ON VIDEO
ARRAIGNED ON KIDNAP CHARGES AND
MORE BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT
PLEASE STATE HER NAME FOR THE
COURT RECORD. THE ALLEGATIONS
SHOCKING THAT JONES, ALONG WITH
THE THREE TEENS, ALLEGEDLY
BEFRIENDED THE MOTHER OF 14 DAY
OLD TWINS WITH PROMISES OF
HELPING HER WITH GIFT CARDS,
DIAPERS, WIPES. SOURCES TELL US
PEOPLE ALLEGEDLY WENT TO THE
PARENTS HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE
LAST WEEKEND AND TRIED TO BREAK
IN. WE’RE TOLD ONE OF THE TEENS
WAS ARMED. WE’RE ALSO TOLD THE
FATHER OF THE TWINS FIRED SHOTS
IN SELF DEFENSE. THE COUPLE AND
THE TWINS THEN WENT TO THE
QUALITY INN IN LIVONIA TO SEEK
SAFETY, BUT THEY DIDN’T KNOW
THE PEOPLE OFFERING HELP WERE
THE PEOPLE TRYING TO BREAK IN.
TWO WOMEN GOT INTO THEIR ROOM
AT THE QUALITY AND AT THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITY KIDNAPED THE TWINS.
SOURCES SAY JONES HAS A HISTORY
OF FAKING PREGNANCY AND
ALLEGEDLY WANTED THE TWINS TO
SHOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT
SHE HAD THEM ON HER OWN. SHE
RESIDES WITH BOTH OF HER
PARENTS IN DETROIT.
>> SHE’S CURRENTLY ACTIVE
LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT. SHE IS
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. SHE DOES
HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AND
SHE INDICATED THAT SHE IS
INTENDING ON STARTING SCHOOL
DURING THE WINTER SEMESTER.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE HAD NO
PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY BOND IN
THIS MATTER IS DENIED THIS
MATTER IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS,
ACCORDING TO THE ALLEGATIONS,
THE FIRST TWO COUNTS OF THE
COMPLAINT, ACTUALLY THE FIRST
THREE COUNTS OF THE COMPLAINT
AND INVOLVE THE POSSIBILITY OF
LIFE IN PRISON.
>> BACK HERE, LIVE LIFE IN
PRISON. ALL EIGHT CHARGES ARE
BIG TIME FELONIES. THEY ARE
KIDNAPING CHILD ENTICEMENT,
THREE COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL
IMPRISONMENT AND LARCENY FROM A
BUILDING, MULTIPLE COUNTS OF
LARCENY. GUYS, I’VE LEARNED THE
LARCENY IS THEFT OF THE TWINS
CAR SEATS, NOT JUST THE TWINS,
BUT THEIR CAR SEATS AS WELL.
BACK TO YOU.
>> SHAWN, THE MAGISTRATE,
PRETTY FORCEFUL IN DENYING BOND
FOR ALL THREE.
>> PROSECCO RECRUITER DIDN’T
EVEN GET TO STATE HER CASE
ABOUT WHY BOND SHOULD BE HIGH
OR DENIED. DEFENSE ATTORNEY
COURT APPOINTED DEFENSE
ATTORNEY SAID, LOOK, NO
CRIMINAL HISTORY HERE. SHE’S
BEEN IN JAIL ALL WEEK. THE
MAGISTRATE CUT THEM OFF AND
SAID, THIS IS SO, SO SERIOUS.
ABSOLUTELY NO BOND AT ALL.