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>> HEAVY RAIN BRINGS NEW FLOODING TO METRO DETROIT
FLOODING TO METRO DETROIT
LEAVING DRIVERS STRANDED OP
SWAMPED FREEWAYS AND YES, THERE
ARE SEWAGE ISSUES, TOO.
ROD.
>> LOOK BEHIND ME A VIRTUAL LAKE ON A CITY STREET.
ON A CITY STREET.
WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OUT HERE
AND TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE
PROBLEMS HAD A HAPPENED ACROSS
METRO DETROIT TODAY.
>> Karen: STORM TRACKER 4 SHOWING YOU THE SYSTEM THAT
SHOWING YOU THE SYSTEM THAT
CONTINUES TO DUMP RAIN ON
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND IT COULD
GO ON FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, I’M KAREN DREW, THANK YOU FOR BEING
KAREN DREW, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE FIRST AT 4 ON A FRIDAY WHEN
THE WEATHER IS CAUSING ALL SORTS
OF PROBLEMS.
LET’S GET THINGS STARTED WITH
ANDREW HUMPHREY AND A LOOK AT WHAT’S CAUSING THIS NEW ROUND OF
WHAT’S CAUSING THIS NEW ROUND OF
FLOODING, ANDREW.
>> THIS IS CAUSED BY THE FRONTAL
SYSTEM THAT’S ON TOP OF US,
PROVIDES A CONVEYOR BELT OF
DETROIT AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THAT CONTINUES TO THIS HOUR.
THAT CONTINUES TO THIS HOUR.
THE RAINS BECOME LIGHTER AND
WE’VE SEEN STEADIER HEAVIER RAIN
WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS AND
SEEING AT LEAST STEADY LIGHT RAIN FROM ROD IN DETROIT.
RAIN FROM ROD IN DETROIT.
FOR US IN DETROIT SOME OF THE
HEAVIER RAIN IN AREAS OF DARK
GREEN AND SHELL PI TOWNSHIP AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
WE HAVE FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR
OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES AND
WASHTENAW COUNTY YOU’RE IN THE
CLEAR ONLY FOR NOW BECAUSE
THERE’S MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST.
FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN UP FOR ALL
OF WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 5:15.
FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND 14 OR 15
MINUTES, WE HAVE WARM MOISTURE DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST
DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST
THAT’S HEAVIER, BUT A LITTLE
MORE SCATTERED DOWN TOWARD
ADRIAN.
SO THIS IS WHAT TO EFFECT PERSISTENT RAIN UNTIL 6 P.M. AND
PERSISTENT RAIN UNTIL 6 P.M. AND
MORE SCATTERED LATER TONIGHT,
BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADY RAIN
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WHAT YOU
CAN DO, THE FULL FORECAST FOR
YOU TONIGHT AND YOUR WEEKEND IN MINUTES.
>> Karen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
ANDREW.
NOW, THIS WAS THE SCENE EARLIER
TODAY AS THE LODGE FREEWAY HAD
TO BE CLOSED UNDERNEATH THE TCF
CENTER WHERE IT MEETS JEFFERSON IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
IT REOPENED BRIEFLY, BUT THEN
FLOODED AGAIN AND SOMEONE HAD TO
BE RESCUED.
THE VERY LATEST, LET’S GET TO
TIM PAMPLIN, HE’S LIVE ON THE
SCENE, A MESSY DAY OUT THERE, TIM.
>> YEAH, KAREN, WE’VE BEEN HERE
SINCE THE NOON SHOW AND IT’S
BEEN AWFUL.
AS WE ZOOM IN, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL IN THE SHOWERS,
BIT OF A LULL IN THE SHOWERS,
BUT IT’S SPEWING UP AND DOWN AND
A YUCK MAN WAS SITTING IN THE
VEHICLE AND GOT STUCK IN THE
FLOOD WATER AND THAT CAUGHT OUT THE AUTHORITIES SITTING ON THE
THE AUTHORITIES SITTING ON THE
ROOF OF THE VEHICLE AND THEY GOT
THE BOAT, I THINK THAT MSP GOT
THEIR RESCUE BOAT OUT AND
MANAGED TO GET THE MAN OFF THE
VEHICLE AND INTO SAFETY. WHEN IT RAIN IT POURS OUT HERE,
WHEN IT RAIN IT POURS OUT HERE,
WE’RE IN A LITTLE ABOUT IT OF--
BIT OF A LULL AND WHEN THE RAINS
COME DOWN AND THE FREEWAYS FILL UP AND MORE RAIN IN THE
UP AND MORE RAIN IN THE
FORECAST, BETTER BE CAREFUL OUT
HERE, I GUESS.
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO,
KAREN.
>> Karen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TIM, STAY SAFE YOURSELF.
TIM, STAY SAFE YOURSELF.
MEANTIME, TOW TRUCKS HAVE BEEN
BUSY AT LAWNDALE IN DETROIT.
STANDING WATER WAS TOO HIGH TO
GET THROUGH. THE GENERAL RULE, IF YOU CAN’T
THE GENERAL RULE, IF YOU CAN’T
TELL HOW DEEP THE WATER IT, DO
NOT GO THROUGH IT.
IN ONE DEARBORN HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MAIN STREET
HAS BECOME A RIVER FILLED WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES, AND PEOPLE
GARBAGE RECEPTACLES, AND PEOPLE
ARE NERVOUS ABOUT SEWERS BACKING
UP.
SENDING WATER INTO THE BASEMENTS AND WORSEMENT AND ROD MELONI
AND WORSEMENT AND ROD MELONI
WITH WHERE THINGS ARE STANDING
RUE NOW.
WHAT A MESS.
>> IT’S TERRIBLE HERE BEHIND ME, WE CAN’T SEE IT HOW, BUT A
WE CAN’T SEE IT HOW, BUT A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO THEY WERE
IT LITERALLY USING KAY YAKS TO GET AROUND AND THIS IS NOT THE
GET AROUND AND THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME WE’VE BEEN IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS WITH THIS FLOODING.
IT’S RATHER INTENSE, MANY OF
THOSE BASEMENTS ARE FULL OF
WATER AND IN FACT, THE WATER IS PROBABLY UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE
PROBABLY UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE
LIVING ROOMS IN SOME OF THE
PLACES AS WE LOOK AT THE
SITUATION. NOW, THERE’S A CAR BEHIND ME
NOW, THERE’S A CAR BEHIND ME
HERE, TOO, THAT HAS WATER UP TO
THE WHEEL WELLS.
WE TALKED TO A GENTLEMAN AND HIS
NAME IS DAN MURRAY AND UNLIKE THE OTHER HOUSES HIS HOUSE SITS
THE OTHER HOUSES HIS HOUSE SITS
ON A SLAB AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN
FLOODING YET.
BUT LET’S HEAR FROM HIM AND HOW
HE LOOKS AT THIS SITUATION. >> I’M ON A SLAB HOUSE AND MY
>> I’M ON A SLAB HOUSE AND MY
HEAT DUCTS, THAT’S WHAT I’M
JUDGING IT BY RIGHT NOW.
MY HEAT DUCTS ARE PROBABLY A QUARTER FULL OF WATER RIGHT NOW
QUARTER FULL OF WATER RIGHT NOW
SO THAT MEANS THE WATER IS KOHL
COMING IN AS SOON AS IT’S UP TO
THE HEAT DUCTS, IT’S FLOODING
THE HOUSE.
>> YOU EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN
TONIGHT?
>> YEAH, THEY SAY THE WORST IS
COMING, RIGHT?
I DON’T KNOW.
>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS HE
DOES KNOW IS THAT THAT IS ECORSE
CREEK BEHIND HIS HOUSE HERE.
THAT IS WATER IN THE CREEK THERE
AND WHAT HE BELIEVES HAPPENED IS
THAT THEY’VE BEEN PUMPING WATER
OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AS IT GOES
INTO THE CREEK AND THEN IT ALL
WINDS UP HERE, SO LET’S TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS SITUATION
HERE AS WE’VE GOT TWO TO THREE
FEET OF WATER, MAYBE MORE, ON
HANOVER STREET AT TELEGRAPH, PEOPLE QUITE LITERALLY USING
PEOPLE QUITE LITERALLY USING
KAYAKS TO GET AROUND.
REPORTING HERE IN DETROIT.
>> YOU FEEL FOR THE RESIDENTS
THERE IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROD.
FIRST AT 4:00, A 50-YEAR-OLD
WORKER AT AK STEEL DIES AFTER
FALLING FROM ELEVATED CATWALK.
THIS HAPPENED AFTER 3:00 AT THE CLEVELAND CLIFFS FACILITIES ON
CLEVELAND CLIFFS FACILITIES ON
SOUTH MILLER ROAD IN DEARBORN.
AND INVESTIGATORS SAY FOUL PLAY
IS NOT SUSPECTED AND MIOSHA WILL
CONDUCT A COMPLETE
INVESTIGATION.
>> Karen: WHAT HAPPENED.
EAST 14 IS OPEN AT PLYMOUTH
TOUCHDOWN FOLLOWING A SHOOTING.
THE DRIVER WHO WAS SHOT AT CALLED 911, SAYING THE DRIVER OF
CALLED 911, SAYING THE DRIVER OF
A BROWN CAR SHOT AT THEM DURING
A ROAD RAGE ACCIDENT.
THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY PULLED
OVER AS THE SHOOTER KEPT DRIVER.
THE INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE
VICTIM’S SIDE DOOR WAS HIT BY FN
GUNFIRE.
COMING UP, SHAWN LEY WILL HAVE
THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION
AND WE’VE BEEN REPORTING ABOUT
THE HIGHWAY SHOOTINGS
FREQUENTLY, UNFORTUNATELY.
MAKING HEADLINES AND WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN IN CANADA, A CITY IN
TO BEGIN IN CANADA, A CITY IN
ONTARIO WAS HIT BY A TORNADO, AND IT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
AND IT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
IT HAPPENED IN BARRIE FIVE--
50 MILES NORTH OF TORONTO.
TN SOME HOMES WERE DESTROYED AT
LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE WERE HURT.
THEY’RE CHECKING THROUGH TO MAKE
SURE NO ONE WAS TRAPPED IN THE
RUBBLE.
THE SEARCH FOR VICTIMS IN THE RUBBLE OF A SOUTH FLORIDA CONDO
RUBBLE OF A SOUTH FLORIDA CONDO
BUILDING MAY BE ENING SOON.
EIGHT PEOPLE ARE STILL
CLASSIFIED AS MISSING OR
UNACCOUNTED FOR. IF SEVEN THEM ARE MATCHED TO THE
IF SEVEN THEM ARE MATCHED TO THE
UNIDENTIFIED VICTIMS THAT WOULD
MEAN THAT CREWS ARE SEARCHING
FOR ONE MORE VICTIM IN THE DEBRIS AND VIEWS HAVE NOT SAID
DEBRIS AND VIEWS HAVE NOT SAID
WHEN THAT IS EXPECTED TO END.
THE FLOODING IN METRO DETROIT IS
BAD, BUT IN EUROPE, IT’S BEEN
DEADLY.
ENTIRE TOWNS SWAMPED AFTER
INTENSE MID WEEK RAINFALL AND
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ARRIVING
FROM NONAFFECTED COUNTRIES TO
HELP.
KIMBERLY GILL GETTING THE LATEST
VIDEO INFORMATION FROM THE NEWS
ROOM.
>> Kimberly: HI, KAREN.
AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
AND HUNDREDS MORE MISSING DUE TO
THE SEVERE FLOODING IN WESTERN
EUROPE.
THE TWO HARDEST HIT ARE BELGIUM
AND GERMANY. GERMANY’S WESTERN STATES ARE
GERMANY’S WESTERN STATES ARE
HAMMERED WITH RAINFALL CAUSING
RIVERS TO BURST THEIR BANKS.
CARS ARE SUBMERGED IN STREETS
AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOMES. THE DEATH TOLL THERE STANDS AT
THE DEATH TOLL THERE STANDS AT
105.
IT’S ESTIMATED SOME OF THESE
WESTERN STATES GOT BETWEEN FOUR
AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A 24 HOUR SPAN.
24 HOUR SPAN.
IN BELGIUM, BROWN FLOOD WATERS
HAVE TAKEN OVER AS THE ESTIMATED
DEATH TOLL REACHED 20 PEOPLE.
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN FROM FRANCE, ITALY AND
IN FROM FRANCE, ITALY AND
AUSTRIA TO HELP WITH RESCUE
EFFORTS AND SO FAR ABLE TO SAVE
40 PEOPLE.
TAKE A LOOK AT DRAMATIC VIDEO
FROM A TOWN IN BELGIUM. THE MAYOR THERE WAS GIVING AN
THE MAYOR THERE WAS GIVING AN
INTERVIEW WHEN ONE OF THE UPPER
FLOORS OF A HOME GAVE WAY BEHIND
HIM AND SENT FURNITURE AND OTHER
ITEMS SPILLING INTO THE FLOOD WATERS BELOW.
WATERS BELOW.
AS MANY AS 1500 PEOPLE ARE
UNACCOUNTED FOR IN WESTERN
EUROPE RIGHT NOW, BUT
AUTHORITIES ARE HOPEFUL THAT
HIGH NUMBER IS DUE MORE TO PHONE
LINES AND COMMUNICATIONS KNOCKED OUT AND CERTAIN PEOPLE BEING
OUT AND CERTAIN PEOPLE BEING
REPORTED MISSING MORE THAN ONCE.
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
>> Karen: THANK YOU, KIM.
AHEAD FIRST AT 4:00 ON YOUR
FRIDAY, A PHOTO IN NEED AN EXPLANATION.
POLICE TAKE A MAN INTO CUSTODY
AND YES, THAT’S AN ALLIGATOR
JUST A FEW FEET AWAY.
EVROD.
>> THE MOTOWN MUSEUM WAS FORCED
TO CLOSE ITS DOORS SUDDENLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.