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ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Yes. So many people do. You're right about that, George. We're going to begin, though, the extreme weather on both coasts. The deadly bomb cyclone and atmospheric river bringing torrential rain to the West. Northeast, we're finally getting some much needed rain, even some snow in some areas, Ginger. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GIO BENITEZ (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now we're going to turn to the new emergency video that was just released of the emergency response moments after the Baltimore bridge disaster. ABC's Ike Ejiochi is here with those incredible images. Good morning, Ike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JANAI NORMAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Yes. But we do begin with that new round of devastating weather in Texas, already battered by torrential rain, flooding, tornadoes, and huge hail. Somara Theodore is live for us in Conroe, Texas. Good morning to you, Somara. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are back with an encounter between a South Carolina man and an alligator. The diver was pulled down to the bottom of the river before fighting back and freeing himself. Victor Oquendo has the details. Good morning, Victor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thank you, Janai. Now to the water crisis in Louisiana. An effort is under way to stop salt water from infiltrating water systems for more than a million people. Ginger's in New Orleans with the story. Hey, Ginger. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are looking forward to that. Hope you guys don't need the umbrellas later. But we're going to begin right now with the latest on the catastrophic flooding in Vermont. Crews are racing to save people right now. It could take days before everyone trapped is rescued. Janai Norman is in Montpelier. Good morning, Janai. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LINSEY DAVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Michael, thank you. Now to the environmental emergency after a train wreck in Montana. Molten sulfur and asphalt spilling into the Yellowstone River after a bridge collapsed there. Our chief national correspondent Matt Gutman is on the scene for us. Good morning, Matt. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Yeah, difficult weather weekend ahead. Sam, thank you. And speaking of that, the Mississippi River, as Sam noted there, swelling to levels not seen in decades. Let's go to ABC News senior meteorologist Rob Marciano, he's in St. Paul, Minnesota, with more on the flood threat there. Rob, Good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LINSEY DAVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But some terrifying moments, Gio, thank you. Now to the communities who live along the Mississippi River bracing for historic flooding. Ginger Zee is tracking it all. Hey, Ginger. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

REBECCA JARVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A big question and a real inflection point. Thank you James Longman. We turn not to the urgent water warning in Philadelphia after a chemical spill in the Delaware River. Erielle Reshef is in Philadelphia with the latest on the safety of the city's drinking water. Good morning, Erielle Reshef. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CECILIA VEGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, George. We're gonna turn now to the flood emergency in the south, and warnings to residents of Mississippi's biggest city to get out before a major river crests. Trevor Ault is in Brandon, Mississippi, with more on this. Good morning, Trevor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) No question about it, Rob. Pennsylvania hit hard. Hundreds of water rescues were needed to save people from the floods. Janai Norman is on the scene in Philadelphia. Good morning, Janai. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ANNOUNCER Welcome back to "GMA," live from Times Square. (Off-camera) Welcome back to "GMA." And we have such a great audience here with us this morning. Thank you, guys, for being here. MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thank you, Doc and Robin. Now to that state of emergency in the south. The Pearl River in Mississippi is now at its highest in decades and still rising. Neighborhoods are already swamped. Alex Perez there in Jackson with the latest. Good morning, Alex. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Rob, thank you. Southern Louisiana is bracing this morning for that direct hit. The storm expected to be a major test for those levees, which protect New Orleans, which failed during hurricane Katrina. Joining us now is Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Governor, good morning to you. And I want to ask you first about the preparations that are under way as you all prepare for that direct hit. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CECILIA VEGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we know you and your team will be watching this all morning, Ginger. Now let's go over to Rob Marciano who's there in New Orleans where a state of emergency has already been declared. Good morning, Rob. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, we're gonna switch gears now and turn to a family tragedy for country music star Granger Smith. He shared the news that his three-year-old son died in a drowning accident at home, and Amy's here with the story. Hey, Amy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Yeah, they're trying to run that down. Okay, Dan, thanks very much. Authorities also investigating this weekend's aviation accident here in the US. A charter plane skidded off the runway into a river in Jacksonville. ABC's Victor Oquendo is on the scene. And, Victor, what's happening with that plane right now? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We do wanna turn now to the deadly and historic flooding in the Midwest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, Robin, back home out west now to mandatory evacuations triggered by a massive mudslide along the Russian River in Sonoma County, California. Our chief national correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back now with the story behind the unusual sight in Maine. A giant floating disc of ice spinning in a river, fascinating and perplexing people all across the country. And T.J. Holmes, the best one to send there for it all. Hey there, T.J. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Joining us now is the Mayor of Fayetteville, on the phone with us from North Carolina, Mitch Colvin. Mayor, thanks so much for taking the time to speak to us. We really appreciate it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) It is a serious situation. Many neighborhoods are just swamped. The experts are saying the worst may not be behind us. Rob agrees with that. They're now issuing new mandatory evacuations in the most vulnerable inland areas. And ABC's Eva Pilgrim is right there in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where the rivers are rising to near catastrophic levels. Eva, good morning to you. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Yeah, and we've been hearing about that desperate situation in New Bern. Want to go now o one couple trapped in the flooding there, Jay and Sherry Schreiber, and joining us by phone. And tell us, Jay, exactly where you are right now. I know you're in your condo up on the second floor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first, we wanna begin with that dire situation out west. The explosion of wildfires overnight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's move now from Houston to Beaumont, Texas, where the flood waters are receding slowly and the situation is dire. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) Now at least 39. Our senior meteorologist Rob Marciano who's been right there since Harvey raged ashore as a ferocious Category 4 continues our coverage from just west of Houston in Richmond. Rob, good morning to you, sir. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thanks to you. The other big story in our Morning Rundown is the historic flooding in parts of Wisconsin and Illinois this morning. Severe storms now hitting the east. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And on this Memorial Day, authorities are investigating what caused a navy S.E.A.L.'s parachute to malfunction during a stunt. It happened near the Statue of Liberty. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA HARIS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) And this morning there is extreme concern in the Midwest as several rivers in both Iowa and Wisconsin are in major flood stages because of heavy rainfall in that region. And Rob's here with the details. Rob, that flooding is expected to get worse over the next hours and days? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) If you all haven't seen it yet, "Sully" is soaring to the top of the box office. Amy sat down recently with Clint Eastwood, the director. Can anybody do a Clint Eastwood impersonation? No, okay. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna have more on that coming up, but first those deadly floods. Maryland's governor has declared a state of emergency after a devastating storm tore through Ellicott City killing at least two people. ABC's Gio Benitez is on the scene in Ellicott City. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We do move on now though to another breaking story this morning. Look at this. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we do start here with a new view of the devastation in Missouri, a state swamped by the historic floods. This morning, 24 are dead and more than 100 homes destroyed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thanks, Dan. And we wanna move now to flood-ravaged South Carolina. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Ginger, thanks. We're gonna turn in the meantime to that toxic spill, the emergency that continues. The tainted water. Arsenic from that abandoned mine spilling into the river in Colorado this morning as the head of the EPA visits, and now tries to take the blame for that catastrophe, promising to do everything possible to clean it up now. ABC's Clayton Sandell is in Durango, Colorado with the latest for us. Clayton, good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, Ginger, thank you. Now to that environmental disaster in Colorado. The governor declaring a state of emergency there after three million gallons of toxic water accidentally released into the river. The yellow sludge making its way to New Mexico and threatening Lake Powell on the Utah/Arizona border. ABC's Clayton Sandell has that story for us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first, we have to get to this breaking news. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There are people tweeting that there are still some people inside that arena. It has been a horrible weekend all across Texas. The severe storms leading to countless rescues. Crews are searching right now for that family washed away in a vacation home, and ABC's Matt Gutman is in Dallas with that part of the story. Matt? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first here, the brand-new development this morning in the case of a young woman accused of killing her fiancé while on a kayaking trip. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thanks, Dan. And storms will be firing up the rest of the holiday weekend and Rob tracking all of the severe weather this morning. Hi, Rob. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) They are bracing for the worst. Phillip, thank you. And the flash flooding and severe threat is expected to last through the holiday weekend. Rob's tracking it all. Rob, you were just saying quite a contrast to conditions just a few weeks ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) First this morning, our top story. The major flooding from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, causing people to leave behind their homes and their businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Just a horrifying scene. We're gonna move now on to that deadly plane crash breaking overnight as well. Here you're gonna see the plane going down shortly after takeoff, clipping that bridge right there, then ending up in a river. ABC's David Kerley is tracking the latest developments. Good morning, David. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we do want to get right to the ferocious storm that blasted the West Coast, including mudslides, a rare tornado, and saturating rain. Our anchor Rob Marciano is in Camarillo Springs, one of the hardest hit areas with the latest on what's going to be a massive cleanup effort there. Good morning, Rob. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BIANNA GOLODRYGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first let's get to the extreme weather. One of the worst hit spots has been Minnesota. ABC's Neal Karlinsky is in the waterlogged St. Paul with the very latest. Good morning, Neal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we do have a lot to get to, however, and we're gonna start right now with that bizarre and dangerous weather in the West. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Dan. We're gonna turn now to that video we just saw, a dramatic whitewater rescue. As a tour group going down some very large rapids, two people are thrown from the raft you see there. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LARA SPENCER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) 7:43 and we are back now with Kelly Osbourne's alarming health scare. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]