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Raleigh emergency crews completed a water rescue of three children in Marsh Creek in Raleigh on Thursday, fire department officials confirmed. 



'Held onto a branch and it broke:' Three children rescued from Raleigh creek amid Debby flooding

<p>UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. WILSON COUNTY AS WELL. BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT &gt;&gt; WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODING AND THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OUT THERE. WE HAVE SOME WATER RESCUES AND ARE WAY. LET'S GO RIGHT NOW LIVE TO WRAL. SHAUN GALLAGHER. SEAN, TELL US EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEAR MARSH CREEK THERE IN RALEIGH. WHAT'S HAPPENING? &gt;&gt; THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST RESCUED 3 KIDS WHO ARE HANGING ON TO A BRANCH THE CREWS RIGHT THERE BEHIND US. THEY JUST WRAPPED UP A HAPPY DAY HERE. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE KIDS HERE. WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN IN NOW AS WE LISTEN TO THEIR MOM AND I HEAR WHAT HAPPENED. &gt;&gt; RUSHING OVER AND ULTIMATELY PUTTING MY EYES ON ALL THESE KIDS BECAUSE EVEN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE LIKE OUR CHILDREN AND MAKING SURE THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WERE RESCUED IN BACK ON THE SITE WITH A SAFELY FREE FEELING. NOW. I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND VERY, REALLY, VERY HAPPY AND I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WE HAD ALL OF THAT. THESE RESCUE MEMBERS HERE TO HELP US. &gt;&gt; FOR YOUR KIDS. WHAT WAS THIS LIKE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAS OUT THERE WE HEARD THAT YOU GUYS WERE HANGING ON TO A BRANCH OR 20 GUYS WERE WERE OUT THERE. &gt;&gt; WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE? IT WAS. IT WAS VERY SCARY BECAUSE IT DOES I I OF THE WATER. IT WAS JUST LIKE IT WAS JUST WISHING I KNOW A BUNCH OF STICKS AND THEY WERE THEY WERE HITTING US. AND AND I WAS REALLY SCARY. CAUSE AT HAND. KELLY WAS LIKE SHE WAS BARELY HOLDING ON AND ONE FOOT RESOLVE. AND THEN THE RESCUE TEAM CAME JUST IN TIME TO COME IN THE BOAT. AND KELLY, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? OH, I WAS SCARED. I I KNEW I WAS SEEING IN THE FALL. BUT LIKE I STARTED TO GET REALLY NERVOUS TO AND HOW DID YOU GUYS GET OUT THERE? &gt;&gt; WELL, SO WEBER WE READ, I'M TAKING LIKE A BIKE RIDE THROUGH THE FOREST AND THEN I THINK WE GOT OFF OUR BIKES AND WE DISCOVER THIS AND THEN. AND I MY SISTER, SHE CROSSED. SHE GOT ACROSS GAVIN, HE DID TOO. AND THEN. AND TO ME AND HEAVY LEVERAGE. CHINA CROSSES WELL, BUT THEN IN Q LIKE HE HELD ON TO A BRANCH AND THEN IT BROKE AND THEN SLID DOWN AND HE HELD ON AND THEN WE JUST ONE AT A TIME FELL. &gt;&gt; AGAIN AND GAVIN, I MEAN, DOES US A LESSON FOR YOU GUYS TO NOT DO THIS YET IS SO I THINK THE LESSON IS THAT AND BE MORE SAFE AROUND LIKE A HEAVY PRESSURE, WATER AND DON'T GO PLACES. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. &gt;&gt; WHAT I SAW THAT EVERYONE'S LIKE IN TROUBLE. I MEAN, WE CALL 9-1-1. AND THAT'S ONE ALL THE PARENTS AND ON. WELL, FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME HERE AND THEN EVERYONE IS OKAY AND ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. I YOU YOU WERE PRETTY PRETTY HAPPY TO SEE. I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE HOW FAST THIS WATER IS BEHIND IT, IS THAT MAKE YOU SCARED? OF COURSE IT DOES BECAUSE IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT FOR IT TO GRAB THE KIDS AND TAKE THEM. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL THAT SWIMMERS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH. &gt;&gt; AND YOU'RE SCARED AND PANICKED. SOMETIMES ALL OF YOUR THE REASONING GOES OUT THE WINDOW. SO I WAS JUST REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR MAINTAINING THEIR COMPOSURE AND LISTENING TO THE RESCUE TEAM AND &gt;&gt; AND DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND YOU HAVE AND I MEAN, A IT IS ALL I JUST KNEW THAT LIKE. &gt;&gt; SO I CALLED 9, 1, BEFORE CAUSE KELLY HAD A SEIZURE. CHINA LIKE HOW TO TALK. &gt;&gt; AND I DON'T LIKE STEAK HOME AFTER LIKE THIS. YOU SITUATION. SO I JUST CLICKED. I JUST TAKING TRASH. AND NOW THE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK, BUT YOU SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR SCRUBS ON YOUR YOUR NURSE. I MEAN, DO YOU INSTILL THIS KIND OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND YOUR KIDS JUST FROM WHAT YOUR PROFESSIONALS &gt;&gt; WELL, I I'M IN LABOR AND DELIVERY. SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT. BUT I DO TRY TO TEACH THEM AWARENESS OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND JUST HOW DO YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN AS A PARENT AND SOMETIMES KIDS GET INTO TROUBLE. BUT I MEAN, KNOWING WHAT TO DO, LISTENING TO EACH OTHER, LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN SITUATIONS. I THINK THESE KIDS SHOULD REALLY GOOD OF DOING THAT WITH EACH OTHER. SO &gt;&gt; YOU GUYS GOING TO GO IN THIS WATER EVER &gt;&gt; SO CLEARLY, GUYS, US A LESSON LEARNED FOR THESE KIDS TODAY. BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER BEHIND THEM CLEARLY RUSHING PASS. IT IS VERY, VERY FAST. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE BEHIND BEHIND THEM. THIS IS A CASE THAT WE'VE SEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE, WHETHER IT'S CRABTREE MARTIAN, SMITH SMITH CREEK, THAT WE SAW JUST A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY OR RIGHT HERE BEHIND US. BUT CREW WITH RFD, THEY HAD THEIR HIGH WATER RESCUE TEAM OUT THAT WE SAW THERE ARE TRUCKS OUT FRONT AND WE GOT HERE JUST AS THEY WERE PACKING UP A LOT OF SMILES. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT USUALLY THE CASE WHEN WE COME TO THESE KINDS OF STORIES. BUT A DAY LIKE THIS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION OF FOR EVERYBODY, THESE KIDS AND THE CREW THAT</p>

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ð¨Live updatesð¨Two dams break in southern NC, tornado watch extended for Triangle & several other counties

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WRAL meteorologists are closely watching the levels of several North Carolina rivers as Debby inches closes to North Carolina.



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