here's neal karlinksky with more. >> reporter: meteorologists are calling it a fire hose coming in off the pacific. >> lord, help me get through this. >> reporter: from seattle to portland, three days of storms haven't just brought widespread flooding, but mudslides. near portland, a 60-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her bedroom. a series of mudslides temporarily blocked roads. one barreled through this waterfront home outside seattle, tearing through the first floor, while tyler ford's grandmother was still inside. >> devastating to see everything get turned upside-down in an instant. but very thankful that everybody is alive. >> reporter: in some places, people have been rescued by boat. >> next thing you know, it's time to get out. >> reporter: the waters have now begun to recede. not before portland smashed rain records two days straight. and seattle broke a record with 2.13 inches of rain. >> the force of these incredible. not only taking out a huge chunk of the house but there's a pickup truck down there and there's a car that was swept down there. it's these hills

neal karlinksky was there for the unveiling. >> it was the new apple tvceo tim cook seed most excited about. >> the television experience has been virtually standing still today. >> we are going to do something about that. >> the new black box puts games and other apps on your television and a new way of searching, just your voice. show me schwarzenegger movies. look at that, it works. you can call up a grid of every baseball game being played go directly to any game or see stats as you watch. there's the ipad pro, their biggest ever, the flu iphones include 3-d touch. the phone senses how hard you press to bring up other options. none of these are cheap is why a slew of companies are anxious to buy your old phone. gazelle and glide offering an anywhere from $20 to $485. of all the big announcements the one thing people consistently say they want the most. longer battery life for their phones. neal karlinksky, abc news, san francisco. >>> so you weren't too excited by all the changes. >> i wasn't. a lot of people watching it yesterday weren't all that wowed by all of the improvements.

neal karlinksky, abc news, burns, oregoning. > incredible video. >> coming up in our next half hour, a major development in the case of the so-called affluenza teen ethan couch back in the u.s. this morning after weeks on the run in mexico. what kind punishment will he face now? >> first, putting those virtual siri versus core tan nab versus google. the one that came out on top. periscope with a new live streaming feature allowing users to broadcast video in realtime directly to friends via their social network account. as of now, it is only available for iphone users in the u.s. proving to be invaluable to law enforcement. it's called ocular based lie detection technology that uses infrared tracking to monitor eye behavior and the creator says it works more quickly and accurately than traditional methods to determine whether a person is lying during questioning. >> can you use it on your kids. >> you can use it on your hubby. >> okay. now we're talking, huh. >> it's been five years since sci-fi became science reality for most consumers when apple first bundled siri on its i phones.

here's abc's neal karlinksky. >> hit the jump. hit it. >> reporter: a father and son back country ski outing turning seconds as 5-year-old ethan goss disappears amidst the trees. he's fallen out of sight in that tree well. >> ethan? winston gaus digs his son out. the boy fighting sef indication. >> here we go. here we go. i got you. >> i need to breath. >> reporter: the video now viewed more than a million tiles online as this father us his close call 0 warn others causing it the most frightening experience he's had as a parent. >> i remember sitting there watching the video with him and my leg was shaking just a bit. it was pretty emotional afterwards. it was a true moment, know, for me to pull him out. >> i had a near death experience. >> you never expect something like that to happen to you. but once it does it's kind of shocking. >> reporter: it's hard to see till you're up close. these branches block so much snow. another six feet at least. a safety video put out by the northwest avalanche institute shows just how paralyzing

here's abc's neal karlinksky. >> reporter: in these first images from the ocean floor, you can clearly see vases, cannons, and what looks like coins. so much gold, colombia's president making a claim as big as the discovery. "it is one of the biggest findings and identification of history of humanity," he says. the spanish galleon, the san jose, sank on june 8th, 1708, in the caribbean off the coast of cartagena, colombia. the triple decked ship was 150 feet long and armed with 64 guns. estimates of the treasure on board, believed to include emeralds, gold and coins like this one shown on the facebook page for sea search armada, and silver vary widely. from an astonishing $4 billion to as much as $17 billion. "it is a job of many years with many people," says a member of the team. "a huge triumph." dive teams have kept the exact location of the galleon secret, for obvious reasons. it was found in 1,000 feet of water during what was very much a high-tech treasure hunt. what is thought to be one of the world's most valuable ship wrecks is a secret no more. neal karlinsky, abc news, los a

abc's neal karlinksky now on deepening mystery. >> reporter: as mysteries go, there aren't many that can match this one for being just as annoying as it is unexplained. [ screeching ] that high pitched sound, wreaking havoc on forest grove, oregon, for weeks, mainly at night, even waking people up. >> it sounds like brakes to me. the cyclical, you know, screeching of, you need to change your brakes. >> reporter: local officials have ruled out a water valve, gas leak or wildlife. and the nearest train track is rarely used. >> want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? [ screeching ] >> guys, guys, guys! >> reporter: unlike "dumb and dumber," this sound isn't so funny to people who live here. the fire department doesn't know >> welcome "the x-files" back on tv again, so, here we are. >> reporter: the truth is out there, and whatever it is, it sure is loud. and baffling. [ screeching ] neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> you know, yesterday our crew sort of figured it out. and our belief, i mean our crew water system. >> that that's that loud out there in the winter. >> collec

neal karlinksky is there with the latest for us. >> reporter: el nino's fury ripping apart a chunk of the coastline. a drone video catches a huge police have yellow tagged an entire apartment building telling residents to get out while they still can. did you sleep with one eye open? >> yeah, alert. time to go. >> reporter: take a look at this. this bluff in the city of pacifica battered by rough surf and pounding rains, leaving homes and businesses in danger of falling. just imagine if this was your balcony. underneath here, and the entire coastline continues to fall away with no end in sight. this home's patio is poking out with little support. pictures from before show the dramatic difference. despite the threat, some residents refusing to leave. >> you guys will have to physically drag me out. >> reporter: despite efforts to shore up the bluff, the people here know the danger is far from over. neal karlinsky, abc, pacifica, california. >> god, it's so scary. also the home values for these now to see your house falling into the ocean. >> those are million dollar condos and apartmen