hi, everybody, thank you for joining us. live from the "cnn newsroom" in atlanta. we continue to cover the desperate situation in the u.s. state of texas. >> thank you for staying with us. a tropical storm is slamming the state with catastrophic flooding as torrential rain continues to barrel down all along the texas coast there. >> what's happening right now in southern texas is just unprecedented. the u.s. national weather service says it is beyond anything experienced before. and it warns that worst may still be to come. the storm has killed two people. rescue crews are scrambling to reach people trapped by floodwaters. helicopters have been working around the clock. rescuing those who are strand

id. coast guard say they will continue rescue efforts throughout the night. ordinary people have been helping their neighbors. >> hundreds of flood victims have found shelter at houston convention serpt. o center. one of several people open by the city's mayor for those getting away from rising floodwaters. right there. it must be earlier shot because it is empty. u.s. president donald trump is set to visit the state on tuesday. >> meteorologist derek van dam is just southwest of houston now. he has been covering this for us the last few days. derek, first i want to tap into your national international experience here. you used to work in south africa. you covered a lot to cover various weather stories. have you ever seen anything of this magnitude, derek? >> well, cyril this was without a doubt single handedly the heaviest rain i have ever experienced in my life. we are talking about a couple of

hours eye good. not raining at this moment but when we skroined the search and rescue teams, what we saw was unfathomable. something about the tropical rain that just hits hard. the other thing that has kind of caught me off guard is the pure raw emotion of the people getting rescued. we saw small children crying in the arms of their mothers and photos after they were brought to dry land. we saw pets reunited with their families. it was incredibly gripping. and to put it into the perspective of the international experience i've had it was gripping and emotional for myself and for our team as well. cyril? >> yeah, derek, this is natalie too. it is, what, about 1:00 a.m. in the morning there. assuming these rescues will have to take place throughout the night. this might be the second night that some people without power are stranded in their homes.

>> as we know, natalie, the rain continues to fall. the floodwaters continue pour in the city in fact there is for the first time ever in about an hour's time, a dual release of reservoirs that are just to the west of houston. the barker and addox reservoirs are meant to help control flooding in downtown houston. they have reached capacity. engineers are telling us in order to prevent major c catastrophic flooding worse than we have experienced in downtown houston they have to release water across the reservoirs. what does that mean for communities around the reservoirs? they have to pay attention to evacuation orders. natalie? >> derek van dam, thank you very much. we will see you again. joining us on the phone is the public information officer for texas department of transportation. . we know you are very busy, thank

you for being with us. give us the late ef information. how many people do you know are still perhaps needing rescue in the houston larger houston area? >> that i do not know. texas department of transportation is not in charge of water rescues. >> there are about 335 high water locations and not one freeway in our system that has not been impacted. >> do you have all the resources you need at this stage whether from state or federal? >> i would say that the state is working together with our different districts. we are the houston district working with the brian district.

our operations show we are assisting law enforcement with traffic control or placing their barricades. and prepping for recovery once the water recedes and we hope we are doing a great job to help the rescue efforts of the different agencies. >> at this point one would assume there's really no way of knowing when these roads will be passable again there in houston? >> no, not at this time. the number keeps rising. i believe last interview i did we were 15 shy of where we are now. and it is raining again. and is that's what we also want to urge houstonians is please don't get a false sense that event is over. this is a long event. the water is going to keep rising. we are urging them to stay in. do not travel unless it is absolutely necessary. >> there's nowhere to travel to at this point unless you have a

boat or canoe. thank you very much for talking with us. >> with us now is lisa olson. senior investigative reporter. she joins us by skype. lisa, we have seen so many scenes of just utter tragedy. people being saved, rescued, people not rescued yet. tell us what your current reality is like for you and your neighbors. >> it changes moment by moment. but basically we're all in a neighborhood where there is a lot of flooding. and there is water on the roads. and so minute to minute you might be able to drive through and you might not be able to drive through. and part of the day i spent going out checking to see how high the water was coming up and walking down to a neighbor's house to see if they've gotten out safely because they flooded their whole house flooded early this morning. another friend of mine left early this morning and on her way after leaving her flooded

house, she rescued an elderly man who was literally being pushed out of his house by floodwaters. palestinian ut minute to minute one house can be safe and one house can be dangerous. >> what is your cal cue louse right now? are you looking at water levels to see whether you are drive out of your neighborhood? i understand 250 roads and highways are closed. where would you even go to? >> that's good question. experts have advised us to stay where we are are. i'm not in the major flood plains of the big rivers south of me. the san bernard river where people are ordered to evacuate and have to find their way through that 280 different spots where the roads are high water. >> here right now we're sticking here because the water has not come up to our house. but it is higher than it was even eight or nine years ago in

hurricane ike. they are calling it a 500-year flood. i don't think anyone really knows what will happen minute to minute. >> i was going to ask, how long can you hold out? have you stocked up? >> well, we're fine. if we had to we could either risk it with our cars or walk out of here. with the great deal of difficulty. or find someone who has a truck. we just don't happen to have a truck. we're fine. everyone in houston is pretty much stocked up for four or five days. but today when i went to check on my neighbor, i saw people with big trucks flooring it through more than a foot, foot and half of water, that's not water i feel comfortable trying to drive through. 3 of 5 deaths in houston that have been confirmed so far have been driving through high water. >> don't walk, don't drive through water. you can't see what you are stepping on or driving through. that's actually very dangerous. >> that's right. i went to check on my neighbor

today. i literally saw like a three-inch long fish swimming on top of the highway. that was -- not the highway, the road. it was kind of surprising to be walking on a road and have a fish swim right next to you. >> just before we address how you're working right now as a journalist, more about the weather forecast for your specific area, we know that harvey is going to dump twice as much rain as it already has on southern texas. are you able to assess whether that affects you in your neighborhood specifically? that's what's really tricky. we are crowd sourcing using social media and monitoring the forecast. but no, we don't know. today for example we add long break several hours so the water levels went down. which give us a little breathing room. where as some of our neighbors not far away, several miles east

and west had intense rain all day. the localized quantities makes it hard to figure out what to do. >> lisa olson, senior investigative reporter, thank you for your time in speaking with us. we will speak to you the next few days as rain continues to fall on houston and the texas area. thank you. >> thank you. >> you know, millions are impacted by this. karen joins us from the weather center to give us perhaps the bigger picture, karen, of what they are in for this week. >> i wish i had better news. we just got the latest internet advisory from the national hurricane center. and it is painting an even more dreadful picture. we were looking that a few days ago and saying there could be 40 or 50 inches of rain fall. it looks as if those forecasts are going to very verify. i will point this out.

this is where they think harvey will go. a fairly weak tropical storm. but still tapping that deep tropical moisture from the gulf of mexico, just to give you some idea. we think it will go back over the gulf, hug the coast, and move off towards the north and northeast. look what happens. i'll put this into motion. can you see what the computer models are saying. moves out over the gulf of mexico. and that's just kind of putting gas in the tank. it is refueling. because it is over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. there is houston underneath that tropical storm symbol and then it moves off towards that arc la tex region. over about 72 hours we will have to see if that verifies. but here is what the latest informing of the hurricane center says. harvey is expected to produce an additional 15 to 25 inches of rain fall over the upper texas coast. isolated storm totals could

reach 50 inches. it's a dreadful scenario that we are seeing. and they are still saying catastrophic life threatening flooding. we have seen that over and over again. across all of the counties that encompass that houston metropolitan area. there a water shed of many, many bayous. many, many creeks. reservoirs. and they are almost all out of their banks. i wanted to show you this very dramatic video that we looked at a couple of hours ago. this coming out of katie, texas. about half hour drive to the west of houston. there is a man. his suv. you do see the roof. you can see the windshield. the man was standing behind his suv. dingy. a small motorized, rubberized water vessel, came to rescue

him. it looks like it was successful. that is good news but this is happening over and over and over. i wanted to bring out a tweet i saw earlier tonight. from some not who said that they were in houston. in the houston area. there were five, six people in their home. two were handicapped. and they needed someone immediately to come and rescue them. once again, you see that over and over. hundreds and hundreds of tweets. just like this. it is a dreadful situation. natalie and cyril, but it is very heart warming to know that people in los angeles p. rescue departments from all over the country are bringing their resources in to help. >> right. and good samaritans as well. one man trapped in his car and he seemed confused. what to do. and i think it was reported that said, start swimming. get away from your car and start swimming. karen, doesn't this remind

somewhat of katrina and new orleans afterward when you see the pictures. some of the people in new orleans were sent to houston to live. some people may be reliving this. >> yes. i've covered so many tropical systems. this one really is unprecedented. i've never seen anything like it. ever. >> karen, thank you. we will continue to cover the flooding in houston. it is just surreal as karen was expressing. journalists covering the story. dramatic rescues, we will get some of those ahead for you. that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe... to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. no splashing! wait so you got rid of verizon, just like that? uh-huh. i switched to t-mobile, kept my phone-everything on it- -oh, they even paid it off! wow! yeah.

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attention to information coming out of emergency centers. federal, state local firefighters, police, emergency managers. we will continue to remain in the fight working alongside our partners. harvey hit the gulf coast friday. at the time a major hurricane downgraded since then to tropical storm. least two people have been killed since it made land fall. official rescue operations saved thousands of people from their flooded homes but many are still stranded with floodwaters continuing to rise. many journalists are in southeast texas. right now covering harvey and the floods. as they were reporting, off the ten times finding themselves helping with evacuations. here is an example from our affiliate. >> here is this gentleman. hi, dawn, how are you? good, we're here to help you.

we are going to load up. load them up here. obviously -- obviously in need of some help. we will try to help them out the best that we can. gosh, i want to put the microphone down so i can help out. i just feel bad holding this microphone and there is so much need. you guys can talk. i'm putting the microphone down and i'm going to help this guy. hold on. >> reporters in the right place at the right time. our cnn teams have been on the ground all over southern texas speaking with residents. >> maneuvering through a neighborhood, our ed lavendera became part of a dramatic rescue as family was trapped inside their home. look at this. >> we were about to leave this neighborhood and a woman flagged us down thatter a her and her t elderly parents were still stuck

in their home. we are going to get them in the boat and get them out of here. i'm going to put the microphone down while we help them get into the boat. >> iep just going to let this play before our eyes. and i'm not going to say much. but if you are just joining us, this is live right now on cnn and dickinson, texas. as ed lavendera is in a boat, helping people out of their homes, who have been stranded. >> jason, you want to come you here and help? >> i can help lift, if that's okay. okay, ready? >> okay. >> 1, 22, 3. >>. >> you got it? >> yeah.

>> not too bad. >> just sit wherever is most comfortable for you. >> we were about to leave the neighborhood and we heard your voice. >> thank god. we've been waiting on the coast guard and waiting on someone else and girls have been calling. anyway -- >> how long have you been trapped in there? >> all night. >> all righnight? >> mm-hm. >> you've been with your parents? >> yeah. >> how are they holding up? >> pretty good. i think pretty good for the circumstances. but it is bad. everything is floating. it's bad. >> you've been stuck upstairs? >> all night. >> we've done a couple of peaces down the street here and we didn't know you were in the house. >> yeah. i heard the boat but i think the caught guard or someone would rescue us. would he found out that my sons were coming on their jet ski.

they got stopped. by a bridge. they got stopped. so i figured -- >> what was it like in this neighborhood through the night? >> it just creeped up really -- if was shocking. >> what time did it come up? >> i think around 1:00 or 2:00. 2:30. it was pouring in. i think it is three feet or more inside the house. >> i've heard from people they didn't expect the neighborhood it flood. >> no. my parents were in the 100-year flood. i can't remember what year that was. but no, we didn't think it was going to flood. i live in friends wood. we would have went to my house. plus they did road work. >> and you've been trying to get people to pull you out all day long? >> yeah. my daughters have been calling. and of course my cell phones.

>> where are your daughters? >> big city. >> hopefully they are watching this and know you are safe. >> yeah. i'm going to call one of them to pick me up. us up. >>. >> amazingly calm, isn't she? her elderly parents. >> give kwen what she's been through, absolutely. we will take a short break. more on the breaking news and disastrous flooding in texas and the people. you see there, affected by the storm. >> we thank god. we thank god. this is all we got. we lost the car. all school clothes, everything gone. everything gone. >> where do you go now? >>. >> we don't know. we don't know. >> but you're thankful? >> yeah. we thankful. god is good. first kid you ready? by their second kid, every mom is an expert, and more likely to... ...choose luvs than first time moms.

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search and rescue efforts are ongoing. as well as professional first responders helping get residents out of harm's way. the governor announced that 1,000 more national guard members are called in to help. >> curfews are in effect for several cities around houston to keep people off these type of streets. some people probably want out but there is nowhere to go. that's the problem. and the weather forecast is not promising. 50 inches of rain nearly 130 centimeters predicted for the coming days. the storm has killed two people. one from the hurricane and another from flooding. that number of course may well rise. so far just two dead from this catastrophe. >> and other parts of texas are

pulling together. dallas is planning to open a mega shelter and host 5,000 evacuees. hoping to have that open by tuesday. it will be a challenge getting there from houston. transportation officials say many roads at this stage are impassable. >> the mayor of houston says more than 1,000 have been rescued across the area. at least 1500 evacuated to shelters. still with so much destruction, many are asking why no mandatory evacuation was ordered. on sunday the mayor defended his decision. >> in the best interest of houstonians, it was the right decision in terms of their safety. and always we must put the interest of the city of houston and houstonians first. and we are working toward the

plan we laid out. >> meanwhile, u.s. federal management agency says it isn't leaving the gulf any time soon. head of fema spoke to jake tapper sunday. >> fema will be there for years, sir. this disaster recovery, this disaster will be a landmark event and we're already in the stages of helping texas respond. we are pushing forward recovery housing teams. already pushing forces to implement national flood insurance program. policies as well. doing inspections that we need. so setting up and gearing up for the next couple of years. >> now to meteorologist derek van dam. south of downtown hughs tan texas. over the last few days, weather teams have been saying this

water isn't going anywhere. flooding streets of houston. what happens? >> you know, we mention this about an hour ago. and we're concerned about two reservoirs that have reached their full capacity just to the west of the city. the attics and reservoirs are significant because these prevent the flooding in downtown houston. but they have reached the capacity to where engineers are telling us at cnn that they need to do a dual release here within the next 30 minutes. and that will prevent more catastrophic flooding in the downtown houston area. however, the communities close to the reservoirs are going to include -- are going to be impacted by additional flooding.

>> this rain is going nowhere, right? they are in it for the next few days. even though where you are doesn't look so bad now but still coming. >> you know, we've got a temporary break in the rain fall, natalie. but not about letting our guard down. we know feeder bands are coming in from the gulf and you just look at radar. listen to meteorologist on cnn. and this system is not going anywhere any time soon. and we do expect the rain to pop up at any moment in time. especially where we're at east of the city of houston as well then focus our attention on louisiana p. because they are getting hit hard with 10 to 20 inches of rain quite easily over the next coming days. >> so derek, by the time this is over, there could be twice as much water as we see now in the houston area? >> we have seen reports of 30

plus ichblgs in t inches in hou area. to double that would be mind-boggling is the best way to describe it. are we done with the storm in no. by no means. but to double the totals would be significant. i would say we have a long way to go to do that. but the rain fall i experienced earlier today was the most intense duluth of tropical rain i have ever seen in my life. rain drops were huge. not sprinkles. we are talking about fat thick tropical rains that inundate anything in its path. >> all right. derek van dam reporting live from houston, texas. thank you very much. good talking to you. >> joining us now is micah garg. he was with his wife and two teenage daughters at houston airport for more than 20 hours after trying to get home from a vacation in costa rica. micah, we heard here that you're finally at least in dallas. how are you holding up, you and your family? >> we are a little frayed around

the edges. it it's been a long day and half. but there are people going through serious things with this storm. we're not one of them, so we're okay. >> it kind of came as a surprise you were just switching airplanes in houston, right? when did you realize that you probably weren't going anywhere or something was up? >> the last couple days of our trip we knew the hurricane was on everyone's mind and we started imagining we might not even get to leave costa rica. but the airlines left costa rica and it all looked like the storm would be downgraded and things were teed up. and then when we landed in houston, the after tornado warnings were blowing and the rain is incredible. it was one of the most fierce storms i've ever seen and we saw it through the big glass windows where we spent the night. >> and you couldn't really leave the airport once you realized you couldn't get out because

there was nowhere to do that. nowhere to go. is that right? >> right. ground prantransportation, i'm you've all been tracking, the roads are not happening. so they were on a skeleton crew. no rental cars. no lyfts we were completely locked down. as everyone else there. we a had a little community. >> did you have food? >> yeah. the airport restaurants stepped up and gave people meals and some of the little snack bars and things were open. i think had it dragged out, had they not evacuated us today it might have got dodgy. wednesday, thursday, which is what we thought we were in for. but sort of later this afternoon, things broke open when they put together the evacuation plan. so that was -- it is good to be out of houston. and getting if other people who can't get out. >> right.

>> we are feeling good to be away from the storm and at least we're headed for a massive shower tonight then we will make our way home tomorrow. >> tomorrow to chicago. >> right. and you described the rain that you saw and it was described to us that this is a 1 in 500-year rain event. could you understand that as far as all of the rain and water that you were seeing accumulate? >> yeah. i have lived in the midwest all my life. but this is incredible mostly for the volume of the rain. a sheet of rain for 24 hours. like still raining. it just did not stop. it was pretty incredible. remarkable of intensity. >> happy trails for this part

onward. thank you for talking with us. >> oh, been a pleasure. thanks for your coverage. have a good night. >> thank you. >> flooding especially devastating for some of texas's most vulnerable people. take a look at this heart breaking image from dickinson, texas, that's just south of houston. senior citizens at a nursing home up to their waists in water waiting for help to arrive. some residents were in wheel chairs and on oxygen. in the end about two dozen people were air lifted to safety from that home. cnn spoke to the daughter of the woman who owns the facility. >> oi almost couldn't believe it. when my mother sent it to me i was thinking everything was fine. i had spoken with her the day before and she said they were told to shelter in place and you know, i don't think anybody thought it would be a problem because they hadn't flooded before anything. when i texted her in the morning with and she responded with those photos i was totally

shocked and at that time, didn't know what to do ski her what i could do to help her and she just said they are are waiting on the national guard aep if we could contact anyone to help them then to do it. so and then that her phone went dead. and so we were so upset thinking that they were in imminent danger. that's when we decided, calling emergency management. you know, deciding what to do and that's when we decided to tweet the photo. to try to get as much attention maybe find someone who lived near them to get there with a boat. >> i that i is the most surreal photo from inside of this catastrophe. >> you have to wonder what would help if they didn't receive help when they did. >> yes, that nice lady pushing pushing for someone who had been rescued. people say the small coastal town has no infrastructure after harvey slammed directly into it

when the storm was category 4 hurricane. >> at least one person died in a house during the storm in rockport. martin savidge reports from the devastated town. >> here in this small town of rockport they are absolutely devastated. over two days since this category 4 storm roared ashore here. and they are are still trying to wrap their heads around what happened in this community. you see here in the storefront magnify that across an entire community. even then you can't get a full sense of how many homes, how many businesses and how much damage there is. there is debris ef where. there is is no electricity. no running water. either clean water to drink or sewage. then on top of that communications limited. trying to bring cell phone service on-line. then the search that still goes on. can you see all of this debris and that's part of the problem

plaks it difficult for search answers rescue teams to go door to door. they continue to do that. another problem natural gas. extreme damage has caused gas leaks that has its own problems in this community. so trying to shut that off. no wonder that the city officials are saying that if you're in town, you should probably leave. this is not livable. if you evacuated out of town, don't come back just yet. because there is nothing really for you to come back to. here is the long-term problem. officials are telling us it may be a matter of weeks. right now they are are simply concerned about making sure everyone is okay. >> martin savidge from the devastated down of rockport. not a building standing. >> where have the people gone, you wonder. >> when we come back, we continue our coverage of tropical storm harvey. and rare report from inside north korea. why some u.s. tourist are still trying to visit the country.

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donald trump plans to visit texas tuesday about the damage from tropical storm harvey. over the weekend the president also returned to his promise to build a wall. again suggested mexico will pay for it. >> and he tweeted this with mex dough being one of the highest crime nations in the world we must have the wall. mexico will pay for it through reimbursement slash other. in response mexico's foreign ministry issued a statement saying it would not pay for a wall or physical barrier under any circumstances. here is some of the news we are following from around the world. north korea is not happy u.s. and south korea have been conducting joint military exercises this week. >> united nations representative sent a letter to the united

security council saying waging such provocative and joint military exercises in the korean peninsula which has already turned into a tinder box is nothing short of a histeric conduct to add fuel to the raging flames. it also arrived days before the u.s. is set to bar most of its citizens from traveling to that country. >> cnn's will ripley is currently the only western tv controversy to go to north korea and he has been going there since the most recent tensions. he reports that some americans are rushing to beat the band. >> in your letter, north cree yaia making it clear they are watching every move of the united states. they have their finger on the trigger. in the middle of that, there is a group of american tourists who

pay hundreds even thousands of dollars to go on private excursions undeterred by fiery rhetoric even threats of a looming nuclear war. in a quiet corner of the beijing airport check-in time for the di's only flight to pyongyang. it's the usual crowd. handful of north koreans and dozens of foreigners, mainly tourist. tour companies estimate around 5,000 western tourist come to north korea each year including about 1,000 americans. what is this here? >> the tourism vietnama. >> nicholas burkehead is an armory veteran from virginia. he is making this trip sooner than expected. >> originally i planned to read the language books and go next year. but i heard it would be banned next month so i thought i would get in while i could. >> beginning september 1, americans can't visit north korea as tourists. the u.s. state department set a

travel ban after the death of otto warmbier. he was sentenced to 15 years hard labor after taking propaganda off the wall of his hotel. he was returned to american custody and died six days after coming home. he was 22. >> you are fine as a tourist until you break the law. if you break the law, that country is cruel and merciless. >> simon cocrell made 160 trips to north korea. one of his american clients, jeffrey fowl, detained in 2014 for leaving behind a bible. north korea released him months later. >> what is your biggest fear about going in? >> well you know obviously if they hold people. >> ali quit his job as a doctor in washington, d.c. to travel the world. he says he wanted to visit north korea before it's too late. >> have you told your family that you're going? >> oh yeah, dude. they know about everything. >> what did they say. >> you're crazy. >> the final group of americans they will bring to north korea

before the travel ban takes effect. cocrell plans to lose up to 20% of his tour business but says the north korean locals lose much more. >> for any anyone curious who wants to see what it is like or a bit of what it is like that opportunity is now gone. for north koreans for having a more well-rounded portrayal of americans, other than what their government provides them, that opportunity is now gone too. >> north crkorea insists it is safe place for tourist to come be even americans, as long as they obey the law. meanwhile, a slow slew of tourists continue least for now. >> trying to attract more visitors at least from russia. as they continue to check off the revenue streams as a result of their nuclear and missile programs including launch of three bit offic missiles over the weekend. will ripley, pyongyang north korea. >> next on covering coverry, the

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relying on technology and social media. here is brian felter with more of that. >> hey there. yes. as rain continues to fall, this has become a flood emergency in the age of social media. that matters because local residents are using their phones, using facebook and twitter to call for help. we have seen hundreds of cases on sunday of people trying to tweet to local authorities or post on facebook to their local lawmakers. listing where they are located, their o phone number and what their condition is. asking for boats or helicopters to come in and rescue them. i've not seen this on this scale in the united states before. we have seen other country where social media played a vital role in rescue efforts. if you think back 12 years ago last time a major hurricane made land fall on the united states. facebook was brand-new and twitter didn't exist yet at all.

it was not used as widely as it is today. cell phones are an issue. electricity is an issue. but there are some areas where cell phones were operating, power grid was operating but in homes with many feet of standing water. not to just call thpeople using phones not just to call the 911 but to text 911 as well. we have seen other local authorities good ahead and use twitter and facebook to communicate with citizens and in some cases to coordinate rescues. traditional media plays a vital role as well. it is the combination of social media and tv and radio networks that we have seen trying to inform and help locals in and around houston. this was vital throughout the day sunday. unfortunately remaining important in the days to come.

we have seen people getting alerts and to tune in looking for tv stations simulcast on radio. it is those kinds of emergencies that show importance of local media in combination with newer social media tools. >> how we all stay connected p.m. many flood victims are say they were shocked at how quickly the storm took over their neighborhoods. >> i was awake all night on the phone and every time i dialled 911 it automatically hung up. i'm sure they were overinundated busy. but i called everyone i cot best i could. finally i said to facebook to my friends and said i need help call anybody can you. >> i was surprised at how fast it rose and everything. i didn't think it would rise that fast. but it is. welcome to houston. >> people have experience with boats. >> how many people are still

back there p. >> probably hundreds. >> i just want efb to be safe. it is hard for everyone. but ones done on the creek they, you know, they need help and we all got to pitch together and help everybody he else out. >> once in a 500-year event. thanks for watching this hour. >> do stay tuned. early start starts now. t you. visit alz.org to join the fight. ["l♪vwho can turn the worldan jeton with her smile?s♪ ♪ who can take a nothing day, ♪ ♪ and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? ♪ ♪ well it's you girl, and you should know it. ♪

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this likely is going to be an historic rain fall if not an all time record. >> unprecedented. catastrophic and unfortunately not over. houston and parts of texas devastated. after record amounts of main and this storm not finished yet. we have live coverage and