[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> pretty terrified. asdesperate calls for help floodwaters rise in texas. families stranded. tropical storm harvey, wreaking havoc. our team is standing by with complete coverage. two local taskforces heading to the south. what they are doing on the front lines as the flooding devastates southeast texas. >> abc seven news at 6:30, on your side. >> we have new images as tropical storm harvey betters the gulf coast.

lighting, tornadoes, sinkholes, thousands of rescues underway. the storm claiming several lives. authorities say this is just the beginning. witha zak is in houston coverage. >> houston is trying to stay afloat after 500 billions of gallons of water. sinkholes, tornadoes. this lake was once a runway at a houston airport. there have been thousands of requests for rescue. wave sheets, towels, anything to get our attention. >> the national weather service tweeting, this event is unprecedented and the impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced. follow orders from officials. we saw drainage systems overrun, sprouting like fountains. i want to show you this. look at the water rushing out of cover.nhole

remove all of this excess rain and they are oversaturated. we are talking about four or five days of continuous rain. 911 call centers are inundated. this assisted living facility, seniors needed to be airlifted. major highways like the 610 loop, impassable. neighbors helping neighbors. used will be boards, rafts and a kayak to pull others to safety. >> last count, 11 people, six dogs, two cats. noah's ark for the last seven or eight hours. >> many making the best of a bad situation, even fishing and the river. that is the attitude we have heard from so many. texans are tough. babel get through the hurricane, tornadoes, flooding. the situation is serious. the national guard has been deployed and major hospitals are being evacuated.

i am here with molly, who will talk about this tropical storm in a moment. we have another one affecting the eastern seaboard potentially. >> we are very busy in the weather department, tracking harvey and what could potentially be tropical storm irma. this is the track as we go into the early half of the week. expecting to make that a tropical storm. you can see the impact along the eastern seaboard as we head into the early half of the week. you may wonder, how will this impact the d.c. area? it could bring us our first chance for rain as we go through monday and tuesday, looking to stay just off the coast line. tropical storm watch is in effect along the carolina coast. ofook at our satellite tropical storm harvey, continuing to bring heavy rainfall in the houston area, some places ending up with 15-25 additional inches of rain. we also have a tornado watch in effect for the houston area

already seeing reports on twitter of tornadoes there. there he serious situation along the gulf coast. unfortunately, no end in site from the rain. coming up in the extended forecast, we will track our chance for rain coming into the d.c. area. kimberly: a very active august. happening now, two teenagers from our area are headed to texas to help with the flooding. a swiftwater rescue team has been activated by fema. virginia task force one hit the road to houston. >> we are ready to get out the door and get down there and start helping people. >> 14 members with virginia task force one are being deployed and headed into harms way. a swiftwater rescue team getting the call from fema as southeast texas battles catastrophic flooding from harvey. >> they bring anything from basic soup and water

emergency equipment they need to be able to operate in a disaster. >> the international search and rescue team is making the 20 hour drive to texas with happen dozen boats and several trailers. it's afternoon, they got only a few hours to pack and loaded up life-saving supplies. >> i have been to a couple hurricane deployments. force response to natural disasters around the world. the team is getting emotionally prepared to head to houston, a city under siege. rescuers fielding thousands of calls, and the water is still rising. >> we want to make sure we can help to -- help people and help evacuate if that comes about. >> they are very experienced and well equipped and well trained to be a blue handle these -- to be able to handle these situations. >> they will be in texas for about two weeks. the timeframe could be morer

on standby in case more help is needed. ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: if you would like to help storm victims, you can donate to the relief fund. there are several ways to do it. findover to wjla.com to out how. president trump returned to the white house after monitoring the storm from camp david. the president sent out several tweets on rescue efforts. the white house says plans are in the works for a tuesday visit. many flights are canceled because of harvey. airports are closed. flights are being diverted, and one of them made a stop in our area. kevin lewis continues like team coverage at dulles international airport. how many people would you say are stuck here? i was crunching the numbers in my head, i would say about 1000 people. four international flights diverted to dulles, and united airlines opened up a

who are connecting or at a final destination in houston. each one of these people in line have a unique story to tell. 9:00 a.m.m is, around today, united airlines suspended all operations at george bush international in euston. that is its second-largest hub in the entire united system. we are talking hundreds of flights impacted. hundreds of flights in the air had to be diverted to different airports. dulles has received four flights, one from amsterdam, one from peru, one from argentina, one from brazil. these are major jets, boeing 777, and these came in, went through customs, and were sent to the main terminal. now, ticket agents are trying to get them to their next destination. if your destination is outside houston, you may

here, catching an early morning flight tomorrow. for people trying to get to houston, both airports, bush international and houston hobby, are shut down, closed indefinitely. it is a wait and see. >> go through customs, go figure out what you can do. find customer service and look for an option. here we are. and nice long line. >> we are not flying to houston anymore. we are in washington. >> what those three are mind? >> i told you so. i could've guessed. i would rather go someplace safer. you can imagine in situations like this, people are tired and crabby and they want to get home. from everything i have seen, united airlines staff are pleasant and plentiful. they brought out food and water ashelp keep people as happy possible in line. people we talked to understand, this is out of

but they want to get to a hotel and get some shut eye. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kimberly: it will be a long week for them. for the latest breaking news updates, sign up for text alerts /text. hundreds of people are speaking out at a town hall in charlottesville. this comes two weeks after a nationalist rally and continued tensions over a statue of robert e lee. the mayor, police chief, and local leaders are listening to people's concerns and frustrations. >> the city is thinking this is a city problem, that is never going to get fixed. that is not going to work. >> i am an older woman now. i can't run. i am not scared to fight i am not scared to talk. i want to feel safe in this town. next,ly: coming up

flooding in texas. a live report from houston as water continues to rise. plus, rescuing the stranded. a closer look at the efforts underway to save lives as harvey threatens

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kimberly: continuing team coverage of tropical storm harvey. texas, really taking a beating. images coming out all day, jaw-dropping. in some cases, heartbreaking. rescue after rescue all day. michael joins us live with a closer look at what is happening on the ground in houston right now. how are you faring out there? >> kimberly, we are getting a break in the rain, although it has been raining off and on for most of the afternoon. we are just off i-10, a major way forced to shut down. you can see the water star

in the distance, you can see the orange sign, the floodgates, but you can't tell the numbers on it because the water is so high. my best guess, i would say its feet, because you can see the top of an suv there, one of the many disabled vehicles scattered across the city. kimberly: have officials backtracked and said, maybe we should have made these evacuations mandatory? asked thatr was question. he said he made the right call by not evacuating. forecasters didn't expect the rain to hit houston with this much intensity. once they realized how much rain they would be getting, the mayor said or sing and evacuation at that point would make a bad situation even worse, because there is somewhat what are on the roads right now. it is difficult to navigate the city, so causing gridlock by forcing people out at this point could've made the situation much worse. kimberly: michael locklear, giving us a birds eye view of the pond on the

, all eyes ont harvey. the tropical storm, causing havoc in texas. more incredible video from some of the hardest hit areas. it is not over yet.

kimberly: take a look at that. part of the road, just washed away outside houston. it happened right in your raging floodwaters. -- right near raging floodwaters . scenes like this one, playing out across texas. one woman, rescued right through window. when we say it is not over, that is because tomorrow, molly cochran's phrase, the storm will sit and spin over

wednesday. takes it justck off the coast line where it can reveal, then it is coming back in. it is a serious situation. we are talking 15-25 additional inches of rain coming to hard hit houston. more to come, and definitely keep those people in your thoughts and prayers. we are dealing with a tornado threat as we head into this evening. tornado watch in effect for houston towards lake charles until 2:00 a.m., already seeing a few tornado reports coming out on twitter. everyone stay safe there. we are watching a disturbance off the coast of georgia, likely become -- likely to become a tropical storm overnight tonight. it has that potential, a 70% chance, already seeing a track of being unleashed by the hurricane center. brushing the carolina coast into the early half of the week. sustained winds at

miles per hour. it is likely to become a tropical storm. it will be erma. that is bringing the chance for wet weather. quiet, partlyand cloudy skies, maybe patchy fog developing late into the early half of your monday. temperatures back in the 50's off to the west, 60's in the d.c. area. as you send the kids to the bus stop, fairfax county starting school, and prince william county. definitely looking at a good afternoon to head out for recess. temperatures in the 70's with sunshine, increasing cloud cover by monday evening, and a few scattered showers. here is the disturbance that could be tropical storm irma very shortly, off the coast monday evening, bringing in heavy rainfall. myrtle beach back towards wilmington, also the outer banks. as we head through tuesday morning, the rain continues to spread off these eastern coast. ocean city, heads up. why tuesday afternoon, this is a look at 12:00,

rainfall possible. have their reindeer ready to go. ready have the rain gear to go. p quinn gusts reaching 25 miles per hour on tuesday, 50 miles per hour in ocean city. in ourly impacts felt area monday into tuesday, especially take note of the temperatures, below average for this time of year. only in the mid 70's. in the later half of the week, sunshine returns and the highs return in the low 80's. robert: redskins were struggling against the bengals. they finally got something going.

>> now, the toyota sports desk. robert: redskins taking on the bengals right

to this one. redskins couldn't get anything going on offense. the protection was pretty subpar. the redskins were able to put points on the board. they lead 20-17 right now in the fourth quarter. robert kelley with a two yard touchdown. tonight on sports sunday, mark gray is here and we will talk redskins-bengals. that and much more at 11:35 right here on abc seven. a double-header for the nats today, finishing up their four-game series with the mets. we start with game one, bottom of the seventh, 5-3 mets. taylor rips a shot into left field. ryan zimmerman scores. it is a double for taylor, 5-4 mets. bottom of the ninth, 6-5 mets. murphy lines a base hit to center. pinch-running, not the quickest on the base path but here's the play at the plate. jackson out to the end of the game

drop game one, the final 6-5. o zend red sox, top of the into, jones rips a shot the corner. tim beckham scores. a double for jones. 1-0 orioles. withts later, trey mancini the fly ball to write. -- athe corner for a ground rule double. that is all they would need. .altimore wins it, 2-1 last night, no question on who won the fight. they both walk him with millions, so everybody wins. macgregor got off to a good start, attacking mayweather with some nice combos, but mayweather uses experience to wear down the rookie boxer. mayweather took control by the ninth round. macgregor, breathing heavy. in the 10th round, floyd went in for the kill. macgregor in trouble. that'

intoinute, five seconds round 10, mayweather remains undefeated. >> i told you i would come straight ahead. i feel like i owed that to the iao fight.he pacqu i put the pressure on myself and it myself. that was a goal of mine. i told you this fight wouldn't go the distance. >> three game changes in the first, that is what a true champion does. much respect. i have to give respect to that. robert: little league world series championship game, lufkin , texas, and japan. deep into center, that ball is out of here. team japan, too tough for the kids from texas. they win the little league world series, 12-2. 8:00, tim rourke on the mound. kimberly: your take on

robert: floyd went easy on the guy. kimberly: people were complaining about the hogging. -- the hugging. robert:

molly: taking a live look outside houston, this is their answer to our national mall. the water in the or ground should be more grass and walk ways. this is the impact from the first round of harvey. the second round is going to hit on wednesday. we also have irma to worry about. molly: we are tracking the next potential tropical storm velma likely to be issued overnight tonight, which would be erma, bringing in a chance for rain

tuesday. mostly cloudy skies, then finally drying up for the later half of the week. it locked right here on abc seven. we will see you at 11:00 with your live coverage from texas.

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