announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon -- on your side. >> right now, reeling from harvey. devastation and destruction piling up. the storm now slamming texas and louisiana. right now, donald trump is on his way to texas.

3000 rescues made so far as harvey gears up for another landfall. 15 more inches of rain could be dumped out. rulli is live in houston with everything you need to know. reporter: here in houston or, we continue to get pummeled with rain. shelters are beyond capacity, and there is no relief insight. has broughtoding southeast texas to a standstill. donald trump and his wife are on corpus christi. rescuers are working around the clock as residents fight to stay above water, floating on air mattresses, piling into canoes. moments playing out over hundreds of square

have saved more than 6000 people so far. thousands more are still waiting to be rescued. flooding is only getting worse. even imagine it would be catastrophic like this. this is horrible. i have my two-year-old. he told me he was scared. >> local dams on the cusp of overflowing. officials releasing water from avoid them to catastrophic damage. all of that water already surging into flood ravaged towns and cities in texas. capacity.re at an emergency shelter in downtown houston at the convention center, meant to house 5000, is at 9000 people and growing. >> we are not going to turn people away. >> if you start to

supplies and you cannot feed people, it is a big problem. >> the epa will begin testing the water in houston. in the waterld be supply. maggie rulli, abc news, houston. a gaithersburg native is among the thousands of people rescued in recent days. images as she,se family, friends, and several dogs were all rescued, and we spoke to her on facebook. >> it looks like we have an oceanfront property and there is a bad current going, yes. we know that the only way out is by boat. it's scary. brought: she said they patio furniture inside to tried to lift other indoor items, but things are starting to buckle after being

long. ryan hughes is at the emergency center in fairfax to see how things are going. ryan: the american red cross has been working around the clock, a 24 hour operation. idea hows you a good many shelters have been set up as texas continues to deal with unprecedented flooding. a team from our area has been on the ground for a week and more are on the way. tomorrow morning, two more willency response vehicles join 31 others already in place. it has been all hands on deck inside the disaster operations center, fielding calls and coordinating relief efforts. in ais a huge undertaking very long recovery effort. shortage a blood before harvey hit.

to offset the cost of sheltering so many people and deploying vehicles. >> members on the scene are working with the national guard and others to deploy helicopters to help in moving blood products where they are most needed, and even some workers. ryan: the red cross has made it easy to donate. you can visit redcross.org or text the word harvey 290999 two make a $10 donation. we have listed other ways you can help on our website. in fairfax, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. in thea: we have rain d.c. area today. josh is here with a look at the forecast. josh: fortunately, this system is moving much more quickly. a raining day in the area. about

a half in fredericksburg. over an inch and a half in brandywine, maryland. have two separate areas. what's going on in texas and louisiana with harvey, if you look closely, the eye is back over the gulf. the center of this one is right around here off the coast of north carolina. it will bring rain throughout the majority of the day. just about everybody covered in green. as we switch to futurecast, you will notice some yellow start to move back in. we are not done with the heavy rain. unfortunately, for the drive back home at 6:00, still a good bit of rain around the area. temperatures today will have a tough time hitting the 70 degree mark. let's get a look at the roads. we are in mobile track seven. we have been monitoring the roads since early this morning. it has been nonsto

outside, you can see our windshield wipers on. the roadways are very, very slick, covered in water. we are headed out right now. continueis going to through the evening commute. we do want to allow a little extra time. take a look at this video coming into our newsroom. this is rock creek parkway, a serious accident. the person in this vehicle had to be extricated and taken to the hospital. it is still unclear what happened. if you look live at the potomac, you can see how high that water is. the water is running out of places to go. when you use the on-ramp, be down.o slow remember, if the wipers are on, your lights should be on. adrianna:

breaking news in prince george's county. right now, livingston road is closed in both directions due to a deadly crash. police say a garbage truck collided with an suv. the suv slammed into a car. the driver died. no word if the wreck is weather related. right now, donald trump says all options are on the table after north korea flew a ballistic missile over japanese airspace. panic on theked ground and a quick response from the japanese government. blaring andrens lights flashing. the japanese government using whatever means available to alert citizens to take cover. prime minister shinzo abe calling the latest missile launch a serious threat. he spoke to ronald trump iphone. the white house's weighing they are

are committed to increasing pressure on pyongyang. south korea staged a live bombing drill. let north korea know they are prepared to defend themselves. believe thedoes not missile fired in the latest launch was a long range icbm, but an intermediate ballistic missile. still, the missile traveled over 1600 miles. nottrump: north korea best make any more threats to the united states. month,r: earlier this donald trump promised fire and fury like the world has never seen if north korea continues its threats. >> my hope is that north korea ends this provocative ha

reporter: urging a global response, we are told japan and the u.s. have called for an emergency security council meeting which is scheduled for later this afternoon. developing now, officials in afghanistan are trying to figure out who is responsible for a suicide bombing that killed five people. it happened this morning in kabul. police believe the bomber targeted a privately owned bank. 90 poll were hurt in the attack and the death toll is expected -- nine people were hurt in the attack in the death toll is expected to rise. new mexico, two people are dead, four others are heard. witnesses claim a man walked in them began shooting into the air. police have a suspect in custody but have not released that person's name.

images from texas, ordinary people proving they are anything but ordinary, stepping in to help others. a look at those unbelievable videos coming up next. images fromplus, how you can he affected by the horrific storm. first, let's look at the roads here. eric: thank you. it is a wet ride, not too much volume so far. 95 south, occasional northbound volume. heading this way, it is off and on volume through dale city heralding -- heading into woodbridge. that is the main trouble spot as far as traffic is this afternoon. southbound of 123, not too bad so far. looking ok despite wet roadways at duke street. looking into the city on the southwest freeway

7th street overpass. it is going to be a wet ride all day long. take caution

adrianna: happening now, especially election is underway in fairfax county to settle a number of issues regarding the public school system. among the items being voted on, the renaming of jeb stuart high school and transgender student rights. yout now, we want to show some incredible images coming out of texas. take a look at this overnight in houston. you can see families walking through a btw

their way to safe zones. rescue teams from maryland and virginia are in texas right now to assist. they are expected to stay for at least two weeks. let's head live to omar gimenez who is in houston. what are you seeing at this hour? rain, rain, and more rain. it has been that way throughout the morning and will continue to be that way throughout the week. most of harris county, which ,overs southeast houston reported 48 inches of rain, which sets a record for rainfall across the continuous u.s. that is significant. we are looking at search and rescue operations. placesn trying to find

rescued. many had to sleep on the floor last night. we just heard from the houston mayor. they said there are new locations they have identified. those towaiting for get set up before they are announced. hopefully, relief is coming on that front. they havealso saying requested assistance from an additional 10,000 people and they hope they get here no later than tomorrow. there are still a lot of moving parts. while search and rescue operations continue, where to put people is what many people are grappling with right now. adrianna: we have seen that donald trump is about to land there. what is his plan for today? not ber: he will visiting houston. he is staying away

portions of the state still affected by the storm. he will be landing in corpus -- corpus christi and speaking with officials there. he is then expected to go to austin and going through similar exercises there. he has not ruled out coming to southwest texas and louisiana, but if that happens, the timeline we were given last night was that it would not be until at least saturday. you, omar.hank taking a live look at the left side of your screen, that is air force one landing in corpus christi. donald trump making a visit, assessing the situation as he lands. once we get more information about him, we will bring it to you live. .osh knight is here we are talking about the totals of rain and water they have seen in texas.

49 .2 inches of rain from this system. we will be talking about this for days. it doesn't want to move. it is still barely moving at about five miles per hour. it is still working into thursday. show you some of the other totals. things are continuing to grow and change. friends what is the name of the town just to the southeast side of houston. again, measuring rain and feet instead of inches. over 40 inches for clear lake city. continuing again through midweek. here is the latest with harvey, still tropical storm force winds, just moving northeast at around five miles per hour. by the time you work your way into tuesday and wednesday, that is when you get the next landfall again. the latest track has us on the border between texas and louisi

move inland. once it gets inland, it starts to move faster with a chance to rain to theged area. 68 degrees for us closer to home. the breeze at 15 miles per hour. that will keep us cooler today but also keep things on the cloudy side. finding more strong breezes as we get over to the river and the bay. .et's zoom out i want to show you radar once again. most of us have relatively light rain. we will run through futurecast quickly. by the time we get to 7:00, the showers are beginning to break down, but there is going to be rain out there. if you have plans for the drive and, expected to be wet take a little bit longer.

tomorrow morning. sunshine later in the day, helping the temperature get back up close to 80 degrees. we could see a shower tomorrow, but not a great shot. into thursday, temperatures start to pick up a bit more. on the cool side. your average temperature this time of year is 84 degrees. we will have to watch for this wet weather and maybe some delays to get things started. tomorrow, we tap out around 78 degrees. when we can see the effects from harvey? that rain looks to move through here on saturday, less on sunday. for labor day, things are looking really nice. looking for a good bit of sunshine as we head into next week. things are looking better. adrianna:

appreciate it. a sisterahead, call it act. crooks dressed as nuns walk into a bank. we are keeping a close eye on tropical storm harvey. the rain is relentless, in itsing everything path. many more

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and left without getting any money. officers believe the authorities scared thealarm that sisters off. right now, harvey showing no mercy. hitting texas and louisiana. here at home, wet weather is not letting up. how much more we can expect -- after the break. a live look at donald trump arriving in corpus christi, texas, to meet with the governor. after corpus christi, he heads to austin. we will

adrianna: this dog is giving people hope in the midst of tropical storm harvey. a picture of him has gone viral. he is carrying a bag of food showing his fighting spirit. a point in telling the people in texas we will survive. want top of surviving, we to thrive. i think that brings so much inspiration and peace. if otis can do it, we can all make it through. we can come together and be part of the big picture. >> there you have it. otis is now back with his owner. josh: that picture was one of the first ones were i thought, this is really bad. we have rain sticking around for us, may be a few inches by the end of the day. it we will get the rain from

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