landfall last night as a category four the strongest hurricane to hit in more than a decade and the strongest storm to hit texas in more than 50 years. >> we're going to texas where strong wind and rain remains a concern despite the hurricane losing strength. >> we're getting a look at the damage overnight, trees toppled over and businesses and homes damaged according to the electric reliability council of texas, hurricane harvey caused 200,000 power outages. no deaths reported, thankfully, but damage and flooding is expected. you can see the videos coming in, as the hurricane is forecasted to sit on the coast for days which will cause a lot of severe flooding. that's what chris sowers will be talking about. >> when the hurricane hit texas it was a category four and downgraded to category one,

abc's natasha barrett with the latest on the instant -- systemg us up to speed. >> reporter: as the sun comes up, it looks peaceful, but i have to tell you in the last hour or so, strong winds and there are strong winds now, rain, thunder and lighten and possible tornado touch downed southwest of houston. now more than a million people are waiting to see what hurricane harvey has planned. hurricane harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. >> the best way i can describe it is a continue can being kicked down the road. >> reporter: the strongest in the u.s. in more than decade. >> this is not anything that's going to be are a quick one and done. we're not measuring inches in rain we're measuring in feet of rain. >> reporter: residents of texas, mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest.

rockport texas right in its path. merge crew are having difficulty responding to the damage. >> we have not been able to get out and see what's happening, but it's not looking good. >> reporter: the mayor advised people to write their names and associate security numbers on on their arms with a sharpy. >> there's a constant howl you hear the wind, but not the rain, even though the rain is going on. the wind is going, you can hear the boards on the house shaking. >> reporter: winds so fierce they rated the ceiling tiles at our affiliate in texas, a tree branch fell through a home. the governor pleading with residents who didn't evacuate to have a plan. >> they need to prepared to be without power and inadequate

access to food and supplies for a couple of days. >> reporter: let's talk about the damage. we heard of the possible tornadoes i mentioned before touching down southwest of here in missouri city. we heard a roof collapsed on a family, we're not sure about the injuries yet. threeish hours from here, south of here in rockport another roof collapsed on a senior living center. there are injuries there, emergency officials are taking the seniors and transporting them to a county jail so they can get them medical attention they need. tornado watch in effect for texas and louisiana well into tomorrow. you can see the wind is picking up. far from over, hurricane harvey although it is a category one has a lot in store for houston. reporting live from houston, in natasha barrett. our thoughts and prayers to the folks of texas. our complete coverage of

hurricane harvey continues with meteorologist chris sowers at the "action news" big board bring us up to date. >> reporter: as natasha mentioned the wind elements are starting to weaken. the rain is getting started reports of 16 inches in areas north of victoria. this is an infared satellite shot you're looking at the cloud tops of harvey. the storm came onshore moved in like this it is slowly pushing over to the north. you can see how the eye is inching closed that is a good sign that would indicate that the storm has started to weaken. the winds blow counter clockwise around the low. you have on-shore winds here and off-shore winds south of corpus christi. the flooding was tremendous across the barrier islands north of where the storm made landfall.

storm tracker 6 live i zoomed into the area, here's the center right here. what you're seeing around it, that's the eye wall that's where we're seeing the oranges and reds. rainfall rates 2 to 4 inches around the eye. we're seeing winds sustained up to 80 miles per hour. we've turned the buoy on and right now this particular buoy is seeing sustained winds up to 50 miles per hour that's 06 miles per hour southeast of vick store i -- victoria. rainfall rates 2 to 4 inches per hour. we have an automated rain gauge, 6.74. houston, the official number 6.86. the southwestern suburbs have seen more of that, clover field closing in on five inches of rain. in the next five days, the storm is meandering about, victoria

can expect 28.62 inches with this model. i'll be back in just a few minutes and have more on harvey and our beautiful weather with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in ten minutes. >> look forward to the updates. 9:06 a.m., while hurricane harvey won't impact the east coast, it could make a difference for those with travel plans. >> jeff chirico spoke with passengers at philadelphia international airport who flew out of texas just in time. >> i feel lucky to be getting out of there just in time. >> reporter: university of pennsylvania student jennifer lee is counting her blessings she is one of those who got a final flight out of houston while her family rides out a catastrophic storm. >> everybody is concerned about what's going to happen during the storm, the level of flooding and what's going to happen

afterwards. >> reporter: as flights arrived from houston, passengers express uncertainty about what they will see when they return. >> we live north of the city, our home is fine. people in the city and in the apartments on the streets they are not going to be in good shape if the storm stays. >> reporter: the boards don't show it, but airlines grounded 200 weekend flights across the country waiving rebooking fees as many scramble to get out. >> my flight was full and they wanted people in new orleans to stay back. >> reporter: marty cut short his trip in san antonio he will see the storm from afar remaining optimistic. >> i think they will be okay. >> reporter: major airlines are offering travel vouchers so travelers can rebook flights for

no extra charming. if you have a flight which he -- scheduled for this weekend, check the website for the flight status before you head to the airport. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> we'll continue to follow hurricane harvey and the aftermath at 6abc.com and 6abc and our website is streaming live coverage from our sister station in houston and all weekend long. a safe was stolen and family tied up during a home invasion in southwest philadelphia. four masked men entered the home on the two thousand brock -- block of south 64th street. they tied up a family -- -- owe tied up a family of four and took the safe. a man was shot in the stomach at 2:30 a.m.

police found a ski mask in the shooting victim's car. he was taken to penn presbyterian hospital where he underwent surgery. active duty transgender troop say a policy change that puts them at risk for being removed but bars transgender people enlisting in the military is a step back for civil rights. >> president trump extended ban on trarns -- transgendered people from entering the military. transgender people have been allowed to serve in the military since june 2016. president trump announced he plans to end the policy. in another controversial move trump has issued a pardon for former arizona sheriff, joe arpaio found guilty on charges

for refusing to stop i am prisoning i will -- imprisoning illegal immigrants. john mccain said the pardon undermines president trump's claim for the respect of rule of law. another shakeup at the white house as sebastian gorka resign. he took a hard line view on immigration and terrorism that led to discord inside and outside the white house. he operated outside of the national security council and his exact responsibilities were not clearly outlined. 9:10 a.m., much more to come on "action news," we're learning more about the three ballistic missiles north korea launched early this morning. details on why a man was arrested outside of buckingham palace. >> reporter: not too bad for the dog days of august, we're forecasting a high today in the

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>> welcome back saturday morning, 9:13 a.m., taking a live look at galveston, texas, hurricane harvey has caused dangerous conditions along the water. it is again raining. strong winds and choppy waters,

hurricane harvey made landfall as a category four and expected to cause more problems in the coming days even though it is a category one. what is the problem here, chris, it's not going to be the winds it's going to be the rain? >> reporter: the initial wind problem is gone. it's weakening into a smaller storm in terms of wind speeds, but rainfall totals because there's nothing to push the storm on its way it's going to rain and rain, rainfall totals could exceed 40 inches in someplaces in southeastern texas. for us, it's quiet, sky6 live hd in the delaware and lehigh valleys. this is the view looking at the commodore barry bridge. it's quiet there's not much to talk about, high pressure in control. its noctd the humidity well out -- its knocked the humidity well out to sea. it will keep temperatures in the

70s. getting back to harvey, these are the cloud toptops exceeding 50 feet. you can see from houston to corpus christi a tremendous amount of rain falling underneath these clouds. the latest stats it is down to 08 miles per hour. it's a monday mum category one storm. really the 80-mile an hour winds are only wrapped around the center of the storm around the eye wall. everything else we're seeing tropical storm force winds. the pressure is 978 millibars that continues to rise another sign of weakening. it's moving to the north/northwest at 6 miles per hour. it's crawling to the north/northwest. maximum gusts 100 to 120-mile an hour range. on the scale it's a minimum category one. we're at 80 it's slightly holding on to a hurricane force.

it may landfall at 130 miles per hour with gusts up to 140. it was a monster storm when it made landfall. another view on storm tracker 6 live here's the rio grande, mexico, south padre island to the south. corpus christi pushing inland along southeastern texas lake charles you're seeing the outer edges, the feeder bands working inland from this massive storm. spay plots each line represents an individual forecast model. what we like to see is all the lines coming together because that would show agreement amongst the modeling it looks like a plate of spaghetti, the lines are everywhere, thus the name. this shows me the modeling does not have a good indication where the storm will go over the next 3 to 5 days. this would be a nightmare

scenario if the water goes back into the gulf. the idea that this storm could sit and spin could lead to cat strorveg flooding. this is -- cat strorveg flooding. this is wording they used with katrina. home and wall and roof structure failure, uninhabitable for weeks or months because of how bad the storm is expected to be. a big, big mess across southeastern texas. fortunately for us, temperatures are in the 60s. no humidity, no cloud cover out there, as high pressure moves in. that will keep things night and quiet over the next several days. forecasted highs today not looking like the dog days of august, 79 in philadelphia. 76 in allentown. cape may on the boards in atlantic city, 77. just a low risk for rip currents, sunny, nice and comfortable, ocean city, 77.

cape may, same number, delaware beaches close to 80. the exclusive accuweather forecast, not too bad for the end of august, sunny skies, 79. un -- sunny tomorrow, 79 and monday, increasing clouds and 77. >> this is good old biscuit soaks into the tub while taking a bath. it is unclear if the temperature of the water was wrong or if it was the bubbleles on her head that make her unimpressed with the event. one thing is for sure, biscuit hates taking baths. >> that's torn -- torture for

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created a truth election the president plans to prosecutor opponents who violate international legality and ratify imperial path of aggression. he is urging all companies buying venezuela oil to search for a solution. a man was stopped by officers outside buckingham palace because he had a knife. the officer detained the man and two officers had minor injuries to the their arms. the queen was not at the palace when the incident happened. still ahead on "action news" this morning, philadelphia seoul is looking to reclaim their title. hear what the team says about tonight's big game next in sports.

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>> all right, 9:25 a.m., turning to sports, the phillies face the cubs for their second game in the series at the bank. they hope for a repeat of last night's big win. >> soul is gearing up to protect their arena bowl title. here's ducis rogers with all your saturday morning sports. >> reporter: hello again, phillies got good pitching last night that was overshadowed by the super rookie. bottom of the first, reese hoskins you got to be kidding me, the rookie does it again, his 9th homer in 16 games, the fastest in mlb history to get to 9. carson wentz treat -- tweeted this dude reese hopkins is killing it for the phillies. hard -- hernandez trying to get

a couple of home it's a three-run triple. phillies 5-1. phillies win 7-1. here's hoskins. >> you get into the zones you know, you can't explain it, there's just a lot of bliss, no thinking about it, it's just one of those things, i'm not missing. >> reporter: so nonchalant about it. eagles have been thinking chemistry they had some thursday night against the dolphins. carson wentz threw a 50-yard bomb to tory smith his first catch of the preseason. later he found alshawn jeffrey 15-yard td pass. players want more consistency. >> things were not where they need to be. there are some good things,

we'll have long conversations about, we made it through and healthy for the most part and dial in on the redskins for the next couple of weeks. philadelphia seoul on the brink of back-to-back championships. yesterday was arena bowl 30. the soul host the storm tonight at the wells fargo center. ron jaworski is just as pumped ass players are. >> we expect to win. >> we're trying to to go 1-0. it's been a wonderful run we've had and our fans are a big part of that. it's wonder wonderful to get it done. >> you can see arena ball 30 on 6abc. the soul and storm meet at # p.m. it's the night of the big fight. floyd mayweather junior and connor mcgregor made weight it's the undefeated boxer

against the mma fighter. trash talking during the weigh in. that's a look at sports, i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. >> he was up in his face. >> 9:29 your time. how noon or soon to be parents can budget for child care without breaking the bank that's ahead on what's the deal. >> reporter: a long suffering eagles fan makes a final request in his obituary, i'm nora muchanic in port republic coming up what he asked for and why. >> you'll get another check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" saturday at 9:00 a.m. continues. ♪

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diminish, now the heavy rain pounds eastern texas. hurricane harvey was the first category hurricane to hit the united states since charlie in 2004. him it was the first category storm to hit texas since carla in 1961. it came onshore 11:00 p.m. maximum sustained winds 130 miles per hour. gusts 140 miles per hour. came onshore four miles east of rockport in southeastern texas. it's moving slowly to the northwest 5 to 6 miles per hour. that's the big problem with the storm, you can see the tornado watches off to the northeast in the front right quad quadrant, you can see the feeder bans wrapping around this thing. the port lavaca right here has seen high tide levels 6 feet above high tide levels. the bands wrapping around the center just pushed this water

inland. it's during low tide, the tide can't push out because of the winds and the force of the storm push the water inland. they are seeing a tremendous amount of flooding with the storm. as i mentioned earlier it is just beginning. little movement is expected over the next five days it will sit and spin over southeastern texas, catastrophic flooding is predicted by the hurricane center. the latest update on the european model shows a location near victoria, 60 inches of rain. that's almost five feet of rain, incredible. some neighborhoods could be uninhabitable for the next several weeks if not months. >> hurricane harvey has been downgraded to a category one storm, but it's slamming the gulf texas coast. >> it's bringing wind gusts and

cat descrosk -- catastrophic flooding. harvey arrived as a category four storm packing 100-mile an hour winds. it rocked suvs back and forth look at the damage here. in rockport a school and senior center are among the places badly damaged by the system. hundreds of thousands of power outages are reported on the gulf coast. the other major concern is the flooding. ten inches of rain has fallen in addition 25 to 35 inches of rain is forecast to accumulate through wednesday. president donald trump tweeted he is closely monitoring hurricane harvey from camp david. city state and federal government are working great together. he is expected to visit the area next week and signed a disaster declaration for the state. >> hurricane harvey could mean bad news at the pump for drivers in the area.

the dots on the map represent refineries along the gulf coast home to nearly one-third of u.s. oil protection have been shut down. aaa is monitoring the storm impact on gasoline supplies. >> production sites want to get back online as quickly as possible, but, again, we don't know how much damage the storm will do. >> now, experts predict gas prices could rise 5 to 15 cents per gallon in the wake of a hurricane. local red cross loaded up trucks the call center said it's handling calls from people who want to help out there. the red cross regional ceo said the best way to help is to give blood or cash donation by phone online or text. >> if you can give blood giving blood here matters, we will get it to the people who need it. >> a handful of red cross

volunteers from philadelphia are already heading to texas, philadelphia firefighter lieutenant and urban search and experts heading to texas as part of a federal task force. national weather service says parts of south texas could be left uninhabitable for weeks or months. like to remind you can follow the track of hurricane harvey on our website 6abc.com, abc's "good morning america" and "world news" has dispatched a team of reporters to texas to bring you coverage from towns caught in the path of harvey. >> now turning to delaware county firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at an apartment buildings in sharon hill. chopper 6 hd over the scene of the 1,000 block of woodland avenue where crews were called yesterday afternoon for reports of an explosion. soon after flames shot through the roof and thick smoke flooded the area. one resident was taken to a

nearby hospital for smoke inhalation. >> all you could see was black smoke, you couldn't come through you had to take the long way around. >> the whole neighborhood it was like a smoke bomb went off. you couldn't see anything. >> the fire was placed under control around 9:00 p.m. the building was immediately torn down, the red cross is helping 14 people displaced by the blaze. time 9:36 a.m., philadelphia police issued an arrest warrant for a man they say hit and killed a woman with an suv in center city. police are searching for 35-year-old brendan hay, detectives released images of the suspect from surveillance video. 53-year-old anne brodrick was killed after being hit by a white jeep wrangler rubicon. a tip led investigators to the man in delaware county. police involved shootings

by officers names being released hit a road block after black lives matter protesters demonstrated outside an officer's home in northeast philadelphia. the court order prevents release of officer's names unless approved by the judge. the temporary injunction will hold until a full hearing in late september. >> a devoted but long suffering eagles fan has take a parting shot at the team he rooted for decades. nora muchanic explains. >> reporter: not many of us get to have the last laugh, but that's not the case for jeffrey regal of port republic of atlantic county who died of cancer. he was a season ticketholder for 30 years, he was frustrated that the birds never won a super bowl in his lifetime.

his last wish 8 philadelphia eagles as paul -- pal pallbeareo the eagles could let them down for one last time. >> at a time when everybody is bummed out. he puts a smile on everybody's face. >> my man was the greatest. he had a sense of humor and personality that everybody would love. >> reporter: his friends and family with not about to deny him his last week. they may not look like the birds offensive line, 8 of his friends carried his casket to st. paul cemetary. >> he bled green that's for sure. he loved the eagles. every sunday morning. that's all he talked about. >> reporter: jeffrey was an electrician by trade and avid golfer. he leaves behind his wife a councilwoman in town. he kept his sense of humor and

his funeral service was a wonderful combination of sadness love and laughter. he loved everyone and everyone loved him. he had something great to say to everybody. >> reporter: while he never got the super bowl win, he did get the last laugh. in port republic, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> he got the last laugh. seems like a funny guy. 9:40 a.m., much more to come on "action news" saturday morning at 9 including "shelter me rescue of the week." >> reporter: i'm david murphy this is one of the cats rescued by green street rescue, the winner in the "shelter me rescue of the week" contest. you'll learn about athena and some of her friends on "action news." >> google introduces a new feature to help people dealing with depression. >> we'll get another check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. if you love the 70s?

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>> all right thanks for coming back to us, 9:42 a.m., saturday morning, taking a live look at houston, texas. you can see the skyline still raining, cloudy this morning, despite reports of flooding in the area it started off as a category four and downgraded to

category one, walk us through it. >> reporter: houston is away from the landfall. the fact there's no steering current to push the storm along it will continue to rain for days, and days and days, it could rain for five straight days that will lead to catastrophic flooding. in the meantime, sky6 live hd talking weather in our neck of the woods. this is a beautiful shot in cape may. what a lovely beach weekend this will be today and tomorrow. completely sunny skies, puffy cumulus clouds from time to time. low humidity and the temperatures in the mid 70s. 63 in allentown. 58 in the poconos. they dropped to 45 degrees this morning. a little bit more than 1 degrees above the freezing mark, it was kind of chilly early on. millville, 71.

07 is the number for delaware. cape may, 72. 66 in trenton. on the boards in atlantic city, 72 degrees. satellite and radar again, there's not much going on, we have an area of high pressure, actually there's two areas of high pressure one here and one over my shoulder over the coast of new york city. they will remain in control over the next 72 hours that will bring us a nice stretch of weather. as a matter of fact here's future tracker 6, not much going on, sunny today, fair weather cumulus clouds, sunday, the same idea maybe a little bit more in the way of clouds. generally speaking it's a nice day, sun and clouds as we head into sunday. for today, the weather looks like, mostly sunny, clouds, pleasant, 77 degrees in reading, 76 in allentown, philadelphia closing in on 80. you'll fall short of that mark. dover, 78. cape may, 77 nice for the jersey shore. toms river, 78. millville, 81. you're the lone location topping out in the 80s today. here's the latest on hurricane

harvey downgraded to a category one storm, minimum category one maximum stained winds 80 miles per hour. there's -- sustained winds 80 miles per hour. there's victoria, port lavaca is inundated with heavy storm surge. they are at high tide, but the levels because of the surge are typical for high tide. it should be low tide. corpus christi here, houston, heavy rains for the entire area. the movement over the next five days looks like, there's nothing to steer it on its way, it will do a loopdeloop over the next five days, it's a slow drift so it will rain heavily in this part of southeastern texas. right now it's about 100 southeast of san antonio, texas, by thursday it's 135 miles per

hour to the northeast at that point of san antonio texas. it's not moving here and that means a lot of rain. this is victoria, texas, the computer guide, they have seen 16. you get the idea, tremendous amount of rain. look what happens as we broaden the view a little bit. it shows an additional 18 inches in houston, almost 17 in corpus christi again this entire area has already seen 7 to ten inches of rain. this is on top of that, there's the number for victoria, almost 29 additional inches of rain. it will be a mess in southeastern texas. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, back home, sunny skies today, sunny skies tomorrow. just a few clouds mixed in both days, high temperatures in the upper 70s. low comfortable humidity levels. as we head into next week, increasing clouds, 77.

tuesday, clouds and showers possible, look at that fall weather, 73 degrees. >> let me tell you this, chris you're on vacation, you come back we get good weather. >> reporter: you're loving me now,. >> i need summer is to stay on. >> reporter: you didn't get enough summer? >> no. >> first philly cat cafe offers cats with mats which is a way to work out with adoptable felines. david murphy explains in this week's "shelter me rescue of the week." >> reporter: yoga surrounded by friendly felines at the cat cafe. >> cats are curious, as soon as we put the mats on the floor they are on the mats. >> reporter: it'sen inter active experience with cats playing around and participating. >> they like to check out what

we're doing and hang out on the maps and occasionally grab a poney tail. >> green street rescue took the strays off the streets and opened the cat cafe for casual meet and greets. >> it's a great way to meet cats and see who you bond with awe see if you like them as much as you like them. >> reporter: dust ton would do well in a home with other cats and children. >> very outgoing. >> reporter: cleo was found pregnant in west philly. now that her kittens were adopted she is ready for a a home. nutmeg is social. >> she loves to play. erica is an english tabby. this is athena she was wounded when she was found on the street by green street rescue, she is back to health now and loves to

cuddle. she would prefer a quiet home. if you're interested in adopting any of the animals you met today visit the green street rescue website if you have a shelter story you would like to share post a picture at our "fyi philly" social media pages using the #6abc shelter me. with athena i'm david murphy channel 6 "action news." we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm.

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>> all right, so glad you stayed with us 951 in technically speaking we're getting the first glimpse of a space suit that maybe used by super space x astronauts. take a look. elon musket posted this picture on instagram. he posted the space suit not a mockup. he said it was tested for vacuum pressure. it's hard to balance he esthetis

and functions in the design. google is launching a feature to help people dealing with depression. those who have clinical depression will be offered a validated question air to ask about energy appetite and concentration levels. it's a private self assessment that determines whether user should seek professional help. having a child is exciting, but can be expensive. child care make up about 18% of the overall spending for raising a child and to make sure you're not caught off guard budgeting for child care should start before your bundle of joy arrives. alicia vitarelli explains in today's what's the deal. no audio.new parents get the nu,

clothing and car seats and strollers read before baby. sometimes child care doesn't cross your mind until it's needed. care.com recommends starting to plan as soon as you get the good news. >> the moment you find out that you're expecting and you're going to have a new bundle of joy, you should definitely start to budget depending on the type of care and options of what you can afford. there's great things you can do. one of the first thing we recommend talk to your gloir. >> -- employer. >> care is expensive, the good news costs starting to down as the child gets orderly, but for a newborn, if you're considering child care, a child care center is going to be costly because of the ratio teacher to infant.

>> reporter: consider a nanny share where neighbors split the cost of a caregiver or check out churches and other nonprofits they may offer less for day care. ask around to every new parents who are looking for items there are tons who are looking to unload the things around are there house and they are happy to pay it forward. alicia vitarelli channel 6 "action news." pro tip for fruit lovers:

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>> reporter: the peak winds gusts 132 miles. victoria texas has seen over 16 inches of rain. for us back home, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 9 degrees today and tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, both days, comfortable humidity levels both days. >> thank you four the update. i would like to remind you "action news" continues later tonight we're back tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. here's some of the stories we're working on for you. >> we'll have more on the damage left behind by hurricane harvey. >> we'll have more with "g.m.a.'s" coverage of the hurricane harvey, for christie ileto, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day.

good morning, america. breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane harvey making landfall as a massive category four storm, tearing into the state of texas, packing 130 mile an hour winds and torrential rain. this monster storm ripping apart buildings. the search is on this morning for anyone who may be trapped. harvey, now the most powerful storm to hit the continental u.s. in more than a decade. overnight the white house issuing a disaster deck collar a clarification. thousands evacuated from harv harvey's path. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> the force of the storm lighting up utility lines, hundreds of thousands without power right now. the