person who was inside was not able to make it out. in houston, a woman drown after she got out of her car stuck in high water. flooding is expected to be a concern the next several days. and people in texas are not only dealing with the tropical storm but also tornadoes have been report overnight. a twister tore through missouri city outside of houston. cell phone video you are looking at there, which is 30 miles north of there, shows what looks to be a funnel cloud that has touched down. >> flooding becoming a huge concern for tens of thousands of people. houston's hobby airport closed because of water on the runways. as you can see, people have been trudging through streets overflowing. emergency crews have been working overnight to help drivers trapped in

meteorologist somara theodore and amelia reporting on the storm as it unfolds. >> we are going to go to nbc's sarah dollup who is live for us in galveston. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: good morning, adam and megan. as you mentioned, wide-spread flooding across the southeast in the last 24 hours, galveston has received 24 inches of rain. places in houston reporting an excess of 20 inches there. the coast guard now bringing in five helicopters to perform urban search and rescues in houston. they say they have received some 300 calls. they are offering advice to people to seek the highest ground in their homes but not to go into the attic, because first

them and then second they run the risk of getting trapped in their homes. one person got out of her car and was swept away by floodwaters. so they are asking not for you to travel if possible today. please stay where you are safe. meanwhile, 20,000 cruise ship passengers remain stranded at sea, and there are boats waiting for conditions to improve so they can dock at the port of galveston. wide-spread devastation and flooding and the rain is not over yet. harvey is a slow-moving system, unlike other hurricanes. it's only expected to travel about 60 miles in the next few days, and it's expected to dump rain all the way. adam and megan. >> all right, thank you, sarah. let's turn to somara

tracking now and it's not going anywhere. >> no, it's not. it's nearly stationary moving to the south-southwest at about amile-per-hour. this storm is not over. it's going to be sticking around through the middle of the week. take a look at the expected rainfall totals. we are talking 15 to 30 inches, and there are some areas that could see 40 inches of rain. this is really unprecedented. >> thank you. we are working for you on the ground there in texas. >> amelia draper has been in the greater houston area over the last couple days. amelia, you have been getting a firsthand look at the damage and flooding there, and i have to imagine that the rain continues to c

>> reporter: it was incredible last night and this morning. you are probably wondering why am i not wearing a hood? it's like, why does it matter, you are going to be wet -- my photographer is laughing. but in all sincerity, this is a catastrophic flood. right now we are southeast of the city's center of houston, and behind me is state highway 3, and houston is a very low lying area. there's so much cement in the city it has a difficult training and can you find that article on my twitter page. right now in this area we have flash flood emergencies, so typically back in d.c. we only talk about flash flood watches and warnings, and that

to another step here. overnight tonight we picked up 15 inches of rain here when it's all said and done around thursday we could see the number doubled or tripled. a lot of people are having difficulty grasping what 30 to 40 inches of rain might look like. let's say we get 30 inches of rain here, that would be 400 inches of snow or 33 feet of snow. imagine the d.c. area getting 33 feet of snow. that's what this area is getting here in houston. last night we had an interesting night. we were trying to get back to the hotel and the water was rising too rapidly. we got safely stranded half a mile away. you could see the water overflowing. we saw a nice sense of community. a mother and her child got stranded to the hotel and others pulled together to get them safe a

well. you can pull that up on my facebook and twitter pages. we will be out here all morning and in the evening. we will stick around monday and tuesday. somebody was asking me, are you going to drive around the houston area today and check it out? at least for this morning, i would not do it even if you were going to pay me $3 million. the flood something unheard of. roads are closed everywhere. people inside of the hotel staring at the weather forecast with their mouths wide open. it's hard to put into words. if you can grasp anything, think of 33 inches of snow piling up in d.c. >> stay safe. thank you for that great reporting. while the storm is far from over, one thing is clear. everybody in that area will need a lot of help. >> the american red cross volunteers from our area are headed down there right now to help any way they can.

with a look at what volunteers are doing. >> reporter: calmer scene here but no less urgent. >> reporter: if you are in the mist of a storm, this is like seeing the calvary. tell me what you are going to be doing today. >> today we will try to get ourselves down to texas. we will, once we get down there, use this vehicle to feed people. we can put 200 meals of hot food in here and serve individuals as they need it. we also have cleaning supplies so people can clean up. that's the kind of thing we do once we get one of these vehicles down there. >> that's the thing people don't think about. but in a disaster, you need this. let's look. i liken this

truck because you will feed people out of it, but it's much more serious because people are in die nere need of help. >> we are helping the first responders. these are all containers that keep food hot for hours, and that allows us to serve out of these meals to people, to individuals, down in the area where we are going to be going. we do this all over the country. right now there are about 200 vehicles, red cross vehicles just like this one coming down to texas to try and help out. >> you have a long drive ahead of you, as well. you have to plan your route so you don't become part of the problem yourself and get stranded? >> yes, we will pay attention to that, and thank you for reminding me. >> reporter: the red cross also

northwest and the everyday fires they respond to as well, so a busy time ahead for them. we are live here in arlington. derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> thank you. we want to get to drone video that shows you how incredible this devastation is for harvey. harvey spent 14 hours sitting on top of rockport, texas. you can see there, homes and everything they worked so hard for just destroyed. power lines and trees are also down. right now harvey is dumping a tremendous amount of water over texas. here's a look at storm team 4 radar. our coverage continues next. plus -- >> floyd mayweather has mcgregor on the ropes, figuratively and physically. >> an unexpected turn in front of a crowd o

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floyd mayweather has mcgregor on the ropes figuratively and physically. >> this fight ended at what, megan? 1:00 in the morning. >> yeah, something like that. >> you watched it? >> yeah. >> that's a technical knockout. mcgregor actually did pretty well. the fight went a lot longer and was more competitive than people expected. went into the 10th round. in the end, yeah, it was may weather. he got his 50th win and he said it was his last fight. >> he hung in there but ran out of stamina at the end, i would

another emotional day in charlottesville. residents will re-open the wounds from the violent rally at a town hall today. the city council and the u.s. department of justice are hosting the town hall. it comes more than two weeks after the violent white nationalist rally. the rally took the life of one woman and left 19 others injured. we have seen a gorgeous day unfolding here on our sunday. but will the sunny stretch stick around into the workweek? somara is tracking what you can expect for your commuter forecast coming up. neighbors helping neighbors. a remarkable story of people in tragedy stepping up t doo

in this moment of tragedy we are seeing more remarkable stories of strangers coming together to help one another. >> news4's photo journalist, beth brown, who is with amelia draper in texas experienced that firsthand all through the night in webster, texas. >> the weather just came out of nowhere, because after the storm hit a lot of people thought that it would go

direction. everything around here is flooding real bad and people that aren't even here staying at the hotel are getting stranded and they are coming inside the hotel. situations like this, when you see families and kids, it's just overwhelming. you just try to help as much as you can, and just pray that everybody is safe. >> are you all right? >> yeah, that's my car there. >> kindness from strangers helped you out, huh? >> yeah, and we are grateful for that. >> the whole city got flooded from rain. >> then what happened? >> and then my mommy and sister were talking about these things in the sky. people crashing to their car.

for the kids, more than anything but luckily we made it here, huh? >> uh-huh. >> that's what community is? >> yes, exactly. that's where everybody comes together. >> i have never been in it like this before, and definitely not with them. >> a sweet story. >> great to see people coming together and great work by amelia and beth who are giving you a sense of what is going on on the ground there. >> even having to sleep in their car last night. worth noting. but if you see a flood, turn around and don't tkroupdrown an that's what they did to keep safe. here's a refresher of the unique invitation created by arlington police. take a look. ♪ >> the department posted this video earlier this month. they ripped off their vest

they performed the synchronized swim act. this was the family-friendly block party. it was meant to strengthen the relationship between the community and first responders. >> to think they had good food there, too. see? >> somara, is this the first time you are seeing this? you are laughing. >> it's giving me life. today is another great day to cook out. >> yeah, go ahead and capitalize on the opportunity tookicooking in the great weather. feels like fall. let's take a look at our current temperatures. 70 degrees right now in the district. we did warm up quickly after the sun came up. we were talking numbers in the mid to upper griz 50s earlier. manassas, 67 degrees for you now. the radar sho

we are seeing cloud coverage out there with sun breaking through though. the bigger picture, though, does show a disturbance along the carolina coast. i think it's going to ride up the coast as a low pressure and that's going to impact the mid atlanta bringing us our next chance for rain for tuesday and wednesday. here's a look at the future weather. fast-forwarding to 8:00 p.m., this is back towards the i-80 corridor, and they could see a few sprinkles. maybe a lot lower cloud coverage. we move into monday morning and wake up to a good deal of sunshine and then the clouds billow in and then the moisture after that. around 3:00 or 4:00 look for isolated shower activity on monday. the monday evening commute and not the morning

today, last-minute errands, go ahead and run them. or if you are watching the redskins and the bengals, there's good conditions for the game there. here's the day i was talking about. monday, a chance for showers in the afternoon. tuesday more widespread showers and a few rumbles lasting through wednesday. and then the 90s making a comeback. summer not quite gone just yet. labor day holiday coming up, and now it looks good. could see rain on the end of it but for now we will be quiet. one of the biggest stories of donald trump's presidency this august has been how his relationship with republicans in congress has been going south fast, like very fast. he has feuded on twitter with mitch mcconnell saying the majority leader failed to deliver on health care, and trump

shutdown if he does not get money for the border wall. and he has supported a primary challenge against a sitting gop senator, jeff flake of arizona. they need each other if they are going to get anywhere with the big ticket items in the fall, but the stage seems set with more gridlock and bitterness in washington, d.c. an adorable moment in the heart of tragedy. the little surprise that came with a big gift, or should we

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he seems to be scared. doesn't know what is going on. hurricane harvey is getting ready to barrel down through here and he just kind of doesn't want to leave. >> if you have not seen this one on social media yet you probably will today. a houston taxi driver said as hurricane harvey approached this hawk got into his cab and refused to leave. nbc news spoke with the driver on the phone, and while its

difficult to verify, but many appear the wings look to be hurt. somebody managed to snap this picture of a dog carrying his own food. the dog's name is otis and he was trotting along to a group of people outside cleaning up. he was want to go eat. >> he said, yeah, the storm is here but it's dinnertime. let's go. new life is surfacing above the floods and the destruction. >> yeah, we have seen certainly so much of it in texas, but a mom in corpus christi welcomed a baby boy during the height of the storm. the baby, seven pounds and 18 inches long. as for his name, guess what? harvey was the

you can bet there are a lot of baby harveys from the storm and maybe eclipse names from this week. i don't know. >> i don't know. >> like, star. >> shine. moon, sunshine -- >> no, not moonshine. take a look, at it continues to churn, a massive amount of rainfall being dumped in the houston area, we will check back with amelia draper who is there on the ground as we continue to monitor the impact of harvey. the workers who are either wa too dedicatyed

the time is 9:30 on this sunday morning. two people now dead because of hurricane harvey. one person killed after a house fire in rockport where the hurricane made landfall on friday night. and then in houston a woman drawn when she got out of her car in high water. and then a tornado in cypress, texas. the national weather service is working to confirm if that was a tornado. but then a tornado did touch down in missouri city which is outside of houston. no deaths or injs

volunteers from the red cross in our area are working to help those affected by hurricane harvey. they opened already 15 shelters for texas residents and more assistance is on the way. right now we are following the disastrous flooding right now happening along the gulf coast of texas. >> so much is going on with the storm. it's not over yet. we have complete team coverage. we want to start with sarah dalloff in texas where the winds and rains from kept coming. >> reporter: yeah, 24 inches in 24 hours here in galveston, as people take stock not only now of the flooding but also the damage left behind because of the hurricane. in houston the situation

some areas receiving more than 20 inches of rain. the 911 system there so overwhelmed and overloaded right now that they are asking people not to call until their lives are in imminent dangers. hundreds of water rescues overnight. the coast guard has their urban rescue team in the city right now, and that's five helicopters responding to some 300 calls and are requesting additional air support to come in. harvey is only expected to travel some 60 miles in the next few days dumping water all the way. adam and megan. >> sarah dollup live in texas for us. thank you. we just

steering winds, the mechanism we need to move harvey. look at the projected path. it pushes back towards the coast and then taking a curve and headed inland. we are seeing it move south-southeast at 1mile-per-hour. you can see here they are also dealing with tornado issues. they have a tornado watch and warning just south of houston. >> thank you, and we will check back with you shortly here. we are working on the ground for you in texas right now. >> our reporter, amelia, getting a firsthand look at the damage. you are starting to put it in perfective as far as how much rain is coming, right? >> reporter: you know, adam, if you could repeat what you just said. i think what jt

helicopter, but those helicopters that somara is talking about, i suspect where we are positioned and towards where they are flying, they are responding to those emergency calls right now. where we are right now is along state highway 3. to give you an idea, what you are looking at right now is an overflow area where water is collecting. it was a nightmare tonight, flooded roads, wide-spread flooded roads everywhere, and we are starting to see it improve a little bit but officials are urging folks to stay off the roads. we are not just seeing flooding but there's a tornado warning 25 miles southwest of where we are. every time we have been onair since we touched ground here in the houston area, we do these live shots. it doesn't look like it's raining that hard. it might

to moderate rain out there, and then as soon as we get off the air and we try to find something and it's an downpour we are dealing with, flash flooding and that kind of thing. it's ironic. overnight we were dealing with two tornado warnings where we were stationed. but the story here, guys, continues to be the flooding. we saw at least ten inches of rain and today we will see that, and more will continue throughout the week. >> so amelia you have been talking to residents down there. what is their reaction to all the devastation? do they have a game plan as to what they will do over the next few days if the rain just stays over where they are? >> reporter: a lot of the residents we talked to did have a game plan. i will say in galveston, it seemed they were passe' about the weather forecast, and they had dry time and they were out and about thinking the worst of the storm is over. but when we landed

up on supplies. here, where we are southeast city center of houston, a lot of the folks here were prepared and are ready to sit out the storm and that's what emergency officials want them to do here. >> i spent time there in houston, and there's so much concrete and there's not surface where the water can drain, and so that's one of the big issues with that city getting that amount of rain, right? >> reporter: yeah, exactly. i mentioned this earlier, adam, and i know you love this kind of stuff, too. i was reading an interesting article last night about how the city was built-up and how quickly it was built-up and where things are stationed and with all the concrete here it makes it difficult for the water to drain. this morning we were walking around to s

out of the hoe pel atel and bub were coming up through the road because the storm drains were clogged and so much concrete that there's nowhere for the water to go. >> stay safe, guys. thank you for all your reporting. coming up, you would think a category 4 hurricane would be good enough for an excuse to call out for work, but tug boats had to ride out into the channel of port arandsa. the coast guard will and continue to play a role in the search a

one of the assignments is rescuing the cruise ships stranded at sea. i can't imagine being one of the passengers on the ship stranded out there. thankfully, so far nobody has been injured. galveston, texas, is among one of the largest cruise ships in the united states. harvey will remain inland into the next couple of days. 24 inches of rain in 24 hours. coming up, we are staying on top of hurricane harvey and the devastating flooding that could only get worse. and then blackwkha

welcome back. the search and rescue mission continues this morning for a special ops soldier.

that shouldoldier went missing a blackhawk went down. the blackhawk was hovering ten feet above the water when it crashed. right now we are working to learn more information about a rescue in the potomac river. prince william county fire officials tweeted about the rescue effort late last night. it's happening off possum point in dumfries near quantico. the time is 9:41 on this sunday morning. it's the final day of freedom for a lot of school kids. somara is tracking your back-to-school forecast. one district is scrambling at the last minute. the rush to find more bus

i am storm team 4 meteorologist, and we have great weather to be outdoors driving around. temperatures expected to rise to 80, 81 degrees for a lot of us. a nice mix of sun and clouds and no rain to contend with while you are running the errands. but we have rain in the forecast at the top of the workweek and i will have that in the full forecast ahead. hurricane harvey took a lot

you can see the proof on the video that we have been showing you all afternoon and all morning and night. you can see it right here. >> harvey is also providing a moment of trust. a trust that when there is a disaster people will step up and help. as nbc's joe fryer reports, volunteers offering their time and homes to complete strangers. >> we remember hurricanes by their names yet the many volunteers that respond to the storms seem nameless. we want to introduce you to folks like lisa, she brought her friend to a training session. one of 1,200 more volunteers that signed up. >> it's a beautiful thing to come together and forget everything that is bad and come together as a strong community and help. >> at the salvation

>> this shelter helped us get back on our feet into the home we are in now, and so we can follow god's call and come back and give back. >> and then these two opened up their home to total strangers that needed a place to stay after fleeing houston. >> they opened their heart. you have to be a special person to offer something like that with nothing in return because you want to make sure somebody is safe. >> so far more than 100 hosts have offered their homes to evacuees for free. >> we have the means to help. there's every reason to help people. that's what texas is about. >> home sweet home. >> just a sliver of the category 4 kindness around the lone star state that is every bit of relentless as rain, joe fryer, nbc news, galveston. >> good to hear good

coming out of there. and then heading back to school tomorrow. but listen to this. our news partner wtop reports the county's public school systems still needs another 100 drivers. right now there are 1,200 certified drivers in the county, and they have to put supervisors on the buses now to fill the vacancies. the jobs start at your than 18 bucks an hour, so if you are interested, give them a call. >> when do they go back to school? >> tomorrow. >> got it. as the district gets ready for the students tomorrow, the students are getting prepared for their first day back. students in springfield spent yesterday getting all of their gear ready, and one outreach group organizes the donations every year. >> being able to help them and giving them that ext

in a happy tone, you know, for us makes us happy. >> all the donations come from companies and members of the community. in prince georges county students are celebrating a return to school. around 10,000 backpacks were handed out at prince georges stadium in bowie. students will start back to school next week after labor day. the time is 9:48. the redskins are back in action today. they are taking on the bangles at fedex field and do not have a win yet in the pre-season. 0-2, and hoping to get win number one today and to do that they have to step up on offense. the first team in offense went

3-0, and last week they had four ugly drives against the packers. they talked about what they need to do to get back on track. >> we have high expectations. we want to be more efficient running the ball, and accurate throwing the balls and guys getting open, so that's a focus of ours every day that we go out. you can always say good thing it's the pre-season because we have not been sharp for a couple quarters until the second quarter of the last game we picked it up a little bit. >> pre-season doesn't mean anything. it's just pre-season. >> yeah. >> kickoff at 4:30 at fedex field. >> we're going to do well. >> the power of positive thinking. >> sure, that's fine. somara, a lot of people going to fedex today. what is the weather looking like? >> we have the nats game, too. we have a forecast for that, too, comingp.

today is basically a replica of yesterday. headed out the door, i know a lot of us off to a brisk start. a few of us like to call it refreshing. temperatures around 70 degrees, and it feels like 70, and we have the wind out of the northeast, and it feels how it actually is. here's four things you need to know. harvey is a tropical storm, however still packing a punch expected to dump nearly 40 inches of rain along the texas coast here. here at home, a beautiful sunday ahead. tuesday, maybe a soggy one. summer then makes a comeback. we have the satellite on here and we do have clouds. the sun is breaking through as we head throughout the day. take a look at the big picture right now. we are seeing a disturbance down along the carolina coast. as that skirts up the eastern seaboard, the

center has a 48% chance of development. as you head through your sunday, we stay dry. we will get a lot of sunshine out here. we are going to see lower clouds. maybe a few sprinkles out towards the blue ridge out along the corridor there. the onset of moisture will bring us a chance for showers monday afternoon. that's when you will see a chance for rain. nationals take on the mets today. it's quintessential weather for a game. showers and storms in there that extends into your wednesday from tuesday. temperatures will be in the 70s. we will then start to pivot up towards 84 degrees on thursday. then by the weekend, the holiday weekend, we could get to about 90 degrees over the weekend from this view. it seems as though the forecast is dry over the weekend for your labor day holiday, but we will keep an eye on that. we could tra

or tuesday. >> thank you very much. with all that is going on in the gulf, it's hard to remember that that's not the only disaster the world is facing right now. we will tell you about a unique way a local congregation is

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welcome back. when a tragedy hits like the one in the gulf coast right now it can be hard to remember that just a few days ago a deadly

of sierra leone. >> that hit home in northern virginia with a local church had a special relationship with the country for years. chris lawrence shows us how a congregation is being called to help. >> if you want to help some of the most vulnerable people on the planet in a time of great distress, this would be one of those opportunities. >> the number of deaths are in the hundreds and dozens of still missing. the mudslide struck outside the capital of the town while many of the residents were sleeping. the church has a relationship with sierra leone that goes back two decades. >> we have a child rescue center, and a hospital called mercy hospital. it's small but very effective and treats people even if they can't pay. because of that we have the relationships in sierra leone. i was in freetown j

moments ago, and i saw the homes and had a conversation with a driver about the danger of people living in a flood basin. we were able to send money quickly because we didn't have to take a vote. >> it remains one of the poorest countries in the world and it just recently came through the ebola crisis. >> we have two links in the nbc washington app if you want to help. just search sierra leone. the time is 9:56. right now, houston is dealing with catastrophic flooding left over from harvey and could go on for days. we will tell you why the danger may only get worse. >> reporter: we're at the national red cross headquarters and looking at the local efforts to help coordinate some of the response in texas. i

take a listen there as we head into the 10:00 hour, we have more hurricane harvey coverage. catastrophic flooding the big concern now in texas.

danger from high water as harvey brings downpours and disaster. we continue to track it all for you. good morning to you. as we said, it's 10:00 on this sunday morning. i am adam tuss. >> i am megan fitzgerald in for angie goff. officials say a home caught fire during the storm and that person cannot make his way out. in houston, a woman drown last night after she got out of her car and was stuck in high water. flooding remains a major concern. not only are people in texas dealing with what was a tropical storm but there are tornado warnings issued overnight as well. one tornado touched down and there are reports of a second. officials confirmed a twister that tore through missouri city which is just outside of houston. cell phone video from 30 miles