a snake trapper helped the family safely remove the boa from the attic.he trapper says the snake has likely been living in the attic for years and may have once been a family pet and entered the home by a tree branch near the house. >> that snake looks very well fed. i'd be worried about what that snake has been living on for that year. >> it's not starving. >>> time for sports and for the first time anyway long time, let's go over to the nfl, shall we. >> preseason nfl football. the highlights from espn. >>> hey, everyone, i know you've been getting lots of cheery news. time to break that up with some sports. you go first. >> i have actual pictures of national football league action and i am thirsty and hungry for wings just thinking about it. here we go. panthers/texans, first quarter. that's derek anderson, kelvin benjamin. all about the benjamins and all about this nice grab in the end zone, two catches, 40 yards, 1 touchdown. who are you saying isn't in shape? benjamin is. panthers grab the early lead. later in the game, 12th overall pick won a champ

many people have been calling the 911 center they have claimed into the attic to escape rising waters. if the waters continue to rise those folks will be trapped in the attic the police chief is warning people if you go into your attic make sure of an axe that can hack your way through the roof at least you have some place even higher to climb to escape all these rising waters. again, christine, another foot of rain in the forecast, when you think about what the city is going to go through to mid week, this city's watery misery is going to get worse before it gets better. >> mark strassmann thank you. now for latest on harvey's path we turn to scott in dallas, fort worth. scott? >> good morning, tropical storm harvey still holding that tropical status as you take a look drifting to the south-southeast at one mile per hour causing torrential rain right now. damaging rains in houston, the galveston area this is a four hour loop of those rain bands continuing to push on shore in the houston area. flooding merge sees happening all the residents there do not get into your attic get out on

. >> now will go to the third floor attic. it can get a little hot in the summer time. this is a great place that was used for rooms that people were boarding here, for study, there's overflow space for those that worked here. it's a great area. we'll go take a look at the graffiti upstairs. when visitors come fell see the downstairs area but only some will take a special tour to go upstairs to the attic. one of my favorite parts because there's some is to discover and so much graffiti on the wall from the early residents. if you follow me astray some of my favorites. this has some wonderful artwork. all the wonderful scholars and intellectuals and writers that lived here. also some wonderful artists that made the residents including edward simmons was noted for doing amazing murals in the early 20th century. when he was a boy he stayed here and wrote an autobiography and include some moments of when he was here. as young child he actually drew on the walls and wonderful pencil. susie these great birds and thinks in the areas. one of my favorites in this corner is a won

we would ask that you don't go into your attic. rescuers cannot see you. >> reporter: bayous and rivers overrun that contaminated water, a potential toxic soup sewage. another danger in the sky. the threat of tornadoes. some of the images heart wrenching to see. and the president saying he praises all the agencies working together, and he's expected to visit texas on tuesday. one image showing some of the most vulnerable people in insufferable conditions. eva pilgrim on their desperate wait for rescue to arrive. and the controversy over whether houston officials should have called for evacuations before the storm. >> reporter: the picture, heartbreaking. senior citizens, some in wheelchairs, trapped in the la vita bella nursing home just outside houston. one woman seems to be calmly knitting in her recliner as the water rises. a son-in-law. >> she said things are really bad, and she said we really need help right now. so you know we can't wait. >> reporter: a few hours later the seniors were rescued by helicopter, an official telli

but a monster in the attic-- was very real for a family in florida. for months -- they say they kept hearing strange noises in their attic. since they apparently from horror movies-- they finally went up there to investigate. bob van der herchen says he was more than a little shocked when he discovered a six feet long boa constrictor. van der herchen thinks the snake slithered off a tree branch over the roof and through a vent. judging by the amount of shedded skin -- it's believed the snake was in the home for at least two years! a trapper caught the snake and is now looking to give it a more suitable home. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - delightful today and tomorrow - rain chances friday through monday - no sign of high heat and humidity today: mostly sunny. low humidity. very nice for early august. highs: 82-85 winds: n to se 5 mph tonight: mainly clear. another comfortable night. lows: 65-70 winds: se 5 mph thursday: sunny start with increasing clouds late. still pleasant. highs: 81-84 winds: se 5-10 mph fios is not cable. we're a 100% f

and my brother-in-law, larry forrest, was there. >> that night, mike brings larry into the attic. >> i said to larry, "i want to show you something," and i took him upstairs, and i showed him. it was in a moving box from 1964. >> they didn't even unpack it. >> no, no. >> mike pulled out a piece out of the box, and he said, "it's from the white house." and i go, "talking about d.c. white house?" he goes, "yeah." i was just stunned. if you asked somebody what's the most important building in our history, they're gonna say the white house. and here it was, sitting right next to me. >> did mike ask you to learn more about it for him? >> the more we got talking about it, we said, "let's find out where this came from." >> but it's just talk, and it will be for years. mike's dad dies in 1996, and his mom in 2001. only then do the meister kids begin to deal with any of the old stuff their parents accumulated. did your parents leave a will? >> we had a trust. >> did they specify? >> not in that particular case, no. to clean the house out, to send things to auction, and sell it, it was probabl

don't go up in the attic. a number of folks have done that.you go up in the attic, you need to make sure you have an ax or some other way to get out. because the attic can be very dangerous, you can get trapped and rescue works can't get to you. if water is rising, you're safer on the roof than in the attic. secondly, if you're in an area where the floodwaters are rising, if at all possible, don't go in the car. unless it is an absolute emergency. the most dangerous thing you can do is get in your car and drive into moving water. moving water is deceptive, you think you can make it through, and yet moving water can carry the car away. and it is the easiest and fastest way to risk the lives of you and your family. listen to the local authority, stay high and safe and don't take a risk. >> that's all very good advice. and senator, this debate that i guess is happening in texas right now over whether houston should have evacuated, i know the governor has said, well, maybe people should have been evacuating even though there weren't evacuation ord

the man was upstairs in the attic. he actually had parkinson's disease, we had to lift him from stair to stair. two people had to grab him, put him in the boat. i mean, he could barely walk, so it felt good to help them out. not knowing what you get into every time, so that's kind of the scary part. i mean, we're volunteers, don't do this for a living. >> reporter: that's what we've seen all over the place. they put out a call for help, and you answer it, and you don't really think twice about it, do you? >> no. i mean, they put it up on social media that we were helping out, whatever, and for the last two hours he's had nothing but phone call after phone call after phone call, people needing help. we're actually headed to a place right now, there's five elderly people in wheelchairs, so we actually have to take off and help to get these people out -- >> reporter: we're going to let you do that. chuck and five or six -- chuck and brian, you guys are amazing, and thank you for what you're doing out here, and i know the

imagine waiting in your attic waiting to be rescued. there's a lot of confusion to people coming in. i talked to them inside. they are a bit disoriented. there's volunteers helping them out, but they are trying to grapple with the fact they have lost everything. they are still grappling with the fact they are alive. many of them feared they were going to die because the water started rising quickly. they could see the helicopters, they could see the boats. they were taking people in critical condition or people in wheelchairs first, of course. so, imagine the mothers who are holding their children, waiting to be rescued. the good news, there are a lot of resources here. capacity here, we are told is 5,000. they have a lot of resources, a lot of volunteers are opening their hearts and wallets with supplies, with money to try to get these people back in a reasonable footing. as i mentioned, it is extremely traumatic event, extremely traumatic time for these people as they grapple with the fact that everything they own has been destroyed.

the call was people climbed into the attic to safety. we can't make into the neighborhood as you can imagine. these folks are being brought in. we are trying to not to bother them because we are trying to get them to safety and out of the rain as quickly as possible but you can see a child being carried in mom's arms to safety to get out of here and hopefully safer place than where they came from, that's for sure. >> wow. imagine what is going through that mother's mind as she is running off with her child in this disaster. our thanks to ryan korsgard of the affiliate kprc. >>> driving through floodwaters, look. never a good idea. the police chief there art tweeted out can't emphasize how much flooding there is on roadway. you're endangering ourselves and our first responders by being out. stay put. authorities are really warning people, look. please don't attempt to do this. just stay where you are. don't venture into these high waters because at the end of the day, you don't know how high they are. >> we are going to be getting in new

it's an attic that was made out of a bedroom. and before we actually was able to come upstairs, it was to my knees. and i'm only 5'2" so, i mean, when i say it rose, it rose quick. it just kept rising and rising. i just told the kids to just grab what they can and grab some food out the kitchen and let's go upstairs. and, you know, the little food that we had and water we had, we finished that like 4:00 yesterday. we just grabbed what we could. we were kind of scared because we didn't even have time to unplug any electricity or anything. i didn't want anybody get electrocuted. take the can and go upstairs. i think we were just -- oh, we were just more frustrated because we were hungry. especially me, i kept having panic attacks, but those kids worked with me. they kept me calm. we made it. it just was getting hot. like i said, we were hungry and we wanted something to drink, you know. i needed water to take my medication. so, it was just -- i tell you what, i don't want to go through that no more. >> i have to tell you -- >> i re

>> we wen up to the attic and i got on the roof. well, actually i got on the roof before we went to the act pit -- >> and by the way, we're looking at the video this is part of your rescue, did this helicopter save you? >> no, that helicopter didn't save me. it came down over my host and let over the coast guard. and the coast guard -- on the roof. he came down and talked to my mom told her that they had got a call about a man with a -- some sort of brain disease and i think he also had low blood pressure and something like that. and so at that time they were doing of course, priority, in which that was -- he needed help way faster than we did. we were -- you know we weren't flooded out but we needed to get out the house but this was an elderly man and he was also sick. so, the helicopter, he told us that he left and he went on and he took care of that man and after that i think he also probably took care of another elderly person, because behind my house in that area it's a lot of elderly people, so they actually picked up about pr

homeowners call him when they see droppings or hear rodents in the attic.hey don't want the neighbors to know they have a rodent problem so they ask them not to park in front of their house. they first identify where the rodents are. they turn to spring loaded traps like this baited with peanut butter. for a typical home, two dozen traps are set in the crawl space and attic. the next step is prevention. >> it only takes a size of a quarter for an adult rat. their skull is cartilage. if their head fits, their body will follow. >> reporter: that means replacing foun daks vents or patching holes under the eaves of the roof. they can gnaw on wiring and do other damage. >> when we go up in the attic, we place traps along the perimeter, and along the heavily traveled areas known as runways. when you're up in the attic, you can tell the travels of a rodent because the insulation is indented. >> reporter: as the rat problem grows, so does the wait time for a service appointment. it can take up to two weeks to get scheduled. david louie, abc 7 news. >>> technicians

that's the attics red investor. just a few moments ago, the geological survey folks were taking a measurement of how much water is released. because it needs to be correct. if they release too little, the water and these conditions continues to rise. if it crests for the first time in history, one of these reservoirs or that levee breaks, downtown houston is gone. it's going to be even more catastrophic as a dire situation as we've seen. if they release too much, as the water moves out, it will add entirely unnecessary water to existing flooding situations. we saw thousands of rescues today. we've had thousands more trying to take place now. in these conditions, the volunteers can't take john boats out. the houston rescue guys, the coast guard can operate, but it's going to impede those efforts. this is the story. that reservoir. this is a bad situation to have to target new areas that may be in the flow. this water, by the way, will flow southwest around downtown houston into the buffalo bayou and other tributary s

officials telling them don't go to your attics. get to your roof top. if you have to go to the attic, bring an ax or another heavy piece of equipment to punch a hole through. that's how dramatic it is here. there are some other boats that have come to pull some others out of here. >> brian todd in houston during more rescues taking place at this hour. thank you. joining u now, the texas governor, greg abbott. thank you so much for taking a moment to be with us. seeing those rescues taking place, you must be proud of the citizens of your state right now. >> texans are the best. i am so proud of my fellow texans and the way they're responding. thankful for the first responders and the terrific work they're doing. we're working to aid them by deploying 3,000 national guard members as well as providing about 200 or so boats and helicopters for emergency rescues. but it's these first responders who are making life and death decisions, who helping so many people live. i'm so proud of them and what they're doing. i want our fellow texans to know we'll continue

down are absolutely at their wits end because we are standing, the road closed behind me, away from attics and reservoirs as they worry about the overspill. to get some perspective on what that means the reservoirs are 20,000 acre-feet, it will spillover. and the reservoir, for folks around this area worried about getting out, if you look at this let me show you this is the neighborhood behind it. you are not going anywhere. if you hunker down you cannot get in your car and leave at this moment. the mayor saying this is necessary, won't play the soundbite, cannot leave the story now, helicopters over me, the search and rescue continues, at this point major disasters in our nation we are in the recovery phase, can't even begin to measure the magnitude because the neighborhood in the vicinity of dams, and that is the situation here. >> can't even begin to think about recovery at this point. talking about that neighborhood, people start to be evacuated, they have gone back to get their pets who they left behind, they didn't expect this to happen. really awful situation. today marks the 12th a

get out of their attics. get on to the roofs.wn reporter, victor oquendo is there. >> this is an area that normally doesn't flood. police officers thought this location would be okay for us. things wept from bad to worse very quickly all across houston. the water is much deeper than this. across this whole parking lot. look that way. that black car submerged. beyond that, we're talking about waist-doop water. the highway is behind me. cars are stalled out all over the place. the latest numbers, 24 inches of rain in the houston area. and more than 1,000 rescues. we're actually one of those rescues. take a look. we continue to walk around here. all of our cars are now being moved up on to the sidewalk here. that is a constable's suv on the the flat bed of the tow truck there. right now, for us, our game plan is to stay safe. we're getting a break from the stronger bands. as soon as the water recedes a little bit, we'll get to higher ground. things are bad. it looks like it will be this way for a few days. >>> that is all for us tod

a priceless memory uncovered in an attic. jonathan: a alison: an unusual fine for a man as he remodeled a home in upstate new york. he found a wedding dress rocks then the attic. jonathan: he posted a picture of the dress on facebook and within two hours he got a response from the daughter of the woman who once wore the dress. she got goosebumps because showed a picture of her mom and the dress. when i saw that come it was like, my god. it's surreal. >> all of this is just incredible. alison: her mom died two years ago. belongings still left. her family says it means so much to have that returned, thanks to the kindness of strangers and the incredible reach of social media. jonathan: two hours. erin: i almost did not believe it. jonathan: it's amazing. speaking of power -- erin: max scherzer has the power, but there was also a scare tonight after he did something he had never done before in his big-league career. duke's is the perfect companion for so many things. it makes a tomato taste more like a tomato. it makes bacon tas

eventually all the boxes came down and moved everything up to the attic if we could.nd we prepped the top of the car so we could stay on top in case the water got too high and eventually we got to move there as morning came. so we were waiting on top of the car, and eventually a boat had to come and pull us out because we had nowhere else to go. >> reporter: so you knew what was coming. your mom and dad and some pets, as well. >> yes. >> reporter: so you were already preparing as the water is creeping in. what did it look like inside your house? >> we had been through floods before, just not as bad as this before. we never had to evacuate the house before. but so we started cleaning, and stacking everything up and packing things in boxing, because we know kind of what to expect. but the water rose up to about my chest. and we had to just wade out everywhere. and everything was black and dark and you couldn't really see anything in the water. stuff was just floating around and boxes were just everywhere. >> reporter: inside your home. >> yes. >> reporter: so who makes

clayton: stay out of the attics.of a lot of people getting into the attic to escape the flood water, but you said don't do that unless you have an a axe. what is your best advice to people? >> they need to try to get out and work their way to the roof, because the problem is if you can't break that roof, we know that in katrina we lost some of our fellow americans that, sadly, drowned. some people are deathly afraid of women. they can't swim, they're so afraid of it, they panic and get in the attic. unless you can break out, you need to work your way outside of the house and work your way to the roof. >> chief, can you give us a general sense as to how many calls emergency responders are getting at this point in time? >> well, our 911 system's been overwhelmed, and you have to realize it's not just the city of houston, it's harris county, it's adjoining cities. this is a very, very, very widespread flooding event that doesn't just, that's not just spread out across this part of the state. but, obviously, if you look

lauren: if you are going to the attic in houston that don't go unless you have an attic with you to get through to the roof. that's how bad the situation is. drink to forget the attic, just go to the roof. again, he said 3000 national kurds, people are saying maybe 15,000 national guard. we've got a lot coming up on hurricane harvey. falling over houston, more rain is expected to janice dean will tell us how much more rain in the area could get. we'll take a look at how insurance companies have huge financial losses from hurricane harvey. you are watching "fbn:am." >> the torrential rains that wouldn't stop, we've been on the road and thank god that aching for a same time. while still avr doctor at their fingertips. this is an asteroid live-streamed to millions of viewers from 220 miles above earth. this is ai trained by experts in 20 industries. your industry. hello. this is not the cloud you know. this is the ibm cloud. built for your business. designed for your data. secure to the core. the ibm cloud is the cloud for enterprise. yours. ♪ ♪ yours. i'm val. the orange money retirement

there are reports of people trapped in their attics and on their roof. we are told 24 hours of rain is still ahead and the worst could be yet to come. i'm eric shawn, this is "america's news headquarters." arthel: entire neighborhoods under water. officials telling people to stay indoors and only call 911 if their lives are in i am nernlt danger. adam klotz is tracking the storm. how much rain is headed houston's way? reporter: these numbers just keep climbing and climbing. so far this is from the system that made landfall. this your legend up at the top. we are getting into the 12 to 16-inch range. a wide area where we have seen heavy rain. and there are those numbers. 15, 16, 17, 18 inches of rain already. and it's still raining and it will be range for days. here is the last 24 hours. you will see where it moved on to shore but where all the rain has been falling father up the coast. again, just rounds and rounds of heavy showers, thunderstorms, isolated tornadoes within the system. and that's what we have been seeing and continue to see the heavy rai

this is where we see with a number of homes where people had escaped into the their attics and used their ax or some sort of heavy tool to sort of punch their way or chop their way out of the rooftop, the ceiling of roof so they can get pulled out to safety. the water and flooding damage in this particular neighborhood has been absolutely breathtaking and unreel to see. volunteers have been coming in the similar boat we're in. we're in a boat with a young man by the name of austin seth who drove an hour from lake jackson, texas to volunteer. he's pulled about a dozen people from this area and into safety. interinterstate is essentially being used as a boat launch today. this is just one of many, many neighborhoods across the city of houston that have been just devastated and in dire need of help. these are people in this neighborhood, ana, who went to bed last night not thinking their neighborhood was ever going to flood in this storm, thinking they were on higher ground, that there'd been enough people who lived here in this neighborhood for generations who felt they were going to be saf

. >> layer of insulation in my attic. >> you're not going to do it, are you? >> no. >> reporter: it's a tough day, but he's making sure his worker is taken care of in the heat. >> disconnect the vent so it blows into the attic. just so he doesn't sweat. i'm not climbing up there to drag him down in case he passes out. >> reporter: the morning is a busy time in the summer here at butcher dog park in san jose. >> because the dogs don't like it when it's hot. so i'd say almost everybody will be out of here by 11:00, or 11:30. >> reporter: dogs can overheat quickly. he keeps his four legged friend home in the afternoon. >> spend a couple hours here, go home, and decide if i should nap or have lunch. >> all right, nice life. >> reporter: is that you or the dog? >> both of us. >> reporter: yeah, more tips for your dogs, obviously make sure they have enough water. never leave them in your car, and if you are taking them for a walk, especially during the heat of the day, be careful on the asphalt and the concrete as well, it can burn their paws. obviously the dogs her

steve: got out and got in their attic. good reason to move.red. what do you do? jillian: there can be so many things to find in the attic. >> maybe for a week. abby: we should get everyone to send us pictures what's in the attic. i'm thinking of all the things in the mom's attic and what the make would live in christmas decorations. brian: billie dean had a song called toys in the attic. janice: that's not billy joel. that's aerosmith. don't try to trick me with classic rock trivia. how is it going? what's your name? >> angela. >> what do you do. >> concrete assistant manager. janice: your boss is not going to mind i'm wearing your helmet. >> he is not there i'm the boss. janice: have you an anniversary. >> to my wife fern, happy anniversary to my wife fern. i love you. 32 years. janice: where are you from. >> caramel, indiana. janice: what do you do real quick. >> i'm retired. janice: they have visited every single presidential library in the united states amazing. real quick. i want to show you. we are watching this tropical storm franklin.

. >> and creep in the attic. >> i saw the light right through there. >> imagine someone crawling right above your bedroom where you and your baby sleep. >> you have no idea what's been going on inside our own home. >> then glen campbell's final days, the haunting video. what his daughter told us. >> plus, ju

occurred in the attics of houston house. die warning that how long before we know the real told afp this dishonest. it's going to be months maybe even years quite frankly. it'll take months to six months. maybe eight months to do a a total assessment of the area keep in mind that houston the city of houston is six hundred square miles. and. that's what a lot of. territory to cover place you have six million people the fourth largest city in the u. s.. and you can see by that previous story that people pull together in times of need. there's this is still a recovery a response phase he will continue for awhile to make sure that every life is saved. joe with so many people needing help how to prioritize. it's all about saving lives at this point. they're opening up more and more shelters by the end of this time next week will probably have a half a million to three quarters of a million people. who are homeless so obviously transitional housing hotels motels apartments that are available fema is already started working on plac

don't go into your attic, this is a very important warning. don't go into your attic unless you have an axe or other equipment to get through the roof. it can be dave rouse getting trapped with no way to get out. >> senator ted cruz, president trump is back at the white house now. having arrived there moments ago many the white house saying the president plans to head to the region in, the flooding region there, and here are the images of the family coming off marine one. that they will be in the region on tuesday, what do you want to see come from the president's visit potentially in your district? >> well, i spoke to the president earlier, and he committed swift and immediate federal resources and all the support the state needed. i was appreciative of his direct and personal level of concern. yesterday i spoke with vice president pence right after the president had convened a video conference cabinet meeting, and the vice president conveyed to me, the president directed every cabinet official to move as swiftly as humanly possible to marsha

this is where they've set up here on the north side of that attics dam. we were just here. the fire volunteer setting those swift boats out there. that's very important because these currents are so dangerous. we've seen time and time again where two volunteers are missing because their boat wasn't able to handle the water. we went on a mission where we just rescued 12 people who had been in a motel trapped for the last five days. they had a 1-month-old baby and a guinea pig. captain david pativan told us about how long we're going to have to endure this sort of thing. take a listen. >> the floodwaters we're told, we're told could last weeks and weeks. those people hunkered down over there right now, it's probably time for them to start thinking about evacuation. if you do need evacuation, we're asking, call us during the day. as you can see there's great visibility out here. at night it becomes far more difficult with hazards that we can see. >> reporter: talking about visibility, the good news here, the blue sky. something we haven't seen since this all began. it's allowi

for attics up here it is overflowing what is an emergency spillway. it's not in trouble, it's just an emergency spillway. this is what the earthen dam looks like on the southeast side of barker and this is what it looks like on the northeast side of x. by the time you take it up to here to the top of attics, you are at 108 feet above sea level. that's where the water is right now. 108.25. so, water is going out and around in places that it has never, ever moved before. back out here to the west, all of these houses are completely flooded. it was the plan to let the water out of this to get it into the buffalo bayou to release the pressure here, but it's too late, can't let water out. it's an uncontrolled spillway release now. if you are along the buffalo bayou, watch for rushing waters. >> governor greg abbott told me he just received an update on the reservoirs. they think they are in control but, chad, obviously an area of great concern. thank you. >> that's changed in the past hour. >> that is not good news. that is a source of major concern for th

there are reports of people moving to their attic. local officials said, don't do that unless you have an ax. better to go on the roof and wait for help there. more pictures in, more video in. let's begin with rosa flores in houston who has had to move to higher ground. where are you? what are you seeing now? >> we're in the historic part of downtown houston. brian, earlier today we were doing our live shots from that intersection where you see the red traffic light. right now you can see it's completely sub mermerged in wat. we were next to the railing next to this building that has the spaghetti warehouse. as you can see now it's a raging river. moving towards the gulf of mexico at a good clip. i want to pan over a little bit so you can see how this water is testing the infrastructure. take a look at the cracks that are on the side of the building. it appears to be buckling. we have been monitoring this for the past hour or so. it hasn't opened much wider than it is right now, as you see it. initially, we could definitely see those

they knew they were going to drown in the attic.earches as i have been on, now my entire family. i took a big risk and hooked up a little john boat on the back of my truck and thank god the truck is diesel and many times didn't think i was going to make it through the high water and got three miles from their house and couldn't go any further. got the boat to their house and got them out safely. it's a heartbreaking thing when we were going to get them, people were standing on on to of their cars saying please help. it's like my whole family is inside. i got to help them. people were saying the same thing. it wasn't being selfish. i've lived here in texas since the early '70s and never seen anything like this. it's a heartbreak. i hope it's not going to be as bad as they are predicting. i got called earlier on a 91-year-old man where water was in a two-story house in the second story and wer is comi in there. it's a heartbreak and you want to hem them all. when it came to my own family. >> you have a daughter and a 1-year-old grandd

want to stress, persons should not go into their attics, but instead, on to the roof. this is a tweet. and if calling 911, stay on the line until it's answered. that will be stressed today and tomorrow. the bayous, the rivers, flooding right now. 48 gauges going into major flood stage. some of the bayous already in record stapges. right through the city of houston. buffalo bayou, jumping 30 feet in a few hours since saturday. the brazos river in major flood stage as well. the satellite, the radar shows all that rain coming off the gulf of mexico. this is very high rain rates. some cases, six, seven inches per hour. no way for that rain rate to drain out efficiently. the next 12 hours, we're looking for potentially another 12 inches on top of the 12 inches we have already seen. >> what should we expect in the coming days? >> reporter: more rain. it's a matter of where those rain bands set up. the circulation of what is left of harvey is not going to move that much. we think another 12 inches on top of the 12 inches that we expect today, on top of the 12 inches they got

one thing i think is a great lesson is take an axe -- get an axe and put an axe in your attic in caseorbid, have to face any of this. this probably will be an issue ongoing as people debate the result and the response to this. this woman, obviously, very thankful to be back on -- well, it's not dry land, but to be rescued -- arthel: see if this lady will talk to you, grif. please. >> reporter: hi, ma'am. are you okay? >> i'm fine, thank you. >> reporter: what's your name? >> adonna. >> reporter: we're with fox news, could you just tell us what happened? when did you realize you were in trouble and how did you call for help? >> my nephew called for help, and he's waiting for me, so i need to go. >> reporter: all right. thank you, ma'am. thank you. you know, eric and arthel, it's just one of these things where you talk to these folks, and you just want to not pry. it's our job to interview these people, but she's clearly wanting to get with her nephew, and you just don't want to impede any more than what's happening. this here is a catastrophic flood event. by all definitions. arthel: a

and of course you do not want to end up in your attic. what happened back then, people had to use axes to basically knock out their roofs in order to climb to the top, knock through the ceiling. you don't want to end up in a situation like that. if the water is rise, just do what you can to make your way to the roof. you do want to have something maybe bright, something white, something that the helicopters can see some of the, you know, aircraft that might be going on ahead, that can sort of spot you if you are, in fact, in danger. we have seen, i must say, on our way in here, we did see one, it looked like a coast guard help couldn'ter, making its way through here. was unbelievable. because it was so rainy and the crowds were so gray. it's incredible they're out here working in these conditions. we can tell you in fact they are, alex. >> absolute historic storm, that is for sure. thank you so much from that neighborhood just adjacent to downtown houston. let's go right to nbc's stephanie gosk, she's also with us. stephanie, i understand