this is southern baptist hospital in beaumont, texas. evacuating patients because the hospital no longer has running water. you see military personnel on the scene there. helicopters parked off in the grass. medical personnel bringing out, you see the patients, wheelchairs, gurneys, otherwise here. again, this hospital forced to evacuate when they lost running water a bit earlier today. you see -- see the cameras. we're watching pictures as you are. but you see -- gurneys, medical personnel there. military personnel and medical personnel assisting a patient. watch this play out. again, a reminder. you just saw anderson cooper with a coast guard crew. these look like army or national guard helicopters on the ground here. military now part of the remarkable heroism playing out across the houston area in texas. five days after harvey made landfall, the aftermath still being felt despite the rain stopping. beaumont, southern baptist hospital, again, forced to evacuate patients because they lost running water. you see the military personnel c

beaumont, texas some of the hardest hit areas. you can see it's just landed here noumpl to dry land where that family can get out of safety. that helicopter is going to take off. after the storm hit the coast there, people still stranded in their homes and in the water, and you have rescues like this going on every hour, every day, all day and through the night. and we're seeing a lucky family there right now. seven people rescued from the waters by the u.s. navy. as the rain moved on to the east, the sun finally appeared over houston, revealing the full extent of the catastrophe there. rescuers out in force still looking for people trapped by the floodwaters. cnn's brian todd accompanied some of those rescues by the water. brian, tell us the number of people you've seen in need today and how those rescuers are able to get to them. >> reporter: well, they could only really get to them, jim, on these boats. this air boat that we're on and some of these other private boats behind me, fishing boats and others. just a moment ago, we w

beaumont texas was hit very hard in the past few days after harvey headed east. we drove through that town in that area. it was basically under water. cars entirely submerged. a disaster there in beaumont. now imagine the added difficulty loved ones or even ambulances might face locating these patients with flooded roads or no power for the past couple of days. this is obviously a developing situation. we will be sure to keep you updated on that hospital in beaumont. we are also monitoring another story here on the ground in crosby, texas. there were reports overnight of an explosion overnight at a chemical plant. this morning we learned that county officials and the executives at that chemical plant saying it was more of a chemical reaction. now we're working to determine how dangerous some of that material might be in the air here. the county sheriff saying the chemicals are similar to breathing in smoke from a campfire. however, a short while ago one of the executives said it might be worse than that. >> when you have a fire where hydrocarbon chemicals are burn

they are getting ready to lower the basket to perform another rescue in beaumont, texas. we'll keep an eye on that while i talk to pam alford in port arthur in the bowling alley. >> have you been in touch with others, do you know what's happening there? are rescues under way? >> the rescues are under way. i hear there's people standing in 4 foot of water and that i mean, there's so many houses out here flooded already and it's like they are doing one rescue at a time and having to go in with boats to get these people. >> that's a good thing that you're telling me that at least inside your bowling alley, the water levels are not riding but you say there may be 300 people in there. what's everybody's condition? have you got old people, young people? how are people doing? >> we got young people, old people, you know, just -- seems like everyone is trying to help, trying to help your neighbor, that's all you can do. >> is it organized in any fashion or are you all just residents who sought shelter there? >> we're -- it's not organized at all. we're just -- wherever you sit, t

thank you very much. >>> we mentioned the city of beaumont, texas, has lost its water supply after pumpsoodwaters. for more, drew griffin is live just outside beaumont. hats off to you going from reporter to rescue worker. of utmost importance is the water supply. what do we know? >> reporter: the city sent out a notice last night about 12:30 a.m. that it lost its main pumping station right on the natches river. the other two main sources of water have already gone out. those were groundwater wells. what's -- first of all, when you woke up this morning, you turned on the spigots. there was nothing but air coming out. you couldn't brush your teeth. that is going to add to the misery factor for the 118,000 or so residents in beaumont. plus all evacuees. not much of beaumont left. so all of those people are here. and all of those people are dependent on the water supply. here's -- here's the issue. the main pumping station is in the natches river. they can't get to it because of a flood. they don't know if the pumps are broken there, if repairs need to be made because they just can't get th

the largest oil refinery was shut down in beaumont, texas. there is the potential for a government relief package to cover $160 billion in damage. how do the feds and insurance companies calculate the true cost of storm damage. joining me scott martin, an asset manager. how do they add up the costs? >> it's hard. it's not an exact science like the weather i guess is. though if you have seen forecasts lately you can argue against that, too. there are a few things that go into play. one is the economic impact, the destruction and the business that is lost while some of the businesses are down and not receiving customers and recording revenues. the other problem is, we haven't seen the full impact of the floods. levees, the reservoirs have not been drained. to say that we know today what this impact will be, it will be tough, it's unfortunately going to be the worst state disaster on record with respect to weather related. i want to talk about flooding versus winds. obviously it's different when you are forecasting hurricane models trying to fig

in beaumont, port arthur texas, they saw 24 inches of rainfall in just 24 hours -- 26 inches of rainfall in just 24 hours. it's been dangerous for days now. the river runs through beaumont. they have a beautiful river park there. the river is continuing to rise. the pumps have shut down because of the high waters that they have seen the last several days. now the record was set back in 1994. it was set at 13 feet. it is now over 15 feet. we've already shattered that record. it continues to rise all the way into saturday morning. it should crest at just over 19 feet. the people in beaumont say that they can't really do anything about the pumps until the river starts to drop. and it is not going to drop for days. and that storm system, what's left of it, is going to move through the mississippi river valley and, in some cases, produce two to four inches of rain but isolated areas of as much as ten inches. >> boy. >> long way from out of the woods there. karen maginnis, thank you very much. >>> some people in houston tell me they don't expect rivers and bayous to recede for days, maybe week

we'll keep an eye on what is happening with you down in beaumont, texas. also, in texas, four megashelters currently operating across the state, three in houston, and one in dallas. so far at least 32,000 texans have been housed in emergency shelters. this morning, femme fema says than 8,000 families have been located to hotels in the area. joining me is the ceo of the american red cross of texas gulf coast, dave brady. he's at the george r. brown convention center in houston, one of those major shelters. david, give us just a sense of where things are there. how people are feeling and how big your operation is on the ground. >> well, our operation here at george r. brown is a partnership with the city of houston and mayor turner and his team. this operation, i feel, is a great place right now. i've walked around the center today. been able to talk some of the people staying here and moods are good. spirits are up. people are feeling much, much better. i think yesterday the past 24, 36 hours have come as a great relief as the sun is shining here. we're all

this is a live image from beaumont, texas. the family, who knows what they have been through for the past couple of days. the people come in. they bring people to safety after days and days of wondering what will their lives look like? they have a family. the father, boy and girl on board the helicopter there. yet, these rescuers continue to look over the scene. if we can stay with the scene for a little while. you can see them drop a rope down. no word what they are searching for now. you can imagine there are plenty more people in the area who is seeking shelter at this point. >> as we talking at the top of the show, we saw a live picture as they were scanning, up higher and scanning over looking for see standing up on the rooftops or the high ground looking to be rescued. >> it's unimaginable what they have gone through in the past week. they have not known if they will survive. even if they do where they will get food and water. we have seen multiple reports about boil water advisories. people who can't drink and people ha

but, again, the focus -- the concern, beaumont, texas. that is where floodwaters have been rising rapidly after harvey made that third landfall, just after 5:00 a.m. this morning near the texas/louisiana state line. we are also watching -- watching this dramatic nbc news exclusive video. this is our own miguel almaguer. he has been up in this u.s. navy helicopter for a while now. this helicopter part of the effort to rescue families from the flooding below in beaumont, texas. we'll have much, much more on this. but, again, miguel up in that helicopter. and you can see another gentleman has been plucked from the disaster that has become beaumont, texas. nbc's stephanie gosk has been trying to get to beaumont for hours. has not been able to do that, because so many of the roads, so many of the bridges remain impassable. she's at a fire department in coons, texas. coons, texas, again, about 20 miles north of beaumont. stephanie, how does it look there right now? >> reporter: well, craig, you know, anywhere you go in this part of texas right n

this is the scene in beaumont, texas. as casey mentioned, no running water now, that caused one hospital in the city to shut down. they had to evacuate at least 200 patients so far. some of the patients by helicopter. you watched those images play out over the last hour or so. rising flood waters in beaumont, knocked out the main pumping station. that's why there's no running water there. kerry sanders is on duty in beaumont for us where lack of running water forced a hospital shutdown and evacu

he is on board that navy helicopter, now on a rescue mission live over beaumont, texas. what are you seeing up there? >> reporter: we just lifted off again from the ground. we touched down in a field to pickup seven more people, four adults and at least three young children including an infant. you can tell that they were relieved to be picked up, without a doubt. the helicopter wanted to land because it's the easiest and safest way to try to bring people on board. at this time i'm looking at the paramedic who is doing kind of a triage here. especially concerned about the infant, making sure she's all right. he is actually from the u.s. air force. and then also on board here working in tandem is the u.s. navy rescue swimmer. they just picked these people up. what we'll do is transport them to an area where they can be picked up and taken to a shelter. many of the children and adults are relieved. 21 people that this crew, this chopper has managed to rescue in about the last hour and a half, working under extremely difficult conditions here in beaumont. the wind is blowin

texas. that's beaumont hospital being evacuated because they no longer have water supply.t has failed doing to flooding from harvey. in these images, you have seen the doctors themselves, nurses themselves, carrying patients out one by one, having to be airlifted. large emergency contingency to those hospitals. you can draw conclusions about hospitals who have to evacuate. the hospital system saying due to the failure of the city's water pump, it's in the best interest of our current patients to transfer to other acute care facilities. due to the citywide lack of services, we have no other alternative than to discontinue all services which will include emergency services. this is being done immediately and before your very eyes, those helicopters carting off patients from the southeast texas hospital has just been shut down due to flooding and therefore, no water. >> kennedy: it's been impossible for rescue crews to reach some of the most vulnerable citizens they are. they got over 2 feet of rain. these proportions of the weather, it's impossible to quantify the magnitude,

beaumont, texas, 111,000 people. they don't have the same resources. imagine you have been evacuated. maybe you have a newborn. you've been eating beef jerky and graham crackers for two days and a bowling alley. they are using different places where they are putting people what happens next? that starts to flood and you want to believe that you're going to have someone to respond in real time. when you are in a smaller city, you feel a little more isolated. it is the rain, not the eye of the hurricane. we should not turn our attention until we have these problems resolved. >> eboni: as somebody who was down there during hurricane katrina, what feels really panicky is people say go west or go east. and then you do that and in the case of this, people thought they were doing the right thing by evacuating. and it follows you or it gets worse. it's a lot of monday morning quarterbacking when these things happen. people say you should've left or he should've done this. but there's really no escaping mother nature's wrath. >> kat: to be thinking, what is hap

what remains of hurricane harvey turns its unrelenting rains east to port arthur and beaumont, texas. flooding more homes, streets and shelters. nbc news is with the u.s. navy over beaumont right now as they rescue families from the floodwaters. the mayor there says this storm was hard to predict. >> this storm was so widespread and as you know, it hit in corpus christi, texas, first and that's quite a ways from here. so there was really no way to know that we would have this type of devastation that was not projected in any way, shape or form. >> texas welcome president trump as he visits the storm zone. but he takes heat for failing to mention the victims or the first responders. >> governor, again, thank you very much. we won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we don't want to congratulate. we'll congratulate each other when it is all finished. >> the coordination as much as anything else, everybody is talking about, the coordination has been beautiful to watch. so to the two of you in particular, i want to say congratulations, thank you very much. >> coming up, we'll

in beaumont, texas, a hospital air lifted it's patients to safety from the elderly to newborns. >>> and concerns are growing that thousands could still be missing in the disaster zone. risk of explosion after barrels of chemicals exploded a flooded chemical plant shooting flames and black smoke into the sky, authorities evacuate the surrounding area amid fears of more danger. >>> door to door. rescue workers going door to door searching for survivors or victims. as some people are already starting to rebuild. we are with the emergency teams. >>> and contrasting tone. vice president pence goes to the disaster zone hugging residents and cleaning up for the cameras. something of a contrast to the president who stayed further out of the way on his first visit. although he will return to the disaster zone this weekend. we are standing by for a news conference by the vice president. >>> wolf blitzer off today, i'm jim sciutto, and you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and the breaking news is boats and helicopters operate nonstop rescues in the trks disaster zone, p

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in nearby beaumont, texas, search-and-rescue efforts continue through the navy. they airlifted 25 men and women who were in need of rescue. some other things happening here throughout the houston metro area. the houston hobby airport, a very important airport just to the south of the city reopens on saturday. that is very important when you consider the infrastructure of this city, dave, getting back to some sense of normalcy. but again, this recovery here, it is going to take more than weeks, mother than months of quite possibly years. >> george, when you talk to people there, how long are they planning on staying in those shelters? and what are the conditions like? >> right. so the conditions are what you would expect at a convention center, right? people have cots to sleep on. they dim the lights at night so people can try to get a good night's sleep. but there are so many different individual stories. i mean, there are people who have friends and family. perhaps they can leave the shelter and go stay with them. there are people who have nothing. and what happ

a deluge in beaumont, texas. an unprecedented foot in a matter of hours overnight, two feet in a day and more rain on the way. the storm's death toll growing, a sixth day of misery pushing residents to their breaking points. >> not knowing what to do and there's not a way to really get out. >> president trump there surveying the damage trying to reassure the region. >> it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. >> harvey's wrath reaching epic proportions. a dire situation expected to get even worse today wednesday, august 30th, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is a special of "today", the impact of hurricane harvey with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz and. >> good morning. welcome today. we have craig in for matt once again. >> hard to believe this storm is still sitting on top of the gulf of mexico. another busy morning. let's get right to the latest on harvey. after making its third landfall just north of cameron, louisiana. >> more than 51 inches of rain has already

coast guard near beaumont, texas.going to monitor kaylee's feed there and we're going to check back in with her throughout the hour. these rescue efforts, you can see, they're still ongoing, tens of thousands of harvey survivors stuck in shelters and look at rebuilding from what may be the most expensive storm in history. i want to bring in will herd from texas. he spent today with the civil air patrol supporting fema and volunteering with the red cross and also the san antonio food bank. congressman, thank you so much for joining us as we think about your state here. >> i appreciate it. i appreciate you focussing on this. and what you're watching just now with coast guard, they've done over 4,000 of those kinds of rescues over the last six days. that's pretty significant. there's been folks that have come from all over the country with boats and have just been going neighborhood to neighborhood to help people. and so it really is an example of people helping people in this really, in this time of need. >> san antonio

thanks so much, chad myers, appreciate that. >>> as chad just said, beaumont and port arthur, texas, are facing life-threatening floods. many parts of beaumont are under water. officer, what are the current conditions in beaumont right now? how would you describe it? >> well, right now we are just -- for lack of a better term, treading water. we are trying to get to all of the people calling in for emergency rescue. not to mention the people who have called on a non-emergency rescue just because of floodwaters that are rising. right now our neighbors in port arthur and surrounding counties are taking water in their shelters. so that's creating a problem because our shelter is almost at max capacity. now we're having to deal with trying to help out our neighbors as well. it's all hands on deck. the emergency management office is up and running. we're just continuously monitoring and trying to get logistics and planning going. >> how are you getting to people that you believe are in need? are you using boats and high water vehicles? how do you know which residents to go to? >> we are co

it is falling across beaumont, texas. heavy bands of rain. the storm is not moving quickly. rain is going to pivot around this system and continue to bring more rain to eastern texas. it is moving 45 -- winds are at 45 miles per hour. these are the records i'm talking about. the most rainfall from a tropical cyclone in texas, was amelia. in louisiana, allison in 2001. in this area, we've picked up 40 to 50 inches. and 51.88 inches. now, this is the tropical cyclone that is the most rain to the lower 48. we're certainly dealing with several records with this storm mstem andore rain is still >>> good morning. meteorologist bill henley. the clouds are out of here. rain is long gone. temperatures will be warming into the 70s this afternoon. cool for this time of year. the normal high in philadelphia is 83. we'll be up to 78 degrees. a lot of sunshine for the suburbs, but the humidity falls during the day. sunny skies in new jersey. up to 78 degrees. few clouds at the shore moving out up to 74 degrees this afternoon. sunny skies and comfortable conditions for the lehigh valley and

starting early this morning when we boarded a team of navy see hawk helicopters headed to hard hit beaumont, texas. >> the weather in beaumont has been deteriorating all day long. it's now time for these crews to go. >> within minutes at that mika single ton was spotted with her family, desperately waving a white towel. >> i thought you all were going to pass us up because another helicopter had came and passed us up. we got so emotional. >> the navy and air force working together, lifting single ton to safety. then this moment as her son joins her. finally, her husband. the family safely reunited. >> when you were in that helicopter what were you thinking? >> thank you for saving us. >> i'm like so relieved now. you all just don't know. we're in dry land. we ain't walking in water. this is my mom. >> but single ton's mother, like so many others, is still stranded, desperate for help. >> my mom is still stuck in her house. please, somebody go get my momma out of there. she old and she can't move around like that. >> even for the lucky, safety almost seemed out of reach. whipping winds tossed rescu

brian todd, thank you very much. >>> many areas of texas of still flooded. port arthur and beaumont, completely under water. look at port arthur texas. you can see officials there, authorities there, going door to door and many neighbors still underwater and in beaumont, there's no clean drinking water adding to problems there. people who can make it out to the roads are lining up to get bottled water and brian rokus is live in organize texas. i see the water behind you there. it appears cars are moving along there. i suppose that's some progress. what are you seeing? >> reporter: jim, here on the eastern bored of the texas near louisiana is very much on the edge now. unlike where brian was in houston. neighborhoods accustomed to flooding, folks here in orange have never seen this volume of water flood their streets and they're not out of the woods yet because a dam has been released just ever the louisiana border designed to release pressure on some bodies of water's. the unintended is this particular area could see moreflooding over the next 24 hours. folks herer really concerned.

. >> military choppers are rescuing families in beaumont, texas. this is exclusive nbc video. mothers and fathers carrying children in their arms escaping raging flood waters with nothing but the clothes on their backs. >> the death toll officially stands at 17. that number is expected to grow. some 30,000 texans are huddled in shelters and that rain is still coming down. beaumont two hours west of houston has been pounded. scott macfarlane is following breaking news from our live desk. >> the flood waters are receding and revealing a grim reality in parts of houston. now people in beaumont, texas are feeling harvey's wrath. dramatic video. he was visibly shaken. hundreds of residents had to evacuate as harvey moved in. in houston the worst has been confirmed. van with a family of six including four children has been found. that van was swept off a bridge during the storm. >> our worst fears have been realiz realized. we try to offer comfort. the chaplains are here to comfort the family. >> some good developments, some of the first evacuees are doing well. several babies in th

asking for a boat to come get them in the beaumont, texas area.ust to give you perspective of how high the water is there in some of the locations. i'm going to show you on the radar here. this is the center of the storm. just made landfall. final landfall, heading up to lake charles. on the city of orange, on the border of texas and louisiana. this thunderstorm has sat here. probably about five to eight inches of rainfall in the last two hours recently. here's the beaumont area. i want to show you the rainfall totals, these are stagger. in three hours last night, they picked up six inches. in six hours they picked up 11 inches of rain. this is on top of the rain they already had. 24-hour rainfall total. 26 inches of rain, two feet of rain in one day. now, their storm totals about 45 inches. they're going almost higher than what houston had. this is in a much shoulder period of time. very fearful of what they're saying there, a lot of people saying in the beaumont areas where's our help? because so many people in the houston area, they're waiting

we're looking at rainfall rates at beaumont texas, approaching four inches per hour.hat's why you see these are flash flood emergencies similar to what we had in houston not too long ago where we are rainfall rates very, very high. beaumont itself coming up on 40 inches of rain. we're looking at landfall as we go throughout the morning. the system's going to start to finally move. and that's what we need. we need a faster pace that will not prolong these dangerous, life-threatening flash flooding conditions. you can see the system accelerating to the northeast. the next several hours i'm very concerned in and around beaumont and port arthur. >> i know the rainfall has been historic. for people who have never seen something like, this which is actually most of us, how do you paint a picture for what's happening and how to deal with something like this? >> well, you know, in houston, they basically saw what they have in a year. well, at least three quarters of that, in four days. so the overall scope of the system is just kind of so hard to, you know, digest. that this

take a look at the rain that we have right now, it is still falling across beaumont, texas, heavy bands like we've been noticing, the storm is not moving quickly. that's why more rain is going to pivot around this system and continue to bring more rain to eastern texas. it is moving 45 miles -- winds right now are at 45il talking about, the most rainfall ever from a tropical cyclone in texas was from amelia, 48 inches, in louisiana was allison back in 2001. so far in this area we've picked up some spots up to 40 to 50 inches and officially in mt. beliveau texas a 51.88 inches. this is the tropical cyclone that has brought the most rain to the lower 48. so we are certainly dealing with several records with this storm system and more rain is likely. that's a look at the weather across the country, now here is a peek out your winw. >> good mog. a very cl start, still 62 degrees now in washington, mix of sun and clouds today. much better than yesterday, though. we do not have rain in the forecast for today except for an isolated shower mainly north and west. but as we go through the afterno

the city of beaumont, texas, is getting hammered this morning. the rain is coming down at 2 inches per hour. >> and rescuers worked through the night. the death toll has climbed to at least six. while thousands of people are under new evacuation orders. >> today president trump heads to texas after promising billions of dollars in relief. abc's maggie rulli joins us from the flood zone in houston. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. this is a weather disaster affecting thousands of miles and in millions of people and more rain is on the way. overnight, the national guard live streams their dangerous not ops mission desperate to keep up with the thousands in need of rescuing in houston. life and death moments caught on camera. families fighting to stay above water. floating on air mattress, piling into canoes and rescue baskets, children wading through the waist deep waters. all 12,000 members of the texas national guard are activated. but it's not enough. so neighbors like captain sam are stepping in saving this fam

heavy rain is falling overnight from port arthur to beaumont, texas, and crews struggled to rescue people from a fire at an apartment complex as well. >> as you see the radar, we should tell you life and death struggle right now in the port arthur/beaumont area getting ham remembered by rain. beaumont received 12 rain in six hours overnight but more importantly, 26 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. that is nearly a record there for the united states for one day. now, travel across the region still a major challenge. white caps were seen on the major interstate 10 there, the highway looking more like an ocean in the storm. abc's maggie rulli is tracking the very latest. she joins us now from houston. good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. the weather here in houston does appear to be clearing up but harvey was such a devastating slow moving storm that the floodwaters here are still at catastrophic levels. america's fourth largest city is at a standstill. reeling from the 100 trillion gallons of water harvey left behind. >> there they are. >> reporter: first responder

beaumont, texas, population 100,000.a young mother lost her life in beaumont when she accidentally drove into high water. she was swept away when she got out of the car, but somehow, police say, she managed to save her child. >> apparently the infant was clinging to her in the water. they began to do lifesaving measures, were not successful, they weren't able to resuscitate her. the baby we're told, however, was alert and conscious. >> reporter: the water rose quickly in places. families watched it come in and knew it was time to get out. >> it was probably eight feet away from the house yesterday evening at about 5:00. and this is what has happened. >> reporter: traveling towards beaumont, the road for us ended in plum grove, texas. too much water to cross and more families being rescued. >> this is the east fork of the san jacinta river. i've been in the department for 10 years. i've never seen it this high. >> reporter: you left houston to come here to be safe? >> yes. >> reporter: and the storm just followed you? als

going on it will take a long time for those impacted with the storm to recover. >>> the city of beaumont, texashave no running water. the city have been flooded beaumont is one of the hardest hit area in the storm. jay bruce is trying to raise money for h is hometown. thank you for your amazing effort this is your hometown during the offseason. tell us of your friends and family and community, how are they >> thanks for having me, guys, i appreciate it. fortunately, my friends and family are going great but, you know i cannot say the same for a lot of people, for a lot of people that we know we know so many people that have lost most but if not all everything the community was thoroughly crushed by all the flooding and the rain, it would not led up. beaumont, they're pretty well in regards of getting flooded in the surrounded area. you can go on and on and all the people they were affected by this waking up this morning to hear the news that there is not water available in beaumont, texas, made matters worst >> for you using the platform that you have as a public figure, you are raising $100,00

important for us to cover here for those of you watching who have people who you know in and around beaumont, texas, they may not have power or tv. it is important to let people know that baptist hospital of southeast beaumont is close, it is closing and removing everybody to other facilities. kerry, we'll check in with you through the course of the day. >> take a look at your screen. these are live pictures from green bayou texas, to the east of houston. look at that. complete water cover. we're talking about it looking like an island earlier. it certainly does. you're watching "velshi & ruhle" on msnbc. we'll be back with more in two. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ [woman] so you're saying you didn't eat this ice cream? [man] baby, i swear on my lu

all eyes are watching beaumont, texas. that's because, as we just heard general honore there. the grid is failing. if that happens there's an entire cascade of catastrophes that could happen. they have lost both water supplies. drew, what is the latest in beaumont? >> reporter: they are going to go out and check the water pump that's in the river. the they should be doing that now. they had to take a boat out to do that. that failure is what caused all the water in the city of beaumont to just go dry. it happened very quickly. 12:30 this morning, the word went out that the water supply, the pumt ps had gone out and i'll tell you by the time i woke up this morning about 3:00, there was no water in the system. it could be a quick fix. it could be a days' fix, and this is of city without water is going to be a problem especially with all thewater surrounding it that you can't use. the that's one of the bigger problems here. they are going to begin now starting to door to door rescues, checks, to make sure everything is good. but as of right now, the city water supply, that is the

texas. it's about 25 miles northeast of houston. ten sheriff's deputies had to be rushed to the hospital after inhaling some of those chemicals. this as another emergency unfolds in beaumont. there the city's two sources of water have been cut off because of the historic flooding. cnn has crews in all the relevant locations. let's begin with cnn's polo sandoval in richmond, texas. >> reporter: good morning. these mandatory evacuations are adding to the ones already in place in fort ben county texas, not far from the city of houston where the river levels continue to rise. residents in these communities are being asked to pack up and move out as soon as the sun rises. in houston authorities there are also very busy right now, expected to begin going door to door making sure they didn't leave anybody be lined and everybody who needed rescues was rescued. this is going to be a time consuming process according to the houston fire department. >> we'll be doing basically a block-by-block, door-to-door search for of structures that have had greater than three feet of water in them to make sure no people have been left behind. this will be a one to two-week process to make sure w

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this video came in off the coast guard beaumont, texas, and port arthur. another rescue attempt proved fatal yesterday. these men were operating a rescue boat and streamed this video on facebook live. it apparently hit a power line and was, unfortunately, electrocuted. two of the men were killed. two others missing. >>> all morning yesterday we were telling you about coastal -- about the situation along the coast of port arthur, texas, besieged by floodwaters. the county took 20 inches of rain overnight, and at one point the mayor wrote on social media our whole city is under water. >> people posted to his facebook page asking for help, and people found shelter including in this bowling alley. in beaumont they have lost their primary and secondary water supply. officials don't know how long it will take to get back on-line. to many in houston the weather is finally looking up. >> i think the worst has passed. the bad weather. i mean, look, it's beautiful right now. all i'm asking people to do is just to just keep their faith and stay close to their family,

this morning right now it is bullseye beaumont. the texasor the third time in its pretty long life. police are warning this city is now basically an island. in the last couple of minutes we got an update from fema. listen. >> the operation right now is very clear. we're still in life-saving, life-susd life-sustaining mode. >> ten people killed, including one mother swept away trying to save her baby who survived. scrambling to get away after their shelter itself filled with water in port arthur. >>> in harris county a trillion gallons of rain has fallen in the last four days. that is more than what flows over niagara falls in two weeks. nbc news team is following the developments plus bill karins is in with an update with what the national hurricane center calls life-threatening, catastrophic flooding. stephanie gosk is on the road. this is not easy trying to get to this town which is now essentially surrounded by water. what are you seeing? >> yeah, hallie. we have been trying for the last two days to get there. every route that you can ima

. >>> meantime, a hospital in beaumont, texas, has shut down because the city just has no clean running water, period. after both water pumps failed. cnn producer brian rokus is on the phone with me in beaumont. so, brian, what exactly is the situation in we' situation? we've got this video, evacuations at baptist hospital because of the lack of water. what are they doing? >> reporter: well, brooke, basically, the water here at the hospital has been turned off along with the entire water for the entire city of galveston -- sorry, in texas here. it's been quite a couple days here. early this morning, the water was shut off because the pumps here were flooded, obviously, by harvey, and the hospital itself is totally dry. the issue, though, is that without water, they obviously can't service their patients so they decided to evacuate the most critical patients by helicopter. we just had two black hawk helicopters land on the grass of the hospital. we now have a smaller medivac chopper taking off. they're doing an excellent job here, trying to get the patients out. some by ground, the most

also the latest on a water issue in beaumont, texas. "new day" has it all covered right now. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "new day." it's thursday, august 31st. 5:00 a.m. in houston. emergency managers in houston have ordered a mandatory evacuation of several communities on the west side of houston. officials are urging people to leave their homes as soon as the sun comes up this morning, saying there's water in this nearby reservoir and has reached its peak. it's at a very dangerous level. this order comes as the houston fire department will begin going door-to-door searching every home in the hardest hit parts of the city because they still don't know how many people weathered the storm in their home, how many are still stranded. they need to look inside those homes today. >> you're 100% right. they've been overwhelmed by the need. they always expected the water to crest later in the week. the question is can they handle that? we'll have to see. >>> more breaking news as

go to fiosgigabit.com >> breaking news, rescues in beaumont, texas.hey having lowering baskets down into the flood ravages neighborhood. many people have been told to go to higher ground. many people waiting a many as 12 to 24 hours or even more. we'll continue to follow live pictures. now back to harvey. the storm did make its final land fall this morning. more than 13,000 people have been rescued since the hurricane hit. you just saw live pictures. many more to come. today president trump tweeted my heart goes out more so to the great people of texas. we are live in galveston. you have been in this storm since the beginning. how has conditions changed over the past few days? >> as you can see behind me, blue skies and sun. do not be fooled be i this break in the weather that we are getting here. there is still a lot of work to be done. port arthur received more than 26 inches in less than 24 hours. the question of where to put these people, they continue to work on that, opening additional mega shelters. they are offering to take in evacuees. in bea

we'll have full coverage of the destruction in port arthur and beaumont, texas. sperate pleas for help as the remnants of harvey continue to pummel louisiana and texas. we'll talk about the damage arounded there. harvey predicted to be the costliest storm ever. how do the feds calculate the damage? do the numbers add up? grab a hammer. time to nail it. beaumont, texas has received 2 feet of rain in the past 24 hours. it guarantees one thing. it will be raining bills from d.c. once the storm clears up.

we're in beaumont texas. this is an access road to i-10. the this will get you on i-10. it's a river. that's about a foot of water right now. but look right here. you see where it looks like a street is coming through? that's not a street. that is a drainage ditch that's been overrun. so this fellow was over here in the jack in the box parking lot, and he thought, oh i'll just drive right through this parking lot on to what looks like a road covered with water. he drove right into maybe 12 to 20 feet of moving water. and that is where he ended up. he thought that was a road. just covered with water. it's not. it's a drainage ditch and just took his truck and him, and i got to tell you, you talk about lucky to be alive. i didn't think we could rescue him and i was trying to dial 911 thoughi knowing they wouldn't get here in time. fortunately we had a rope. the man was able to swim out of the front seat of his truck and he's still alive. but that's how quickly things happen. just like that. please, stay indoors. if you're wet, uncomfortable, if you haven't had anything to

and the shelters are flooding. >> we saw the prediction of 20 inches of rain coming into beaumont, texas. anybody who knows beaumont knows that is just a tragedy waiting to happen. sure enough they're bearing the brunt right now. >> we said a week ago 50 inches calling, that's ridiculous. if you have your social media account, go in there and type in port arthur. one lady says my grandmother is wheelchair bound and the water is at her knees, please help her as fast as she can. there's dozens of people in port arthur saying please rescue me, we're on a roof, i have a baby and we need to get to dry land. we're trying to get an estimate of how much of port arthur was flooded. there were rumors whether the levees had been breached or not. the levees are holding. again, let me show you the rainfall totals. you can keep showing the pictures here, too. this is what happened in the last 24 hours in beaumont, texas. in six hours last night they got 11 inches of rain. and in 24 hours they had over two feet of rain. rainfall totals were estimated between 45 and 50 inches for the storm. what happene