that is where chad pradelli is tonight. >> we are here in northeast houston one of the heaviest hit areas in the region. as the rain continues to come down. the water continues to rise. and vehicles continue to get stuck. this is one area of of heavy activity. we see good samaritan after good samaritan. coming out and launching boats into the neighborhoods and trying to rescue people. stuck in their homes and trying to get people to higher grounds, these people here arrived off beltway 8. what happened here this afternoon? >> a couple of days ago we had to get out because it was terrible, and now i was trying to be calm for my family you want to break down it was sad and trying to stay strong, and we made it thank you to everybody. thank you. >> all right. you hang in there okay? >> we heard stories like that throughout the day and we talked to one woman in tears worried about her mother who was trapped in a trailer home since this storm hit. >> how long has she been there? >> the whole storm. without lights since yesterday. >> when is the last time you spoke to her? >> about 30 minutes a

. >> chad pradelli hit the ground in texas surveying the flood zone. he's facing an emergency situation in the suburbs. chad, what is the latest where you are in texas tonight? >> >> the evacuees are on busses being taken to the park where the houston texans play. accommodations will be how long, we don't know. we were here because of concerns a chemical plant in crosby would catch fire. there are explosive concerns because of massive flooding in the region. it was a chemical plant, refrigeration compromised, back up generators. it was a precaution but right now the evacuees are moved to houston. we have been in houston most of the day and have seen all sorts of flooding, devastation and peril. >> the flooding in northeastern houston has been dubbed rescue row. the waist deep water off beltway eight into the neighborhoods looking for people. people like veronica's mother at last check okay. >> she has been without lights since yesterday. >> when was the last time you spoke to her? >> 30 minutes ago. >> what did she say to you? >> for me not to get her,

team coverage continues now with chad pradelli. you are live in the bel air neighborhood in houston where tamlies return to start what is a long and difficult cleanup process. >> reporter: yes, that is right. the cleanup is well underway the water has receded and you see piles of this are littering the neighborhood as we speak. a lot of carpet being pulled out and furniture and this is all due to the young men here. 12, 13, 14, 15 years old. troop 222 out of bel air methodist, the boy scout troop. nice enough to help the woman in here that had about 7 inches of aura. i want to take you inside. it was soaking went and they have a drainage ditch in the back and the homeowner was telling me the water was literally coming up through the floor. this is poppy elliot. >> how are you doing? >> hanging in there. sore. >> how are you holding up? >> a whole lot better, the boy scout as rived. and getting out of vehicles and knocking on my door and i had no idea that was going to happen. and i thought they would help me carry things to the cur

. >> "action news" reporter chad pradelli is headed to the flood zone soon. live reports for "action news" begin this afternoon. >> even as the rain continues to fall over the houston area, there's chad right there, he's heading down to the flood zone. even as the rain continues to fall over the houston area, estimates are already coming in as to how expensive this storm might turn out to be. it's staggering. maribel aber is live in new york with our market watch report. good morning, maribel. >> reporter: hey, good morning, matt. hurricane harvey has knocked out a vital part of the u.s. economy. the houston region accounts for about 2.4 percent of the nation's economy. it's also one of the biggest hubs of oil refineries and the number two shipping port. the storm came just as the area was recovering from the crash in oil prices. moody's estimates harvey will result in $4 million in property damage and 7 billion no lost economic output. stocks were little changed yesterday as investors gauge the impact of tropical storm harvey on energy companies and insurers.

. >> thank you we turn now to chad pradelli also live in houston, chad you spent hours trying to navigate this flood ravaged city today. >> very difficult sharrie, we are in what is called rescue row, the hardest hit area of houston in the northeast section of the city and moments ago these law enforcement trucks were brought in trying to make their way into a neighborhood. again, this is where most of the search and rescue operations are occurring right now, they are occurring throughout the city and this is where the heaviest concentration are taking place. the coast guard is launching their boats from here. and we were suppose to go out 15 minutes ago. here you see the heavy trucks. the not just law enforcement trying to help out. every day citizens launching their boats as well searching their neighborhoods. to see if anybody needs to be moved to higher ground and we won't know the numbers for many daze. look how deep the water is see the cars, we were eight miles away and it took us two and a half hours just to get here because we need to get to this higher highway but the lower sect

i'm live in northeast houston, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. tonight president trump and the first lady are on the ground in texas. mr. trump flew into corpus christi this morning about 200 miles northwest of houston to get a briefing in texas governor, chris abbott. these are the result of close team work. >> they are telling me now your representatives have been in working together it's a real team. and we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years or ten years from now this is the way to do it. >> right now the president is in austin texas 150 miles northwest of houston. he has not visited with victims nor toured any heavily damaged areas. something that grew criticism on social media today. he is planning to return to the area on saturday. >> one of the confirmed dead in this flooding disaster was a houston police sergeant. 60-year-old sergeant steve perez was trying to get into work early sunday morning, unable to get to his station because of water on the roads and tried to head to another station instead

i'm live in the sat center chad pradelli channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you chad. >>> more tough words tonight from president donald trump in the wake of possible threats from north korea. trump says north korea's leader kim jong un will "regret it fast if he threatens or acts against gaum or any other u.s. ally". lawmakers and world leaders expressed concern about trump's rhetoric towards north korea and the war of words it has sparked. today trump said his critics are only complaining "because it's me." >> the margate dune dispute continued in court today. this time the setting was a state level show down. margate is fighting to halt the dune project. "action news" reporter john rawlins was live in atlantic city tonight with more. john. >> reporter: well, margate o for two in the courts this week, this time the hope was to get a judge in atlantic city to compel the state department of environmental protection to delay the fed's resumption of work until at least after labor day. the beach at margate today, heavy machinery used in the dune

chad pradelli has begun tweeting from the state of texas will be arriving in the flood zone soon, lookor his live reports from texas beginning on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. accuweather is tracking harvey a lightest move on another storm churning off the carolinas and led to a threat of rip currents at the jersey shore along with a high surf advisory along the coast. david murphy is tracking the storm. >> we'll start out with tropical storm harvey, this one is off the coast as a tropical storm and making its way into louisiana either late tonight or the overnight hours, these reds and yellows you see in the imagery. tells us this has a lot of moisture in it and the clouds are still high and more damage they can do in terms of rain. the winds no all that bad. still tropical storm with 45 miles per hour winds and gusts increased a bit now that it's over the gulf of mexico warm water and 64 miles per hour gusts. not expecting this to reform as a hurricane. probably stays a tropical storm, the movement with this is very slow than will mean that the areas on either side of this storm, partic

"action news" reporter chad pradelli has arrive fire department texas and heading towards the flood zone and his live reports begin today at 4:00. >> we invite you to log on to 6abc.com/harvey for the online coverage of the devastation on the gulf coast and view images of the recent rescues and watch live coverage from the sister station in houston and post more information on how you can help the victims. >>> harvey continues to cause unprecedented problems in the south and here at home we are dealing with rain and clouds and it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. david murphy is joining us. >> it's not matt. right now harvey is circulating off the coast below houston, it looks like the storm will take a track right up into the heart of central louisiana in the next 24 who 48 hours and obviously a lot of rain bands backing in toward houston and areas to the east and northeast of houston and into louisiana looking to get hammered with an additional foot of rain or more. and some extend to the east in new orleans. and they are concerned because pums are not working properly there and ne

lets turn to chad pradelli now who arrived in texas yesterday and he joins us live from the town of crosby. good afternoon. >> reporter: we just got out of houston and here in cross by just out of the eastern section of houston on interstate 10, one of the hardest hit areas, i-10 you can see still very much under water in this low lying area. if you can look at the height of the storm this is where the water line is, you see the debris line here, you see recession there. and this is what is causing the flooding, that is the river, and it's swollen beyond capacity. we tried to drive around it, and it took an hour to get around it we had to go around the bay and still causing quite a bit of flooding. this roadway is shut down, this is a major artery in the houston area. and while we are seeing many of these rivers, these streams they are have crested and many have not and there is still search and rescue in certain neighborhoods. we are going into the neighborhoods later today and listening to fema officials early this morning still a lot of work to be done. still for the search and rescue e

"action news" reporter chad pradelli will be arriving in the flood zone soon. look for his live reports starting later today on "action news." >>> 29-year-old andrew riebel and his fiancÉ 27-year-old megan evans moved to houston from bellmawr new jersey last month. riebel says they have never seen so much rain. the flood waters have not reached the couple's third floor apartment, a the least not yet. >> in terms of a prolonged event like this i've never experienced anything like this. the street that leads up to 45 was just littered with vehicles that had broken down. there is debris, mud, deceased animals all over the roadways. >> riebel says their years of experiencing snowstorms and blizzards in south jersey instincts tiffly made them stock up on plenty of food and water. >> and more local first responders are leaving for texas today. >> "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the american red cross in center city with more on the outreach from the delaware valley. katherine. >> reporter: matt and jeanette, two more red cross volunteers are leaving

chad pradelli is headed to the flood zone.is life reports for "action news" begin later today from the gulf coast. >> a south jersey man recently moved to texas only to witness the continuing nightmare there that is tropical storm harvey. 29-year-old andrew riebel and his fiancÉ megan evans moved there will last movement so far the flood waters have not reached the couple's third floor apartment. >> in terms of a prolonged event like this i've never experienced anything like this. the street up to 45 was littered with vehicles that had broken down. there is debris, mud, deceased animals all over the roadways. >> he says their years of experience in snowstorms and blizzards instinctively made them stock up on plenty of food and water. >> new jersey governor chris christie is calling texas lawmakers hypocrites because some of them want a federal disaster declaration for hurricane harvey. christie says he hopes texas does not endure the delayed disaster relief vote that new jersey experienced following super storm sandy in 2013.

chad pradelli had a brilliant investigative report about how a quarter of the new pre-k classrooms haven'ted their fbi or state child-abuse protection forms. and the mayor sloughed it off as just paperwork, but not if you're the parents of those kids. and four of them owe back taxes. so this gets to the issue of just competence, governmental competence. and i think they've got a lot of work to do. >> and it's not a soda tax, it's a beverage tax. >> right. we'll leave it at that. inside stories coming your way right after this. ♪ >>"inside story" is presented by temple university. remarkable change isn't easy, but for those who take charge, it comes naturally. explore temple's impact. visit temple.edu/impact. >> time for inside stories of the week. and let's start with jim. >> monica, insiders are talking about last week's crash at the 69th street terminal in upper darby. over 40 people injured. and it's not the first time that's happened. there's been another crash within the last year. congressman brady and others are really pushing hard for the ntsb to start moving on this, issue a repor

. >>> and "action news" reporter chad pradelli is headed to the flood zone soon.is live reports for "action news" begin tomorrow afternoon. >> ♪ other news and new this morning, a shooting left a 19-year-old injured in southwest philadelphia. this was the scene along the 3000 block of south 74th street just before 10:00 last night. the victim was shot in his legs, arms and midsection while sitting in a car. police rushed the young adult to penn presbyterian hospital. no arrests yet and a motive has not been released. >>> the fbi is looking for two women who'll tried to hold up a bank in the poconos while dressed up as, yes, nuns. it happened at a citizens bank on route 611 in tannersville, monroe county just afternoon yesterday. one of the disguised bandits showed a handgun but they both ran away without taking anything. police think a teller activated an alarm that scared them off. no one was hurt. >> tropical storm harvey continues to drench texas, tropical cyclone 10 is turning up surf along the jersey coast. lifeguards along the jersey shore say conditions are

"action news" reporter chad pradelli is heading to the flood zone in the gulf.ck to "gma." welcome to our audience here in the studio. we want to tell you about an initiative from our parent company disney. they've decided to designate this thursday, august 31st as a day of giving for all those victims of that devastating storm. a fund-raising effort that begins with our local affiliates in the morning and tips right here on "gma" and also throughout the day on abc, freeform and radio disney, all our social plat fors as well. money, of course, is going to go to the american red cross. you see that up there. if you want to give right now you can go to our website, abcnews.com and also text the word -- the numbers 90999, kind of a spelling of harvey and that will give money to the red cross as well. we started telling people about that. >> type the word harvey and easy to do. please do give. so needed. >>> we want to talk to somebody right now doing so much for the people of houston. just incredible what he's doing right now. j.j. watt star defender for the housto