response, essentially, to someththing we all remembeber, e deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico. in 2010-- i certainly remember, i'm sure a a lot of folks do--this was ongoing every day, oil spilling into the gulf, the havoc it was wreaking on wetlands and other critical ecosystems of the gulf coast, you know, from texas all the way to florida. and the sort or feeling of helplessness. >> the spill was the size of hawaii. it was literally an oil tsunami in the gulf of mexico. thousands and thousands of gallons of f crude oil spilling into the w water every minute, evevery day. t this was a manmae catastrophe. and it just struck me that this is--this is the scariest thing i've ever seen. this is a serious threat when oil spills, not just to marine life. obviously that's bad, and obviously the beaches. we're still getting tar washining up n those beaches now. but t also to the liveliliods sf the people in these regigions. in the gulf, 8 out of 10 people have a livelihood connected either to the oil and gas drilling industry or to hospspitality and tourism.m. anl of those things wer

all eyes are on the gulf of mexico. we are keeping a close eye on hurricane harvey, we have trap col store warnings inland as south as austin texas and the hurricane warning extending into areas of corpus christi, and even as you head inland. houston to browns mills, a tropical storm warning or hurricane warning in effect. hurricane harvey is a category two storm winds sustained at 110 miles per hour. and it's moving to the northwest at 10 miles per hour and this is expected to make landfall just to the north of corpus christi later tonight during the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning as a category 3 storms. with torrential rain. and folks could get months worth of rain in this storm alone. a high temperature of of 77, saturday partly sunny plenty of sun and high of 76 degrees, and sunday a bit of a september feel with a high of 76. up in the poconos as we get into the rest of our weekend sun and afternoon clouds today and a high of 68. cool tomorrow and saturday high of 68 degrees and nice on sunday with a temp

the center of it's making its way back toward the gulf of mexico. some of this rain could be here over your labor day weekend. that and tomorrow's rain chances coming up. >>> classes are kicking off here in fairfax. i'm here at glasgow middle school for the first day of school. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm molette green. we begin with the dire situation in texas. this morning the national guard, the national weather service, that is, is warning that the catastrophic flooding that's overwhelming houston and other parts of texas will get worse in the coming days. this is video taken from a drone in houston where hundreds of evacuees have taken shelter in the city's convention center. and up to 1,200 people have been rescued. nbc's saraia dolof with more from the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: this morning on the run from the remnants of hurricane harvey -- >> everything is destroyed -- >> reporter: thousands of residents forced from their homes by record floodwaters. >> the water was up to here. i walked out, and i was just like -- screaming. >> re

gulf of mekts coe, the atmosphere favorable. you see the i stall across the weekend. really bad news for texas, especially the center will be so close to the gulf of mexico. still going to pump in the gulf moisture. could see 15 to 25 inches of rainfall in that area. unseasonably cool for us. here's a look at our local weather. 63 in washington. 65 winchester. we have a few showers on radar. 70s in charles county. annapolis seeing the rain. these will be gone by 5:00 this morning. don't expect much for your morning drive. through the afternoon, mix of sun and clouds. high of 80. our weekend is looking nice and dry. next rain chance is tuesday and then possibly, erika, labor day weekend as we see the remnants from harvey making their way up here. a closer look at that coming up. >> we'll see you then. >>> now to a story ohm on news 4. police officers caught on this video making fun victim. they were caught on his home a good look at the suspect. news 4's shomari stone has the video and the police response to all of this. >> i am feeling disillusioned. i'm feeling upset. >> you're watching a burglary in action. moments later, he kicks. once inside, clarence

gulf coast. this is one of two reliable forecast models. you can see the rain moving up toward the eastern gulf coast. want to switch over to the euro once again, something potentially in the gulf of mexico. sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, and this one agrees that perhaps it's more of an eastern gulf of mexico situation. however, if that moves westward, it will be eight texas/louisiana problem and will be monitoring that. hurricane irma, rapid intensification, category two hurricane. this will be a very dangerous storm and potentially could affect the caribbean, puerto rico, daemonic in republic, potentially the east coast, and the gulf of mexico or florida. that's why we need to pay attention. heading into sunday, monday, category four, there is a potential for this to be a category five hurricane. nothing in terms of intensification. this is the euro model, one of our reliable forecast models. tuesday, puerto rico, jamaican republic, cuba, and then, perhaps moving into the gulf of mexico. still a very powerful hurricane, moves towards the west. and then this one sort of takes a bit of a more northerly turn, let's see he vacuum my maps to work. there we go. that is a very dangerous

the gulf coast as a whole contributes about half of america's oil refinery. the gulf of mexicocontributor to oil and gas production, although not nearly as much as it once was as of the shale boom it's speaking of shale, south texas is where you had the eagle ford that produces an million barrels a day. write in this region where tropical storm harvey is a dumping gallons of water is a some of the most important energy structures, not only in america but also globally. anna: how has it been affected so far? the colonial pipeline is one of the things we need to watch because that is a way we could see the fx of this transmitted up the east coast. i would colonial, however thinks developing in terms of the type line infrastructure? dan: we have not heard anything about the colonial pipeline, so figures crossed that it is still doing well. out in the gulf of mexico, about a quarter of production has been shut down. companies such a down about half of the oil reduction there. the big story is oil refineries. a little bit more than 2 million barrels a day which is about 12% of the t

at , itl a next will sit over land and sit and spin and potentially come back out to the gulf of mexico. a real flood threat into the early half of the week. we are talking upwards of 30 inches of rain for some people in texas. overnight, in our area, looking good for outdoor activities. going to happy hour, partly cloudy and comfortable, 50's to the west. 60's in the metro. into the upcoming weekend, if you have the nationals tickets, it looks beautiful, lots of sunshine tomorrow and sunday. 4:05 pitch on saturday at and do not forget the sunblock and sunglasses with 77 degrees both saturday, sunday and low dew points, making it feel quite comfortable. as we head into the early half of the week, temperatures below average for this time of year each day we should be at 86 degrees. cloud cover returns on monday and maybe a few passing showers monday night into tuesday and also wednesday. for the later half of next week, maybe some big plans for labor day, too early to guarantee a drive forecast. .- dry forecast we will keep you up-to-date and stay tuned with us all weekend and we will br

>>> breaking news, hurricane harvey upgraded to category 2 as it gathers strength in the gulf of mexico. >>> the oil market on edge azhar i have ta as harvey takes aim on the gulf. >>> and wall street will be keeping an eye on harvey as well as janet yellen's big speech today in jackson hole, wyoming it's august 25, 2017, "worldwide exchange" begins right now >>> good morning welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm sara eisen >> i'm wilfred frost good morning to you from me as well it's new music friday. we are kicking off with taylor swift's new song >> highly anticipated. >> but not very good >> i can't tell. came out overnight >> i listened to it once upstairs with the team >> what did the team think. >> all disappointed, apart from the number one taylor swift fan, karissa. we'll have to listen to it a few more times >> you'll hear it more on the show it is new music friday >>> first let's get to the big developing story out of the gulf of mexico, hurricane harvey gathering strength the storm a category 2 hurricane. it is expected to make landfall in southeast texas later tonight. harve

what movement we do see is in the wrong direction, back out into the open warm waters of the gulf of mexico and it is restrengthening a little bit. you can see the bands of moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico. look at this all the way down in the central gulf. this is a huge storm. the bands 400 miles away in new orleans. that is from the hurricane. you can see the swirl down here. that's the real center, but the hurricane center's latest forecast has it much closer to the coast. so if they saw this last picture they would have adjusted it down here. this is the way it has been coming. now it is going to go back up towards houston as if they don't have enough problems because they get wave after wave of rain. up to 45 miles per hour winds. this is the track over the last several days. and it's going to continue to move towards the northeast very slowly track just to the east of houston and that is by tomorrow afternoon. that continues to move up towards the northeast. we need it to move faster. the faster it moves the quicker the rain breaks up and they can get in and start doing mor

hurricane harvey picking up steam now in the gulf of mexico. it started as a tropical depression early this morning. that's what we were talking about. and now look. it's reaches these warm waters of the gulf of mexico, getting closer to the coast, it's picked up. it's a cat-1 hurricane. that means sustained winds of 85 miles per hour ahead of this storm. look at the rain that's coming down already near the coast. those areas of red and yellow, those are warnings. hurricane warnings people told to evacuate corpus christi. friday night into saturday morning, it also a category 3 with sustained winds up to 125 miles per hour. again, up to two feet of rain from this hurricane that's heading towards texas. place like houston being warned about this along with galveston, corpus christi, 30 counties right there the governor has declared a state of disaster ahead of the storm because of what's to come. here's the futurecast the next 48 hours. look at the colors of the yellow and red here. this is a significant amount of rainfall, flooding and wind dang

the warm water persisted in the gulf of mexico leading up to hurricane harvey. you need that fuel. rm water in the gulf of mexico to power these storms, and we saw that explosive intensification of harvey as it approached the texas coast. obviously the warm water spurred by climate change played a role here. of course there's natural variability. we've had hurricanes hit the gulf coast for decades. i think there's ooh combination. i think global warming intensified the storm some. obviously there have always been these storms and there will continue to be these storms in the future. >> jason samenow made the argument, the difference between temperature change and climate change, another point of controversy. samenow is right. temperatures are higher in the gulf. warm air and moisture is going to generate energy and storms. you're going to see worse storms, but it could just be a phase. it doesn't mean it's the direct result of a permanent change in the climate cycle or because of anything that human beings have done. what's your response? >> i think if you look at all the evidence w

you see it streaming off the gulf of mexico. multiple bands of just thick, thick rainfall. rainfall rates, six, seven inches an hour at times. two feet in 24 hours in some spots. that will continue today and through tonight, as well. basically, ongoing right through tomorrow morning, we think. so another 12 inches potentially on top of the 20 that has fallen just within the last 12 to 24 hours. the waters are rising across the houston metropolitan area. it's a life-threatening, flash flood emergency unfolding as we speak. let's get to victor oquendo live on the scene. >> reporter: good morning, rob. houston has just been getting pounded all night and into the morning. we're standing next to an exit ramp right off the highway. where down this way, more than 20 feet of rain has accumulated. one officer we spoke with says he's never seen anything like this. overnight, the situation in houston getting dire. some of the youngest victims of the floodwaters rescued by boat. torrential rains battering america's fourth largest city. reports of people trapped inside their homes. a lo

the center circulation moving towards the gulf of mexico over the gulf of mexico it actually could strengthen little bit, the wind won't be an issue, it will be additional rainfall on top of historic rainfall that they've already received. 18 to 24-inches, it is hard to imagine that much more rain heading into thursday and you can see we've been into this blocking pattern, ladies, that's why this system has not moved, by thursday, friday, hoping it budges a little bit towards the northeast, the flooding will last well after harvey leaves and exits and unfortunately we will be dealing with the fallout for years if not decades in the houston, texas area. heather: it came so quickly, one woman we spoke to yesterday and said at 2:00 a.m. it was in ankles and 5:00 a.m. it was up to chest in the attic to rose very quickly. january yan it's tragic what's happening right now. >> thank you, janice. tropical storm harvey unleashing one trillion dollars of gallons of texas so far but the worse yet to come. heather: days of catastrophic flooding still to come. roads are giving out, rob. rob: yeah, this t

just remember the gulf of mexico is two degrees warmer than normal. as set off alarm bells in washington. just last month the government issued a warning, stating that because of the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, this, this hurricane season which goes on until the end of november, could be one of the worst in memory. so watch out. there could be more monster hurricanes to come. >> that's the theory that climate change is impacting all of this. >> we are not sure. however. there is no smoking gun. it is consistent with the fact that the gulf is warming up. that is the energy that is driving these monster hurricanes. according to the government. this hurricane season, watch out. >> right. >> we have been talking storm surges all morning. what exactly caused a storm surge? >> well, storm surges could be, 12, 13 feet tall. as the the waves that are whipped around, 130 miles an hour, hit landfall. some times they get bunched up. they go towards land. that's when you get the huge monster waves hitting the coast. coming in at 130 miles an hour. >> i feel

in the gulf of mexico, there's tropical storm harvey. it has not moved on shore yet. it could briefly become a hurricane right before landfall and that's what would give parts of texas such high rainfall totals. locally, through this afternoon, there is the possibility for an isolated shower near the shenandoah valley or the higher elevations. we'll take a closer look at this one. then this thing after it stalls, that's going to be an issue, eventually makes its way into our area next weekend. labor day weekend, we're looking at rain chances. the ten-day forecast. for now, we have temperatures around 80 degrees. we could see mid-70s over the weekend. we like to stay nice and dry with morning lows in the 60s. we'll take a closer look at your ten-day forecast in a bit. erika >>> thank you, ma'am. it is two words that can have a deep affect on your wallet and keep you up at night. government shutdown. this morning the white house isn't backing down on president trump's -- to take us there. he's at odds with some fellow republicans. house speaker paul ryan doesn't think a

so we will continue to tap into back over the gulf of mexico. so it maintains it's strength as a tropical storm before it finally weakens by the end of this week. so we are looking at these flash flood warnings, expansive from houston, bay city, the catastrophic flooding is already occurring and these flash flood warnings will last through midweek. as we mentioned, we have about 25 inches on the ground in some areas, but an additional 10 to 20 inches of rain still is yet to fall, creating those storm totals over 50 inches of rain and it's not just the rain falling, but the rivers are rising and that's going to continue to be a concern well beyond this week. >> you took the same drive from corpus christi. some of the downpours were breath taking in their intensity. >> the wipers don't go fast enough. that's where the water is piling up so quickly. >> dylan, thanks very much. >>> growing controversy tonight over whether the city should have ordered an evacuation before the storm moved in. today the mayor defended his decision not to issue such an o

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in to tuesday, we're looking at a slow move to gulf of mexico, picking up more rain. we begin to see theft. it starts to move north this is now wednesday 3 :00, most of these models, each different models, put it off houston, although good side of storm, still going to be seeing that rain for you on wednesday. heavy rain off to the west as well, right side of storm that sees heavier rain, it is not until thursday to friday we finally see this run-up to portions of northern louisiana, past shreveport, that means houston and areas on coast will begin to dry off, see some sunshine friday, but water will stand there for a couple of days. how much more rain? this houston right there, models predicting as much as 10 more inches of rain, not too much farther east, we have spots popping up with 15 closer to 20 inches of total precipitation on the way. everything you are looking at in red is still flash flood warning, these purple icons are major flooding events on rivers. rivers, still riding, that last place this water runs. a long way to go. >> amazing, adam thank you. >> we

so about1 million barrels of oil a day in places like the gulf of oil a day in places like the gulf of mexicorth sea. and these companies are all increasing their production. so they get the benefit of the doubt from investors, to some extent. can bp cover its investment costs and also pay out its dividend, which it is committed to, if the price stays at $50 7 committed to, if the price stays at $50? shell is saying they all ready can. they are saying they can get fit for the 40s. bp is still struggling one. it cannot cover investment to replace the business, keep new production coming, and pay the dividend. it can't really do that, or it has been unable to do that, or it has been unable to do that at $50, quite yet. we will see what they have to say about that. that is key, isn't it? for bp, is co mforta bly that is key, isn't it? for bp, is comfortably in everybody‘s pension fund. it has been for a long time. bp or shell, you would have one of the other. if bp is not seen as a company they can deliver, it is a concern, is that it? these companies wa nted concern, is that it? these companies

steve harrigan is in corpus christi tonight right on the gulf of mexico. steve, what do you see? >> tucker, we have seen things get worse here each hour. this storm has strengthened dramatically. it's really caught a lot of people here by surprise. some of the people originally planning on riding it out decided at the last minute to make their evacuation. still the worst is yet to come in the next four to five hours. we have already heard from local police who have said that for the next few hours

this water is moving so fast, 100,000 cubic feet per second and the runoff already in the gulf of mexico. >> okay, ginger, thanks. already 30,000 people have taken to houston shelters. 10,000 national guard troops will be deployed from across the country joining the 14,000 already there. abc's chief national correspondent tom llamas on the

you say to yourself, wait a minute, that's only 40 miles from the gulf of mexico. why doesn't it just run off? because it's so flat.

tropical storm harvey in the gulf of mexico. it is expected to go on the texas coast. some of it has it looping around for a while. there's a concern of flooding down in texas because of the storm that would happen this weekend. 82 is the high. sunny and pleasant great for the eagles and phillies this afternoon. bright and beautiful on friday 78 degrees. saturday 78, sunday, 79. make your plans, maybe you're heading to the arena bowl and doing tailgating before the game or the union at night or the phillies a night all choices should find you very comfortable conditions. and then we go to monday, we're in the wednesday cloudy and sun the chance of a re-emerging shower or >> what a great set of temperatures. >> what a great set of temperatur preparation are underway along thetropical storm harvey. looking at the anniar diana'sh. harry talks about hardest >> reporter: not smiling expressway, they are clearing out the overnight construction, we have accident in the work zone. traffic is we're talking about situation andork on the pennsylvania turnpike when "action n contin

it is considerably more than here due to its proximity to the gulf of mexico. . where are you and what have you seen so far? >> reporter: we did have to fly into austin, texas, because as you are well aware the airport in houston the run way is completely under water. we are in the city of brennan, texas on highway 290. i will give you a look at us driving. about 30 minutes it started raining when we landed in austin about three hours west of houston it was not raining. we saw some sunshine. steady rain coming down for about the last 30 to 45 minutes or so as we make our way in. the reason whee are coming this direction is because usually if you are coming from austin, texas, you would take interstate ten which is main artery. parts of interstate 10 are under water. we caught up with some red cross crews. they are also trying to make their way here. they also have difficult times figuring out which roads to take. i will show you part of the reason we are having issues is the road closures we are dealing with all around the houston area, interstate 10 is closed n

inches total possibly by friday, here is the danger, harvey now could move back out over the gulf of mexico. restrinrestrengthen then turn and wallop southeast texas again. hundreds rescued, people airlifted off of rooftops, and rescued out of cars and flooded area highways. those floodwater continues to rise. we seeing roads turn into rivers, chest-deep high water in many neighborhoods, tens of thousands of buildings damage, u.s. oil sector, heart of refining industry here, pummeled, damage estimate in billions, some areas seeing a year's worth of rain in just two day's time. but we're also seeing inspiring stories of courage. and generosity. can-do state of texas and rest of america stepping up, help from nearby louisiana, also in will i've this pact, including cajun navy coming to rescue, a volunteer network of good samaritans driving more than 4 hours from louisiana in middle of the storm, to join a rescue squad of boats to help people, it is being called texas' "dunkirk." president trump called for a state of emergency for louisiana as tropical storm packed with potential tornado is no

and now all of that has to go right back into the gulf of mexico somehow. and if it goes through the city of houston, that's where the catastrophic flooding will be occurring later on this week. >> wow, still a long way to go. all right, thank you so much, chad myers, appreciate that in the cnn weather center. >> you're welcome. >> we'll be right back. electric light orchestra ] ♪ sailin' away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic ♪ ♪ rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin' ♪ ♪ it's magic introducing the all new volkswagen tiguan. ♪ higher and higher, baby the new king of the concrete jungle. ronoh really?g's going on at schwab. thank you clients? well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms... again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't have low cost and be full service. it's impossible. it's like having your cake and eating it too. ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs. how am i going to explain this? if you don't like their answer, ask agai

centered over the gulf of mexico. slow moving system and it's going to say over the gulf of mexico through the day and finally starting to move back inland early on thursday. there's a lot of moisture with it. you can see where it's going. coming our way over the holiday weekend. we may see some moisture from harvey. today we get moisture from developing tropical system. keeps us in the 60s this afternoon. gusty winds. strongest winds along the coast. tomorrow clearing up. winds diminish during the day. 78 degrees. high temperature wednesday. little warmer on thursday. slight chance of shower from thursday from a week front coming by. friday, 76 degrees. will be cooler. here come the potential remnants from harvey for saturday and sunday. we'll be in the 80s on sunday. and then it stays on path it will clear out for labor day monday. 84 degrees. clouds return tuesday more wet weather and cooler conditions next wednesday and thursday. >> okay. thank you. seven before seven. let's get do you work. >> more people up. gett

they have been in very close reportswith the first of this storm brewing in the gulf of mexico. ey have talked about each other in close contact throughout all of this. the president is going to head up to austin to meet with other men and women responsible for the relief effort in texas. with us from outside the white house in washington, d.c. what did you hear from the president? outlining his interest in continuing to indicate with governor abbott on the state level. how would you characterize that relationship thus far? >> the president and governor tradingave been pleasantries and support over the last few days and this is the latest example of both of these politicians showing they have strong support for one another. they believe they are both doing a great job. they want to show publicly there is that coordination of the federal government and the state government are on the same page. that's what we heard the president say that we are not going to celebrate yet. we believe we are doing a great level ofhat cooperation has existed over the past few days as texas has gone t

gulf coast that have the capacity to process nearly five million barrels of oil every day, and as of thursday, companies evacuated personnel from nearly 40 platforms that account for 9.6% of the gulf of mexico's oil output. and this is standing to have an impact nationwide on gas prices. those of you saying how it's going to impact me? listen up. gas price per gallon could jump 15 to 25 cents this weekend. as for gas in texas, the epa is lifting gasoline requirements to deal with potential shortages caused by the storm. the waiver allows for the sale of gasoline that does not comply with regular environmental guidelines until september 15th. and leland, it takes several days for the refineries to close down. they started a couple of days ago. they can't just shut down operation like sdmashgs to get back up and running, it can take weeks. >> can take weeks to get back up and running, assuming there is not major and catastrophic damage. the other issue is the gas shortage in texas. the first thing everybody does is stock up on gas, and after the storm passes, you're going to see the major influx of prestaged tankers that bring in more gas, tankers bring in water and supply that are short supply

the gulf of mexico is picking up. we been showing you that all day today. tory is a mad rush to get out of town for people who are heeding the advice of the emergency officials. stores are nuts. people are doing what they can to buy up supplies, bottled water is a commodity, it is difficult to find around here and gas stations have extremely long lines. not only people fueling up as they get out of town, but also putting gas and gas tanks and strapping it to the roofs of their vehicles and case they need to power generators in the event that there is a power outage for a sustained amount of time. people are doing just about anything they can to protect their property. >> i'm going to take care of my parents because they refuse to leave corpus christi. >> every time they say it's real big, it goes in the opposite direction. i'm taking precautions anyway. >> don't want to get stuck, that is the word for emergency responders. they may be flooded and they may not be able to get to you. that is why they hope people are listening to the evacuation orders. harvey i

because of that, it is tapping into the gulf of mexico. ok at the bands coming in off the gulf of mexico. as long as the storm stays in this location, we have an endless supply of fuel for the tropical downpours. all those red and orange areas around houston and galveston, those are areas with the heaviest rain, rainfall rates of 4 to 6 inches per hour. and that's falling over hours at a time. now, unfortunately this is the track of the storm. at this point whether it is a tropical storm or depression doesn't matter because winds are not that important at this point, but it is the fact that we're going to continue to tap into gulf of mexico and see more and more rain. we have flash flood warnings in red all around houston, bay city, to galveston, flash flood watches in the surrounding area because of pockets of heavy rain. here's the forecast for the rest of the weekend into monday, tuesday, and wednesday. still looking at potential for heavy downpours with rainfall rates as much as 3 to 6 inches per hour. since friday, we picked up about 1

plenty of it being shuttled right onto the shore thanks to that system spinning again in the gulf of mexico. so keeping a close eye, it won't be until wednesday when it starts to move back on land. tomorrow, thanks to the center f this storm, little bit harder. it has the wind speeds to be a tropical storm. the centralized closed circulation and that's what is missing from this. whether it becomes is not going to be the point for us. there will be gusty winds. tomorrow's very breezy for us an inch of /10's of rain. you'll notice how close these areasr williamsburg and fredericksburg and d.c. either way, tomorrow will be a soggy and breezy and cool day for us. future cast at 6:00 tomorrow morning, the rain in the d.c. area and continues to build in the rest of the region. showers, wes far as will say, the will be raining and we'll get some of those totals goes close to a half inch. tuesday evening, things start to break down for our nationals' game tomorrow. weather takes over and stays that. 58-67. tomorrow morning, a stray shower, but chance early tomorrow. a lot of us get stuck in the 60'

and it brings out tropical storm harvey into the gulf of mexico. keeps it along the coast. moves back in over houston. with the staggering rain fall totals and then just kind of shifting it off towards the north and northeast. it isn't until thursday and friday, dave and christine, that we start to see it even moving out. so we've got still about four more days and national hurricane center says you might see 15, 25 more inches of rain fall. that certainly is possible. some areas could really be picking up 50 inches of rain fall. we have comparisons of allison in 2001. hopefully at the top of the hour we will show you something comparative. but harvey is doing things that allison did in 2001 for which there are many comparisons. and in allison, some parts of the city of houston saw about 35 inches of rain. just in two days. in houston, two days. we have seen about 26 inches. some areas have seen a whole lot more than that. especially as we make our way down toward that galveston area. we'll be back near the top of the hour. give you another update. one of the worst tweets i

no upper air is trying to share it off and the gulf of mexico is like a bathtub. we get into 9:30 and it's going to be very close to making landfall but even now, hurricane force winds to hit the texas coast. it does not have to wait for the eye of the hurricane. still a category three still a category 3 it is way inland. it maintains a hurricane force strength and may actually go back into the gulf of mexico to become a tropical storm again. >> look at the hurricane force wind. in between corpus christi, ac drift and port o'connor,. that will be it. we still have a tremendous wind and in the hurricane force wind and tropical force wind from corpus christi, almost to houston. we will talk storm surge in a bit. >> as the conditions deteriorate , do you see those people? they really are throwing caution to the wind. then there's this guy out swimming and surfing in the waves near the shore. there is a sign that says no swimming. the beaches have been closed since yesterday so no one is supposed to be out there. that storm will last the gulf coast and he tweeted a ph

but don't be fooled, there is still tons of tropical moisture being picked up from the gulf of mexico of this is all these bands from the south pumping in that moisture, sandwiching in houston to league city, to sugarland, to katy, to pasadena, through the bayous, through clear creek. this is phenomenal. and already intercontinental is closed. it will be a mess. you may want to check with your work to see what happens, church event, all kinds of activities will probably be canceled because of the widespread flooding. we have assistanhave constant u keep it here. >> and of course this is a time when people need too look out for their neighbor. there are always heartwarming stories about people coming together and we have one for you. >> one man found a dog after the storm, but he had no idea who or where the owner of the dog was. and that is when aaron turned to twitter. >> hey guys, i'm on my way back to austin from victoria, texas. and i picked up a little passenger here. i stopped for gas and this guy was following me down the road. when i stopped, he jumped into the jeep. i'm tryin

this thing is almost back out into the gulf of mexico. that's where we're going to start tonight. talking about franklin, a tropical storm when it made landful last night. now over toward campeche, just about to get back to the gulf of mexico. once this thing gets over to the warm water, it is fuel for the storm, and is expected hour. movingwest-northwest at 12. on this path it will stay pretty far south, which is a good thing for the u.s. for mexico, not a good thing, because it could be near hurricane strength by thursday morning, late wednesday night before it makes landbreak. hopefully not too much, but it's not looking good for them. for us, it looks spectacular. our day planner for tomorrow, sunshine, wall to wall. temps start in the 60s, in town. 50s in the suburbs. by afternoon, low to mid-80s. i'm going 85 at national airport. but many areas stay in the low 80s. the winds north-northeast at 5. this evening, it has turned out to be a much better finish than start. temperatures now for the mid- and upper 70s. the low 80s out there. it just feels and looks so much better than

continuing to gain strength in the gulf of mexico, maximum sustained winds at right now at 65 miles per our. i want to show you the track friday, expecting a major hurricane, category three with wind gusts up to 115 miles per hour. if you know anyone along the coast, give them a heads up. we are talking upwards of 20 inches of rain or more in the area. also some strong storm surge moving in. it will move on shore and sit and spin over the next couple of days. we will bring you the latest and coming up in the extended forecast, a look at our weekend outlook. melania: we will see you soon. nobody in our area won the last night $758 million powerball but two people became millionaires overnight. two tickets worth $1 million in our area. one sold at this store in lorton and the other winning ticket was bought in gaithersburg. it was someone in massachusetts who walked away with the biggest prize. >> one ticket holding the key to the powerball jumbo jackpot sold in massachusetts. that much confirmed overnight but where the winning ticket was purchased have lottery officials scrambling this m

that could change later today as it moves back out over the gulf of mexico. right now the winds at 40 miles an hour. just spins over texas with a band of some very heavy rain just northeast of houston. that storm system is just barely moving. there's the problem. not going anywhere. three miles an hour. now it's moving southeast. that's going to take it back towards the gulf of mexico. here's a look at rainfall totals. based on the doppler estimate since friday evening more than 21 inches over the houston area. 14 inches in southwestern louisiana. going to get more rainfall and even the areas that are not as hard hit are still hard hit. see just south of usa, 17 inches of rain. and the forecast rain is continuing for day. by thursday evening when this storm system starts pulling away, you're looking at additional close to 15 inches in houston and port arthur could get another 15 plus inches of rain. they're not done with that at all. meantime, we're enjoying beautiful weather. cool clear start at cape may. cape may is going to see changes today. the rip curren

it will held back to the gulf of mexico before moving to the texas/louisiana border and as -- >> it's a life sustaining mission. >> a lot of those who stayed in houston are trapped in their homes. >> some of our neighbors are trapped on the rooftops. >> other texas cities are welcoming the displaced, dallas is welcoming those at a shelter. the president and first lady are due to travel to texas and survey the damage tuesday. president trump approving an emergency declaration for louisiana as harvey is expected to go out into the gulf of mexico expected to return back to the texas louisiana border and add that rain we're about to see by the time it's all said and done by the end of the week, totals could reach 50 inches. channel 6 "action news." >> back here, the call for help is being answered. the eastern pennsylvania chapter of the red cross has deployed volunteers. there are many ways you can help, too, right now financial donations are the best. donated items are helpful, but they can't get there immediately. >> people donate things they need cleaned sorted and shipped that takes