katy beck, nbc news, tulsa, oklahoma. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us.t is "nbc nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night.

katy beck has the alert for families. >> the whole structure is a chicken coop. >> reporter: just outside atlanta, ann marie, like so many americans, is raising her own chickens. >> they become very mainstream. >> reporter: the centers for disease control now warning those backyard coups have caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak, with numbers still spiking. >> we're following ten different outbreaks right now. each of them is caused by a different strain of salmonella. >> reporter: the cdc reports that 961 people have tested positive for salmonella this year. that's more cases than in all of 2016. it's been found in 48 states, causing 215 hospitalizations, and one death. >> we think these cases are going up because more and more people have backyard poultry. >> reporter: the salmonella risk highest when they're baby chicks. anderson takes every precaution. >> we have specific chicken shoes for being around the coop. >> reporter: young children are nearly 30% of cases this year under 5. the cdc says always wash or sanitize your hands after contact. don't snuggle or kiss the birds. don't

we begin tonight with katie beck in tulsa. >>> the late night tornado swept through parts of tulsa with no warning. the city sirens not sounding, many residents sleeping through the disaster which struck after 1:00 in the morning. >> that's a whataburger, part is gone. >> reporter: by the time the national weather service issued a tornado warning, at least 30 people were injured. rooftops lifted off homes and businesses. tree limbs and debris scattered across the town. >> it just happened too quickly. it was just all the sudden, it's there, we didn't have any ramp up time. >> reporter: eight people inside this restaurant were taken to the hospital after the storm caused the building to collapse. trapping them inside. >> completely collapsed right on top of everybody. so it's lucky that people came out with their lives. >> reporter: jordan hillyard was working at the bar and helped get customers out of the building. >> as we were pulling everybody out, like, having to go through all of this rubble is just, just -- insane. >> reporter: the two mile path of destruction leaving as many as 1

katy beck, nbc news, atlanta. >>> there's important health news about the leading cause of death among adults over 340, 40, sudden cardiac arrest. it strikes more than 350,000 people each year, often without warning. it's been a mystery to doctors, but now new research is helping to predict who is at risk. our medical correspondent, dr. john torres, has details. >> reporter: just 43 years old, lynn howard never imagined her heart would suddenly stop beating. >> i had no health problems before this. i was completely healthy. >> reporter: but the mother of three suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, a condition so deadly, more than 90% don't survive. >> the goal is to nip sudden cardiac arrest in the bud. because by the time it happens, it's too late. >> reporter: it's not a heart attack which is caused by a blockage. sudden cardiac arrest is caused by a short circuit in the heart. there hasn't been a good test to determine who's vulnerable. >> we don't have any real predictors of risk. >> reporter: after this doctor studied a million people, he found a possible solution, using an around for

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. >>> we go from houston to corpus chris christi, texas, where katie beck joins us now live from there. one of the first place harvey had made landfall a few days ago. katie, we know that president trump also set to tour corpus christi later today. what can you tell us about that visit and the situation there today? >> reporter: well, he is expected to leave washington at 8:30 this morning, and we know he is headed to corpus at some point in the visit. he will not be visiting houston, which is obviously, as you saw there, still submerged and expecting more rain. houston will not be on the itinerary, but president trump says he may be making a return trip to exit text as soon as saturday, as well as louisiana. when he comes today, he is likely going to tour some of the damage here on the ground. fortunately, corpus christi is one of the areas in recovery mode at this point. a lot of people have their power back. the weather conditions are mild at this point. one of the things president trump was concerned about was being a distraction to that recovery effort. he did not want to go to ho

let's go back to corpus christi, texas, and bring in katie beck. she's joining us live from there. as we were mentioning, katie, corpus christi, one of the first places hurricane harvey made land fall. today they're getting a visit from president trump. what more can you tell us about the conditions on the ground and what we can expect from president trump's visit. >> well, the conditions on the ground here are favorable to mild. there's a slight wind gust, but not more than that, and i think that's deliberate in terms of why president trump chose to come here. he said he will not be visiting houston this time around. and that's because the city is under water, and also because of the fact that frankly he doesn't want to disturen rescue and recovery efforts ongoing with the distraction of bringing a president to town. he's going to be visiting rockport and corpus christi. the folks on the ground are very excited to have president trump see the devastation firsthand. they have been overall pleased with the federal response. they felt the response was immediate and thorough, and they

. >> let's go back to katie beck in victoria, texas at an intersection flooded out from the storm. people are heading back, but the rain could deliver new problems in the area. are residents there just going to hunter do hunker gown or go else? >> i think there is a lot of fear and anxiety. this is a town on the gaudreau h -- guadalupe river. what you're seeing here would be nothing. as you see there is neighborhoods, low lying neighborhoods all around the river, and most of the people in these neighbors have left. there are a few stragglers running around, but most boarded up and left and they stayed away assuming the rainfall could flood. we spoked to a gentman yesterday, he said when i lost everything in 1998, i was not sure i would recover and i can't go through again. there is high anxiety as they wait here. it is devastate for a lot of homes and businesses. >> i saw you alt a local market earlier today. is irchs getting the foot, water, and ice they mie need. what's the semiout there j warm or chilly? >> it is texas in august. there is some warmth, but not nearly as hot as it

and katie beck is joining us from victoria, texas with a look at the devastation there. and the whole thing about this, victoria was hurt early on in the last 24 hours when harvey came through. and it's about to be hit if you will by the center of this current storm again getting that double doozy. >> reporter: that's right. and people are bracing from the second round, they are getting more prepared by stocking up on things like gas and food while they have a bit of a lull right now. no real rain or wind at this point, but that won't last for long. and we are standing at a corner in victoria where basically the only gas station open for the next 40 miles is this one behind us. and you can see this line of cars here. it's about 100 deep. people have been waiting in this line for up to two hours waiting for gas and several people here at the gas station as you can see have their amp arms full of can to fill as many as they can carry. this morning i was outside of a convenience store and they ran out of coffee and it was an absolute uprising. people are desperate for hot f

katie beck is along the shore of corpus christi. katie, the storm, is it getting worse out there? see you've got your hood on now. >> reporter: yes. over the course of the past several hours, we have seen these conditions starting to go downhill. the wind and rain coming at a sideways slant and becoming harder and harder to stand still without the wind pushing your body forward. as gabe said, corpus christi is sort of a ghostland now. we are along the beach front. there is not another single person out here at this hour. and as you can see, the waves really starting to come in now. the storm surge here expected to be between 6 and 12 feet tonight. pretty sure all of this beach will be under water by midnight when this storm is supposed to make landfall. now that eye of the storm is supposed to come east of corpus christi about midnight tonight. we are expecting that to be the most torrential rainfall. the hurricane-force winds. that's when there will be structural damage and possibly power outages in this area that the mayor said could last for several months in the state of texas

our correspondent katy beck has been driving around the streets still remaining open tonight in corpus, i said earlier tonight, the best news for that metropolitan area, they were off by just a few miles. and kind of like sandy here in new york, this was an intense low. but if it had been a little further south, those bands would have packed the water up into corpus christi bay. and instead, it's on the other side of the storm. i'm not sure that makes people more comfortable tonight. but hopefully it will lessen damage and flooding. >> reporter: yeah, brian, i think that's true. i think there is a sigh of relief for the people living here. that being said, driving around right now, it's pitch black in corpus christi. a lot of power outages as well as structural damage. i'm standing in a burger king parking lot. as you can see behind me, the entire sign was toppled over a couple of hours ago in this parking lot. a massive sign that really could have caused some serious threat to life had anyone been underneath of it. fortunately this area has been mostly evacuated since early this morni

that is where katie beck is joining us live. so a curfew. what are the details on that and what is is it like there where you are other than that big, huge, massive down tree, katie? >> reporter: hey, alex. we have seeing the weather that stephanie is not. we are seeing torrential rain. pouring sideways and pretty significant winds. and here in victoria if the streets aren't blocked by watt. >> they are blocked by trees. this tree took a power line with it. it came up by the roots as you could see. and folks here say this happened sometime last night. so this means this road has not been passable obviously since then. a couple of minutes ago we were talking to a man who is repairing a business down the street. a shattered window. and he said, i simply can't find plywood anywhere. he's been going around town everywhere. he is trying to board up windows in advance of what is still to come. so he said, i just don't know what to do. i'm running out of items that i could nail over the spaces to avoid future damage. so here in victoria, the conditi

nbc's katy beck in corpus christi, nbc news doctor john tore ris. go first to kerry sanders in port lavaca. >> reporter: well, ali, we're driving along here in port lavaca out along the bay area. as i cut to the camera outside, as we drive you can see off in the distance there. this is a bay, remember. this is not the gulf of mexico, but this is where that storm surge will build up you can see there's white caps and it's really getting the early stages of what is a hurricane. the winds here have been picking up. the wind is rather dramatic. now, we're going to get up into this position here right in front of what is a fishing pier which is starting to go underwater here as the water rises. and in a moment i'm going to get myself in position and get out because what i want to show you here is how the wind is picking up and the wind is really beginning to blow. in fact, it's awfully hard to open up the doors for the cars. i'm getting in position here. i'm opening up the doors. that one actually opened just fine. now i'm going to get myself over here.

nbc's katie beck is in victoria. katie is joining me by phone right now. katie, talk about the damage you're seeing from the hurricane where you are. >> reporter: hey, alex. damage here structurally is pretty minimal. but the flooding is going to be extensive here. it's creeping closer and closer to the edge of the road. if this continues roads will be submerged. seeing a lot of downed power lines which is probably why we're having some difficulty getting cell reception out of where here right now and rain is still coming down very heavily in sheets. so it's really interesting the weather pattern at this point. it starts and stops. you get strong bursts of wind and rain and then it lets up and then it comes back. so the outer bands are making their way as they stall over this area, but lots of street signs turned over. every stoplight anywhere is out. and obviously all businesses are closed. no one -- most people are staying off the roads, it's pretty quiet, but it is going to be interesting as this rain continues to collect exactly how any of this is goin

not letting up. >> katie beck, thank you for that. much appreciated. and nbc's maya rodriguez is in houston for us. where exactly are you? what have you seen, as obviously, the weather there looks worse than it did a few hours ago when i was speaking to folks in houston. >> reporter: yeah, it actually just got much worse, chris, just within the last 20 minutes or so. we have had very heavy rain and some very strong wind gusts moving through. we're in the theater district of downtown houston. for the most part, this area is pretty much deserted. we do have some people making their way around here. we've had some first responders making their way around here. right now we have these folks who just drove up. my goodness. cassie, what are you doing out here? >> we are -- we don't have power, so we have no idea what's going on outside of our apartment so we're just trying to drive around and see how bad the flooding is. >> reporter: is there any flooding that you've encountered along the way? what's been the situation that you've seen out there? >> we liter

nbc's katie beck in houston. katie, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, this neighborhood that i'm in now was five or six feet underwater. homeowners are returning now. many of them are surprised to find their entire home on their front lawn. they're working with clean up crews, working to get things back to normal, but it is a long process, a devastating reality to look at all of this. joining me, michael wadler, this is your home here. michael, what do you think when you look at this? >> it's just overwhelming, it's everything that we have. everything is out here. >> you have family photographs, tell us about the note. >> i found this note. and it was written by my mother, she passed away last month, it is kind of hard. >> i'm so sorry. there's a lot of sentimental things you lost. just to see all of this must be so daunting. >> it's overwhelming, just overwhelming. >> let's take a look. i want to give people a look inside michael's home. this is obviously the outside where all of his mattresses, belongings, pretty much everything fro

i want to bring in nbc's katy beck live in corpus christi. what can you tell us?> reporter: the conditions have been getting worse all day and they continue to do so. there's people without power now. lots of down limbs and tree branches all over the roadways. most of the roads don't have any cars on them but there are a good number of folks who stayed home. there was not a mandatory evacuation order in corpus christi. some people have decided to just try and brave it out. as you drive through the streets in these residential neighborhoods you tend to see a lot of homes boarded up. some of them have spray paint indicating how many men and women inside. there is a fair amount of people who really just felt like they could stick this one out. the main eye of the storm is supposed to come around 1:00 a.m. this morning. that is when they are expecting to see those 125 miles an hour winds. all the homes boarded up prepared for that wind, that rain and the storm surge. they say the storm surge here in corpus christi could be anywhere between 6 to 12 feet. that's some si

we want to go back to katie beck. this is by the university of houston.hey have been kind of the brunt of the storm so to speak as this has been kind of never ending for people. this is a system that will keep delivering rain until thursday. >> reporter: right. the real concern is going to be this river. as you can see tons of debris floating down this river at a pretty good click here. the debris in this river is from all of the down trees and limbs we have been seeing as they are washing through the center of town. what is on everyone's mind is how high this river will get. it has flooded here and this river is typically at six feet. it is right now at 20 feet and is expected to crest at 32 feet which is the height of this bridge. it is possible that by tomorrow this bridge will be under water. the river is much higher than usual and it is starting to expand to the sides. it has pushed the banks and into the next field over as you can see through the trees there. all of that water beyond the tree line is not supposed to be there. that is from where the

katie beck, nbc news, rome, maine. >> just a beautiful story. beautiful caan effort. >>> somara, get us up to date. what are we going to be looking at. >> as we head into the afternoon, we are going to see a slight chance for isolated showers, good amount of clouds out there. temperatures in the 70s. we do have a chance for isolated shower activity, especially the further north and west you go. i'd say the timing on that is going to be in the evening into the overnight hours. as far as things to do this weekend, well, festival and crab feast going down in prince george's county. i'm there. just joking. i got to work. but we are going to see low humidity, absolutely spectacular weather for anyone who's got outdoor plans. it's going to feel very reminiscent of fall but i'm judging that that's going to mean that everybody's going to get out there and enjoy it. >> if you've been thinking it's too hot to get outside, excuses are done. >>> that's going to do it for news4 midday. thanks so much for joining us. we're going 4:00 and remember, you can get

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nbc's katie beck is in victoria, texas, that's the heart of the storm. in the conditions you're seeing there. we see the amount of water at your feet that's racing by, but this neighborhood has been evacuated, correct? >> yeah, thomas, actually, all of victoria is under a mandatory curfew right now, personnel are saying basically stay off the roads so we can try and clear them. i'm at the corner of what was woodbridge and woodhaven. obviously you can see the street signs down. you can see the tree debris in the yard and you can see what i'm standing in, which is about 12 ichlnches of water. but as far as the people here, most of them decided to wait out the storm. they felt like they've been through before. they put shutters on their windows. they did everything they were supposed to do, stocked up on food but that still didn't stop the water from accumulating and that's really what they're going to be dealing with over the next couple days. this is what most front yards and driveways look like in the neighborhoods surroundings victoria. a lot of this deb

nbc's katie beck is in bay town, texas. bay town, texas, east of houston. katie, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: a lot of the same thing, craig. we're seeing a lot of local neighbors bring their boats here to this community. as you can see, completely flooded. but the good news is, the waters are receding, which means folks are now using those boats to try and get back to their homes, and try and retrieve some of those sentimental possessions that they really hope survived the amount of water that has flooded into baytown. this is right on cedar bayou. and as you can see, that water just rushed in all around these homes, really causing folks here a lot of panic. one of those people is jane. you've been dealing with this. you said the waters in your house got six feet high. >> yeah, six feet high. and it's down to about waist-high now. so it's gone down a little bit. but it came up so fast, we didn't know until we got up in the middle of the night at 3:00, the night before, and we stepped into water. we have never had flooding in 20 years here. never

>> unbelievable, stephanie gosk, katie beck, thanks to both of you, they have been out in it reporting throughout. i want to get a look at what the houston area is facing over the next couple of days, we just got this, greg abbott, obviously the governor of texas has activated all the texas national guard, that's about 12,000 people ready to help with the harvey recovery. >> people are going to need people to bring them food and water and all sorts of needs. this is the barker reservoir, this whole big green section here, she was standing right in here, near where the water was exiting, that's near where the car dealership was too, the reason they have never had water there before is they have never released water from that reservoir, they are doubling the highest they have ever done before. that's why they're flooding because they don't want this to come laps. this darker reservoir and the addicks reservoir, this is buffalo bayou, they don't want to flood downtown houston any more, but if these were to collapse or be compromised, that would send this huge wall of water, epic flooding,

katie beck joins us from victoria. let's get back to you. clearly your picture is not all that clear, so our guests and our viewers can see exactly why it's hard to make sure we're going to keep you there. talk quickly. lots of water on the ground behind you. >> reporter: that's right, alex. most of these neighborhoods here in victoria are completely submerged, as you can see. front yards and streets under water at this time. i actually have a homeowner with me here. leslie werner, this is her home we're standing in front of. leslie, why did you choose to stay? >> there were several reasons i wanted to stay. the first was i have five dogs and a cat and what to do with them, and there's really nowhere to go. as you all know, san antonio is 15 inches and austin and houston is hitting really bad. toip i wanted to make sure i could stay. you can see from my yard i have potential damage and i wanted to make sure if anything happened that i could stay. not that i could really do anything. >> it does feel like it continues to pick up. there is a lu

katie beck, thank you so much. also getting this in from kerry sanders, what will be happening.he president will travel to texas on tuesday. she is also saying we are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized, we will let you know. again, this is coming from the press secretary. she goes on to say, we continue to keep all of those affected in our thoughts and prayers just like roger saski, who we were just listening to. we'll be right back. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls... and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement™, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. but their nutritional needs (vremain instinctual.d, that's why there's purina one true instinct. nutrient-dense, protein-rich, real meat number o

head south to corpus christi where president trump will be arriving in just a few hours and where katie beck is this morning. pretty clear skies. they wanted to make sure the president came to an area where he wasn't going to be disruptive. give us a sense of the plan. what are we expecting once the president gets there? >> reporter: good morning, chris. yeah, the president is going to be landing here in corpus christi at about 12:30 this afternoon. we're told from there he's going to go boo a briefing with fema and national guard representative, he'll get some tour of the damage here. then he'll head back to austin going through same routine, sometime late in the afternoon 5:00 or 6:00, heading bab to washington around 8:00 p.m. this evening. president trump made clear he did not want to disrupt any rescue efforts going on. houston obviously still largely under water and expecting more rain today, having a presidential visit there was number one too dangerous and two, a bit of distraction for all the local leadership there on the ground that are trying to coordinate efforts. he was very cle

i want to head south to victoria where nbc's katy beck is. tell us where you are, where is victoria, and what are you seeing this morning. >> reporter: victoria is one of the areas that has been most hit most frequently bihar vie. at any given point victoria has been within 60 miles within the eye of this storm so obviously the rainfall has been significant. it is still raining here. and the big concern for folks at victoria is flooding at this point, primarily because of the river behind me. this is the guadalupe river. this river is right now even higher than it was, you know, last night by several feet. you can see all of the debris floating down the river. this is directly over the downtown. so if this floods, which it very well could today and tomorrow with all the extra rainfall, the entire downtown will be submerged. yesterday we spoke to folks here, long lines at gas stations, been without power for day, and they told us this is what they're really holding their breath over, whether or not this river is actually going to submerge the

so let's go to victoria, texas, we have correspondent along the coastline in texas where we find katie beck opn the ground with the latest there. and you've been in a specific spot in a neighborhood all day. how has it changed? >> reporter: well, throughout the course of the day, it has been getting worse and worse and obviously this water is continuing to collect. i'm at the foot of a driveway right now that basically is sort of an island. you can't get out or you can't get in. a lot of streets here in victoria is increasingly starting to look like this, down power lines and trees. to electricity here at all. and there are no businesses open at all. now we have seen people out and about more than we did yesterday. but i think folks are pretty much staying indoors at this point because they know what is go coming. they know the winds are still here. there is more rain on the way. and as this rain comes, the water really has no place to go. as you could see, there is a lot of debris here in the roadways. this street has some but there are streets that have trees going across, making them imp

i want to go first there to katy beck. we have been seeing these images for several days of the destruction. what are you seeing there on the ground? what is the expectation coming up to? >> well, hallie, a lot of fear and anxiety here from people in victoria. i'm standing on the bridge that heads into the downtown. this is downtown victoria behind me. we have been here for the last couple of days watching folks brave this storm. seeing them yesterday stock up on supplies and watching them brace for the second round, which is on its way now. the big concern is actually this river here next to me. this is the guadeloupe river and it is expected to flood if the rainfall continues as it is so far. back in 1998, this river flooded and absolutely devastated victor victoria. we spoke to a business owner here yesterday who said his business here yesterday lost absolutely everything. he is a father of six and just terrified of the rising levels here. it hasn't gotten up to the bridge level yet, but, as you can see, it's already ex

katy beck is there for us. katy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, morna savannah. e damage here is just evable. unbelievable spot many businessesinesse along the path this tornado had their windows s broken out. businesses like the one behind e me just completely destroyed m, destroyed. and witnesses j say this te terrifying tornado came with very little warning. >> a rare august tornado tearing through the heart of this build normallyin bustling shopping ar, many buildings and businesses destroyed. the roof stt after a tree tore a hole plou through the living room were ac, toppled power lines leaving holes in the dark.ched the twister touched down just after 1:00 in the morning when most people were home. >> youou could can see s two ta> pushed together right here. >> the roof of this tgi friday's collapsed with patrons and in employees still inside. a familiar live six sitting ti right below trapped beneathng t. rubble. >> i ran to where i heard the ru screaming and yelling. he >> police department spokeswoman de meeta kinard says it's a miracle no one died. >> r

rockport, texas, which is about four hours south of houston on the gulf coast, nbc news correspondent katie beck. what is the latest on the ground? >> reporter: well, i think there is lots of fear and anxiety still as to what is going to come and concerns with the weather, more flooding. obviously people have now been without power for days, they've been sitting in the dark. victoria, texas s one of many areas bracing for what's coming. if your town is along a river in texas and there's additional flooding those rivers are supposed to crest and when they do, the entire town can be left underwater. we spoke to a gentleman yesterday in victoria, texas, who was in tears at a gas pump, he's a father of six, a small business owner, and he was telling us that if this river, again floods, as it did in 1998, and destroyed their entire town, that he's going to lose everything he's worked for. so he was in sheer panic, filling up gas cans and crying at the gas station. so this is the type of anxiety we're seeing as people brace for another round with damage still on the ground, a lot of cleanup to do, the

i am joined by ms nbc news catty beck in corpus christi where the storm is expected to make land faum. katiewhere are we on this to number four? what does that tell us? >> well, things are going to get progressively worse. they have been getting worse all day. we can see conditions, rain, wind, downed trees. there is over 30,000 people at corpus christi without power, including our hotel room. the hotel is without power. they're expecting a storm surge that can be between six and 12 feet. they're expecting winds to be 130 miles an hour. so the devastation will be considerable for the state of texas. they are bracing for what is coming. it's supposed to be making landfall around 1:00 a.m.. >> that is going to be when we will see the conditions at the high. right now i think a lot of people are taking cover and trying to brace themselves for what's going to come. >> katie, comparing to katrina, if you can and violence and power? >> reporter: i will tell you at this point we're not seeing katrina's strength. what i will tell you is there are some eerie similarities, the houses have spray-painte

beck was in victoria. she saw folks in line at a food truck trying to get a hot meal. we'll go back to katie, i i was curious. have they heard the news that president trump will come to texas on tuesday to survey the damage. is that welcomed news and what would they like to see from our federal government? >> reporter: we actually have someone standing by that will be willing to answer that for us. this is paul and paul you're here in victoria, lifelong resident. what has this been like for you? >> we were blessed, first of all. no injuries to the family and friends and no major property damage. so we were very fortunate. but it has been tough getting a hot meal. it's been one of the things we saw this on social media and decided to come out and load up on some hot food. we've been eating canned foods with little to no heat. my dad finally -- we pulled our resources and my dad has -- we fired up the barbecue grill earlier and made breakfast this morning. >> reporter: you guys are sitting in the dark with no air-conditioning in texas. >> this is southeast texas and it's pretty muggy, pretty h