kris van cleave reporting. kris, thank you. the storm has displaced more than one million people and we have reports tonight from anna werner and omar villafranca. and we began with anna in beaumont, texas, where 1,000 people were evacuated last night. >> reporter: families lined up on the tarmac at beaumont's regional airport to board c-130 military planes headed 250 miles to dal never been, like corey morris and his family. >> anyway to help. i want to get some help. >> reporter: these people were staying in three red cross shelters in beaumont. then floodwaters overwhelmed the city's water pumps. >> we have a bus going to dallas. >> reporter: now, hundreds of people have to be moved. chester jourdan with the red cross: >> we've got bottled water. we can't flush the toilets and all that kind of stuff. >> reporter: and that's a safety issue. >> it is very much a safety issue. it's a health issue. >> reporter: and not just in shelters. there's no drinking water in beaumont, period. and some residents are waiting in long lines f

more on that now from transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: this is the nation's largest oil refinery, waterlogged and shut down after harvey ravaged port arthur, texas. more than a dozen refineries across the gulf are closed, including this conoco-phillips plant outside houston and the exxonmobil facility in bay town, the nation's second largest. it normally pumps out 560,000 barrels of oil a day. about a third of the nation's refining capacity is offline on the gulf coast. >> without it, we'd be in gas lines all the time. we need that gulf coast. >> reporter: john hofmeister is the former president of shell oil. >> best case, the refineries should be up and operating again, for the most part, by the middle of september. worst case, some of those refineries, if they're really seriously damaged, they could be down through thanksgiving or longer. >> reporter: the houston area is a major hub for the energy industry. this map shows the number of oil and gas installations that were in harvey's path, and it's not just about the refiner

as kris van cleave explains some players are choosing -- accusing airlines of price gouging. >> $1328 for a one-way flight from miami to connecticut it is a high price for some to escape hurricane irma. people are expressing outrage over ticket prices. on twitter this woman says a flight from miami to phoenix jumped from $500 to more than $3200 when she tried to book on a travel website. she later tweeted delta resolve the issue with a reasonable fair. another posted a flig showing fares of $1000 from south florida to new york. on wednesday the backlash prompted airlines to cap the cost of remaining seats on flights out of florida, a flight on american airlines won't cost more than $99, jetblue capping and $99 as well. delta $399 if you can find an open seat. prices have been increasing but airlines say they did not change their structure explaining the cost of the seat increases as flights fill up and last-minute tickets cost more. >> they went up really quickly that is where you get these $600 fares. at some point someone somewhere should have said this will be a disaster. >> the de

. >> morgan: kris van cleave reporting. kris, thank you. i'm demarco morgan. i'll have much more from houston later in the broadcast. but the news continues now with margaret brennan in new york. margaret. >> brennan: well, the white house says harvey's floodwaters damaged or destroyed nearly 100,000 texas homes. at least 51,000 claims have been filed with fema's national flood insurance program, but many victims have no flood insurance. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: in crosby, texas, the floodwaters in consuelo ibarra's kitchen, the one she finished remodeling just last week, rose to her knees. >> whitewater got all the way in to the top. >> reporter: but like so many others, since her home is it outside fema's map of high-risk flood areas, she did not buy any flood insurance. >> we were always theeld we were not in a flood zone so we didn't need to get it. >> it's going to be somewhere around 15% of the homeowners in the affected area that have flood insurance. >> reporter: do the math, says mark hanna, of the insurance council of texas, and that means fi

kris van cleave reports. when this american airlines 767 had an engine fire during takeoff in chicago in 2016. it took more than two minutes to get everyone all. but according to faa requirements. airline manufacturers have to show they can evacuate a completely full airliner in 90 seconds or less even with half the exits blocked. >> waiting for him. >> this delta flight veered off a snowy run way at la guardia in 2015. the impact damaged the on board communication system and the evacuation took more than 17 minutes. now, there is a new concern, as airlines shrink seats to fit more people on board, passenger safety advocates worry evacuations will take longer. the space between rows shrunk from as much as 35 inches to 31. in some cases, it is done to just 28 inches. even as passengers themselves are getting bigger. >> do you believe the -- the shrinking of seats is making the flying public less safe. >> oh, definitely. >> paul hudson is president of fliers rights, advocacy group that sued to force the faa off

kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: when this american airlines 676 had an engine fire during takeoff16, it took more than two minutes to get even off, but according to faa requirements, airline manufacturers have to show they can evacuate a full airliner in 90 seconds or less even with exits blocked. this delta flight veered off a snowy run way at laguardia airport in 2015. the evacuation took more than 17 minutes. now there's a new concern as airlines shrink seats to fit more on board, advocates worry evacuations will take even longer. even as passengers themselves are getting bigger. do you believe the sh are inking of seats is making the flying public less safe? >> oh, definitely. >> reporter: paul hudson is with the regulators group. >> the big effort concern is you won't be able to get out in time before you're overcome by smoke or fire. you won't be able to engage in the brace position, which means your head will hit the seat in front of you. >> reporter: this summer a group found in favor. the faa says it is reviewing the decision. airlines and airplane manufacturers say they

kris van cleave, cbs news, philadelphia. >>> people in florida who are scrambling to evacuate head ofurricane are having a hard time filling their gas tanks. gasbuddy reports about 26% of gas stations in the miami-fort lauderdale area don't have gas. governor rick scott asked the governors of alabama and georgia to waive trucking regulations so gas tankers can get fuel into florida quickly. >>> a wet start to our thursday. light rain was falling on 280 in san francisco as drivers made their way into the city. so neda, now we have to worry about our windshield wipers. >> hopefully yours are fine. it wasn't measurable precipitation, just enough to cause annoyance and wet conditions. at sfo about an hour and a half delays on some arriving flights. they have to wait before they can land. here's another live look at san jose right now. you have great skies there. don't expect to see rain for the inland areas. concord:70. livermore 74. san francisco 69. below average today for our highs. here's a look at the winds first. current winds now in redwood city coming out of the northwest, coming

demarco. >> morgan: kris van cleave reporting. kris, thank you. i'm demarco morgan.have much more from houston later in the broadcast. but the news continues now with margaret brennan in new york. margaret. >> brennan: well, the white house says harvey's floodwaters damaged or destroyed nearly 100,000 texas homes. at least 51,000 claims have been filed with fema's national flood insurance program, but many victims have no flood insurance. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: in crosby, texas, the floodwaters in consuelo ibarra's kitchen, the one she finished remodeling just last week, rose to her knees. >> whitewater got all the way in to the top. >> reporter: but like so many others, since her home is it outside fema's map of high-risk flood areas, she did not buy any flood insurance. >> we were always theeld we were not in a flood zone so we didn't need to get it. >> it's going to be somewhere around 15% of the homeowners in the affected area that have flood insurance. >> reporter: do the math, says mark hanna, of the insurance council of texas, and that means five out

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kris van cleave made it across this morning. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are starting to inspect that causeway. what we're finding here on sanibel island, this, giant trees have come down. they've taken down power lines. in places where trees are still standing, there's water on the road. it's making it very hard for paem to get in the neighborhoods and assess the damage. there are places you can't go to unless you have a buzz saw. here's what we know about ft. myers. crews are under way that. were able to get out and check critical infrastructure. now they're going to go block by block to assess the damaget peel could be in the dark for days. that could become an issue when it heats back up tomorrow. right now we're not hearing about catastrophic myers proper. while there's still a potential about high tide this morning, it's not been as bad as feared. now, remember, 30,000 went into evacuation shelters because there was a potential for a 10-foot storm surge or more. we're starting to see the shelters empty out as curfews have been lifted. people are

kris van cleave is in crosby, texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. air quality and watching through this fog waiting for the next fire to start from that plant, but they know they can't go in it. they'll have to let it burn itself out. it's too dangerous to go in. there are several trailers with organic peroxide that will ignite after harvey's floodwaters caused the refrigeration systems to fail. there have been two fires so far on thursday. 18 first responders were sent to the hospital from that fire. they have been treated and released. but homes in a mile and a half radius of the plant remain evacuated. now, the plant insists that these trailers that are going to ignite are isolated away from the rest of the plant that houses other hazardous materials. they say the fires will not threaten the surrounding communities or the rest of the plant but that smoke can be an irritant and can cause breathing problems. dana? >> thank you. >>> an army of volunteers has been helping with rescues. a driver of a monster truck helped with rescues. he used the rig

kris van cleave gets reaction from carriers. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday.nks for your watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. >>> thanks for waking up with us as we take a look at the coit tower this morning. good morning, it is thursday, september 7th. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's say good morning to jaclyn and neda. >> good morning. hi, everybody out there. >> did you feel the drizzle? >> no. [ laughter ] >> no. >> where i was coming from early this morning. right now we're looking at some rain and lightning on our hi- def doppler. yes, it is to the north of us but i want to point it out because it's something important to discuss today. dry lightning could be associated with this small storm that's working its way through northern california. but right now, it looks like just to the east of chico along 5 near red bluff there's some rain, redding also getting rain. here's what we're looking at across the bay. the clouds are here. we're going to talk a

we want to head back there right now, kris van cleave is there, chris? the the wind gusts are getting strong are and stronger in fort myers as irm' gets closer to the eye. we under-- city, we understand the eye wall should be into fort myers within the hour. you can see what it is doing to the trees here. people are off the roads and that's a good thing because there is debris everywhere. we have watched branches come down. we have seen transfrs explode. emergency crews are to longer responding to 911 calls. it's too dangerous for them to be outside. now we know we're going to get a lot of wind. hundred mile an hour plus, wind gusts much higher than that, potentially well into tonight. then as the wind ramps down, storm surge becomes the real concern it could be ten feet or more in part parts of fort myers, that is what prompted evacuation. 30,000 people or so are in evacuation shelters right now, one woman at one of the shelters went into labor today, fortunately there was an emergency crew on hand there to help her through that. but the bottomline here

we're going to check in in fort myers now and kris van cleave filed this report. >> irma has come tort myers. it is not the category three or stronger people had feared but a very strong category two. winds will be over 100 miles an hour. we know they're going to stretch at least into the midnight area, possibly longer. and then the real danger, the real concern storm surge. this is flooding just from all of the rain that we have had so far as the winds ramp down and start to move out, that's when the storm surge could happen. parts of fort myers still are at risk for ten feet or more of storm surge. that's what prompted about 30,000 people to evacuate, go into shelters here in the fort myers area. because nine out of ten deaths in a hurricane come from flooding. so you have people that have taken shelter in these emergency shelters, one woman went into labor today, fortunately there were medics on scene to help her through that because if you call 911 right now, help is not coming it is too dangerous out here for first responders to be on the road. so for now, people have to wait ou

here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: everyone has to be able to get off a completely full airliners withinen with half of the exit blocked. that is enough time to get people off before fire, smoke or water can turn deadly. but evacuations don't always go smoothly. that's fall this 767 had to evacuate after takeoff in chicago. on board, passengers pushed and shoved to get out. some stopped to grab their luggage. it took 116 passengers and nine crew more than two minutes to get off. hector was on that flight and captured the mayhem on his phone. >> everyone is shoving and pushing against you in such a way where you're pretty much almost squashed. >> reporter: passenger safety advocates worry the shrinking seat is creating another potential danger during an evacuation. just as the passengers are getting bigger, the space between rows has shrunk from 35 inches to 31 or even 28. paul hudson is president of fliers rights and his group sued to regulate seat size. >> they have no jurisdiction over comfort. >> safety? >> they view safety narrowly. >> reporter: a federal court agreed there is plausi

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