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this is near an overpass at the beltway in tidwell in northeast houston. you can see just dozens of rescues before our eyes taking place. there are people in need and people carrying trash bags right there, filled with whatever they could get from their homes and their cars, that they could have been escaping, as well. so many people trapped in their cars. one thing you'll hear again and again from officials is do not try to drive in this situation, in this mess. there was an 18 wheeler submerged past their wheels. that couldn't get through. so believe me, your sedan isn't going to make it through that either. so much to look at right here. so much need across that state. if we can, i want to go to cnn's brian todd, who has been out all day. give us a sense of what you saw today and what difficulties are facing the rescue teams. >> reporter: right, john. we just a short time ago returned from some of those scenes from that neighborhood you're looking at in northeast houston. we were in lakewood, a very poor neighborhood, a lot of one-story homes that were

. >> 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 ago. >> she is o

chemical plant just northeast houston.ncident, which was expected, is being blamed on the extensive flooding from harvey. >> explosions have been reported at a chemical plant just northeast of houston. the incident which was expected is being blamed on the extensive flooding from harvey. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wow! nice outfit. when i grow up, i'm going to mars. we're working on that. some people know how far they want to go. a personalized financial strategy can help you get them there. see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. it's 6--- time for your final five... >>> i'm jessica flores live in livermore where it's cool for now but temperatures are expected to climb quickly across the inland areas. and here in livermore, reaching the triple digits. now, the national weather service has issued an advisory for today. and an excessive warning starting tomorrow through monday for higher elevation and inland areas. those warnings mean the risk of heat-related injuries is very high. th

what we saw in northeast houston was extraordinary. this was a poor neighborhood in the northeast section of houston. we were out with a private team of rescuers. a guy named seth roberts was leading them. it was him, one other guy who is a veteran, and a petroleum engineer who had an air boat who were going out into these neighborhoods, pulling people out of their homes. we came across two families who were waiting on the hoods of their cars, and they had been waiting there overnight for anyone to come and rescue them. the guy i was with, seth roberts, said he tried to get to that neighborhood last night. it just got to be pitch black and they couldn't see anything. they had to quit late. they ventured out there and took us with them today. i spoke to a woman named marilyn rice and her daughter lisa shortly after they were rescued on the boat. take a listen. >> everything started floating and we picked up what we could to try to save it but it didn't do no good because the water just took over everything. >> they were going to send som

northeast from baton rouge. hopefully they can get better before they get another 6 to 12 inches of rain and parts of houston and that high dew point is feeding off of the gulf, so they are not done yet with these feeder bands rotating in. out to the northeast of houston we see the heavier cells. for us fog is coming back in but not making much of a push for many, and if you are inland it will get very hot. on the coast it's going to be nice, as much as a 40 degrees spread, no delta breeze whatsoever. 50s, 60s and 70s already, warm for some and warming up quickly. when you get the fog coming in, it can make a tricky time. 70 in calistoga with the warm airlock, low 60s and 50s in the mix. clouds banking up on the coast but being held in check by the strong high pressure. 63 in ukiah, sierra nevada also warm to hot. for us 60s, 70s with a few 80s, and well intend -- inland it is going to get very hot at livermore, concord and gilroy along with other areas. we will get cooler for the next few days. >>> right now the commute is off to a nice start. driving on the super commute from gilroy to san jose, not a bad driv

this is chauncey glover who helped out a pregnant woman who was in labor in northeast houston. was eventually transported to texas women's hospital. a lot of folks have been helping out, including members of the media. >> usually as a reporter, you try to become not part of the story. but chauncey was in the right place at the right time. was in a van with her and kept telling her to take deep breaths. >> g >>> making news in america this morning, dramatic rescues overnight in texas. crews pulling thousands of people to safety using everything from dump trucks to front end loaders. as the situation gets more desperate, some have resorted to breaking into a school for food and shelter and several more inches of rain are expected this morning. >>> harvey now setting its sights on new orleans on the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the sandbagging starting overnight and the race to fix broken pumps around that city. >>> also breaking right now an emergency meeting called after north korea launches a missile over japan sparking spannic on the ground. we're live in washington

in northeast houston, a van was swept off a bridge, and swallowed by floodwaters sunday.inside were four children and two adults. and today, we learned of their fate. jericka duncan has the story. >> it was the worst possible discovery for the saldovar family. police found the white van where the family of six had been trapped by a wall of walter that swept them off the road. monday, he described how he tried in vain off to get help. >> took the van into a ditch. jumped out. tried to open the doors. couldn't get the doors open. all my nieces and nephews drown. >> sheriff ed gonzalez confirmed, four children, ages 6 to 16 died along with their great grandparents. they had tried desperately to escape the roaring floodwaters at the height of the storm. >> it just swept the van back. embanked. under four feet of water invisible at the time. >> the uncle the only one to make it out of the van visit itted the grim scene with friends and family. when they were ready to leave, police gently escorted them away. >> since harvey made landfall, at least 11 people have died. mainly du

harvey, a short time ago two explosions were heard from the flooded chemical plant 25 miles northeast of houston. authorities warned of the danger of explosion at the plant which lost power on sunday. without refrigeration the temperatures become volatile when the temperature rises. a 1 1/2 mile area around the plant has been evacuated, and potentially more than 1 million people in the area could be affected. managers at the chemical plant say that is a worst case scenario. they have precautions they have taken to limit the damage. doug luzader has more about the plan and other damaged caused by harvey. >> reporter: officials and houston say that the floodwaters are beginning to recede back at communities like port arthur and beaumont have been inundated. >> another flotilla of rescue boat's in port arthur and the communities to the east summing the -- suddenly coming out of the path of the storm. >> reporter: some of these communities were cut off due to the rising waters and rescue crews struggled to reach those stranded. >> reporter: northeast of houston another crisis is brewing, another exp

just northeast of houston.ncident is being blamed on the extensive flooding in the area from harvey. >> we could hear some pops and then we could see the flames in the smoke from the distance. >> flooding from harvey knocked out refrigeration units and backup generators inside. 21 people went to the hospital after inhaling fumes, 10 of them deputies but they shouldn't have any long-term problems. workers and residents at the plant have thankfully evacuated the area. at least 29 people are now confirmed dead as a result of harvey. the worst of flooding this morning is centered about 90 miles east of houston. today houston's fire department will begin a block by block search of thousands of flooded homes to find anyone who is still trapped. countless pets have been rescued and shelters all over the country are helping. shelters in seattle, chicago, colorado springs and a number of other cities have welcomed dogs and cats who were separated from their owners. and gas prices are expected to keep rising after the na

in northeast houston, a van was swept off a bridge and swallowed by floodwaters on sunday. trapped inside were four children and two adults. and today we learned their fate. jericka duncan has this story. >> reporter: it was the worst possible discovery for the saldivar family. police found the white van, where the family of six had been trapped by a wall of water that swept them off the road. on monday, andrew saldivar described to us how he tried in vain to get help. >> the water took the whole van and went into a ditch. my uncle jumped out, the national guard ran over and tried to open the doors and couldn't get the doors open. all my neetion and nephews drown. >> reporter: it was confirmed four children, ages six to 16 died along with their great-grandparents. they tried desperately to escape the roaring floodwaters at the height of the storm. >> and it just swept the van back and it got embanked but it was under least four feet of water so it wasn't visible at the time. >> reporter: the uncle, the only one to make it out of the van, visited the grim scene with friends

houston does not have the normal soil we have in the northeast. it's clay.t doesn't absorb the water. hurricane and difficult hit the northeast five years ago and we still haven't recovered. we don't know the loss of life. all we know is who has been able to call for help. trish: you think of hurricane katrina and the loss of life that was so extreme. i'm hopeful and taking heart a lot of these people they were able to rescue. so far they seem more encouraging not less the week is not out. >> when this is over the infrastructure damage costs will in the billions. trish: our president is a builder by backgrounds. this is what he does. this city will need a lot of rebuilding. you talk about the federal government being there. you could be looking at significant costs. but hopefully we have some people there who know how to do this. the one thing you don't want is the mismanagement of funding. tammy: we all have a focus of what needs to happen. the politics will be dealt with later, but so will management of this dynamic. this an individual who is not beholden

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 northeast houston, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> an incredible scene. great to have you there. be safe. and officials in louisiana are dealing with problems from the storm and preparing for another landfall there. this was the scene if lake charles this morning as residents were rescued from their flooded houses and take tonight shelters. organizers are asking for doe thingses from clothing and bedding to baby essential. and they are making sure that pumps from hurricane katrina are functioning. we are keeping a close eye on harvey at home here and the record breaking rainfall. >> and we are looking at rain coming to our area. meteorologist, adam joseph, tracking it all for us. >> we look at harvey a tropical storm and drifting near houston south and east of the city. you see the heavy bands of rain, they do extend into louisiana and the panhandle of florida, and moisture continues to flow in off the gulf of mexico. and houston now still dealing with steady rainfall. we see brightening reds coming in east of the city, wrapping back if here. the back edg

this is chauncey glover who helped out a pregnant woman who was in labor in northeast houston. was eventually transported to texas women's hospital. but, you know, a lot of folks have been helping out including members of the media. >> usually as a reporter, you try to become not part of the story. but chauncey was in the right place to help that particular woman. >> yeah, he got paramedics to her and was in the van with her and kept telling her to take deep breaths. >> good luck t >>> good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here's some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." rescuers are working around the clock to pull people from floodwaters in south texas. tropical storm harvey is expected to dump 15 inches more of rain overnight on the texas and louisiana coast. >>> some of houston's shelters are now well over capacity. at least 7,000 evacuees have arrived at the convention center by city truck or rescue boat. the city of houston is asking for medical professionals to volunteer to help treat the evacuees. >>> a

they have 40 inches of rain in northeast houston. that 24 hour total is 16 inches around houston. when you get 40 inches of rain you are going to have problems, and that is the issue with that slow-moving system that got caught between that ridge of high pressure to the west and that low pressure to the east. it is still tracking over the gulf, 87 degrees with the dew point high that funneling in that moisture with those feeder bands. they are getting a bit of a break from some of those bands but still plenty to go. that tropical storm is not moved past houston, some heavier rain has moved to eastern texas and louisiana but they are not done. this system is only crawling out of the picture so we is going to be another day or two. for us fog and 60s on the coast, hot inland. smoking hot temperatures and cooler for some. one of our viewers from walnut creek said he does not remember moving to arizona. i would agree with that. i think this was the hottest summer of my life. scottsdale was nice at 118 degrees and july is usually hot here. and mexico it was 96% humidity. i have had it.

moving northeast through texas to the houston area, the city and surrounding suburbs dealing with record levels of main. as many as four feet according to one report. that's a staggering amounted. and more on the way as harvey continues to churn in the gulf. our brian todd there in houston right now. ed lavandera in galveston island and cnn meteorologist, he's at the severe weather center in atlanta. brian, as we look at these live pictures in corpus christi, texas, where the president is expected to arrive at any moment. i only preface that in case we have to jump in as you're speaking, brian. you see have seen so many rescu heroic efforts. thousands so far. it what's happening right now? brian todd, can you hear me, sir? this is jim acosta. we are in, live programming right now. brian is down in houston trying to reach out to him. brian todd, can you hear me? what can you tell us? >> reporter: jim, we are at the bush intercontinental airport. these customs and border protection helicopters are sh shuttlining over and about to te off. >> where are they going to next? what have you jean

. >> the largest fuel transporter is shutting down its main pipeline to the northeast. >> houston's fire department is beginning a block by block search for thousands of homes today. >> in beaumont where they got 26 inches of rain on tuesday, they've lost the primary and secondary water supply. >> the u.s. military is now sending warships and more aircraft to assist with those rescue efforts. >> worst fears were confirmed yesterday for six family members trying to outrun the flood waters. >> the u.s. navy and air force are staging a massive rescue operation, flying around the clock search missions and plucking men and women and children. >> it was like waving in the middle of the street. we were like so happy, like god handed us our prayers. >> we're blessed and thankful. >> working with a state partner could potentially provide mueller with additional leverage to get manafort to cooperate in the larger investigation into trump's campaign. >> coordinating with another guy with subpoena power, another guy who is fearless and not afraid of donald trump and guy who can bring charges that th

evacuated a radius of 11/2 miles and law enforcement keeping people away, this is 30 miles northeast of houston near a small town called crosby, that is going to be a story unfolding. we believe at this hour most of the residents, folks in that area where pre-evacuated, moved out of the way. we will learn from the press conference scheduled for 9 am local, that may be coming sooner to ease fears, harris county officials in that area, we will be following this all morning and there is an additional story playing out just south of the barker reservoir in houston, if you look behind me versus canyon ranch, you see the water up very high, people trying to get out, but office of emergency management issued a new mandatory evacuation, this gentleman, connor, what happened? >> i woke up to in email saying we were mandatory evacuation. >> what are you going to do? >> i was thinking of getting out and staying in my at's house? >> are you alarmed that here we are in a big city, you are being evacuated because of the reservoir situation, the reservoirs are overflowing, it will be several weeks, does this

houston. we are in the northeast part of town under a highway overpass. this is a staging area for a lot of emergency crews and the volunteers who brought their own boats to help out however they can with the flooding. you can see those ready tvs there belong to the coast guard. they have unloaded boats. they are going to be headed out. if i can get the photographer to pan out to show what we are dealing with. you can see how heavy those bands of rain are that are coming down. a lot of people are headed out into this. as you can see on the horizon there, there are homes back there. a whole heck of a lot of them and a lot of people still in them. yesterday was a constant effort to bring people out of those homes to here. there are still a lot of people who either have refused to leave or they just haven't been able to. we have been told by the coast guard, if you go back far enough, there's a motor home park back there that hasn't been gotten to. it's unclear how many people are stuck in those rvs become there. a spoke to a gentleman stuck back there with

amy: elsewhere in texas, a pair of explosions rocked the arkema chemical plant northeast of houston early thursday, lighting the night sky and sending thick , black smoke into the air. the harris county sheriff's office says 10 deputies were hospitalized after inhaling fumes. officials had already evacuated residents within a one-and-a-half-mile radius of the plant in the town of crosby, after it lost primary and backup power to its coolant system. the plant is believed to produce highly volatile chemicals known as organic peroxides, but the company's ceo has refused to state precisely which chemicals were produced or how much of them were on-site at the time of the explosions. james mattis said wednesday, the u.s. is never out of diplomatic options in dealing with north korea, contradicting donald trump minutes after the president tweeted the u.s. has been talking to north korea and paying them extortion money for 25 years, talking is not the answer, unquote. flu -- a comedy by byth korean -- accompanied south korean fighter jets. back in texas, a federal judge blocked implementation of

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 new orleans looking back at katrina on the anniversary date and wondering how much rain they could get out of that. 5 to 10 inches likely. as we say good-bye to harvey's story we have a system of our own. i'm using a moniker for the low pressure center forming to the south it's possible it becomes presense irma, can't guarantee that it's close. but either way it's a track far enough off the coast we don't get inundated with rain maybe a quarter to inch of rain and some fell already and into the early evening hours. most of the heart of the rain to the i-95 corridor to the pennsylvania turnpike and south. but some got up into the lehigh valley. and shore has special problems, gusts of 40 to 45 and waves 6 to 10 feet and rip currents a high risk yesterday and today and maybe tomor

. >> molly: new developments on the chemical plant northeast of houston without power to its coolingystems, some chemical reactions have sparked an early morning fire. that sent more than a dozen sheriffs deputies to the hospital and triggered a massive evacuation. what officials are now saying about the danger from smoke pouring out of that plant. you always pay your insurance on time. tap one little bumper, and up go your rates. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? news flash: nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. >> molly: fox news alert, texas environmental officials are monitoring and chemical plant northeast of houston. it was rocked by an early meeting fire that trigger the evacuation of the entire area. joining us on the phone's matt dempsey, he just reported on the investigative team at the "houston chronicle" ." things were joi

this area that we're in, northeast houston has gotten neither two feet of rain in h the last two days alone. other parts of the city have gotten more than two and a half feet of rain. you mentioned the president's coming to texas. he will not be coming to houston because this is still an active situation including where we are. you can see those folks out there in the street there. they're trying to get out to neighborhood you can see in the distance there. there's a lot of houses there. this has been a very active area. 12 hours, beyond that as well. people trying to get boats in there and get them out. it's relied heavily on people with private boats private high water vehicles. but there are still plenty of people back there who either didn't want to leave or haven't been able to leave. the i spoke to one gentleman not long ago. rudy gill. he says he has a neighbor who is in a wheelchair. his house is almost underwater and he has a friend who has a family that's at the very back of that sub division, which is a mile plus back and he said they have not been able to get out. now, lis

these were taken yesterday in northeast houston more than two days after harvey first made land fall. residents were forced to wade through the water just to reach their neighbors. the woman who took these pictures says they were rescued later in the day by a group of civilians using personal boats along with the u.s. coast guard. inside homes the water level remains up to the windows. personal possessions and belongings submerged in the water. the rain continues to fall. joining us again live from corpus christi, texas, katie beck. good to have you back with us. corpus christi obviously one of the first place hit by hurricane harvey. and now it's my understanding that the storm is set to cycle back again into that part of texas. how are people there dealing and preparing for this relentless situation? >> well, i think they are ready for it, but i also think there's been some time inbetween so they've had time to restock their supplies. many places here in corpus christi actually have had their power restored. as you can see the elements are giving corpus a break for now. for right no

. >> reporter: the floods took northeast houston resident jerik's williams' home fighting to make sure it doesn't take her family. >> it hurts to see my baby like this and my cousins and not being able to help them. >> reporter: it's so heartbreaking. we offered to help them and take would be okay. they were going to a hotel and a warm room and, george, that is not an isolated case. there are several families here. there are a lot of babies here in the convention center but the red cross is adamant, they are not going to deny anyone. they do need a lot of things, volunteers, nurses, social workers and donations and told us yesterday this is becoming very, very expensive. george. >> all through the broadcast we will share ways you can help back at home. want to go to ginger zee. ginger, you've been sounding the alarm bells on this storm from the very start. what can we expect next? >> ah, george, the longest named storm to torture texas now in history. and we're looking at more than 43 inches. that's the latest number that's come in from south houston itself. many places reported 20 to

houston. people in all nearby town have been evacuated because of a chemical plant that could explode. just northeast of houston lost power over the weekend. the plant makes ammonia. company's headquarters are in king of prussia. if temperatures hit a certain level, could cause an explosion. everyone within one and a half mile of the plant has been told to leave the area. >> at this time we do not believe there is any eminent danger, the potential for a chemical reaction leading to a fire and/or explosion within the site and confine is real. >>> plemembers of the national guard leaving for texas today to help with response effort. in a statement, governor christie said i will continue to make good on my proposition to authorize and deploy everile available resource available for the tens of thousands of disaster victims who need rescuing. >> a team from the philadelphia fire department is in texas right now waiting to be deployed today to help people stranded in harvey. arrived instead san antonio monday night after leaving philadelphia on sunday. >>> meantime, local churches are answering the call t

houston. evacuated because of a chemical plant that could explode. just northeast of houston lost power over the weekend. makes ammonia, company's headquarters are in king of prussia. backup generators failed. if temperatures hit a certain level, could cause an explosion. everyone within a mile and a half of the plant has been told to leave the area. while we do not believe there is any eminent danger, the potential for a chemical reaction leading to a fire or explosion within the site confines is real. >>> team from the philadelphia fire department in texas. waiting to be deployed to help people stranded in the flooding to help harvey. arrived in san diego monday night after leaving on sunday. infection 10 and telemundo hosting a hurricane relief drive to help harvey victims happening tomorrow from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. you can call, text, and go to nbc.com to donate. bring you updates all day long on air and on social media. >>> 5:38. 62 degrees in philadelphia. it's dry. still lingering clouds this morning, but they will move out and sunny day, comfortable day

>> you can see the heaviest rain right now in the houston/galveston area and southwestern louisiana. harvey is expected to make a turn to the northeastird landfall tomorrow morning. >> 7,000 evacuees are at the houston convention center, 2,000 more than capacity. but the mayor says they will continue to accept more people. >>> two people are dead, four others injured after a shooting at a public library in clovis, new mexico. a witness says she was in the library with her son when a man entered and started to shoot. police say they have a suspect in custody. there's reports that the alleged shooter is a 16-year-old male. no word on a possible motive for the attack. >>> the president's personal lawyer acknowledged the trump organization considered a real deal in russia during the campaign. in a statement to the house intelligence committee, he said the proposal to build a trump tower in masako sta moscow star of 2015. he acknowledged of having direct contact with the kremlin about the proposal. it was one of the many opportunities that the trump organization considered and rejected. >>> the president was given an opportunity to make a

. >> reporter: john, this is the lakewood neighborhood of northeast houston. conditions are hoar risk. i'll have our photojournalist eddie gross before i go to these people pan beyond me. way road going down there. you can see the devastation of flooding. it's not receded, only risen in the last 24 to 48 hours, rain still pounding and getting more in the next few days. we pulled up or these four people waiting on cars. water rising as we got to them. fortunate timing. this is marilyn rice. just got you out of your home. marilyn, how do you feel right now? >> wonderful. i thank god for coming to rescue us and concerned to see about us. we've been crying, calling news people and different ones to rescue us. we thank you god for you having the mind and heart to rescue us. >> is wasn't us. the team driving the boat and everything. your name? >> beverly young. >> beverly. >> reporter: she and her son donell johnson on their car. we pulled them off their car. beverly, what do you feel about what's happened to your home? almost completely under water? >> completely g

i'm trying to go out to what we call northeast houston. there is a great need there.e are so grateful to see the rescues in southwest. there's more need there, but we have a whole other segment or population i am trying to work with state and national guard. the problem is with

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i'm trying to go out to what we call northeast houston. there is a great need there. we are so grateful to see the rescues in southwest. there's more need there, but we have a whole other segment or population i am trying to work with state and national guard. the problem is with seniors. we don't know what condition they are in. we have to get them to know their rescue is outside, can you come to your window? this is the population we are dealing with and that's what we are trying to do. the other side of the coin, john, we are going to need enormous resources. this is, the word catastrophic does not appropriately describe what we are facing. it is a one time stimlat historic climate weather moment in the history, i think, of the united states because of the way hurricane harvey has implementing itself. so, we get water, we stop. we get water, we stop. we don't know when it's going to end. i don't know what the housing stock will be once we finish. we need federal funding as quickly as possible. you know we have to begin that work in september. i have talked to the d

where i'm standing right now in northeast houston they're gotten nearly two feet of rain in the last two days. other parts have gotten more than two and a half feet. there is still more on the way. some estimates say there could be tens of thousands of people across the city still stranded inside of their homes. this neighborhood is no exception. sort of at the foot of it. you can see just how much water is back there. you can see the houses back there in the distance as well. that neighborhood goes back quite far. in fact there's a couple people i've spoken to that say their loved ones and friends are back in some of the farthest houses back there. some of wet, some are dry. thankfully, that are still in need of rescue. you can also see dsh dsh i don't know if you can see this. there's two gentlemen getting into that truck there. i spoke to them earlier this morning or the guys driving. that's a big high water vehicle. and even it has stalled out. there are plenty of challenges in getting out there. last night, it was a constant rescue operation involving a lot of private boats go i

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 current risk is going to run higher. winds are picking up. see dangerous surf. potentially life threatening. these extreme caution

houston. they are flood prone and flash flood warnings, they are vulnerable to slow moving thunderstorms. if you watch northeast of houston in the red, that has not moved much, already five inches of rain. now, they are going to be watching showers and storms through the stationary front, mississippi, alabama, rain left over, down to richmond and norfolk, that will exit in the day. this afternoon, more showers and storms. again, you know, they will be hit and miss, not too widespread, not from kim jung un. you are watching "early today." . ...rolling. get six regular rolls in one with charmin super mega roll. our longest lasting roll. guaranteed to fit. for us, long lasting super mega roll is an ever-lasting... ...favorite! we all go, why not enjoy the go with charmin? it's like nothing the power of nexium 24hr protection from frequent heartburn. all day, and all night. now packed into a pill so small, we call it mini. new clearminis from nexium 24hr. see heartburn differently. transitions® lenses help protect from uv rays and harmful blue light. both indoors... and out. they seamlessly adapt. so you can live t

they were fleeing the rising waters in a van in northeast houston. driver said the water became too deep, the van began floating. he made it to dry land, the others did not. i spoke with his sister-in-law, virginia, the children's great aunt, earlier today. virginia, we're so sorry for your loss. i can't imagine what your family must be going through. how are you holding up? >> we're not holding up good. we're devastated. >> i can only imagine. walk us through what happened ye yesterday. i understand your brother-in-law was in the car, they were all trying to escape the rising water. what happened next? >> well, they were in the van, they were driving, and he said as soon as he got over the bridge and started making that turn, the current just lifted up the van and started pointing it towards -- into the water. it just took the van. and he had his window down. he managed to get out, and he tried to get around the van, but he couldn't because the current was too strong. he grabbed on to a tree limb and he was telling the kids to open the door, get out

we're in sheldon, which is small community in northeast houston. and although the water's receding here, i'm literally looking at the neighborhood across the street. i can see them air flighting someone out of their home. so it's water off of what we call cq boulevard. it's almost like a lake has formed within the community. >> hmm. you were a college student in new orleans when katrina hit and you had to evacuate then. >> i was. >> do you -- can you compare the two? are they different storms? is this one worse? >> i don't know if i can say which one is worse, but my perspective is different now. i was able to escape new orleans although it was the last minute. and now, i'm trapped inside without power, i don't know what's going on on the outside. so i don't -- i'm uncertain. that's a little bit scary. i don't know what's going to happen till daybreak versus katrina, i was able to get out of the city. it took us maybe eight to ten hours to go from new orleans to lafayette and we were able to go home. so we were able to be of help in a different lig

it's about 25 miles northeast of houston. ten sheriff's deputies had to be rushed to the hospital after inhaling some of those chemicals. this as another emergency unfolds in beaumont. there the city's two sources of water have been cut off because of the historic flooding. cnn has crews in all the relevant locations. let's begin with cnn's polo sandoval in richmond, texas. >> reporter: good morning. these mandatory evacuations are adding to the ones already in place in fort ben county texas, not far from the city of houston where the river levels continue to rise. residents in these communities are being asked to pack up and move out as soon as the sun rises. in houston authorities there are also very busy right now, expected to begin going door to door making sure they didn't leave anybody be lined and everybody who needed rescues was rescued. this is going to be a time consuming process according to the houston fire department. >> we'll be doing basically a block-by-block, door-to-door search for of structures that have ha

just northeast of houston, and so many towns reach the over 30 inch mark including south houston, houstonports well over 20's inches, earlier this afternoon, we'll get more official numbers tomorrow morning they will be staggering, additionally just as lauren blanchard was reporting, 12 to 20 plus inches of rain wednesday, especially bowmont texas area unindated and they will see totals through the whole event 50 to 60 inches, right now, can't get a break in houston, you saw it live and it continues, heavy rain around the center of the circulation of harvey and this will continue during the overnight hours, tornado watch still in evict in southern coast of louisiana be places like like charles new orleans have seen a lot of rain, new orleans will watch for heavy rain during the overnight hours too. back to what should be tropical storm erma by tomorrow morning, rain stretching from the carolina coast line virginia beach all the way down through charleston and movement is luckily off to the north and east a glancing blow, tropical storm conditions there for places like cape hatteras, movin

where we are in northeast houston, chris, there's a whole neighborhood back here. you can't see it because it's still dark but there are hundreds of thousands of houses there and they've been pulling people out of the neighborhood all night long taking them under this underpass before taking them to shelter where they're given supplies. they pulled out probably 1 tchblgt. plus people overnight and this effort has relied heavily on volunteers with big trucks w boats, people who simply wanted to help. i spoke to a couple guys who came here from mississippi, fishermen they brought their boat. they're hurricane katrina survivors. they simply wanted to help and they will be here for the next couple of days or as long as there is a need for them. >> scott, solid reporting on that, some of the guys are part of what's known as the cajun navy. they were born after katrina, they started helping each other down there and needed once again. you are looking at live pictures of one of the major shelters downhouston, the convention center is way over passity already. there are ab

in another part of the town, in northeast houston, kingwood, for example, that area, some of the people to be rescued as of yesterday, but the situation in that area is starting to stabilize so that's a plus. we want to make sure that especially if there are seniors or people who are disabled, who are in their homes that need to come out of their homes, we're going to attend to them, but we can do multiple things at the same time. for people who need to be rescued, we're going to rescue them. for people who are able to get back into their homes, we're going help them to get back in their homes and start the rebuilding process. for people who are in the shelters, we are registering them, we are assessing their needs, we're asking fema to come in, in a major, major way, so we can quickly process them and transition from the shelters back into their normal routine. this is one city that can do multiple things at the same time, but we are not a city that says, woe is me, and then we're just going to stay and allow this storm to conquer our spirit. it's not going to conquer our spirits, full