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it's located 30 miles southwest of victoria, texas. winds now sustained at 90 miles per hour and this is another big piece of the story. moving northwest at just 6 miles an hour. take a look at this picture before we go back to some of the information. the rain field here stretches about 250 miles. so it's still a strong storm. the eye right there, just about 11 miles in diameter. the hurricane force winds extend 30 miles outside of that. but tropical storm force winds over 100 miles away. now let's track the storm. this is as expected right now. and those are key words because this could change over the next several hours. but you can see the storm meandering just a little bit. and this is over the next few days into the middle of next week. again, the issue here is that this storm is going nowhere fast. so short term our concerns of course are for flooding. flash flooding. we have significant impacts expected and again, the flood threat takes us all the way into mid week next week. you can see areas right around bay city and corpus c

jay gray, nbc news, victoria, texas. >>> and check out this video. this building had no chance and gave way to strong winds. the local police department in texas caught the moments the harbor master building was ripped away. and storm is still impacting millions of people in texas. today, we talked to several people with philadelphia ties now in the middle of the storm. nbc 10's drew smith joins us live in the late breaking news center. drew? >> reporter: dendenise, people spoke to talked about getting stir crazy from being trapped inside. the prolonged rain from the storm, could be much bigger headaches as the weekend goes on. a powerful harvey slammed ashore near rockport, texas, a few miles north of where aaron docks his 40 foot sailboat seen here in calmer waters. >> it could take 75 mile an hour winds but not 100. >> reporter: he spoke to us over broadband from austin, just back from his last-minute trip to the coast to prepare the boat. >> everything above the decks that could fly off. >> reporter: it wasn't the landfall that really worried him,

miserable night for people in victoria, texas. anxious hours as hurricanes continue to hammer this area. gusts of upwards of 110 miles an hour. as you noted, a category 1 certainly not the category 3 or 4 they feared would slam this area. that does not mean things are necessarily much better off because at this point we know there's power outages. power lines down. we know of at least one lightning strike that hit an apartment complex, sparked a fire. by the time the fire department got to it, it was fully ablaze. by the time they started to put it out, they could not, because of all the inclement weather getting in the way. it burned to the ground. fortunately that had been evacuated. no firefighters reporting any injuries either. there was also another fire in i think it was the tanglewood neighborhood here. that was a house fire. injured but there was very little anybody could do to put that fire out as well. this morning the real concern is that this is going to be a rainmaker. we can see how much rain is dropping. they are es

>> yes, sir, thank you very much. >> richard flores is in victoria, texas. hurricane harvey smashed into these coastal communities. victoria is 30 miles inland but smashed into these coastal communities in texas. we'll talk live to some of the mayors along the coast next. our special coverage on hurricane harvey continues after this quick break. (vo) more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty the quicker picker upper. beggin' skinny strips or beggin' black label? there's two?! what a delicious dilemma! beggin' strips premium edition. twwwoooooo?!?! with real meat as ingredient one. everything to your liking? mmm mmmmm... beggin' strips premium. becaussssseeee beggin'! this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their b

going forward, we've already picked up 16 inches of rain in victoria, texas, the more intense, eye of the system meandering over texas, areas farther east like galveston and houston, we will see most likely record-breaking flooding. the storm unfortunately is going nowhere fast. guys? >> all right. thank you. we'll check in again in a bit. >>> gabe gutierrez has been in the middle of this all night. he was trying to get to rockport, texas, had to turn back near sinton, where the eye made landfall. what have you been seeing, gabe? >> reporter: we're trying to make our way to rockport, where the eye made landfall, according to the city manager, around 11:45 central time. heavy damage there. but even trying to get there, driving from corpus christi, having to take the long route to avoid some of the more dangerous areas, we ran across high water and had to turn around. we were in taft, texas, now we're in sinton. look at the damage -- you see this is a brick structure. very sturdy. it was boarded up, and the winds pounded this building. you see the damage inside. thankfully no one was in

abc's eva pilgrim in hard hit, victoria, texas, eva. >> reporter: hey, tom. victoria, texas is under a curfew tonight, and you can see why. there's debris here in the streets. a power line here is dangling so close to the ground, and trees are blocking the road, and now they are worried about flooding as this rain continues. as harvey sits over this area. do not try to leave. these wind gusts can be dangerous, even in your car. if they have to evacuate, they will go door to door. >> reporter: tonight, harvey's wrath is just beginning in victoria, texas. 25 miles inland, the storm battering this community right now. >> i'm being told, 60 to 70-mile-an-hour winds. >> reporter: the wind being pulled, tossing this to the ground like a toy before pushing over the top of this gas station. one of the pumps you can see is now leaning back. the big fear, relentless rain -- waves of water cascading down the street. homeowners rushing to sandbag. the downpour beginning to pool, creeping closer to homes. >> you can see that freshwater flooding is beginning. >> reporter:

mike: i've been to victoria, texas is a charming community with wonderful people. what are you thinking about in terms of the coming days are you worried about flooding what are your immediate concerns? >> as i mentioned, getting the power back on in utilities working with expect to city operations with the water system is top priority and we need have an issue with a large generator there were collecting hopefully tomorrow morning. beyond that there's a lot of people wanting to come in and help that we need to coordinate those efforts and we need to complete an assessment of the situation. we got a lot of first responders outdoing assessment of damage and what it is we need to prioritize. i know there will be some housing issues and a lot of infrastructure to traffic lights and things like that. need to make sure that people are safe right now. mike: you mentioned housing issues. have you lost a lot of homes in victoria or is this too soon to say? >> it's a little sooner but based on my observations this afternoon it's not too bad on the residential situation but

let's head to victoria, texas, this is inland from the coast. cnn's derrick van damme is there live. how is the rain? >> it's not great, not going to lie to you, brooke. but here here, we're doing it. the storm keeps surprising us. we're about 40 miles outside of the center of tropical storm harvey that continues to churn across southeast texas. i a did pretty quick walkabout. the damage you would expect was what you would expect from a category 4 hurricane. but here in victoria, 20 to 30 miles away from the coast, we've had shingled torn off of roofs, awnings off of buildings, trees completely snapped. you go up and down some of the main roads here and trees are littered across the roadways. there was no power here about four hours ago when we originally arrived. but utility trucks have been on the scene and slowly street by street, block by block it looks like some sense of normalcy is coming back to the city, which is a bit of relief i'm sure for residents here in victoria. but still a long night ahead and several days ahead of extensive rain

. >>> nbc's jay gray is riding it out in victoria texas, a city that can see some of the worst. >> joininglive, it is coming down, we can see it, jay. >> reporter: yeah, it's really intensified since this storm made landfall, the wind picking up dramatically and the rain, it will continue to get worse. we're on the dirty side of the storm, we're going to see some of the worst harvey has to offer. once it settles in over land, it's going to be here quite some time, maybe three, four days, dumping the rain leon was talking about. we expect to see more than 30 inches of rain just in a couple days in victoria alone, some areas could see 40 inches before it's all said and done. anyone who has decided to evacuas if anyone is thinking about leaving, officials say it's too late, lock down and ride it out. they warn those who have decided to take here are on their own. they won't put first responders in harms way until conditions allow that. i can tell you the national guard has been deployed here in texas. they are standing by along with a massive response team that includes federal help now. they

that's the latest live from victoria, texas. back to you. >> this is the pass which is about 30 minutes northeast of corpus christi. you can see the storm here on the first alert radar. the team coverage with erika martin. the storm will make landfall overnight. what's really interesting and intriguing is that the last time we saw a major hurricane make landfall is hurricane wilma back on october 16th, 2005. a category 5 hurricane over 4,000 days ago. so this is how impressive hurricane harvey is right now as a category three. it'sen strengthening as it does make landfall. so what can we expect landfall right around midnight with up to three feet of rain for some. probably more for others. tornado watches and warnings have been issued. we already have reports of tornadoes in galveston. and what i do think will happen here locally in the mid-atlantic region is we do have a building ridge that will move eastward and that will allow a will the of the moisture to move into our area. that's how hurricane harvey will affect us here lo

thank you so much. >>> well the situation in victoria, texas is ugly, as hurricane harvey is dumping in and lashing texas with powerful winds. we will bring you a live report from victoria, texas ahead. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. hey. what can you tell me about your new social security alerts? oh! we'll alert you if we find your social security number on any one of thousands of risky sites, so you'll be in the know. ooh. sushi. ugh. being in the know is a good thing. sign up online for free. discover social security alerts. . >>> it's 42 past the hour. as we give you a look at corpus christi after one rough night with hurricane harvey. it came ashore as a category 4 late night. it is still a category 1. texas is bracing for days of destructive winds and catastrophic flooding. we have three other breaking headlines for you this morning as the president fa

especially for victoria, population of 67,000 people. >> a remarkably beautiful, old, old, place in texas. we'll be back to you. actually, kerry stand by. i want to bring in bill karins. our meteorologist. he wants to ask you something. >> can you pronounce the river that goes through downtown victoria? >> reporter: you know i had to call myself. it looks like guadalupe. here they say guadalupe. the e up high. that's the way the locals pronounce it. as you know, i heard you say earlier, that the records go back to the 1930s have this at 34 feet the highest ever. it's going to be an estimated 32. if this thing does do that loop, it could be even more. we've seen rain nonstop since harvey started with the outer bands here. we know it's going to be like that. you can see the wind is gusting a little bit too. >> they said that crest will be about three days from now and it said a 1 in 100-year flood. that's the estimates. it could be more than that or less than that. we'll find out in the next two to three days. if they do get close to that record, i was looking at all the auburn divisions th

where i'm standing, victoria, texas, has also had a rough, rough past 24 hours.re looking at behind me is the guadeloupe river currently at moderate flood stage, but by tuesday, this is going to be a different story. once the rain starts to filter in across this region, it has nowhere else to go but up. remember water seeks its own level. we're expecting major flood stage by tuesday afternoon of this week right where i'm standing. now, across this area, it's not only the flood, it's also been the strong winds. we know that harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane, but we also know that as it moves inland, it has strong winds, as well. in victoria, we're about 30 miles away from the shore line from the gulf of mexico, and the damage here is equivalent to roughly a category 1 hurricane. so we saw trees completely snapped over, awnings, roofs of houses, minor structural building collapses and certainly electricity has been lost across the area. utility companies are trying to reassess that situation andb bring back electricity to it's customers. bus the but th

mike: i've been to victoria, texas is a charming community with wonderful people.t are you thinking about in terms of the coming days are you worried about flooding what are your immediate concerns? >> as i mentioned, getting the power back on in utilities working with expect to city operations with the water system is top priority and we need have an issue with a large generator there were collecting hopefully tomorrow morning. beyond that there's a lot of people wanting to come in and help that we need to coordinate those efforts and we need to complete an assessment of the situation. we got a lot of first responders outdoing assessment of damage and what it is we need to prioritize. i know there will be some housing issues and a lot of infrastructure to traffic lights and things like that. need to make sure that people are safe right now. mike: you mentioned housing issues. have you lost a lot of homes in victoria or is this too soon to say? >> it's a little sooner but based on my observations this afternoon it's not too bad on the residential situation but i on

that's victoria texas. that's where carry sanders is crouched behind the van. >> the fact he has to crouch next to a van, goes to show how strong the winds are. >> if you look at the radar picture again, you can see how close to the center of the storm carry's location is right now. there are several dangers to a storm like this. there are near terms, short-term issues and that is the intensity of the rainfall and wind speed. then there are longer terms issues as long as this storm konl continues to hang over texas, we worry about flooding as a continued problem. so the winds that carey is seeing right now, you can see how intense things are right around victoria at this hour. don't let the category fool you. must a lot less dangerous now. not so. life threatening impact. flooding right along the texas coast and indeed inland. damaging winds and tornados. tornado watches in effect all the way up through the houston area. could be extended into the evening. up to 40 inches of rain around the region. that's o

let's check in right now with polo sandoval, who's in victoria, texas, where the elements are certainly picking up. polo? >> reporter: this is what it still looks like in parts of texas, particularly closer to the coast. here up main street in victoria, texas, you can see this wind is still enough to move debris around. the only thing that's not flying around are things that are grounded like these garbage tins that are actually bolted to the sidewalk. we're able to -- we're right next to a parking garage so we're able to seek shelter. but at least i'm able to step out just so you can see for yourself the intensity of these winds. and believe it or not, they were even more intense a little while ago. what i'm able to see now on authorities like the victoria police department, which you'll see, are finally able to leave this parking garage and make their way onto streets. an officer just turned off the road here. that gives you an idea that authorities are now being able to go out into the community here, community of about 65,000 to 70,000 people, and make sure that nobody is in need of

as mentioned, we were talking to kerry sanders, he's up in victoria, texas. kerry, i hate when you're in the middle of the storm to talk about matters of law and policy. the president did finally decide to give the emergency declaration. but correct me if i'm wrong, for local mayors in small towns with small budgets, getting that declaration early means they can okay purchases of generators, they can okay rental of generators knowing they'll be reimbursed. a late emergency declaration can leave a lot of small towns in the lurch. am i correct? >> reporter: brian, it's not only just the ability to get sort of hardware, but also to guarantee that the overtime associated with all of the local police and fire will be in position to help everybody out because there's a tremendous amount of overtime involved here. a storm like this can break a city's budget. here in victoria and in other communities in the area, the declaration and what has now been signed by the president will help these communities at least breathe a little easier. it's not as if they weren't goin

mia rodriguez is in victoria, texas.t it's like. >> we've had sheets of rain moving over the area in the last hour or so that we've been here. but it's not exactly what we're seeing in houston. there is raining here, lots of debris. they went through more of a wind damagean event here. but the concern is as the rain continues to fall throughout today and the next several days it could not just overwhelm the drainage systems but also the nearby river that runs through down. that is the concern that the water might back up into the river, the river would breach its banks and it could flood this city. city officials are asking people who left to stay away for now because they don't want people coming back with so many power lines down, trees down that are blocking the roads right now. they've did their best to put up bare kids on streets that are not passable. but this is a serious situation here and one that is continuing to unfold today. >> we are going to continue with the latest developments out of texas as this floodin

center of circulation northwest of victoria texas. the heaviest rain falling where you're seeing the bright red. this is the infared cloud cover tops. from houston to lake charles, louisiana they are seeing this tremendous rain. and this came onshore, it was a category four strength it was the first time time ands 1961 when -- since 1961 when carla came onshore. over the next day several days, the problem continues to be there's no steering currents here, so the storm will sit and spin and spin and spin, right throw friday it's over southeastern texas we're looking at winds at 30 miles per hour. over the next 3 to 5 days, this storm goes anywhere. the areas that are seeing the heavy rains today are seeing it tomorrow, tuesday and wednesday, until the storm gets out of here by the end of the week. additional rainfall this is for victoria texas to give you an idea. they are seeing 2 feet of rain and the modeling is printing out a foot and 17 inches additionally on top of the one to two feet of rain you already have. a tremendous amount

pictures here coming in from victoria, texas.ere what is left of the eye of hurricane harvey is now. you see some pretty strong wind gusts actually, some substantial sustained winds here. have ripped down fencing there as well. fortunately, this is protective of a building there. still, the winds have come down from category 4 to category 1. still causing significant damage. and the story for the next several days will be the rain. >> the world is watching. the that's one of the latest tweets from president trump this morning talking about the hurricane. and george w. bush writes, a storm response can derail a government. and he is author of "the great deluge." thank you for being with us. your assessment so far of what we know about the president's response, fema's response, since they have a new head there, and what is was deemed the early hours of the storm? >> i'm here in texas and govern abo or got a good jump on the hurricane. there are talk about why it was not a mandatory evacuation in corpus christi. but as the lights be

nbc's kerry sanders is in victoria, texas this morning. what is the latest on the rescue and recovery efforts there? >> reporter: well, good morning, frances. as you can see over my shoulder, there are electrical trucks here. that means there are power crews that have made their way to this city now which is a good sign. the power crews have started work, in some cases the power has returned to a portion of downtown. primarily in an area where the authorities who are conducting now the direction of the recovery efforts have based themselves. the shelters that are town are beginning to close. that's a good sign. it means things that people are going to have a sign of going home and maybe reestablishing what semblance of a normal life they can without power and without food. but in some cases as you can see here, when people left the shelters that are closing, they wound up finding that they had nowhere to go. and this is because of a fire that burned down an apartment complex. the apartment complex catching fire during the hurricane, the su

we see more than 16 inches of rain near victoria, texas. only the center of harvey is about 25 miles southwest of victoria. so they're still going to get all this had heavy rain in the core, even as harvey lengthens, it's gradually raining down but the flooding threat is only going to accuracy agency we go through the next several days. we're expecting very, very heavy rain, widespread amounts of 25 to 35 inches of rain, including areas like the houston/galveston area. we could see isolated areas, totals of 40 inches. that is a rainfall threat. >> that is how it's been described as catastrophic flooding over the next few days. i want to ask you, michael, for people who are wanting to be optimistic about this. >> our official forecast going out the next three days, if i click over .show you the next five, it barely changes. this gets us all the way to wednesday night, this point over here where you see the "d" and that's just indicative of the steering currents and the atmosphere collapsing as we speak. that is going to allow harvey to stall

. >> i was listening to the mayor of victoria texas speaking. he said about 85000 people. out of those people about 65% chose to stay but he is worried about victoria texas becoming an island because of the rising water. >> we have those wins and where that storm is sitting, we actually have those wins. there's the storm. it continues to grab water off the golf. honestly it's raining but that tide is going to continue to push in. all the inlets will be water coming down. this will be a major water vent. the rain leaves in a week but people will be doing dealing with this for a while. >> thank you so much adam. we will check back in with you. >> harvey takes an incredible toll leaving the entire area devastated. harvey continues to linger over houston unleashing devastating flooding. we are back with a live report, just ahead. >> i'm to get all my family members and get them home. i take them wherever i can go to high ground. >> what's the worst you've seen. >> water up to hear. that's probably the highest i've been. >> how on earth did you get through. >> i really don't kn

the mayor from victoria texas stories is now. so they understand the geography, as i see it, the storm came ashore in rockport which is there just a little north of corpus christi and then you're a little bit inland from that and we see victoria, texas on the map, the eye wall just south of you. what is it like there right now? >> the winds are slowly increasing in speed and the rain is consistently falling. we are on standby as the winds increased. leeland: what has happened to your residence? are a lot still there, are they able to get supplies? >> we have the system snuck up on us so quickly that it grew so fast and we did issue a mandatory evacuation thursday morning, late morning, i would say a rough estimate is maybe 30% left still have a high percentage of the population, about 70000 here in the city. we asked them to get shelter in place and we have to shelters open that are both to capacity currently. leeland: i know that occasionally during the worst of the storm fire department, ems, please tend to shelter in places as

today i started off as the morning in victoria, texas which saw the major part of the storm come throughn to a city further south from victoria and that city took major damage with winds of 140 miles per hour and the devastation was clear when you drove by. gas stations were completely torn apart. down power lines. rooves of apartment blocks and complexes... this is really devastated that area much more than here in victoria. we have been looking at some of your photographs which you are vividly describing. that is the structural damage but what about people? you encounter any people? the city had been mostly evacuated on thursday ahead of the storm. some people chosen to stay behind and because it's his much smaller town it had a much less organised sheltering situation. where is here in victoria we had to emergency set up by county officials in cooperation with charities like the american red cross which held 300 or so people. some are the people with boat to heardid some are the people with boat to hear did not have shelter —— we spoke to did not have shelter and we re spoke to did no

let get right to cnn correspondent polo sandoval in victoria, texas. polo, you spoke to some folks there who refused to evacuate. how is everybody doing? >> reporter: so far so good, ana. certainly the damage we're seeing here in victoria is not as severe as what the folks in rockport have seen. however, it certainly is a situation, yes, there's debris on the streets and so far a whole lot of law enforcement officials we've seen on the streets here making their rounds checking up on folks. we've also seen that wind that continues here. and that is the wind that's keeping utility crews from making their way out and beginning repairs by handheld an nonter here showing winds gusting close to 40 miles an hour. that's too high for the crews to get out and get electricity back online for some of the people that decided to stay behind. a majority of the community here choosing to simply hunker down including one gentleman that my colleagues had an opportunity to speak to. he said his mother wasn't able to evacuate because of her age, he was simply going to sta

polo sandoval, thanks so much for that perspective from victoria, texas. let's move onto houston, texas, now, north of there and rosa flores is live there. we had rising bayou waters. what are the conditions now? >> reporter: you know, we're getting a little break from the rain, fred, right now. every now and then we are getting some gusts of wind. you can see that this bayou still very swollen. it's still gushing out towards the gulf of mexico. but weather and flooding is bizarre. and i want to show you exactly what i'm talking about. last hour this step was under water. you can see some of the debris here. now, in an hour or so it went down about 17 or 18 inches. that quickly. it's bizarre. it's bizarre. again, we're still bracing for hurricane harvey here. and the ebbs and flows of this water, i mean, it's just moving. it's been moving a lot. and you can see to my right here on that grassy knoll where the ducks are, you can see the line of debris, where it was probably about an hour ago and where it is now. now, we're not saying that by any means that t

. >> let's go to kerry sanders who is in victoria, texas. how is it looking there? it seems pretty rough there with those winds, kerry. snoo it's a mess out here, as you can imagine. it's hard to determine how bad the damage is because of the darkness, but we certainly know we're getting gusts here upwards of 100, 110 miles per hour. as you can see in the foreground here and if you look, that rain is the real problem here because it looks like harvey is going to stall over this area. they're predicting upwards of 37, maybe even 40 inches of rain here. they're already talking about the guadalupe river here possibly being 32 feet above et cetera normal flood stage, which means that there's going to be a lot of problems for homes and neighborhoods along the river. sorry. it's a little hard to talk with this wind. it's really blowing right now. this morning the fire department reports that they responded to several fires here in victoria overnight. unfortunately, at one of the fires, which residents nearby say they thought may have been sparked by lightning. by the time

catie beck in victoria, texas. thanks so much. i want to get a full update on the path of harvey. shawna, we talked about tornadoes that could happen overnight. we're approaching night fall for residents in texas as the storm system continues to stall out. is that still part of the factor with this storm? >> absolutely. we're looking at the possibility just because the position of the storm, again, is right over that warm gulf water and it's giving it that fuel it needs to really pump those severe storms into areas like houston, galveston, areas out toward the east. as we continue to watch the path of this track, we've got a lot of energy and no movement in the storm. we're tracking it right now with your futurecast showing from now until monday morning. a lot of heavy rain off and on for houston, a lot of inundation for rain happening all day. it's not going away. the positioning is staying the same. it's always because the jet stream is not pushing it along. it needs that push to get out of here. it's trapped of the water's not going anywhere for several days from now through fr

we are in victoria, texas, today, as you said. nts out is that here were hit by the eye wall, that here were hit by the eye wall, thatis that here were hit by the eye wall, that is where a lot of the damage is —— point south—east. we are serving these areas with food, water, emergencies applies, not only the victoria but places like ingleside and places like that. beyond here, we will start moving into the houston areas in the coming days as the waters recede. stacey, how would you describe, with all of your experience in disaster relief, the impact of the hurricane and the tropical storm harvey the aftermath of harvey? well, it is very, very widespread. the impact of the hurricane itself, with the damage and things like that, when you compound that with all of the rainfall that's been, that's just inundated the area, it isjust devastating to many of those communities. the president is going to visit corpus christi in texas tomorrow. do you think that will have a galvanising impact on the rescue and relief effort, or is it already

victoria texas has seen over 16 inches of rain.back home, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 9 degrees today and tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, both days, comfortable humidity levels both days. >> thank you four the update. i would like to remind you "action news" continues later tonight we're back tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. here's some of the stories we're working on for you. >> we'll have more on the damage left behind by hurricane harvey. >> we'll have more with "g.m.a.'s" coverage of the hurricane harvey, for christie ileto, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day. >>> good morning, america. breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane harvey making landfall as a massive category four storm, tearing into the state of texas, packing 130 mile an hour winds and torrential rain. this monster storm ripping apart buildings. the search is on this morning for anyone who may be trapped. harvey, now the most powerful storm to hit the continental u.s. in more than a decade. >>> ove

that's victoria texas.'s where carry sanders is crouched behind the van. >> the fact he has to crouch next to a van, goes to show how strong the winds are. >> if you look at the radar picture again, you can see how close to the center of the storm carry's location is right now. there are several dangers to a storm like this. there are near terms, short-term issues and that is the intensity of the rainfall and wind speed. then there are longer terms issues as long as this storm konl continues to hang over texas, we worry about flooding as a continued problem. so the winds that carey is seeing right now, you can see how intense things are right around victoria at this hour. don't let the category fool you. must a lot less dangerous now. not so. life threatening impact. flooding right along the texas coast and indeed inland. damaging winds and tornados. tornado watches in effect all the way up through the houston area. could be extended into the evening. up to 40 inches of rain around the region. that's our bi

victoria, texas up to 32 inches . low clouds with plenty to go around. not widespread but more so compared to a couple hours ago. it is also very cool for some in the upper 40s in the santa cruz mountains and many northward with winsor at 44. 51 degrees in the valley of glen allen san rafael even cloverdale 44 and that is a cool start. i don't think it will get much warmer, the sierra more calm just a few clouds but overall a little warmer. 60s, 70s and 80s. 7:02, how is it going friday?>>> if you want to be an optimist it is better than it was earlier traffic wise. we will start with the bay bridge toll plaza. it is a little bit jammed getting into san francisco taking 15 minutes. this is a live look at the toll plaza but no major problems. you will be waiting for a little bit unless you use the fast-track lanes. this is a look at interstate this is a look at interstate 880 in front of the colosseum and traffic is moving well. highway 4 is slow through part of antioch all of pittsburgh bay point and conquered but 680 is good from concord to walnut creek

victoria texas 30 miles up the coast nearly deserted. the businesses close monday night or tuesday morning and brace for impact of landfall. most places can expect a foot. they are trying to take it as it comes. >> i don't want to think about tomorrow. live a moment at the time. devastated we all come together. make a big difference. >> this rain is picking back up in victoria. it's getting heavy now. reducing the visibility in this parking lot. mandatory evacuations are mandatory. some people are not leaving. some people are staying behind an evacuation center is set up for them but only a handfull of people are there now. reporting live. jonathan: let's talk about that. in the storms past we have seen it withca fridayna and rita people did -- katrina and rita where people did not get out. first responders are saying they will not risk their lives in order to save those. if they don't evacuate, what happens? are they backing up to a safe area and waiting until after the storm? >> the first responders are going up and down the street for

this is in victoria, texas. the demand was so high here some stations ran out of gas. >>> hurricane harvey is expected to take a toll on gas prices along the east coast. that's because some refineries are expected to close until the storm passes. that could disrupt gasoline supplies. >> that storm creeps closer and closer to that coast. >> look behind me. this is massiveness of this storm. it is extensive essentially 565 miles wide. twice the size of the state of pennsylvania. what you need to know as far as hurricane harvey is concerned. it is still a category three. it's strengthening. it's affecting miles of the texas shoreline and that's really important because a lot of the elevation along the shoreline is less than ten feet. that's on top of the waves. expected landfall around high tide. somewhere around midnight is what we're expecting. up to three feet of rain already seeing some tornado watches and warnings reported. already saw a tornado reported in galveston. it looks like this will stall out for the

in addition to a massive storm surge and the power winds, jordann lucero joining us from victoria, texas. 30 miles from the coast. we watched the conditions deteriorate. but this is nothing compared to what is coming ashore. >> we have been getting hit hard now. and this is starting to puddle and pool. this mall is closing. this is going nonstop and it won't cease for days. jonathan: what kind of preparations have you are folks heeding warnings? >> they are for sure heeding the warning. closer by the coast there is hardly anybody in there. all the towns along the coast seem like the ghost towns. some businesses closed since last night. they have boarded up with windows. they are ready and prepared. they made their way inland. >> what are people telling people? they have been on the broadcast system to let everybody know this is a storm that can kill you. what are they telling people to get them to get out? >> i think people are just realizing this is a very dangerous storm. this is not like the hurricane tropical storms they have dealt with in the past. so they heard mandatory evacuation

there's no option for anyone that lives here for the next few days, likely. >> catie beck in victoria, texas, thank you. we're going to continue to follow what harvey has done to this area in and around texas. houston is flood prone. it's 80 feet above sea level. the national weather service putting out this flash flood warning for the nation's fourth largest city. heavy rain expected to continue from now until several days further into the week and could bring catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. joining me now by phone is harris county sheriff ed gonzalez. i understand you just surveyed damage from what we had video of from the formation or activity of a storm in cypress. >> we saw extensive damage to one particular neighborhood where a lot of damage was seen structurally and it left a raft of damage. one truck was overturned. a gentleman ran inside his house and it went in and expanded back out and back in. so people were pretty terrified and that was pretty impressive. >> sir, what are the biggest calculations you're taking into account considering it's roughly after 7:00 there, n

thank you. >> joining us once again from live from victoria, texas, nbc correspondent kerry sanders.ation. >> you know, what you see over my shoulder here is part of that. the electrical crews have come, and they're starting to restore some electricity in parts of town. primarily in the downtown area so far. that's, being, where the command and control is set up to try to return this community to some sort of accesemblance of order. at the same time you have some long lines developing at food kitchens. these are relief kitchens that have been set up to give people a hot meal. in many cases their first hot meal in days. people also running out of food because, quite frankly, they did not think it was going to be as bad as it was. they did not prepare properly. along the guadalupe river, the greatest focus now is those residents who live along the river because the water continues to rise. by wednesday it's estimated to be 32 feet above flood stage. because people don't have recollect trift, they have not been listed to television or radio because they're so preoccupied with other thin

i'm on my way back to austin from victoria, texas. and i've picked up a little passenger here.y was following me down the road. and when i stopped he jumped into the jeep. i really need help trying to find this guy's owner. we'll call him harvey, but i need help trying to find his owner. so if you could share, tweet, whatever you can do to help. i found him in rung, texas. thanks. >> now, a storm chaser, erin jackson, is joining us now. you have some good news. you found the dog's owner. >> i did find him. >> so do you know how they got separated? >> the owner he was on call for work, and i think the dog got scared and jumped from his kennel. >> i know you took a moment to took with us. where are you headed right now? >> i actually am sitting in houston right now. i've actually got a friend where his sister is stuck on an over pass, so i'm trying to see if i can't make my way over there to find her. >> so you've been driving around as much as you can but i imagine that must be difficult from the images we're seeing and hearing about how the interstates are caught off, at least

erin jade jack was traveling from austin to victoria texas when he spotted the dog he was trying to getas and pulled over and the dog started following his vehicle and eventually juneed inside. jack posted a message on social media. i need help trying to find the owner. so if you can share, tweet, whatever you got to do to help. >> within an hour jack's message got 5,000 retweets and that helped cash get reunited with his owners. jack appeared on fox and friends today to tell the story. >> within an hour i was not sure it was the owner i had multiple people telling me it was the owner sure enough it was and i took him back last night. >> cash the dog was so excited whene he nearly jumped out of the vehicle to greet him. >> what a great story in the midst of everything happening down there. >> you hate -- we heard lauren blanchard talking about pets and belongings in one bag it's tough to see people leaving their homes. >> and he went the distance for that. pets are family. >> it's amazing how social media helps in these situations. >> incredible work. you see a lot of rescues are happen

ahead a live report from victoria, texas. police in london make an arrest following an incident outside buckingham palace. meteorologist chris sowers will be back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it will be in the 70s, stick around, his answer when "action news" continues. >>> we continue to follow developing news coming from texas where tropical stammer -- storm harvey continues along the coast. this is a live picture, you can see the water standings there along the tree line there, chris sowers has been tracking this for you all weekend long, of course he has been saying wind not a factor it's the rain that's the problem. >> reporter: the wind was immediate factor when the storm made landfall. once it moved over land, everything weakened. it will continue to rain for the next four or five days. we're seeing rainfall rates up to 2 to 3-inches an hour. with a system not moving you're seeing that rainfall rates you get the idea. it's going on to be devastating for southeastern texas. >> reporter: we're talking

victoria, texas. >> now, people with ties to our region are riding out the storm in texas. flight can is helations kept some families separated as they prepare for days of potential rain and flooding. we spoke over online video chat with aaron gladdish. he had to race to the coast to secure his boast. now he's waiting to see if the hurricane damaged it. his main concern now is with the flood threat. >> they're talking about three feet of rain. and in texas, you can't handle a whole lot of water. >> he worries the roads to his island marina won't be passable for several days. >>> nbc10's meteorologist erika mar teeb has an update out of texas as the state gets pounded by tropical storm harvey. >> it is a tropical storm continuing to weaken. we will see a lot more rain in that area before it's au said and done. the question is, how will it affect us locally in our local neighborhood. it looks like eventually an upper level ridge will start to weaken and allow some moisture into our region. before we get there, we do have to enjoy a mostly clear night across the entire delawar

reportera: a quien victoria, texas los habitantes cumplen casi 24 horas de estar recibiendo los embatesa estado dando vueltas por la zona y prÁcticamente de manera estacionaria, lo que ha multiplicado los daÑos tanto por la lluvia como por los vientos en este lugar. durante la maÑana y durante la tarde ha habido fuertes vientos y fuertes lluvias que han provocado daÑos en estructuras, en negocio, en casas habitaciÓn y en la vÍa pÚblica. ademÁs de que ha provocado tambiÉn inundaciones en algunas partes bajas. para muestra este lugar en donde casi el 90% de los Árboles fue derribado por los fuertes vientos y los vecinos permanecen incomunicados. se estima que estos daÑos y estas condiciones prevalezcan durante las prÓximas horas, por lo que la alerta continÚa para los habitantes de esta regiÓn. regreso con ustedes al estudio. fÉlix: gracias, francisco. para conocer la situaciÓn actual de harvey convertido ya en tormenta tropical, contamos con albert martÍnez desde el centro metodolÓgico de houston, texas. albert, quÉ podemos esperar las prÓximas horas? albert: buenas tardes, compaÑeros. l

. >> neil: to victoria texas right now. vice president mike pence is assuring people that the trump administration has not forgotten them. >> we will be with you today, we will be with you tomorrow and as is the president said yesterday in missouri, we will be with you every day until texas recovers and rebuilds stronger and better than before. [applause] lastly, let me say thank you. thank you to each one of you for being out here on a hot day in texas showing resilience that the president spoke of a few days ago. the spirit of texas and the people of texas is inspiring the nation. the president said many times when one hurts in this country, we all hurt. we're an american family. thank you for looking after your family. i can pledge to you on behalf of your president, our entire administration, our homeland security, the coast guard, the department of defense, every agency of government. i know i can say on behalf of greg abbott and all officials from first responders to public assistants, we are going to see our way thro

let's bring in jay grey in victoria, texas right now. when is it coming in?> reporter: yeah, we are waiting and expect this thing to make land fall within the next couple of hours. what we have seen is the wind pick up dramatically at times and seeing the rain that kocont and picking up. it is going to stay for a while and it is going to linger dropping rain in this area, victoria, the national weather forecast is for 32 inches of rain or more over the next several days. there are 11 million people who are in the flood zone of this storm. it is a massive system. it is going to stay for a long time and bring a lot of water. going to be a tough go. >> while we have you, 11 million people, where are they all going. which cities in texas are they being transported to? >> reporter: they are just going to higher land. anywhere we can get out of the path of the storm. some going to north texas, dallas area. shelters opened to accommodate people. a lot of people concerned about what is going to happen over the next couple of days. all the shelters in the victoria are

. >> 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