says his city is 95% dry and mostly operational. still floodwaters from hurricane harvey could take another two weeks to fully recreed in some areas. the storm killed 38 people and tens of thousands are still living in temporary shelters. >> the. graphic size is far larger than katrina and sandy combined. we have over 5 million people affected in this, it's the swath all the way from corpus christi to beaumont. so it's going to need more than what was funded for katrina. >> people in southeast texas are returning to their homes to look at the damage. one woman got a welcome surprise amid all that devastation.