on the way after a controlled release from two nearby reservoirs. steve joins us from houston just outside a mandatory evacuation zone. the been doing tremendous reporting period up to your waist and sewage and everything else. processing like there now? >> still sunning scene around the western part of houston. this is beltway eight. a major artery that goes all the way around the city of houston. right now it's about 12 feet underwater. the clearance i says 16 feet. the water must reach in it. you can imagine what a mess of be for commuters when they try to go back to work on tuesday. we provide damaged houses but about 1 million cars have been destroyed, most likely by the storm. most total. several hundred thousand claims for insurance already put in. since many cars earned her water is still not clear what the