continue and the owners of the colonial pipeline, the largest fuel transporter in the united states, say they are making progress on repairing damages from the storm. national gas prices are up an average of 30 cents in the past week. nbc's jacob rascon in houston, texas, with more. jacob. >> reporter: in west houston, neighborhood after neighborhood still under water. mandatory evacuations for 4600 homes. after their owners thought they had escaped the worst. >> it's sad. i feel sad for us. i feel sad for everyone. >> families like romos told they can't return to their homes for nine more days while the city releases water from overflowing reservoirs. >> the few stuff we have left that's not been flooded out, that's all we want. >> throughout the region the damage is overwhelming, street after street looks like this. the cleanup and rebuilding may cost up to $190 billion, more than hurricanes katrina and sandy combined. a day of prayer in texas and