And good evening. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of world news tonight this monday. Im tom llamas in for david, and tonight, greater houston remains paralyzed. A region of 6. 8 Million People sheltering in place as the flooding disaster unfolds. Behind me, this is the buffalo bayou, but you cant tell where downtown ends, and where the bayou starts. With all the help coming in from the federal and state governments and from california to rhode island, its still not enough. Neighbors and strangers pitching in. For a third brutal day, torrential rain. People rescued from their flooded homes by rescue teams. And you see it right there, an armada of volunteers with boats. Tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuations. Tonight, there have been more than 4,000 high water rescues. More than 30,000 people are now expected in shelters, and 12,000 Texas National guard members have been called up. Thats every Service Member who is available to serve, and tonight, the city is sending out an urgent call for medical professionals and the storm is growing even stronger. Reporter tonight, new evacuations, and fears that the death toll will rise across americas fourth largest city. There is a reality that we have to come to grips with. And that is that we are just beginning the process of responding to this storm. Reporter what started with a direct impact on the tiny coastal town of rockport on friday night has turned into a weather disaster affecting thousands of square miles and millions of people. More than 39 inches of rain already in spots, and more on the way. Officials releasing millions of gallons from the addicks and barker reservoirs, hoping to prevent a catastrophic dam failure, but that water inundating neighborhoods, forcing thousands of residents from their homes. We had to leave some people behind which is really, really tough in these situations. They cant sit in these homes anymore with this water rising. Reporter thousands rescued by boat. More than 300 by helicopter. This is the water. Reporter Iashia Nelson stranded with her children on her roof. Theres water everywhere. We have nowhere to go. I have all my children, i lost everything. I have nothing but the clothes on my back. Please help us. Im scared. Reporter hours later, finally rescued. To give you an idea of how paralyzed houston is right now, look at this. The Public Transportation system is frozen. This is a line of city buses. It stretches as far as the eye can see behind me, and all the way in front of us. The Texas Governor activating all 12,000 members of the national guard. Emergency responder frequencies overwhelmed. There are two adolescent boys in kayaks that are missing that cannot swim along with a family of three thats stuck in high water. Reporter houstons own citizens are stepping in to help save each other. Can you help us out . Were supposed to go under this overpass and around the corner. Along the highway, we met a driver who took us to a flooded out neighborhood where a woman was stuck in her home. The ceiling starting to buckle. Her family asking for help on social media. The house with the roof collapsed. Reporter we find the home, and part of the roof starting to cave in. The woman, displaced by hurricane katrina, now dealing with harvey. I dont know. I have been through so much, so i really dont know. Im a war veteran, so its a bad joke for me right now. Reporter but she refuses to go to the shelter. She doesnt want to leave her pets behind. In another part of houston, the bel air section, two brothers are working around the clock to save their neighbor. I cant see if its a foot or 10 feet. Reporter we told them about a woman we heard was trapped. They jumped into action taking us right to the home. Yvette inside, there was water everywhere. This is your home . These are our neighbors, and one of our boys is here, and im going to start crying. I feel like an idiot. Reporter its painful. They have to abandon a home they have lived in for 25 years with what they can carry. We are very fortunate. Were happy for the help and to get out. Reporter and sierra lee thanking First Responders who helped her get to the hospital while she was in labor. Writing, landon jerred was born perfectly healthy. At 3 30 p. M. On august 27th. That mother telling us she never got the name of the people who saved her, but she will be eternally grateful to them. As you can see and sometimes hear, the record rain has put reservoirs and dams under tremendous strain. Engineers have begun to release some of the pent up water hoping to keep it under control, but tens of thousands of homes are under threat because of it. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter houstons fleetwood neighborhood tonight is a marina. Hello reporter dozens of volunteers like kenny evans, showing up with their own rescue boats. Everybody all right . Reporter have you ever seen anything like this . Never, no. Reporter people here say they were caught offguard by rising floods overnight, supercharged when Officials Say they were forced to release water from the nearby addicks and barker reservoirs. The lypkie family, 3yearold jude and 2yearold ollie. Here why dont you guys sit right here together. Okay . Reporter stranded with mom and dad for 13 hours. You guys excited for a boat ride . Reporter the army corps of engineers is sending water downstream to relieve pressure on the dams. But theyre filling faster than they can be emptied, meaning homes on the backside of the reservoirs are flooding too. Nearly three dozen subdivisions, hundreds of homes, at risk. Evans estimates he has carried more than 100 people to safety. We have called 911. 911 wont help you. Im here to help you. Okay. Reporter Officials Say they may have to keep draining the reservoirs for as long as three months. The dams are 70 years old, and they are in need of a fix, but tonight, Officials Say they are expected to hold, tom. But all those families caught in the middle, and its unclear when or if they will be able to go home. Clayton, thank you. As we just saw in that report, people need shelter right now. Around 30,000 of them across this area, and some will be in need for a long, long time. The city shelters are rapidly filling up. Abcs Victor Oquendo is at the Houston Convention center which some 5,000 people now call home. Reporter they were brought here in dump trucks lifted out one by one. But by afternoon, they were coming in by the busload. Take a look outside the Convention Center. Bus after bus dropping off more evacuees, some arriving here without even shoes on their feet. Long tables of volunteers handing out clothes. Asma flowers arrived with her three kids, volunteers wrapping them in towels. She tells me it took her three hours to get here by boat, by foot and finally by bus. As long as my babies safe, im okay. Reporter the red cross prepared cots for 5,000 people. Most are now taken. This shelter nearing capacity. This Shelter Mission is going to be a very heavy lift. Were anticipating over 30,000 people being placed in shelters temporarily. Reporter smaller shelters also filling up. In nearby dickinson, rescue workers carry an elderly woman in a blanket into city hall. The corridors crowded with children, shivering and frightened. These kids need help. Theyre soaked to the bone. Theyre completely soaked. Reporter with government stressed to the limit, churches pitching in. Pastor David Mcdougle welcomed nearly 300 people to First Baptist church in north houston. They are sleeping on the ground, in chairs. People are sleeping under tables. We are trying really hard to keep everyone safe. Reporter his wife serena pleading on facebook, out of food and water for these 200 people. Anything good would help and so many powerful stories from inside the Convention Center, and thats where Victor Oquendo now joins you live, and victor, theres an urgent need more shelter, but it will soon become an allout effort to find homes for so many of those people. Reporter tom, the people we spoke to hope to return home, but femas administrator saying, quote, housing in texas will be very frustrating. The last resort will be manufactured homes or travel trailers and that would be a process, tom. Still many months away. All right, victor. Thanks so much. The flooding emergency here in houston is triggering a Dangerous Health situation as well. One hospital is under evacuation. Others strained to the limit, and people with chronic illnesses are in special need. Add to that, the lack of electricity, clean water, medicines and stress, and this area could be experiencing a full blown medical crisis. Heres abcs eva pilgrim. Reporter some of the most vulnerable families today begging for help. We cannot get out. Reporter bernadette colonpaget trapped inside her home with six children, and a husband who is diabetic. He needs to eat a certain type of food at a certain time. Were trying to get through 911 and all the lines are busy we cant get through. And its completely underwater. Reporter at Houstons Ben Taub hospital, they will trying to evacuate the most critical patients tonight. Meanwhile, at area nursing the city is asking people who can get to that Convention Center to pitch in and help. The patients from this home in dickinson, texas, rescued after that heartbreaking photo was posted on twitter, the water rising around their chairs. The people that came in and have dementia and dehydration, they were scared, they were cold. Reporter tonight, dramatically different. Those patients safe and sound. As for rescuers, another possible hidden danger. Questions about whats seeping into the water on top of the wildlife. Mounds of fire ants, snakes, even alligators. The rescuers pitching in to save many, just desperate to get out. Tonight, bernadette sending us this video moments ago, showing her family rescued. Thankful to make it out of their home. And eva, such good things about this one family. But what does this mean for the other families who have the medical emergency . Reporter well, tom, its just really hard to get around right now. Im sure you see theres water everywhere. A lot of roads are closed, getting to an open hospital or an Emergency Responder getting to you is just going to take time, tom. It is one of the reasons these rescues are so complicated. Eva, thank you. I want to go now to abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano. He is tracking this monster storm. Rob, you were out there with the First Responders all day. Give us the big picture. Wheres this storm, and what lies ahead . Reporter well its off the coast, and reorganizing and thats why we see this rain begin to come down harder today. Were here in ft. Benn, texas where the roads have become boat ramps for volunteers and First Responders trying to get people out of their homes as the waters continue to rise. You saw people coming out with children on their arms, and they rescued other people and their pets and sisters that thought they could ride out the storm, but the waters came up too quickly, and they continue to rise right now. The storm right now is off the coast, and its forecast to continue to swirl its way into louisiana. Another night of heavy rain here in houston, and then sliding east tomorrow, and thats when the heaviest rain should be over, at least for the houston area, but another 10 inches potentially in some spots, tom. All right. I dont know how they can withstand any more torrential downpours. Rob, thank you. Next tonight, President Trump heading here to the disaster zone tomorrow. The president today speaking for the first time about the devastation in texas, praising First Responders and the rescue effort. President trumps handling of his first Natural Disaster under intense scrutiny tonight. Heres abcs senior white house correspondent, Jonathan Karl. Reporter at the white house today, President Trump offered this message to the victims of Hurricane Harvey we are 100 with you. We are one american family. We hurt together, we struggle together, and believe me, we endure together. We are one family. Reporter the president was upbeat about Recovery Efforts, saying the Texas Governor is doing a fantastic job, calling his fema administrator outstanding in so many ways, and predicting a swift recovery. Texas is a unique place. Its a great, great state, great people. And i think youll be up and running very, very quickly. Really very quickly. So, yeah, i think youll be in fantastic shape. Reporter trump today also defended his controversial pardon of arizona sheriff joe arpaio, who was convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling. The pardon was announced just as Hurricane Harvey started to hit the texas coast. In the middle of a hurricane, even though it was a friday evening, i assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally. The hurricane was just starting. And i put out that i pardoned, as we call as we say, sheriff joe. He is loved in arizona. I thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly. And jon karl joins us now from the white house, and jon, President Trump is heading down to texas first thing in the morning . Reporter the president and the first lady are going down to texas to get a first hand look at Recovery Efforts and tom, they tell us the president will be going back to texas and to louisiana on saturday. Now expanding that trip. All right, Jonathan Karl for us at the white house. Another big story, the latest provocation from north korea. Reports of a new Ballistic Missile launch. This one passing over japanese air space, and abcs chief international correspondent, terry moran joins me from london. What do we know about the missile and the response in the region . Reporter this is another serious escalation. North korea firing a missile, crossing over japanese air space. Thats something they have done three times before, but not without warning. Or at a time of such escalating tension. So the Ballistic Missile was launched from near pyongyang, flew east passing over japan before landing in the ocean of hokkaido. Japans government went on high alert, actually warning people in the north to take cover. This is the latest in a series of provocations from north korea, which recently tested an intercontinental Ballistic Missile that may be capable of reaching major u. S. Cities. North korean dictator, kim jongun was seen celebrating his latest missile launch, and in response, President Trump has threatened to confront new signs of aggression from north korea with, quote, fire and fury. Tom . All of this adding so much tension to that region. All right, terry. Thanks so much. Well stay on top of all of those developments. Theres late breaking news to report. On what is a developing story, we go straight to abcs dan harris. Reporter there is late word of a shooting in clovis, new mexico. Multiple people have been injured. One eyewitness telling the local newspaper that a man walked in and started to shoot in the air. Police surrounded the building and took a suspect into custody without incident. What prompted the shooting is unknown, tom. Dan, thank you for that report. And right here, much more ahead on this special edition of world news tonight. Well continue with the developments here. The new impact from harvey felt by millions across the country. 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Residents like danielle and William Weeks who fled their port aransas home to corpus christi, to sit out the storm. Danielle is scheduled for a csection tomorrow. What about your home . Were pretty worried we wont have a home to go back to. Reporter they invited us to go back with them, but were blocked at this check point. So were going to go check this out for you. Youre okay with that . Yes. Reporter we were allowed to drive in, and then we found their home. It was flipped over, wrapped around that palm tree. The worst part is seeing all the kids stuff on the ground. Reporter i know. It was better knowing. Now we know its not going to be there. Reporter tom, it is heartbreaking for the weeks family, but also for the thousands here who have lost everything. It is devastation and 360 degrees in hampering the recovery. No water, no power, no cell phones and the remnants of harvey are whipping back through here again, tom. Its incredible. That community has suffered so much. 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Neighbor helping neighbor, lending a hand and giving a hug. A reminder there is something in all of us a storm just cant break. And if you want to help the people of houston, you can go to our website to get more information. Thank you so much for watching tonight. Im tom llamas. Gma first thing in the morning. I hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. Good night. The bay area is taking action to help texas in the wake of harvey, the storm causing unprecedented flooding. And our heat wave will break tomorrow, but that relief is going to be very brief. The bay area braces for protest over the weekend. Tonight, were live in berkeley and San Francisco with who is claiming success. Live, where you live, this is abc7 news. We are off to a hot start this week. Youre looking live at two of the places with some dangerously high temperatures. While the south bay and inland east bay climbed into the 100s today, relief isnt far away. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. An excessive heat warning will expire for the bay area, and well get a break before the next heat wave ends. Lonny rivera has been out in the heat all day, but first, lets check in with drew tuma to see if any records were set. Today, no records were set. They were safe, but that didnt stop temperatures from soring into the triple digits inland. It was hot. Highs today, 108 in fairfield. 103 in gilroy. 106 in choef loverdale. The only place it wasnt hot, the coastline in the 60s. Changes are coming. The fog, going to be more expansive tomorrow morning to help cool us off. By midday tomorrow, only in the 70s and 80s. But our next heat wave is not far behind. Thats coming up in the forecast. Ama . Thank you, drew. Lonny rivera continues our Live Team Coverage from walnut creek. Reporter ama, you can really feel the heat out here and you can see it when you look at all the dry brush here. Its one of the reasons Officials Say during this time of day, avoid any strenuous activity. 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