Now working in the region to reduce the power outages. Since the last time i reported, there are two other Power Companies with reports. Our numbers show that centerpoint has a little bit more than 90,000 power outages. And that would be primarily in the greater Harris County region and also entergy has more than 81,000 power outages. And they are all working as swiftly as possible to restore power. For the texas tceq, i want you to know that they have been working with the epa on a daily basis to address environmentalbased issues. They have deployed rapid needs teams to assess needs that have arisen in certain areas. Including water and wastewater assessment teams, especially focused in that regard on the corpus christi, ingleside and rockport areas. A report from the texas parks and wildlife. They have 5,000 evacuees at state parks in the state of texas. Most of those are in shelters, cabins or mobile homes. A report from the department of Public Safety. There are more than 2,000 dep
This is the cbs evening news. Odonnell good evening. Along with Anthony Mason in new york, im Norah Odonnell in houston, texas. We are outside the george r. Brown Convention Center. It is the citys primary shelter where thousands who fled harvey are jammed together at double capacity. Were going to have more on that in a moment. But some of the other headlines from today. 17,000 have sought refuge in houston. Preparations are now being made tonight to try and open larger shelters. Also today, two reservoirs overflowed, sending more water into neighborhoods. Mason the preliminary death toll is four, including a Houston Police officer. Harvey has set a new record for most rainfall from a single storm, nearly 52 inches in cedar bayou. The storm has dumped 19 trillion gallons of water just since last friday. Thats 1. 5 million gallons for every person in south texas. Tropical storm harvey, once a category four hurricane, is expected to make another landfall overnight in louisiana. And, nor
Monitoring the crisis caught in his own fire storm over who he just pardoned. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this special edition of world news tonight this saturday. Im tom llamas, and we begin tonight with breaking news as we come on the air. Hurricane harvey, the state of emergency along the gulf coast. Harvey coming to shore in texas as a category 4. The storm turning deadly. Images of the devastation. Coming in all day, you see them there. Homes and buildings in rockport absolutely destroyed. You can see so many of the structures leveled. Harvey also blamed for several reported tornadoes striking the region, including this one in cyprus, texas. And take a look at this video shot overnight as harvey hit with full force, winds up to 130 miles per hour, debris flying through the air near rockport. At this hour, harvey downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it moves inland towards its next target. We do have team coverage. Our crews are positioned throughout the area. We start with
Well congratulate each other when it is all finished. The coordination as much as anything else, everybody is talking about, the coordination has been beautiful to watch. So to the two of you in particular, i want to say congratulations, thank you very much. Coming up, well talk to the mayor of Corpus Christi who was there with the president yesterday. And flood fight, the politics of Disaster Relief gets personal with texas senator ted cruz who voted against federal aid after hurricane sandy, something the governor of new jersey hasnt forgotten. So word association. That was, you know, he talked about playing politics, thats what he did, with peoples lives in 2012, 2013. He was playing politics to make himself try to look like the most conservative but ted cruz good day. Im casey hunt in for Andrea Mitchell. Continuing our breaking News Coverage of Tropical Storm harveys push across the gulf coast and the damage left in its wake. The storm that first touched down friday night in Corpu
Outages and it will still be several days, perhaps before those outages could be addressed. Texas Governor Greg Abbott there and brandnew information on the strength of the storm. Lets bring in shanna mendio. What is the latest on this. I know it is down to a Tropical Storm. But that is nothing to take lightly. That is right, alex. Lets take a look at the currents on this storm. Downgraded to a Tropical Storm. And all that means is the winds have died down a little bit but the rain just embedded in this storm, enough to produce that heavy flooding that were expecting for the next few days. It is stationary. So it is not moving. That is a big problem. Because when you get rain over the same amount of area, at one time, again, that is a lot of rain that happens. And well expect this for a couple of days. Right now the location is 45 miles northwest of victoria, texas. Winds are dying down to 65 miles per hour. But Strong Enough again to uproot the trees and take down power lines and caus