The white house is to ask congress for emergency funding. Vice president mike pence says more than 300,000 people have registered for disaster assistance. President trump has pledged 1 million of his own money. And just outside houston, a fire is still burning at a flooded Chemical Plant. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. It is an unsettling sight a fire smouldering in the water. This plant makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. They planned for this, but not well enough. Police have a simple message get out, now. Already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid fears of fumes in the air. I know they got all kinds of chemicals, and ijust dont know which ones is in the water and coming down into my house, which means i got water into the house right now. So its going to be pretty nasty. As specialist teams roll in, the messages coming out are confusing and contradictory. Reports of
The process could take another two weeks. The white house is to ask congress for emergency funding. The Vice President , mike pence, says more than 300,000 people have registered for Disaster Assistance. President trump has pledged a Million Dollars of his own money. And just outside houston, a fire is still burning at a flooded chemical plant. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. It is an unsettling sight a fire smouldering in the water. This plant makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. They planned for this, but not well enough. Police have a simple message get out, now. Already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid fears of fumes in the air. I know they got all kinds of chemicals, and ijust dont know which ones is in the water and coming down into my house, which means i got water into the house right now. So its going to be pretty nasty. As specialist teams roll in, the messag
Of storm harvey, Authorities Say the process could take another two weeks. The white house is to ask congress for emergency funding. Vice president mike pence says more than 300,000 people have registered for disaster assistance. President trump has pledged 1 million of his own money. And just outside houston, a fire is still burning at a flooded chemical plant. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. It is an unsettling sight a fire smouldering in the water. This plant makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. They planned for this, but not well enough. Police have a simple message get out, now. Already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid fears of fumes in the air. I know they got all kinds of chemicals, and ijust dont know which ones is in the water and coming down into my house, which means i got water into the house right now. So its going to be pretty nasty. As specialist teams r
And bodies in the wake of storm harvey, Authorities Say the process could take another two weeks. The white house is to ask congress for emergency funding. Vice president mike pence says more than 300,000 people have registered President Trump has pledged 1 million of his own money. Mike pence has visited rockport to assess the damage. The hospital has been forced to evacuate patients. Nearly one week after Hurricane Harvey brought ashore, the Trump Administration is facing the daunting task of fixing the enormous damage it caused. A single official said around 100,000 homes had been affected. Is it the white house would ask congress for emergency funding to help pay for the recovery. The Vice President mike pence paid a trip to texas to offer moral support. He visited the coastal city of rockport and spoke toa coastal city of rockport and spoke to a crowd outside a church damaged by the storm. The American People are with you. We are here today, we will be here tomorrow, and we will b