they say this is an area that has never flooded, at least in their memory. and we re as we talk to these folks and we ll try to do it a little bit more if we can walk back that way. we see national guard vehicle backing up to load in more of these trapped residents. we should see that unfolding in the next minute or so as they get back to dry land or not really dry land but at least someplace where they can actually walk. so yes, this is many of these neighborhoods, we re talking this is heavily populated area of houston, just around katy, the i-10 area just outside the 610 loop, and highway 6, major artery in this part of town shut down right now. you can t see how much water is here. they expect this to grow. they expect this to get worse and worse as these rivers keep rising and again, the concern is for the attucks reservoir, what it does to the south side as well even though we ll start to
you doing okay? i m doing all right. you glad to get out? i m happy. glad to be alive. thank you very much. this is a developing situation as you see this right a little you see how much water is here, we re not going to walk all the way in, but this if we can walk let s go over here. attucks reservoir is overtopping, and there you see coast guard, helicopter coming up hipd me. air rescues have been going on over and over again through the morning. the concern is from residents on the south side of the reservoir, how exactly this will affect tens of thousands of people and neighborhoods along buffalo bay bayou. we re on the north side. this isn t a concern so much here but there s still plenty of water and flood control officials say there is no precedent for this. the question is how if the water
joined us, tell us what we re looking at. reporter: here, ali, we re here on the northwest side of houston just north of i-10 near highway 6. highway 6 is shut down. it s north of the attucks reservoir. a lot of these residents are wondering how the overtopping of that reservoir will affect them. forgive me, we re trying to navigate around high water here be careful. don t want to step in the wrong direction. night cameraman aaron sasen is keeping us all together. i want to try and speak with these family members but being very cognizant of the fact that this is very difficult situation for them. we ll stick with you, you do what s necessary. reporter: hold on one second here. let me try and find out i ll walk over here and see if any of these people want to talk. all ali, would you mind narrating them some of them these people have just come
many people. you know the more you bring in is one less person they are able to save. you can see where the level of the water is there, the water is up to everybody s else. you can see the national guard truck. the water is almost overtopping the tires. i guess the issue is, even if you have a foot of water in your house, you have seen enough of the stories of people gaining water quickly. you know the attucks reservoir is overtopping and continuing to release water and the rain will come down until thursday afternoon or thursday night. i think people they must be fearful they are going to get stuck, if they don t leave their houses reporter: that s exactly right. and it s better not to chance it. yesterday we were in bay city, texas and it was a situation where yes, we could get around and there was a highway leading into bay city, but the authorities there were saying, the water might crest in the next day or two and we don t know how quickly it is going to come up. as we we