Over japan. 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 advised to shelter in place, and stay off the roads as the flooding disaster unfolds. The storm claiming even more lives and just behind me, you can see downtown houston, and where the Buffalo Bayou meets downtown, but there is so much water here. You cant tell where downtown ends and the bayou starts, and 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, rescues. You see right there, an armada of volunteers with boats. Th tens of thousands of people under evacuations. The rivers still rising and this dangerous development, two reservoirs threatening to spill. Tonight, there have been more than 4,000 high water rescues. More than 30,00
Oil and gas this morning, you have a drop in oil prices. Gasoline prices have hit a twoyear high following not storm. Futures are showing this common stocks to start the new weekend. 18point loss on the dow futures come a loss across the board. In europe, stocks are heading lower as well. Losses at the biggest loser being the dax in germany. In asia overnight, markets mixed. We had games on the hang seng in hong kong and shanghai 1 . Breaking down the board vote in the richer task of juggling faces a hard. So much more this morning. Come and morning. Come and enjoy the music pollster ed the same ski partner and editor we will be breaking down the business impact. A lot of terrific guest coming up this morning as well. Retired Army Lieutenant general Hurricane Katrina joint Task Force Commander russell honore. Retired Lieutenant Colonel allen west and attorney general of texas, ken paxton. This gentleman will all be here. Right here right now, catastrophic flooding in houston. Tropical
New evacuations just ordered. More days of flooding rains ahead, the worst far from over. Lives hanging in the balance. The race against time right now. Announcer this a special edition of Good Morning America, disaster in texas, flooding catastrophe. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Youre looking live at a neighborhood in texas. The rain still coming down. Its far from over. More than 2,000 rescues in the houston area. Many residents still stranded. This shows flood victims waiting to be rescued. Take a look at some of these before and after images, truly stunning. This is the interstate before harvey and just a few hours later look at that. The rising water almost all the way up to that sign and then take a look at the runway at Hobby Airport before and now it is completely under water. Heres what we know this morning. At least five deaths so far have been blamed on the storm. Up to 50 inches of rainfall in the storm zone. Fema has been deployed to to the scene. The governor
More days of flooding rains ahead. The worst far from over. Lives hanging in the balance. The race against time right now. And, good morning, america. You are looking live now at houston, texas, that is a neighborhood of meyerland. Entire neighbors under water as you can see. The rain still coming down. Thats drone footage of the city as well right now. The rain is coming down. Houses just about submerged. We have never seen anything like this. Incredible all the video and images coming in and, of course, harvey is still wreaking havoc on the fourth largest city in america and as beef been saying it is far from over. Much more rain to come. More than 2,000 rescues. Take a look at this video from overnight. That man just holding on to his car waiting to be rescued as the current threatens to keep him away. More rescues still going on right now. Well talk to the police chief about that in a moment. Take a look at some of these before and after images, truly st stunning. This is the inter
Millions are waking up to rising flood waters and onslaught of rain and at least three deaths have been linked to harvey and all out search is under way after six members of a family tried to escape harvey and there is a search for them. About 280,000 are without power in the state. Over 2,000 individuals have been rescued. The National Guard roughly 12,000 now mobiled while citizen rescuers plunging themselves in the water to help where they can. Heres Texas Governor greg abbott. If not the largest, has to be categorized as one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. And to see the Swift Response from the federal government is pretty much unparalleled. When all is said and done, fema predicts over 450,000 people will register as disaster victims. Nbcs dylan drier is in the houston this morning. Dylan, no letting it up it seems right behind you its coming down hard. Guys, it certainly is, frances. We were in this location yesterday leading up to nightly news and we were seeing