If either of these reservoirs were to breach their berms, look what is out there . 3,000 homes and residences out there, all in jeopardy. That is what is threatened at this hour. Already water is going out the spillway, crossing what is route 6 out there. That road out there is route 6. Already water overbreaching that. And headed into those homes. Theyre hoping though, that is as bad as it gets. It is pretty bad. Well show you next hour what that looks like. For now, it holding. They hope it continues to hold. Neil jeff, thank you, very, very much. By the way to jeffs point, it rice it is really not just houston but Hillary Vaughn is here. Hi, hillary. Reporter they got off one of people just rescued. They were waiting since 4 00 a. M. For a response. What did you feel waiting for the rescue crew . Obviously keeping the girls safe. Luckily were in a second story home. We hunkered down there. We wanted older neighbors to get out first. Were ablebodied, so. Reporter what did you decide
Round 2 threat may push rain levels above 50 in houston surpassing a record set in 1954, all american storms ever. Levees have spilled over after reaching capacity three hours ago. Breakages at key dams. In a cruel twist of fate on the 12year anniversary of hurricane katrina. Louisiana is preparing. They are about to get whipped by the storm. You see the pictures of people filling sandbags. Flood warnings already. Some watches in place and katrinaravaged new orleans, braces for impact with. All of that, a diplomatic storm swirling as north korea saberrattling turns to outright jabbing and poking. Kim jonguns regime shooting off a new missile test that sailed over northern japan. Which nation will he target next . By the way, we want to let our viewers know, we are waiting for President Trump to arrive in austin, texas here, was already in Corpus Christi, continuing his tour of the Harvey Disaster relief efforts and then heading to the white house where north korea has to be at the fore
Obrien all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, but officials have confirmed four deaths. Much as 30 more than 1700 square miles and is home to heat advisory is now under water. And more and more is washing into the city itself. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts of downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dump trucks heading for higher ground. Some waited until morning, only to see the water climb higher. It quit rain
Airports and the two major airports in houston that are closed. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Such a busy Tuesday Morning. Were thankful that youre with us. Im Gasia Mikaelian. Good morning. Im dave clark. The weather is a big part of our weather and weather around the country. A big part of our day. Steve paulson knows everything. Well, dave, im going to defer to gasia for a couple of things. Yeah. Khou. Yes. They have handed it off to dallas because they are flooded. Completely flooded. The water went into the lobby. Theyre in downtown houston. Im not surprised. The main dam there is houston dam. I believe so. They are releasing water. Nowhere for it to go. Nowhere for it to go. The bayous are flooded. Flat as a pancake. Yeah. Some of the pictures coming in now. Hard to see. Unbelievable. We will get to it. Our weather will be thank you, gasia will be cooler for just about everybody. Steve, there is fog out here in livermore. If fog makes it to livermore, that means that just about eve
Obrien all that and more, major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, and officials have confirmed four deaths, but expect more. One town east of houston has already gotten nearly 52 inches of rain, a record for the u. S. Mainland. As much as 30 of harris county, which covers some 1,700 miles and is home to houston, is now under water, and more and more is washing into the city itselfg p. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts o downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dum