Areas, up to 35 inches of rain, because this is a massive rain making system, and due to complicated weather patterns, chad can explain, itll probably stall out in texas. Weve lost power to 63,000 homes in this area, thats Corpus Christi, theyve put together a boil order, thats a recaution, with so much water around here, essentially the citys Drinking Water could be contaminated. And the wind are not expected to dramatically die down any time soon. So, the hard shp really is not coming to a end, were shifting to a more difficult phase. Martin, well have chad along in a moment, there are 131 Miles Per Hour winds. How does this compare to the other hurricanes youve covered. You and i have both been out in a lot of them. Time. Because if the water does pile up as is expected, it could cut off not only rescue efforts to come in but Escape Routes to get out. Thats what you saw in new orleans after katrina. This is not a katrina, its a very different circumstance, but the danger is extremel
Istanbul very popular with tourists and most those killed were german citizens. Reporter we understand nine out of the ten killed were german citizens. This area was popular with tourists and locals. It really is in the heart of downtown istanbul and its heavy guarded, an area where there is a lot of security. It demonstrates how vulnerable turkey is to a terror attack. There is a big uptick in the terror attacks the last months. A few months ago we saw more than 100 killed in ankara after isis launched an attack and its believed isis was behind todays attack as well. Officials pointing the finger at isis and a syrian man blew up a suicide belt in this downtown is and bult market area. Istanbul and turkey have changed in the last few months as isis has launched these attacks in turkey. For a long time turkey viewed isis as a partner. Isis has begun to hit against turkey as turkey has begun to allow the United States access to its air air space to strike against isis. Turkey is beginnin
Elizabeth it is, it is. Leland its terrible. It really is. And the worst is yet to come. Im leland vittert. Elizabeth im elizabeth prann. Hurricane harvey hit over texas towns and its over a big part of the state dropping rain. Its not going anywhere soon. Leland this is video coming from the port aransas fire department. You can see those squad cars headed in, lights and sirens on. Last night around 10 00 or 11 00 the Port Aransas Police department tweeted out that they could not receive 911 calls. All their communications were down and they, themselves, have hunkered down essentially telling folks in the path of this storm, you are on your own and thats very close to where the eyewall passed over and now theyre headed in just after day break to begin figuring out what went wrong and the damage that is in their city. So often now, its after the storm. Youve got the flooding, youve got live electrical wires that are down. You have gators that are now out in these flood waters and debri
Leaving devastating floods and destruction in its path. One death so far. Harvey continues to move across the gulf south as officials warn the worst may not be over yet. Our biggest concern is the possibility of between and 30 more inches of rain in areas ranging from Corpus Christi over to houston. And as the white house coordinates the federal response, another storm, if you will, brewing on capitol hill after some controversial comments and orders from the commander in chief. Well have all of that. But were going to start in texas where Tropical Storm harvey now is continuing to barrel over the state after making landfall overnight. And so far we know that one approximate earn is dead and at least 12 more are injured. Harvey is now packing 70 mile per hour winds a decrease from itll dangerous 130mileperhour gusts that we were seeing just hours earlier. Search and rescue missions and cleanup efforts are already beginning if parts of the state but officials are warning residents in th
I dont think we have a piece of furniture in this house that is not damaged. And war games. A show of force on the Korean Peninsula with the u. S. Buzzing the north with supersonic bombers in a joint operation with south korea that is designed to send a message to kim jongun as tensions rise in the region. The point of this drill is for u. S. And south korea marines to train together, to see each others skills in case they need to fight north korea together, training that has a renewed urgency now. Good day. Im casey hunt in for Andrea Mitchell, following the breaking news on tropical depression harvey from multiple fronts. First, those ongoing concerns surrounding the arkema Chemical Plant near houston. Officials say excess pressure inside the chemical containers at the plant caused ruptures that led to overnight fires. 15 local deputies were treated and then released at a local hospital for smoke inhalation. The key concern right now is the temperature of the chemicals inside the pla