Landfall. As the National Weather service puts out another Flash Flood Warning around beaumont, texas as residents fight for their lives against another torrential downpour. Thousands of city in houston are looking under a mandatory curfew. Harvey is now marking as the most extreme rain event to ever hit the nation. Now the ninth fatality is reported. Were learning in some of the lives lost among them Houston Police officer Sergeant Steve perez. A 34year veteran who was on his way to help flood victims. We find him and it was too treacherous to go under to look for him. We made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we want to recover him last night we could not put more officers at risk for a recovery mission. Federal and local agencies say over 18,000 people have now been rescued in houston and the surrounding areas, with over 17,000 evacuees in shelters. The floodwaters keep rising, even pouring into this shelter in port arthur, forcing evacu
Raising millions to help all those affected by Hurricane Harvey. And donations are still pouring in. Jason derulo here this morning to do his part. Good morning, america. And youre looking at beaumont, texas, still under water as you can see. Its been almost a week since that deadly storm hit and were seeing an incredible outpouring all across the country for those affected by harvey. People have said that were seeing the worst of Mother Nature and the best of human nature. And the staggering scope this morning, many people still stranded. The coast guard has rescued 9,000 people. And 1,000 pets this week. Nearly 100,000 homes destroyed and that number is likely to rise and perhaps dramatically. Meanwhile, this morning, new fears this is ominous, were watching a major Hurricane Irma intensifying over the atlantic. All this as a new threat of whats left of harvey is still causing so many problems. Lets go to our chief meteorologist ginger zee with new possible flash floods. Ginger. Robi
We are going to continue to work hard and get our island back. A rush in the bay area to help a devastated island as the mayor of puerto ricos urgent city puts out an urgent call tonight. We are dying here and i keep saying it, sos. The shirt the mayor is saying reads help us, we are dying. Hurricane maria pummelled the island 10 days ago and much still doesnt have power and an urgent need of medical supplies. People here are mobilizing to help. Abc News Reporter has the story. Irma is worried sick about her family in puerto rico. This text is the last time she heard from them saying they were okay. Mommy, i love you and im doing everything i can to provide help for my family. She thought the best way to use her time was to raise money so she and her tech colleagues gathered for a burger and beer fundraiser. People are dying. Because of the lack of passion. We as Puerto Ricans have to do something. At the Great American music hall friday night a different fundraiser. All fundraisers wi
Irma is worried sick about her family in puerto rico. This text is the last time she heard from them saying they were okay. Mommy, i love you and im doing everything i can to provide help for my family. She thought the best way to use her time was to raise money so she and her tech colleagues gathered for a burger and beer fundraiser. People are dying. Because of the lack of passion. We as Puerto Ricans have to do something. At the Great American music hall friday night a different fundraiser. All fundraisers will benefit puerto rico. Rosa owns property there. He is concerned for the people badly in need of basic necessities. I have a lot of frustration. We need help right away. We want them to know we have not forgotten about them and we will continue to help out in every single way. However long she is determined to do her part to help the resilient people of puerto rico bounce back and rebuild. In san francisco, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. A tech investor is donating 10 million to re
Palo alto. We are on the campus tonight with reaction from the students and campus ministration. Administration. Reporter while he couldnt get anyone on campus from the campus and ministration to talk to us, they did take a look at these crime reports, and what we can tell you is while the numbers are slightly higher this year, the staff and administration here tell us students have a better understanding on what constitutes a crime and are more likely now to report crimes or underreport crimes on campus. Stanford university released her annual crime data, the numbers are troubling. That is a lot. I mean, how do young girls feel safe and how are they supposed to be here, on campus and going to school . Reporter it is required by federal law, promoting personal safety and crime on campus it provides data. From 2016 show 45 sexual offenses were reported, 33 rapes, and 12 incidents of fondling. In 2015, the numbers are low in lower. The rise in numbers leave students nervous. The increase