Were lye in the cnn newsroom. Thanks for being with us. It is a storm for the record books. Harvey living up to all of the fears and the predictions by bringing catastrophic flooding to parts of texas, including the nations fourth largest city. Around 3,000 National Guard members have been activated as water fills home and streets. Some families desperate to get to Higher Ground for forced to use axes to chop their way out of their attics and on to the roofs of their homes. Pets are being carried in coolers as people with forced to wade through waist high water trying to get to safety. The two major airports are closed, every single highway in the state is under water and its only going to get worse saying that the breadth and intensity of the rainfall is beyond anything ever experienced before. Cnn was there when an a dramatic
rescue took place in dickinson. Were live. Ed, what is the latest that youre seeing . Actually were going to show you the video of the moment when it happened.
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last year, in april 2016 when we faced the flood, we had a number of people at the campbell center that went quite smoothly and we transitioned them from the shelter and put them into temporary housing and eventually into permanent housing. the reality is that because of the wide spread flooding that has taken place, the last day or so. there are a number of people that don t have a place to go. and many of the people, for example, that went to the george l. brown today, they came today in wet clothes. they don t have a place to go. the stress level for them is great. many people were in homes with water. okay. some of them were senior citizens. some of them have families. some of them have pets.
from inside the church that we shot a little while ago which shows the area where about two dozen people spent the night seeking refuge from the bitter, bitter cold. this church tells us they plan to open up their doors again tonight to do the same. to help out people who don t have a place to go. schools here in atlanta were closed today. there are several other school districts throughout the south, including in states like alabama, tennessee, north carolina, that also closed today, just because of how cold it is in the south. this is unusual for this area. here in atlanta, just so you have an idea, the average temperature this time of year is in the 50s. suzanne, we are not going to be anywhere near that today. all right. we certainly wish them the best, if they get inside and stay inside. it is deadly cold today. thank you, alina. appreciate it. poachers have almost wiped out africa s elephant population all in the name of selling precious ivory. our own arwa damon goes inside