We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Meteorologist Melissa Magee will have much more on where harvey is headed next but first to abcs Elizabeth Hur. Shes live in new york with the national outpouring of support for the victims of this flooding catastrophe. Elizabeth. Reporter well, rick and sharrie, the heartbreaking images and the stories coming out of texas have so many people asking how can we help and many of them are turning to social media to mobilize. From missouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast. Be safe out there. Reporter answering the call for help. We need citizens to be involved. This is a landmark event. Reporter fema officials stressing that help isnt just welcomed but necessary. They are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. Reporter and these trained First Responders rescuers and nurses not the only ones signing up. The order that you called in earlier decided to donate the entire. Are you serious. Yes. Reporter businesse
Good morning, we begin with the breaking news and the new flooding emergency as harvey makes landfall moments ago. Its happening right now in the beaumont, port arthur, texas, area east of houston. You can see Tropical Storm harvey swirling over the region which got hit with 25 inches of rain overnight. A near record for a 24hour period and torrential rains along with neighborhoods underwater. Our station in port arthur is Live Streaming their coverage on facebook and people are commenting saying theyre trapped in their homes with nearly five feet of water and there are oreos of dozens of people who are also trapped in a bowling alley. Take a look at this. The port arthur civic center. This was opened as a shelter where people were supposed to come for help. That building is now flooded. You can see the cots surrounded by water as some of the victims are still inside with nowhere least 18 deaths reported there with emergency workers trying to reach more people stranded by water. Anothe
Jumping in the ocean without realizing what was lurking nearby. Good morning to you all. Im diane macedo. And im Kenneth Moton in for kendis gibson. The storm that was once Hurricane Harvey is on the move tearing a new path of destruction through the south. The storm spawned a reported tornado in western alabama damaging several buildings. At least four people have been injured. The torrential rain flooded streets in the memphis area where a tv reporter stopped reporting the news to rescue this woman there stranded in her car. Some voluntary evacuations were also issued in nashville. The storm is now moving northeast through kentucky. More flash flood watches have been issued. In the southeast part of texas more people are trapped in floodwaters and more evacuations have been ordered as the city of beaumont faces a second day without its water supply because the pumps are flooded. The military is now rushing in fresh water to the nearly 120,000 residents there. Even rushing in the wate
Into delaware and south jersey. Now, lets talk about irma. This storm bombed out over the past 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds 185 miles per hour. This is a strong category five hurricane. If you look at it you can see the eye of the storm clearly well defined wraparound convection thunderstorms and its very close to antigua. Its only about 135 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands continuing to move to the west. To put this in perspective weve only had one storm in recorded history stronger than irma. That was allen back in 1980. Ill talk about the latest path of irma and what it means for the u. S. Coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Monica and rick. Thank you, cecily. With irma bearing down on the united states, preparations are well under way in the miami area tonight. Folks are stocking up onas, water, food and the cash in the event that south florida does take a direct hit. And in texas, the recovery continues more than a week after Hurricane Harvey hits gulf coast
To do the right thing for america, the right thing for these young people and their families and to pass the d. R. E. A. M. Act to make it the law of the land and to do it now. Reporter but the political football offering little comfort to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants, some now facing a forced return to countries they have never known. Were humans, too. We live here. This is our homeland. Reporter former president obama promised to weigh in if daca was ever rescinded and today he did just that on facebook calling it a cruel decision and saying that its time for congress to protect the d. R. E. A. M. Ers. In washington, emily rau, abc and former president obama wrote lets be clear, the action taken today isnt required legally. Its a political decision and a moral question. Whatever concerns or complaints americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldnt threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own. Team coverage conti