Firing of a missile over japan, the u. N. Now condemning this latest test but isnt taking any action. Good morning, everyone, its august 29th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin along id Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. Harvey will make landfall once again as some towns on the edge have measured 50 inches of rain. With the president s and first ladys visit yesterday, the situation became more dire for many in the city and across south texas. In all, there have been nearly 19,000 Water Rescues across south texas as of last night. The death toll has climbed once more, now to nine. But images are circulating across social media. Along those killed, Houston Police officer Sergeant Steve perez. The chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived
media asking for help, asking for help in their elderly parents or people who live there. There is one house i was able to find the address for. This is a house in beaumont. A street map before the storm. There are people as of an hour ago on the roo
Do, we have a Customer Service hot line that we turned into a nonemergency call center, and weve asked the residents if they need to be rescued and its not an emergency, or if they think they might need to be rescued, that they call that 311. Most of the people unless they get hit later or are near the river. W we are prioritizing those, the residents that can get out of their homes, like i said, were prioritizing them. And also we they do know that we will wait until daybreak. Because of the standing water, so many of the streets and the
typically shelter in beaumont. We have three shelters open, they will not at capacity until they started to get at capacity, well look at opening another shelter. A shelter, you dont just put up there and ask people to come. You have to have supplies, cots, blankets, and someone that knows how to run it. And the red cross, because of all the devastation in texas is very, very limited resources for them, too. So i think that would be our biggest issue,