out. but it is going to take some time for these lower-lying areas, like this intersection back here in the neighborhood we re in. this is huffman, texas, about 30 miles east of houston. the whole intersection you see back there is submerged. and you have homes down there that also have water inside. the heaviest of the rainfall actually came down in communities like this, further east and north of the houston metro area. near beaumont, port arthur, for example, more than 2 feet of rain came down in 48 hours, 2 feet in isolated spots. and sadly, as you heard, so many people have been through this just two years ago. got flooded in harvey last year or two a year and a half ago. and we got about 2 inches in our house. my house was the last house to flood in this neighborhood.
feet of rain fell in some parts of the state. that in just three days. cnn s ryan young is on the ground in huffman, texas. this is a state still very much recovering from hurricane harvey, in particular the area where you are right now. that hurricane devastated the region. how bad is the damage that you re seeing now? what are people telling you? . reporter: you know, people are trying to assess the damage. one of the things we talked about, especially in houston, about 30 miles away, a lot of cars have been towed off the road. they ve been able to get the cars even back to some of their owners. not sure how they re going to work. if you look at this, this neighborhood had to have people rescued from it because the water was rising so quickly. if you even see the water now, this is a lot less than what was here 24 hours ago. in fact, in the last hour, we watched people wading through this water to try to get home. what are they trying to assess? how bad the damage is inside their
police say they ve towed more than 1600 cars and are working to reunite them with their owners. interstate 10 shut down, a lose barge crashed into the bridge smashing support beaches. underpasses cracking to the pressure. some texans who lived through hurricane harvey s devastation just two years ago starting over again. it s hard breaking, you know? to lose everything twice. they can still see the water is that front door right there. the big issue, a lot of people haven t had a chance to go into their homes to assess it for themselves. they re worried about what will be left when they go back inside. ryan young, cnn, huffman, texas. derek van dam is with us. you covered harvey two years ago. and it was said back then if houston doesn t build back its resilience, it will happen again.
in huffman that is totally submerged and there are homes in the lower elevation with water inside. further east towards beaumont, the west in the eastbound lanes of interstate ten, a major artery running east and west, after two barges slammed into the concrete pilings in the river below after those vessels broke free during the storm. nine of them work around, and no timeline, when the interstate will reopen. everyone we met since we have been on the ground, it is too familiar. we got flooded in harvey last
texas authorities now blame the remnants of tropical storm imelda for at least five deaths. the houston area is facing a long recovery. the storm buried some communities beneath more than 40 inches of rain. floodwaters damaged hundreds of homes, many of them just recently rebuilt after hurricane harvey. yesterday we had flooding in the house, came from the back, and then so all our floors got damaged, but then this morning well last night it wasn t in the house coming the other way, but when we went to bed and woke up this morning then we saw all this. we lost the whole first floor from harvey. two years later we don t want to go through this again. jon: casey ste gal is reporting from huffman, texas. casey? good evening from a region that s still very much in recovery mode tonight as the rain has pretty much moved out for the most part which is allowing things to start drying out. but it is going to take some