North korea firing a missile over japan. And good evening. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of world news tonight this monday. Im tom llamas in for david, and tonight, greater houston remains paralyzed. A region of 6. 8 Million People advised to shelter in place, and stay off the roads as the flooding disaster unfolds. The storm claiming even more lives and just behind me, you can see downtown houston, and where the Buffalo Bayou meets downtown, but there is so much water here. You cant tell where downtown ends and the bayou starts, and with all the help coming in from the federal and state governments and from california to rhode island, its still not enough. Neighbors and strangers pitching in. For a third brutal day, rescues. You see right there, an armada of volunteers with boats. Th tens of thousands of people under evacuations. The rivers still rising and this dangerous development, two reservoirs threatening to spill. Tonight, there have been more than 4,000 high w
And good evening. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of world news tonight this monday. Im tom llamas in for david, and tonight, greater houston remains paralyzed. A region of 6. 8 Million People sheltering in place as the flooding disaster unfolds. Behind me, this is the buffalo bayou, but you cant tell where downtown ends, and where the bayou starts. With all the help coming in from the federal and state governments and from california to rhode island, its still not enough. Neighbors and strangers pitching in. For a third brutal day, torrential rain. People rescued from their flooded homes by rescue teams. And you see it right there, an armada of volunteers with boats. Tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuations. Tonight, there have been more than 4,000 high water rescues. More than 30,000 people are now expected in shelters, and 12,000 Texas National guard members have been called up. Thats every Service Member who is available to serve, and tonight, the city
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they can t sit in these homes anymore with this water rising. reporter: thousands rescued by boat. more than 300 by helicopter. this is the water. reporter: iashia nelson stranded with her children on her roof. there s water everywhere. we have nowhere to go. i have all my children, i lost everything. i have nothing but the clothes on my back. please help us. i m scared. reporter: hours later, finally rescued. to give you an idea of how paralyzed houston is right now, look at this. the public transportation system is frozen. this is a line of city buses. it stretches as far as the eye can see behind me, and all the way in front of us. the texas governor activating all 12,000 members of the national guard. emergency responder frequencies overwhelmed. there are two adolescent boys in kayaks that are missing that cannot swim along with a family of three that s stuck in high water. reporter: houston s own citizens are stepping in to help save each other. can you help us out?
12 years ago in new orleans? it brought back all memories. like i said, i m going to have to get counseling or something. even as i lay down to take or try to go to sleep, it s still on my mind. then my baby, he s sleeping. he wake up out of his sleep. when we were upstairs trying to get rescued, i grabbed him and picked him up. now he s jumpy a little bit. i don t know how my boys are going to act after this. i don t know if it took a toll on them, too. iashia nelson, we are glad you are safe. you saved a lot of lives in houston. we hope you get the help you need, soon. thanks so much for being with