Proportions. A dire situation expected to get even worse today wednesday, august 30th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special of today, the impact of Hurricane Harvey with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz and. Good morning. Welcome today. We have craig in for matt once again. Hard to believe this storm is still sitting on top of the gulf of mexico. Another busy morning. Lets get right to the latest on harvey. After making its third landfall just north of cameron, louisiana. More than 51 inches of rain has already fallen, its still coming down hard in places like beaumont, texas opini. That region seeing a years worth of rain. The official death toll is up to at least ten overnight with an undetermined number of people still missing. An overnight curfew is now being enforced in houston, amid disturbing reports that people are going door to door as policemen to lure them out to rob them. Reporter there are concerns that so much rain has fallen so qu
Savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So good to have you with us on thursday morning. We have craig in for matt once again. For the first time in a week, for the first time in a week, the rain has finally stopped, but of course harveys fury is still being felt across the gulf coast. Lets get to the latest. Breaking news in crosby, texas, just outside houston. Thats where fire is burning at a Chemical Plant following two overnight explosions. Its owners had warned they were unavoidable after the facility lost power and its ability to cool those potentially volatile materials. Well go to crosby live in a moment. At least 28 deaths are being blamed on the storm, but that number is expected to climb sharply in the coming days. Houstons Fire Department is beginning a blockbyblock search of thousands of flooded homes today. In texas alone, 25,000 water rescues alone have been carried out since the storm started with Ongoing Op
In our hour of need. And today, isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. Hes on duty right now, and hes joined us here today for the ceremony. And this morning, all of us and all of america thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . [ applause ] thank you. Thank you, isaac. Thank you. To isaac and to every First Responder and survivor of the attack, you carry on the legacy of the friends you lost, you keep alive the memory of those who perished, and you make america proud, very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that its with a pained and heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so, by choosing to persevere through the grief, the sorrow, you honor your heroes, you renew our courage, and you strengthen all of us. You really do. You strengthen all of us. Here on the west side of the pentagon, terrorists tried to break our resolve. Its not going to happen. But where they left a mark with fire and r
Is a special edition of today Hurricane Irma with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Yes, welcome to this special edition of today on a monday morning. Were going to be with you for several hours this morning trying to figure out whats happening with this storm, where shes going, and what shes left behind. Its been a long night, long weekend for our friends in florida. Lets get to where things stand with Hurricane Irma. Its a category 1 storm now packing 75 mileanhour winds still. We are waiting an updating from the National Hurricane center. Theyll give a sense of where its headed. We were talking 140 miles an hour yesterday down to 75 today. It can still do damage. Nearly 5 Million People without power this morning. Record Power Outages for the state of florida. People could be in the dark for awhile. Florida power and light is warning customers this is not going to take just a couple of days to restore. This will tak
Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbs nigt laey nec nigh kate snow. Good evening. A massive storm system over the center of the country brought misery to parts of 16 states this weekend. Late word tonight at least 12 now dead as a result of those storms. Rain and floods in the Mississippi River valley, tornadoes to the south, even blizzard conditions in parts of kansas. In texas, communities are mourning, and the damage from yesterdays storms is extensive. And today, another outbreak of at least 11 tornadoes across mississippi and alabama. The radar map shows the threat of tornadoes now moving east with another round of Severe Weather expected tomorrow in parts of pennsylvania and upstate new york. Our team is covering the latest from the region this evening. We begin with Gabe Gutierrez outside dallas. Gabe . Reporter kate, good evening. Authorities here spent the day urgently searching for more victims. Thousands of people are st