Been rescued in the houston area alone. Abc 7 News Reporter maggie ruehly is tracking the latest live in houston. Maggie . Reporter we are getting hit with more rain and wind here in houston, and were expecting another band of heavy rain coming our way only adding to an already catastrophic situation. The countrys fourth largest city remains under water. With more heavy rain expected, the city could be soaked with up to 50 inches. This is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this. You could not draw this forecast up. You could not dream this forecast up. Then today a new problem. Officials say city dams built to protect downtown houston against a 1,000year flooding event are nearing capacity. The reservoirs are rising at more than 4 inches an hour. We have dam Safety Experts monitoring these structures 24 7. Reporter to control the flooding, the army corps of engineers will begin releasing the dams, but first they have to evacuate residents whose homes could get flooded. Th
That is the highest one day total ever. August is the wettest month on record in texas. And to put this in perspective the National Weather Service Today added two new colors to its rainfall charts including light pink which signals 30 inches or more and 40 inches have fallen in dayton, texas. Ten to 20 additional inches are forecast by friday, at least two people have been killed. That number is expected to rise. And there have been thousands of rescues in houston and surrounding towns. Anthony . Mason it must be amazing to see all of this play out in front of you. Harvey blasted ashore friday night as a category four hurricane in rockport, texas. The area was under a mandatory evacuation and about half heeded the call. Today residents returned to pick up the pieces. Jamie yuccas is in rockport tonight. Jamie . Reporter anthony, the response is remarkable, even in an area that was so hard hit, this is the mobile command center. Where officials have been mobilizing for days hoping to g
Easier drive north 101 at 680. Over here the try vap ly. Down toward fremont and nimitz freeway. Bay bridge toll plaza hz a backup. Past the coliseum up a good amount of traffic. Nimitz northbound. Southbound with the headlights. Neither side with any surprises. Breaking news where police say an Early Morning standoff has led to the arrest of a 21yearold man in connection to the killing of a pregnant teenager. This was the seen a couple of hours ago. Luis morales jr. Was taken into custody after a standoff with police. On monday night 18yearold ilaysia mccoy, seven months pregnant, was shot and killed in san pablo. According to the familys gofundme page mccoys baby shower was supposed to be this sunday. Another story were following overnight. Fire investigators are at palo altos iconic Glass Slipper inn this morning. This is new video from the scene after the flames have been extinguished. Officials are trying to figure out what caused the fire at tin on El Camino Real. It started ant
Used to what they were seeing. It was july 26, the last time 76 degrees we hit that number. Today trends are running warmer than 24 hours ago. You wake up and head outside, 60s in a few spots. San jose, in fact the hills around san jose still in the low 70s outside. Here you go for afternoon highs. Mid to upper 90s across the trivalley. San jose, low 90s. Even downtown San Francisco close to 80. Coming up, ill let you know how long the heat will stick around. But right now lets check your morning commute with the crash in san jose with mike. We had reports of a crash over here. The bottom of your screen. Green all over the place. New one pops up in oakland. Latest report from chp. Over here at the 101, 280 680 interchange, activity off the roadway. Our camera is there. You know what, maybe we wont take there we go. Good stuff. Smooth flow of traffic. No flashing lights. Northbound 101 at the 680 280 interchange. Something weve been tracking this morning, breaking news. Search is on for
Last ten days he was driving a nissan. This morning when he was captured he was driving a huh day. Theyre trying to figure out where the cars came from and all kind of details about that. Last time we heard russell was right here at san jose pd being interrogated. Live in san jose, terry mcsweeney. New developments tonight in the brock turner case. He registered with the sheriffs josertment as a sex offender in ohio. A change for the judge who od aenced turner, judge aaron persky. Now judge persky will be working from there. Reporter thats right. He was transferred here by his own request to hear civil trials. We checked in to today on his court room but it was close willed. Brock turner checked in with the Sheriffs Department in ohio as he will have to do every three months for the rest of his life. Brock turner didnt answer any questions as he walked into the Greene County Sheriffs Department in ohio this morning. Brock, you want to apologize to the victim . His mom stood by his side