Minutes. Were focusing this morning on what is happening with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. And this morning, a lot of that focus is in houston. Lets take you there and just in the last 30 minutes, houstons police chief has said they have completed 2,000 rescue missions. Fema officials estimate at least 30,000 residents will have to stay in shelters temporarily because of the catastrophic flooding. And that flooding is expected to persist. Its going to recede slowly. Rain has been pounding up to 50 counties throughout texas since friday. Officials also say refineries have voluntarily shut down. Flash flood watches have been issued in austin and also in alexandria, louisiana. A Tropical Storm warning remains in effect in houston and victoria, and parts of texas are still expecting another 25 inches of rain. Meanwhile, President Trump is at the white house this morning after spending the weekend at camp david, monitoring the latest developments in texas in the aftermath of harvey. T
Spots, the altamont pass, 2 to 5 miles per hour, but angel island, 16 to 27 miles per hour. You can see kind of a tale of two forecasts there. As the heat is really going to be stuck inland today. And around the bay, but not at the coast. Were starting off your 12hour day planner, 56 to 66. Midto upper 60s at the coast today. 82 to 86 around the bay from noon to 4 00. 96 at noon. Well be at 60 at the coast, 70s around the bay, 80s and 90s inland still at 7 00 on this spare the air day. More on that coming up. Okay, we want to begin with developing news out of texas. Search and rescue efforts continue this morning in the hardest hit areas of the state after hurricane harvey. This morning, houstons police chief says they have completed 2,000 rescue missions so far. Fema officials estimate at least 30,000 residents will have to stay in shelters temporarily because of the catastrophic flooding. That flooding is expected to continue. And it will only recede slowly. Rain has been pounding up
Tropical storm harvey keeps pounding texas and even though it is heading slowly back to the gulf of mexico over 25 inches of rain had fallen in galveston and houston. The flooding could get worse as it keeps raining and the army corps of engineers began releasing water from the reservoirs this morning and that is adding to the water that has already turned streets into rivers. Fema administrator brock long has almost 5000 female employees helping the storm victims fema employees helping the storm victims. We are deep into the Safety Mission ofs with water rescue along with search and rescue. President trump planning on flying to texas tomorrow to see the damage firsthand, and in minutes we get a live report from doug luzader in houston. There have been over 2000 rescue missions in texas, and expected to continue through the day with the u. S. Coast guard using helicopters to get the people off of the rooftops, out of the flooded streets, and apply them to safety. Highways above the flo
Excessive heat warning. Looking at the shade of orange, that is a heat advisory for the bayside communities as well as portions of the north bay, sonoma, and very widespread. With that said we take a look at these shades of orange, a reminder to stay hydrated and out of the sun if you can. Thankfully a lot of people were able to escape the heat by staying indoors but today folks are back to work and some of us have to be outdoors, construction workers and postal carriers. Just take it easy. The sparetheair day is today and if you suffer from respiratory issues, and the inner east bay in the Santa Clara Valley are up above the 100 threshold. When we come back we will take a look at your extended forecast with temperatures slowly drifting down but coming up back at the end of the week. The intense heat is causing concern and allie rasmus is live in downtown livermore and bad for the firefighters battling the brush fire. It impacts everyone. Reporter the businesses and local shops, and fi
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