Good day to you around the world. It is 4 00 a. M. Here in houston, texas. Most people here at this emergency shelter, they are getting sleep, getting a good nights rest for the night. Some who dont have a home to return to but are still thankful that they survived because there are many who did not. The death toll from this storm now stands at 50 people who were killed. One week after harvey made landfall, crews are still dealing with several problems. A second fire that broke out friday at a Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, and more are expected. The immediate area around that factory has been evacuated. The u. S. Environmental protection agency, epa for short, it says it has not detected high levels of toxins in the air. In the meantime, u. S. President donald trump plans to return to texas today marking his second visit after being criticized for the first for not meeting with individuals, the people who were affected by the storm. This time he is expected to meet with victims of t
The hour here in houston. Where floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey may have peaked but new dimensions of the disaster are coming into view and others exploding back to light. Late today the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby was rocked again. You see the fire theres. What began as flooding became a power outage. Cooling equipment shut down. Chemicals heated up and erupted in flames. Thankfully that fire has died down. Officials warn new explosions are about certain. Well have more shortly. It is just one of the string of different developments here tonight that should signal loud and clear this is not over. I know people think the weather is fine and the the rest of the country is moving on. Folks here cant move on. This is not over by any means, including at the airport where gary tuchman discovered an airlift under way. Take a look. It is an emergency airlift. Hurricane victims who have lost their homes, their belongings, everything, bussed to a tarmac at a airport that serves port arthu
Of texas. We spent a lot of time in orange county, texas, right over the border. And there was nowhere to take the evacuate years who were displaced from their homes. They were put in buses, vans, brought over the border and then sheltered in and around lake charles. More than 3,000 evacuate years were housed and you can run into them who are still waiting to be told that its safe enough to go back into their communities to begin the cleanup process. This is an important part of Donald Trumps trip down to this part of the region to thank the people of louisiana for their kind hearts and hard work and of course that help is going to be needed for some time, ana, because the Recovery Process is just beginning. It is going to take some time before everything is back to normal. You know, in texas we were seeing the president crouching down, talking intimately with children, giving hugs and kisses. A lot of smiles, a lot of thank yous. A lot of shaking of the hands. How do you perceive the
Ago flanked by a number of federal fishes. Theres texas senator ted cruz, also senator john cornyn there as well. We saw health and Human Services director, excuse me, hud director dr. Ben carson a few moments ago there. President trump traveling to to Corpus Christi, texas weather first lady melania trump. After Corpus Christi were told he is going to be spending some time in austin, texas, as well. Meanwhile, in houston, officials there saying this is still very much a rescue operation. We have watched rescue after rescue after rescue play out over the last few hours in americas fourth largest city. Houston police have rescued more than 3,500 people so far. The National Weather service says the storm has dropped more than 25 inches of rain since thursday night, more than 2 feet since thursday night, another 10 to 20 inches is expected. Now one of the two rez soirs there in that city designed to control flooding has overtopped its banks. The storm so far has been blamed for at least f
We have been watching this for a few minutes. You can see people right there with a stroller carried out of the water there. Weve also seen people carrying elderly. Weve seen airboats, jet skis, motor boats. 18 wheelers covered past the windows. This is really a remarkable sight in this area. We understand we understand what this is, is people leaving, walking off a nearby interstate. I think we have a wide shot where you can see the scope of what this is. Theres a wider shot of whats going on right now. Again, the airboat driving past there. We have a motor boat, jet skis there. And right in the middle, an 18 wheeler just covered. And then theres the people trying to walk through this, trying to get to safety, trying to help each other out. You can only imagine this scene is being played out across the houston area right now. The rain is still falling, according to hurricane center, it could dump up to 50 inches total. Two reservoirs there are in danger. Were seeing an elderly couple