out. we are all taken care of each other. we have three cars out to just a little bit ago which was a really big deal. reporter: the storm dumped more than three and a half inches of rain here funneling mud right into this low-lying community. i have to say the response of the community members helping one another has been unbelievable. reporter: mayor rita lamb says the mud and muck trapped people in their homes and rescuers had to get creative using a front loader to carry a group of seniors to safety. talk about thinking out-of-the-box, and those residents are safely relocated and safe and sound. and those pictures, they are worth a thousand words. reporter: in the mountains of san bernardino, others are struggling to take dirt and rocks and other debris that came crashing down. also an airline scare during the storm. holy [bleep]. reporter: sparks flew as an alaska airlines flight made a hard landing at john wayne airport in southern california the landing gear fail
parents of the children who rush to find their children nearby. after it happened, i saw it on its side. they were putting kids on stretchers. they had leg braces and neck braces, it s not something you will want to prepare yourself for. reporter: nearly all the injured children have been released from the hospital. police say there could be charges ahead. the crash remains under investigation, norah. norah: nancy chen, thank you. we are just learning new details about donald trump s plans to surrender to authorities in georgia. sources tell cbs news that the president will turn himself in thursday night. he is facing charges related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. cbs s nikole killion report some of trump s 18 codefendants surrendering today. reporter: john eastman, one of the alleged architects of donald trump s strategy to do useful selectors to overturn the 2020 election was one of the first to surrender at the fulton county jail. i am confid
this is not a sign of progress. this is a sign of a crises, the greatest i believe humanitarian crisis the city has ever witnessed. reporter: it has been difficult for the city to find space, leaving at one point dozens waiting outside and even sleeping on sidewalks at the roosevelt hotel that has now been converted into an intake center. new york city projects they could spend up to $12 billion on the crisis over the next three years. the situation so dire the mayor is also considering using a closed federal prison as an option. everything is on the table. i want to be clear on that. everything is on the table, because when people come here, the last stop is for someone to sleep on the street. reporter: the mayor wants the biden administration to intervene and grants migrants the right to work. what would you say to president biden if he is listening right now? the precursor to enjoy the
rise. an excessive heat warning goes into effect tomorrow when this region could feel as high as 115 degrees. the sun is a little intense. reporter: conditions could get dangerous especially for schools without adequate air conditioning. some are starting late or moving to remote learning. it makes it a hard environment for the kids to learn in. reporter: in kansas city it feels like temperatures soared to 116. and in minneapolis, 113. reporter: back in corpus christi, more than 9,000 customers remain without power. and you can see behind me, those waves are still crashing ashore. we are still feeling some intermittent rains, and of course those wind gusts continued to beat down on corpus christi. norah, back to you. norah: matt dougherty, thank you. we are tracking the storm and that extreme heat, so let s bring a meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. reporter: good evening,
missing. around 850 people are still unaccounted for. we are hurting because not only have we lost our historical places and our homes, but we have lost our loved ones. reporter: and tonight there is new concern over how aware maui county officials were of the conditions on the ground august 8th, in part because of this interview mayor richard bissen gave to local staion kitv just after 6:00 p.m. i m happy to report that the road is open to and from lahaina. reporter: but by this point the fire had already spread into downtown lahaina. oh, my god, i can t see anything. we are surrounded by [bleep] fire. reporter: the mayor unaware that much of downtown was ablaze. and many residents were either caught in or were fleeing the flames. we have reports of structures, older buildings that have been burnt in lahaina. we actually our update is going to come in at about 7:00 p.m. reporter: and late to comprehend just how devastating the fires actually were. and we reached out