We saw some of that flooding all over the roadways. Now were talking about major highways, i10 south of here. 69 is closed. Beaumont becoming its own mini island, and in very many places across jefferson county, you have islands just trying to get help to them, because there are so many rivers that are passing through. Rivers that used to be streamtr like this street behind me. You see the water coming off the street there. Thats traveling into a drainage ditch, and this is the problem. We just saw a man try to cross the drainage ditch. He thought it was a street. He was almost washed away before our eyes. He was able to swim right back up before the current took him away. That is why police are saying here in southeast, texas, this is not over by any means. The brunt of the storm may be head thing way right now. Drew griffin in beaumont. Emergency services and possible rescues to go into Eastern Parts of texas into western louisiana. We thought new orleans was going to have rain, four
evacuation of everyone in and around the chemical it s a chemical facility that produces peroxide. so that could lead to a chain reaction and could be dangerous. they re not sure if there s imminent danger now, but because they cannot cool that plant right now, they re getting everyone out of there. we re watching rescue after rescue unfold. brian, i understand you went out on some air rescues earlier today. what did you see? reporter: that s right, john. this was the air marine operations of customs and border protection. very dedicated men and women flying these missions. we were with them on several missions today. these people pulled people out of the most flood ravaged neighborhoods in very dramatic fashion. in our black hawk, we hover next to another helicopter as a hoist is lowered. six people and a dog are lifted
i know it s frustrated and it s for their safety, and we urge people to be patient. lastly, there s a lot of tributaries and rivers upstream. a lot of water wicking ining i over to the gulf. we still don t know how much more water is coming our way. one reason you have to be so careful. chief acevedo, thank you for take thing time. please, our best to everyone on the force tonight. thank you very much. and to the chief s point, we re just hearing from officials saying between 9,000 and 10,000 people have been rescued in the region so far. as for the houston police department, men and women have rescued at least 3,000 people. next, we ll speak to a woman who lost six family members in the storm and how she s getting through this terrible ordeal. be. lease the 2017 rx 350 for $399 a month for 36 months.
washington or boston or any other major city around the world. let s turn to the games here for a minute. new competitions. 12 new competitions, as i understand, in this year s olympics. i understand also that two of them started today, correct? reporter: absolutely. and at least one of them is absolutely breathtaking to watch. the slopestyle snowboarding competition, the one that unfortunately shaun white had to pull out of. but in watching these kids, men and women, young men and women flying, perhaps soaring higher than they ve ever gone before. very exciting to watch. i think it s going to be a real crowd pleaser at these games for young and old to watch. very exciting. and then the other one is something the figure skating competition, as you think of them as always being sort of an individual event or a pairs event with men and women. now we have sort of a summer olympics gymnastics style team figure skating event in these olympic games, also something that fans of that sport