Wow. Why dont you get under the overhang. Yeah, wow. I have to say, guys, this is the strongest. Im going to stay a knee for a second because its exhausting to stand there for a little bit. I bet, right . Thomas roberts has been reporting on this storm all day for us and all night. He joins us from tampa. Thomas, with a soggy good morning to you, because you have been wet for the last few hours, so that area is getting pretty significant wind and rain still, right . Reporter yeah, its been a wild night because the eye has just passed through on the eastern side of us. That typically brings a calm as the eye has passed over the southwest portion of florida for most of the day. Meanwhile, we have seen the Hillsborough River return. So, weve been monitoring this for hours now, alex. Earlier, this was all beach. You could see rocks. You could see the return of what the water was putting back into the river. In is not what people had seen around bay shore, around tampa bay. That was the exa
Back on line. So far 38 people have been killed as this shifts from a rescue to a recovery effort. And part of that recovery is going to be funding from here in d. C. With President Trump heading back to the disaster zone tomorrow after his vps visit on the ground that youre looking at right now. Our team across texas and louisiana following all the developments for us this morning includic blake mccoy who is live in port arthur, texas. Tell us about the situation there. What has changed and what do we expect as the sun comes up and the day unfolds . Well, hallie, weve seen dramatic improvement. The second day and to show you how much progress has been made, i want to put up a split screen right now. These streets were covered with water. Right now you can see they are bone dry. So, people here are feeling pretty good, as the water has e rezer reced receded. You can see on this home right over here you can see where the water was. It was right underneath that window. Remarkable how muc
Politics and a new backlash, new questions whether the president undercut the rule of law for the controversial sheriff, joe arpaio. We begin where Tropical Storm harvey is bringing record levels of rainfall. One death has been reported so far in houston, and in rockport where a second death has been reported. Officials are dealing with devastation so widespread theyre trying to figure out the damage. Were getting new look at footage before the storm hit rockport. The area is being called ground zero for the storm. Many parts of texas the search and rescue efforts are just beginning. Rainfall is expected to reach historic levels totaling as much as 40 inches in some areas. Lets go to the flash flooding in houston, nbcs jacob bras koe joins me by phone. What are you seeing . Weve been driving around all morning and right now were heading to an area we know rescue teams have been hard at work because in the southeast areas of Harris County is where we hear they have the most rain. This i
Welcome back. Im Cynthia Mcfadden with continuing live coverage as Hurricane Irma pounds the entire state of florida. The storm is still a category 2 hurricane, even ten hours after making landfall. The National Hurricane center says the eye of the storm is nearing lakeland, east of tampa, as it continues its trek north. The word from city and state officials from those hunkered down at this hour, stay put. The situation is still highly fluid. At least report, the storm still had sustained winds of 100 Miles Per Hour, which has knocked out power for well more than 3 million customers and there is flooding from coast to coast as heavy rains and storm surge push water into florida cities. The river right now is going that way toward the gulf. What it should be doing is going in the opposite direct. Were getting serious winds. I want to show you this enormous tree that has just been uproot in the past couple of hours. And weve just gotten this video taken by a drone in naples, florida. Th
Been handed another massive Natural Disaster on what is day 235 of the trump administration. We have a new 11 00 p. M. Eastern time update from the National Weather service to share with you. Irma is now just a tropical depression, but that designation, downgrade Means Nothing in charleston, South Carolina, where the streets are flooded or in jacksonville, florida where the mayor told all those needing rescuing today to fly a white flag outside of their window. Irma is so big still just as a tropical depression that the cloud spinning off of it reach west to the mississippi and north to canada. The National Weather Service Released this before and after tonight to show just how much sand and silt have been stirred up in the waters of the gulf from this one storm. The florida keys are a mess, many of them cut off with no power or water or food. The Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln is on en route to assistance. Much of florida cannot see the coverage of what happened. Power is out to 6.