Lets get another update on weather and traffic. Well start with mike nicco. Just dialing up the latest on whats going on with harvey. And you can see right there, kind of nice comma shape to it, but unfortunately, that comma extends into that hot, it is almost hot gulf water. It was nearly 90 degrees before harvey came through there. Notice the circulation is now to the southwest of houston, and its also heading to the southeast, which means it could go back over the ocean water and pick up more of that moisture. And start depositing it in the east texas woodland areas in west louisiana. Louisiana wasnt even thinking anything about this, and now, yeah, youre going to be getting soaked. Look at this, this is future radar over the next six hours. You can see the reds and the yellows and the oranges moving more into east texas, into louisiana. So the flooding is going to shift more from houston over to places like lafayette and baton rouge and lake charles. And were going to have ourselve
Lets go to abcs Natasha Barrett live in houston with more on this. Reporter good morning, im born and raised here in the city of houston it is heartbreaking to see the way things are. The rain is starting again, on and off, the winds are picking up as well. Were not out of the woods. Everything is under water as youve seen before. Were expecting 15 to 25 inches of rain. Rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the 4th largest city in crisis. The water came up so fast. Reporter Emergency Management officials are saying they need more boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. The geography in houston in the helping the situation. Rain water is forced on the streets and on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. First responders are so stretched so thin, neighbors are helping out. Ive been here 40 years and the water has never come up this high. Reporter other desperate residents are being plucked from rooftops. Choppers from san diego and cape cod are helping. M
Sun early and clouding up as the day goes on. 75 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 78. Thats the high. 76 by 5 00 p. M. , 6 00 p. M. , 72. The clouds will thicken up overnight tonight, by tomorrow well have shower activity around. Were keeping our eyes on Tropical Storm harvey which has pushed heavy rain bands east of houston which is fortunate because houston has been inundated there may be wrap around precipitation here, doesnt look like the storm will be past houstons latitude until tomorrow or wednesday. Karen rogers well have more on the sevenday forecast, not only about harvey, but the chance of a little bit of rain around here, nothing to get too concerned about, and issues in the water. Thats coming up. Reporter our dry streak couldnt last forever. This is the boulevard, no problems, roads are clear and dry. We have two accidents, upper merion Valley Forge Park road at valley creek road. Watch for crews on the scene with that one. An accident in bryn mawr, lancaster avenue at montr
There, we have to go to Houston Texas theres an emergency situation taking place. Reporter good morning were waking up as you can tell the strong winds and rain in houston, there are tornadoes warnings flash flood warnings and a lot of people worried if they have to evacuate their homes now. If they do, many people are being told they might need to. Theres nowhere to go and everything is flooded. More rain is on the way. Rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the countrys 4th largest city in crisis. The water came up so fast, it was incredible. Reporter Emergency Management officials are asking the public for help saying they need boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. The geography in houston not helping the situation. Rain water is forced on to streets and then on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. First responders are stretched so thin neighbors are helping others. Its been 40 yores ive been here, and never saw this water this high. Reporter other
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