of beaumont, could you give us the latest update on the water situation in the beaumont, any idea of when things may get back online? well, we re hoping to get real accurate information when the crest is going to happen in the natches river so that will make a huge difference. that has not happened yet. we were hoping that it would this afternoon. so we re just waiting it out. it is very hard to say before we know when the crest will be at its highest for the river. and just in terms of clean drinking watt. wh how are people getting . relief crews are bringing in trucks of water. is ack-acess that must be an issue. not so much. the areas that don t have access have evacuated for the most part. we are still in rescue mode. a lot of people think we are not because it doesn t look like it
i just want to go back to something you said about being in rescue mode. so just to be clear, you are still in rescue mode and rescues are still taking place as you talked about at an apartment complex that flooded today. those those are new areas that are flooding? or are some of the people who just were riding it out and zoided the water hasn t gone down enough and enough is enough. no, not at all. we go door-to-door when we think a certain area is going to flood to get people out. this was very nearby a place that we did that. but what is happening is the flooding happened from the rain. but a lot of people don t realize some of the major flooding happens after the rain occurs, because the bayou and the river near us, in this case the natches river, that is what we talk about the crest, it will come up and flood areas that might have been dry two hours before. so, yes we re in rescue mode and we have shelters set up.
just now getting to dry land after seven days in water-logged neighborhoods. as long as we have food, now we are running out of food and water so i m ourt here. reporter: in west houston officials strongly urging those with water in their homes to leave now as water is planned to be released from stressed reservoirs. flood waters in the homes is a hazardous situation. there s dangers of electi electrocution. it is not a safe place to remain. reporter: but homeowners in the region are going to get help in assessing the hazards and damage to their homes. a federal official tells cnn there are about a thousand housing inspectors from the federal government on the ground in texas with maybe 200 more on the way and, jim, they are going to desperately need help to assess the damage and some of the dangers around their homes. no question, brian todd there. we re going to go now to another part of beaumont, texas, one of the hardest hit communities from harvey where the river is stil
community i call it texas is a big community much, much larger than you can ever imagine. and locally, it s every neighbor helping every one. we re still rescuing people out of the north end. where you see the raging river, that s still water rising there. it has never risen to the degree that it has already. that is cautious that has a lot of individuals nervous. oh, it must. and i know a big portion of the town still under water and when you look at that river there, it s actually still rising. do you have a concern, are you fearful that people might not be able to come back? no. as i said yesterday, we are resilient people here in southeast texas. we believe in helping each other. and i know we will come back stronger than ever. we have we have good reason. when you start looking at the petrochemical plants, we kind of fuel the country and we fuel the
than 72,000 people since harvey hit. and that doesn t include rescues by civilians. and the u.s. military has deployed 6,000 troops to help respond to efforts with an additional 1,100 ready to deploy. harvey dumped some estimated 27 trillion gallons of rain on texas and louisiana over a six-day period. for context, if the storm hit florida, this is how much it would have swallowed up that state. you re looking at that image there. pretty much all of florida covered. in the city of beaumont, texas, officials saying they have no timeline for restoring tap water supply. they say once the natches river finally crests and recedes, they ll be able to assess the damage to the pumps at the water treatment plant. the city s working to get bottled water to affected residents as soon as possible. officials plan to set up a distribution point today. the flooding and water problems