so they used my driveway, my yard as boat ramp to pull everybody out from the back. now, another big item to update you on, nine barges broke loose from their moorings in the san jacinto river during the height of this storm, and they just went careening down the rising river. two of the vessels vessels actually struck both the east and westbound bridges of interstate 10, the major u.s. interstate and artery that runs east west connecting cities like houston, beaumont and others. the u.s. coast guard says that structural damage is being assessed, but you can see how those barges are just sort of wedged up under the concrete pilings there. that major stretch of interstate will be closed for the foreseeable future, especially if there was a lot of damage done. jon, they have to get in there and repair it all.
again, further east. and you can see folks are gathering here with their vehicles, they have to drive atvs through there. of course, people are boating. you can t take a regular car through there. this is an entire intersection underwater, and then homes in the lower-lying areas down there have water inside. now, the heaviest of the rainfall fell in communities like this and further east as you go towards beaumont. that is where more than 2 feet of rain came down in 48 hours in some isolated spots. sadly, so, so many people went through this two years ago with harvey. overwhelmed. we actually, my son and my daughter both live here. my daughter has about 3 or 4 foot in her house, my son has 2 foot in his house. reporter: another big item to update you on, nine barges
2 feet in isolated spots, and as we said, sadly so many went through this just two years ago. overwhelmed. we actually, my son and my daughter, both living here, my daughter has about 3 or 4 foot in her house. my son has 2 foot in his house. another big item to update you on, nine barges broke loose from their moorings during the height of the storm this week and sailed down the san jacinto river, two of those vessels ended up striking both the east and westbound bridges of interstate 10, a major u.s. interstate and major artery running east and west connecting cities like beaumont and houston and others. the u.s. coast guard says that structural damage is being assessed, but that major roadway, both directions, will be shut down for sometime, especially if there was a lot of damage, and they ve got to make
so they used my driveway, my yard as boat ramp to pull everybody out from the back. now, another big item to update you on, nine barges broke loose from their moorings in the san jacinto river during the height of this storm, and they just went careening down the rising river. two of the vessels vessels actually struck both the east and westbound bridges of interstate 10, the major u.s. interstate and artery that runs east west connecting cities like houston, beaumont and others. the u.s. coast guard says that structural damage is being assessed, but you can see how those barges are just sort of wedged up under the concrete pilings there. that major stretch of interstate will be closed for the foreseeable future, especially if there was a lot of damage done. jon, they have to get in there and repair it all. a lot of levels and a lot of