Reporter serious . How scary was that. I started crying. As anybody would do. The storm is blamed for at least six deaths. Officials say more than 4,400 rescues and evacuations happened today alone. 25 inches of rain pounded houston in only 36 hours. Forecasters expect that amount to double. Abc News Reporter lana zak has the latest from houston. Reporter good evening, dan and ama. Theres been so much generosity here but the need is so great here in houston and elsewhere. Officials and the red cross are calling for additional assistance. They ask for volunteers, particularly anybody with medical training. Houstons george r. Brown Convention Center is beyond capacity. Originally planned to host 5,000 evacuees, that number was quickly exceeded but the red cross doesnt want to turn anyone away. Honestly, this is what katrina was like. Reporter thousands of evacuees arrived by bus load and dump truck. For many, the only possessions are the damp clothes on their bodies, Everything Else is g
When i have an asthma attack. I feel like a fish with no water. Learn how to prevent your childs next asthma attack. Because even one attack is one too many. Announcer live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Saved by a dump truck. Tonight an aroundtheclock effort to rescue people flooded out of their homes continues in texas as more rain threatens to make the situation much worse. Thanks for joining us, im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Tonights harveys wrath is expanding. Unrelenting rain forcing thousands to evacuate. The water continues to rise, leaving people scrambling to get to dry land. Under pouring rain, dozens jumped on dump trucks to get to safety. A reporter from our sister station talked to one of the youngest evacuees. A dump truck took him to a site where he was reunited with his mom. What was it like when he left . Flooded. Reporter what do you mean . Up to my neck flooded. Reporter serious . How scary was that. I started crying. As anybody would do. The storm is blamed for
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
2 inches of rain in mill valley. Danville, over an inch of rain. They are almost a rich almost an inch in richmond. Out the door we have a lot of clouds in our sky but the rain is beginning to taper off. Over the next few hours, a lot of clouds will linger overnight. Temperatures in the 50s through almost midnight. There is a bigger storm system on the way. This one just setting itself up. Between now and thursday we have this whole train of moisture headed our way. How much rain can we expect . We will talk about that coming up in just a couple of minutes. The heavy rains caused all sorts of problems in San Francisco. In fishermans wharf, a large chunk of bushes came down outside the cannery, near beach and columbus. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries. Workers say the rain weighed down the pan and senate crashing down into the sidewalk. Workers spent the day breaking the bush apart. At one side, the plant covered of portion of the bricks near the cannery side. The rain cause
Southbound. And even creeping into the northbound side where chp closed one lane while cal trans cleaned up the mess. We arrived on scene and hopped over the Center Divide, theres a driver penned in the vehicle. My partner and other motorist were able to extrack the driver. The driver was not injured. Cal trans had cleared the road by 7 00. The Stormy Weather causing massive power outages. 41,000 customers whether in the dark for a couple hours. Some businesses decided to close due to the outages and stop lights werent working for several hours, by 4 00 power was restored. Berkley Police Responded to a couple elevator rescues because of the loss of power. Thats when an elevator gets stuck between floors with people in it. The rain caused major delays for bart, some people were stuck on trains for over an hour. I caught up with people as they were getting off bart. Some stranded for 20 minutes, some over an hour. It just stopped automatically. Confusion and frustration after a power out