Marker. Their blood type, their d. O. B. , their social, in case the very worst happens. Thats how dire and how broad this storm is on the coast of texas. So obviously, over these next few hours, well be covering this. Were a bit hampered because communications right at this point, after landfall, can often enter into a kind of dark side of the moon phase. Some Satellite Television trucks because of rain fade and high winds lose their ability to broadcast a signal. Even some Satellite Phones cant work. Cellphone service is down along with power. So well bring you reporting from it from our friends at the Weather Channel, from our own meteorologist bill karins, when we can. Now to the other news that is happening tonight. Somewhat under the cover of the first Natural Disaster of his presidency, a category 4 Hurricane Making Landfall in the united states, the president and
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brought terror to an entire city for three long weeks. trace? trace: jonathan hunt, live for us outside of austin. thank you. i want to keep your attention on the corner of wall and broad. the dow is down 719 points. it was 730 and rallied a little bit. now down 721. i don t want to do the bad math for you. here s the deal. if you have $100,000 in a 401(k), you just lost $3,000. you don t really lose it unless you cash it in but messes with your mind. the chinese tariffs are part of this. the president imposing more tariffs on china. the concern of a trade war has a lot of people concerned about the economic future. as deidra bolton pointed out, one thing that wall street does not like is uncertainty. deidra bolton is back now. it seems at the end of the day,
little corkscrew action, that s the reason why this storm will be historic, a billion-dollar weather disaster, because of this forecast right here. this is pink, 20 inches of rain, widespread. look at all the square mileage that is from victoria to corpus christi, outside of san antonio, outside of houston, outside of austin, all the way through houston with upwards of 36 inches of rain. brian, the hiydrologists that ae responsible for the river forecasts, they re coming out for across the board record crest on all the rivers in this region. that s unheard of. that will go well into the middle of next week. there s people that will be spared from the wind and the surge that then will lose their properties from the epic flood about to occur. we ve got to remember all the souls in the path of this storm, our fellow citizens tonight having a very rough friday
devastating situation more dangerous. there is stackering construction in texas, outside of austin 350 homes, two bridges have been swept away there with. let s go to cnn s ali na machada. tell us what you are seeing. reporter: alisyn it s hard to watch. you walk through these areas, you see debris everywhere downed power lines an severely damaged homes, all the products of this historic flood. oh my god! oh my god! reporter: raf annualing flood waters and severe weather across texas and oklahoma forcing more than a to you people to stay in shelters this morning. right now is not the time to try to return to your home. oh my god. stop some stop! reporter: vehicles and hundreds of homes destroyed, swept away by the deadly deluge. this flood is the largest i ve seen in 25 years.