On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien harvey is gone, but houston still faces texassized problems tonight. It runs the gamut from catastrophic housing loss to the dangers of damaged Chemical Plants. And as the region struggles to recover, officials are searching for the living, and the dead. William brangham begins our coverage. Reporter above its more sunshine and mostly clear skies. But down be
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien harvey is gone, but houston still faces texassized problems tonight. It runs the gamut from catastrophic housing loss to the dangers of damaged Chemical Plants. And as the region struggles to recover, officials are searching for the living, and the dead. William brangham begins our coverage. Reporter above its more sunshine and mostly clear skies. But down below flooding from harvey,
Solomon. Lets start out with a check of weather. The justin dray wick has eyewitness weather. Another mild day but you will track some rain. Temperatures still running above average about 60 degrees. We will have cloud. We will not have unshine. We will take what we can get. A few showers but mostly until the afternoon. I think parade is in good shape. That is good news. Tomorrow morning is our best shot to see steady rain as our forecast, starts to come unsettled, really for next few days but this morning, it is milder air, compared to yesterday morning. We have cloud over the region. Live look at center city where we have mostly cloudy skies. 50 degrees. The wind currently calm. In wind chills this morning. There is storm scan three there is mostly cloudy skies throughout the entire region. The showers are showing up to the south and west near baltimore and washington so you could get a sprinkle this morning but better chance for a actual widespread shower that develops by mid to lat
It came onshore last night as a category 4 storm with 150mileperhour winds which would make it the strongest storm tied for the strongest storm ever to hit western louisiana. Its now a category 1 storm still, straight due north of where it came onshore. More than 450,000 people at last report in texas and louisiana are without power. These reports come in fairly slowly. Weve seen bucket trucks getting out there because the winds on the western side of the storm have died down enough for emergency crews to get out. There are still winds inside the storm. Hurricane force winds that are not allowing crews or Emergency Management to get out. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirms the storm has killed at least one person. It was a 14yearold girl in leesville, louisiana, when a tree fell on her. Thats a major source of the damage. Water tends to be the most dangerous part of these things. But after the wind an rain, the trees fall. Thats generally what results in the Power Outages. Acc
Hotels and other places for shelter are generally the media. We got an emergency wind warning that stuck for several hours. Were talking maximum hurricane with 140 to 150 miles an hour. The gusts were seeing right now, about 50 to 60 miles an hour. None of the trees have snapped so far. Theyre kind of moving back and forth, and amazingly we still have electricity where i am. But jefferson county, the county that holds beaumont, customers have lost their power. You figure there are three to four people on average in a household, so 200,000, 300,000 people without power. Walk with me for a second. Over my shoulder is interstate 10. Were seeing cars come through every now and then. Thats surprised. Owe discuss the storm surge from Hurricane Harvey from three years ago, the storm surge did reach the highway. No signs of that yet this morning but its starting to build. Where were located. Were west of the eye wall. Were about 60, 70 miles from louisiana. Thats where hurricane laura first ma