Hurricane harvey. Governor abbot said hes pleased response so ral far. This is 15 minutes. Thank you for inviting me to today and ou here want to echo the incredible here ship that weve seen at the local level here at the level. And the city the mayors and everybody pulling together in a typically fashion. A few years ago i was at the disaster in west texas and i had commissioner come up to a and said, texas isnt just place youre from it described i your family is and remember that especially on occasions like this because one pulling together as family as texans to try to help lives ho have lost their and their families and those who have lost their property and and those that are in a bad way right now as a result of i have to say but that Governor Abbot and his emergencyg out of the Management Operations Center in austin texas have done a job but it would not be possible work without the upport of not only the leadership of Governor Abbot but also folks throughout state and governme
In several feet of water. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If you are venturing out on the roads for any reason, you are going to run into high water. That is a certainty at this point. Catastrophic flooding devastates texas. It is hard to describe the extent of the danger. Pretty terrifying watching that water come up, come in. So many needed to be rescued emergency crews could not keep up. Volunteers joining First Responders helping to pull neighbors and total strangers to safety. Im not even thinking about myself. Im here to help and want to d my part. The National Weather Service Calls the flooding unprecedented and beyond anything experienced before. This is a landmark of texas. Texas has never seen an vent like this. Trump has convened an all cabinets meeting to ensure all agencies are doing everything they can to support the state of texas in its response. President trump plans to visit texas tuesday surveying the damage. The
Even closer towards wednesday morning. By wednesday afternoon, then, making another landfall. Right near probably port sabine, pushing inland as tropical storm. By thursday, friday, working into the Mississippi River valley. Downgrading to tropical low. You can see, still a lot of rain. Falling through parts of houston. Near galveston, that rain spreads into southwest louisiana. New orleans. I sample the rainfall rates. 1 2 inch to inch and a half of rain per hour. Adding more rain on top of the 72 hour storm totals. 39. 72. Pasadena, 32 inches. We are going to see possibly, 15 inches in houston by the time wednesday. Thursday. And norah, well continue to see, a bit more. As harvey makes another hand fall. Incredibly, worrisome. Thank you so much. No, please, please, oh shrieks in terror heavy breathing and snorting no, no. The running of the bulldogs . Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money aleia saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or
There. Leaving homes with 3 feet of water in tell. Back in kingwood, camille confirmed what he have all seen. The worst just, thats what it is saying. Hold on. I mean, we lost everything. The rescues went on nearly ten hours today. The people we talked to said, folks are still at the apartment complex. People on the third floor who have said, were going to ride it out. But norah everyone who wanted out has been rescued. David begnaud. Thank you so much. Even with evacuation shelters overcrowded and illequipped today President Trump defended federal and texas Emergency Management officials during a visit to the storm zone. Here is jamie yuccas. In corpus christi, President Donald Trump was optimistic about the response to Hurricane Harvey. We are going to got you back and operating immediately. It is epic what happened. You know what it happened in texas. Texas can handle anything. As he was leaving a local firehouse, he waved a texas flag that had been plucked the crowd. He held up my