Obrien all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, but officials have confirmed four deaths. Much as 30 more than 1700 square miles and is home to heat advisory is now under water. And more and more is washing into the city itself. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts of downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dump trucks heading for higher ground. Some waited until morning, only to see the water climb higher. It quit rain
Obrien all that and more, major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, and officials have confirmed four deaths, but expect more. One town east of houston has already gotten nearly 52 inches of rain, a record for the u. S. Mainland. As much as 30 of harris county, which covers some 1,700 miles and is home to houston, is now under water, and more and more is washing into the city itselfg p. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts o downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dum
The headquarters. Eric hello and thank you for staying with us. Its been a tough 24 hours for the folks in texas. We need a lot of prayers say the officials. Harvey is the fiercest hurricane to strike the country in nearly a decade. It will continue to dump 20 inches of rain or more on parts of texas with three more feet expected. The storm seems likely to hover over the area for the next several days. The governor was warning the most catastrophic flooding could still be on its way. Because of the flooding, one of the top points where concerned about his ongoing rescue and recovery. We want to do it we can to keep people out of rising water. Part of that is by constant warnings to the public. Eric those warrin warnings,t drivethrough standing water. Steve is on the ground, you brave the winds and rain overnight from harvey. Hello. Study ring continuing all day. You can see some of the destruction behind me. This is a town of 10000 that got hit hard by the category four hurricane, 130
Id. Coast guard say they will continue rescue efforts throughout the night. Ordinary people have been helping their neighbors. Hundreds of flood victims have found shelter at Houston Convention serpt. O center. One of several people open by the citys mayor for those getting away from rising floodwaters. Right there. It must be earlier shot because it is empty. U. S. President donald trump is set to visit the state on tuesday. Meteorologist derek van dam is just southwest of houston now. He has been covering this for us the last few days. Derek, first i want to tap into your National International experience here. You used to work in south africa. You covered a lot to cover various weather stories. Have you ever seen anything of this magnitude, derek . Well, cyril this was without a doubt single handedly the heaviest rain i have ever experienced in my life. We are talking about a couple of hours eye good. Not raining at this moment but when we skroined the search and rescue teams, what
Neighborhood since, obviously, the suvs cant make it around. Pickups cant make it around. People are coming out even with dogs, some have life jackets on, whatever they can. Children carrying them to safety, getting them in the bus. And hopefully tol safety. Long night for these folks. The city and county did not put down their guard. They kept these vehicle, these metro buses and the high water rescue folks from the houston fire in place. Yeah, what originally brought us down here, rachel, a phone call to our assignments desk at channel 2. The call was the rising water, more people brought off now. The call was people climbed into the attic to safety. Thats what brought us here. We cant make it into the neighborhood as you can imagine. These folks are being brought in. We are trying to not to bother them because we are trying to get them to safety and out of the rain as quickly as possible but you can see a child being carried in moms arms to safety live pictures now. Lets look to thi