geographic size is far larger than katrina and i think sandy combined. we have over 5 million people who are affected by this. it s not just the flooding in houston. it s the hurricane swath from corpus christi over to beaumont. it s going to require even more than what was funded for katrina, which was about $120 billion. people throughout southeast texas are returning to their homes to see the damage harvey caused. one woman in houston got a welcome surprise amid all the devastation. here s cnn s rosa flores, who was right there. reporter: authorities say they conducted more than 36,000 rescues. that doesn t include good sa mayor tsa mayor tins helping others. we caught up with one woman who was rescued by her neighbors and our cameras were rolling when she reunited with her rescuer. the house right across the street. those are the people who came
ceiling. the president and i believe that it should be tied to the harvey funding that our first priority is to make sure that the state gets money. it is critical. and to do that we need to make sure we raise the debt limit. if congress appropriates the money but i don t have the ability to borrow more money and pay for it, we re not going to be able to get that money to the state. how much more money are we talking about? greg abbott says easily the most expensive natural disaster in american history. the pop p population size an geographic size is far larger than katrina and i think sandy combined. we have over 5 million people who are affected by this. it s not just the flooding in houston. it s the hurricane swath from corpus christi over to beaumont. so it s going to require even more than what was funded for katrina, which was about $120 billion. now, is congress prepared for
continue and the owners of the colonial pipeline, the largest fuel transporter in the united states, say they are making progress on repairing damages from the storm. national gas prices are up an average of 30 cents in the past week. nbc s jacob rascon in houston, texas, with more. jacob. reporter: in west houston, neighborhood after neighborhood still under water. mandatory evacuations for 4600 homes. after their owners thought they had escaped the worst. it s sad. i feel sad for us. i feel sad for everyone. families like romos told they can t return to their homes for nine more days while the city releases water from overflowing reservoirs. the few stuff we have left that s not been flooded out, that s all we want. throughout the region the damage is overwhelming, street after street looks like this. the cleanup and rebuilding may cost up to $190 billion, more than hurricanes katrina and sandy combined. a day of prayer in texas and
even close to enough money from the federal government? it definitely will not be. however, it is very clear that the president has made it clear, congress is making it clear, this is just a down payment. let s not compare it to sandy. let s compare it to katrina. the population size and geographic size is far larger than katrina and i think sandy combined. we have over 5 million people who are affected by this. it is not just houston. the hurricane swath all the way from from corpus christi to beaumont. it is going to require even more than when was funded for katrina which was $120 billion. in addition to that, listen, we are trying to work to rebuild the state of texas ourselves and that is why we have created this new fund called rebuildtx.org if
since hurricane harvey slammed the texas gulf coast. at least 53 died and more than 72,000 people rescued overall. the white house is asking congress for more than $7.5 billion in initial disaster relief. this morning texas governor greg abbott talked about the need for that aid. this is making it clear, this is just a down payment. let s not compare it to sandy. compare it to katrina. listen, the population size and the geographic size is far larger than katrina and i think sandy combined. we have over 5 million people who are affected by this. it s not just houston. it s the hurricane swath from corpus christi over to beaumont. so it s going to require even more than what was funded for katrina, which was about $120 billion. i want to bring in kenneth feinberg, an attorney who was the special master for the 9/11