Flash flood emergencies still in effect for multiple counties in Southeast Texas as the storm attempts to dump another 7 inches of rain each hour. Joining me on the phone is houstons mayor sylvester turner. Mayor, i know its tough going for you right now. Weve been getting reports from all over the city. Tell us what youve just learned in the last couple of hours. Were expecting probably between 4 to 8 inches of rain before the day is over. Well continue to get rain through tomorrow and probably through thursday. So this event, this storm will be around for several more days. Of course, last yesterday, last night starting at about 7 30, over an eighthour period, there was certain portions of the city that received as much as 20 inches. Quite a bit of rain yesterday. All of our bayous have exceeded its banks, so theres flooding all throughout the city, all throughout the county. There are a number of homes where there is water and people have had to be evacuated. Houston Police Departme
and as a result they re getting stranded and we have to respond to them with the 911 calls. but there is no question, no doubt in my mind, that the best decision and the right decision was to tell houstonians and people in harris county, don t get on the road. don t try to evacuate. you can t put 6.5 million people on the road a day or two ahead of the storm without making it more dangerous for them. so without hesitation or doubt, i would make the same decision if we had it to do again. one of the top five largest cities in our country. you have a lot to govern there, mr. mayor. sylvester turner, thank you for the update and hopefully we re getting word to folks in your area in terms of what you would like them to do. thank you. let s bring out more on tropical storm harvey. where it might be going. getting close to houston again with more rain. shawn mendiola our meteorologist. shawn, what s the latest? i want to point out this
stays safe. when will tornadoes not be a threat there? will it be a threat through this entire storm? it appears to be so as long as the circulation is right over the water. that s where we re getting it, right off the gulf. as long as it stays over water, we ll continue to have threats and those tornado watches remain in place. thank you, shawn. we continue to watch harvey as it dumps tons of rain down there in texas and louisiana. president trump s decision to pardon former sheriff joe arpaio remains a hot topic. the move to grant clemency to the lawman prompted a quote, will this blow over in a few days or will this come back to haunt mr. trump? here is tom bossert with his take on the pardon. i think there is a clemency argument that can be made for the long history of service both in the united states military