Residents are preparing. Reporter andre, we spoke with people who live here north napa. They say they learned from the last outage what to expect. At the Retirement Community here in napa, these folks are all about enjoying life. They say theyre ready for the hand that pg e dealt them. They lost power two weeks a i go. No tv. It was terrible. We couldnt watch your news. That was the worst part. Yeah, no channel 2. Are terrible indeed, and they tell me theyre on pg es planned outage list again for wednesday. This time i took a lot of bottled water and froze it. Reporter patty suffers from congestive Heart Failure and need asthma sheen to help her sleep. The 80yearold did without it during last outage. I made due. I didnt sleep well. Reporter at nearby outdoor supply, workers say these shelves depleted during last out tambellini, was restocked during day. Calm instead of the chaos of the last outage. People were there buying last minute supplies. We set up an emergency station with bottl
And growing. The mayor promised more shelters will open and has requested more cots. A pair of Old Reservoir dams are now overflowing their levees adding to the rising flood waters. The flood gates are releasing water at twice their normal weight trying to leave the pressure. Five consecutive days of rain has set a new record. One station reported over 49 inches of rain as of tuesday morning. More than a trillion gallons have been dumped here on top of Harris County and to give you some perspective what all of that means, its enough to fuel niagra falls for 15 days. Countless neighborhoods in and around the city remain under water. Civilians are using their own boats to get to those stranded. Boats to gete caught a happy rer earlier today. Just talking to your sister here. I cant believe this. I just love these reunions when you get a chance to see families reunited. Take a look at this rescue posted by houston residents. Her neighbors formed a human chain to help get a pregnant woman
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
There will many stories of people looking out for one another. We begin our Team Coverage with laura anthony. Shes opinibeen helping our sis station all day. Shes live now in katy, texas north of houston. Reporter this is where weve been all day. Focus of a lot of efforts here in terms of the rescue and bringing people out. You can see behind me, this is a neighborhood called cinco ranch. Its in katy, texas. Were west of houston. The situation despite the fact it hasnt been raining that much has gotten worse over the last 24 hours. Lets show you what it looked like earlier today when we went out on a boat. These are just citizen rescue crews that have come here. We saw the national guard. The ones that are making the most effort or having the greatest affect are actually the citizen rescuers. These guys came with their own boat, a flat bottom boat. We went out with them. They were taking calls tr people who wanted to get rescued. We were riding along with them. We went through these ne
Now at 11 00, tracking harvey, the Tropical Storm is moving away from houston tonight, bringing folks there muchneeded relief. But the threat on the gulf coast is far from over. The storm is about to make landfall again hitting louisiana. In houston, these are Still Critical moments for people trapped by the water. Tonight rescuers armed with flashlights, rafted through neighborhoods searching for anyone who needs help. The city of houston moved the curfew back to midnight to keep looters off the streets. More than 13,000 people rescued. At least nine people were killed in the storm. Reporter good evening. City Officials Say they are now seeing a glimmer of hope. Many of the bayous and reservoirs are expected to start receding tonight and tomorrow. For the First Time Since harvey roared into town, the sun peeked out for a few minutes. It was a brief moment of hope after days of record breaking devastation. There have been nine confirmed deaths including steve perez who died in flood wa