To lift people to safety. In beaumont, authorities confirm a woman was killed, her young daughter rescued. Six family members were killed in greens bayou after their van was swept away by floodwaters. The death toll now stands at 21. Greg abbott activated 14,000 Texas National guard troops said the worst is not yet over. We are up to our highest level of Texas National guard members who are deployed to help deal with these challenges. There are more than 32,000 people currently in shelters in the state. Importantly, we have approximately 30,000 beds that are available for sheltering as needed. In houston, the rain has stopped but flooding persists with evacuations ongoing. That citys mayor has already blasted the federal response. Im hoping that people at the federal level, at the very top, will understand that this was catastrophic and they will be responsive and not put us on you do the cleanup and send us your bills later on. That would be totally unacceptable. We need a whole lot o
volunteers using their own boats to rescue victims. tony wade harvey is one of those people. he joins me now by phone from sulfur, louisiana thank you for taking a few minutes. so you are manning this rescue operation in boats going to houses flooded in. we see so many of these scenes on our screens of rescues from these homes. take us through that process. when you re coming to a flooded home, trying to rescue the occupants, what is the biggest chall e challenge for you to do that? the biggest challenge is logistical issues. there are so many hazards submerged cars that we couldn t see. and just lifting the people out of their homes into the boats is