Westbound 80, all lanes have cleared but eastbound 80 theres one lane blocked. That ridge is at the Center Divide and thats why the spectator slowing coming in from out of vacaville. The benicia bridge is moving well. What caused more spectator slowing. Even more flooding after already being beaten by Hurricane Harvey. As much as 50 inches of rain before the storm moves out. Showing the intense flooding in the nations fourth largest city. Just shows you how wide it is as well. A look at one area, the flooding. A car submerged there also in houston. 5,000 on the ground in houston. Here is where the situation stands this hour. Officials released water to protect the downtown area for more devastating flooding. Thousands of people have to go to rising ground. Rescuers were not able to keep up with the constant calls. Harvey made landfall late friday as a category 4 hurricane. Downgraded to a storm but it is still lingering and dropping heavy rain. Officials estimate the storm has affected
Overnight from two Flood Control reservoirs outside the city. That water is spilling into Buffalo Bayou and will head into downtown houston. Norah odonnell joins us now. We have been watching it all week. Its terrible pictures. What can you tell us, whats the latest now . Good morning. I do feel like sunday was a turning point in many ways in this storm. So were waking up this morning sort of looking at the ravages of that increased water, rain. You just mentioned it, the corps of engineers had to open the reservoirs ahead of schedule to take the pressure off because water levels increased dramatically overnight. Now, releasing that water will increase the flood risk for hundreds of homes along this waterway. This is the Buffalo Bayou. They dont even know how much it rose last night because the gauges are always out of service. Its an incredibly dangerous situation. People were told to pack their cars, get ready to leave at dawn, but that was before they started letting out the water.
But remember this is the gulf moisture so they are not done yet. We have fog and low clouds with plenty go around but not making much of a push. Extremely warm temperatures, very difficult on the temperatures when you get this fog with some areas inland not getting a break at all. Very hot with no delta breeze to help. 60s, 70s for many and the fog keeping some of these areas in the 60s. Tahoe looking good, but 60s to 109 in antioch and livermore. Did you say 109 . Yes, you heard me. Those people need to migrate to the coast. Good morning everyone. We start in Solano County on 80 westbound for the super commute, traffic moving pretty well. Vacaville to fairfield continuing, and not a bad drive from vallejo to crockett and into hercules. Driving from the carquinez bridge to the maze is 17 minutes, as good as it gets with an average speed of 70 miles an hour. At the bay bridge we have a little crowd but nothing major in the San Francisco. It is 4 32 am. The remains of the 10 missing sail
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We will climb with a lot of sunshine into the 70s and the humidity stays low today. At the shore, the winds will be picking up. The rip current risk that will be increasing today. Now to a special report from nbc news. Were waiting on that. Well take it when it comes. Good morning, everybody. As we come on the air, the wrath of harvey is being felt across southeast texas. Houston, the fourth largest city mostly under water at this hour. Mandatory Evacuations Ordered overnight. Several neighborhoods there with another several feet of rain possible. Lets get right to gabe gutierrez. Gabe, good morning to you. We can barely see you. Whats the situation. Savannah, good morning. We have been seeing rain constantly throughout the night. This event is not over. As you can see behind me, many roads are impassable. Houston the nations fourth largest city is paralyzed. Overnight the rivers have continued to rise. Runs through the heart of downtown houston. At record stages. Authorities are consi