chelsea s mom owned an apartment complex in liberty and they ve been racing to get their tenants to safety. some of them were at the apartment, some of them didn t make it out. i know there s elderly people there that need help getting ou out. texas governor greg abbott has declared the disaster in 13 of the hardest hit counties. some spots receiving more rain than harvey, 38 inches near beaumont with another three or four anticipated through friday. the water hasn t been the only threat. several tornadoes touched down, doing damage to homes, cars, and businesses. we are at a moment of life safety and what we need the community to do is to stay where they are. houston s transportation even coming to a grinding halt, high water cost the city s metro system to be suspended and ground stops issued at both of houston s major airports. casey stegall, fox news. bret: up next, what facebook s creators says big tech should be doing about
cave earlier on. but then because of the it is the monsoon season here and the rains came through. they were actually pushed back. and then they had all these come in and we had the americans here, the australians, the swedes, the chinese all came in to give a helping hand. and today they got up to a section called the t-section. now, the t-section was around about 500 meters from the beach where they were going to push to. and they got caught there for awhile because the water was actually moving quite quickly through the place. also the cave system is quite narr narrow. and with all the equipment in the tanks, the divers, they actually had to make that cave wider. so people could actually move down the cave. you ve got to remember a lot of these cave systems, they are still under water. the water hasn t subsided. and they ve been trying to pump this water out. over the last couple of days. to the tune of around about 1.5
she s looking around to see where the cat. it is a bush, not a tree, so you can t climb it. the branchs can t withstand your weight and you can t see the cat. looking at the cat, i think about the water. there s a woman trying to stand there. it is not like it is still water. i mean, the water is rushing, rushing through jacksonville. this is an area that simply wasn t expecting to get hit this hard. sam champion and i were discussing, in rushing water, this is not rising water like a puddle, in rushing water, six inches can knock you off sam is listening to this conversation in miami. let s bring him in. rushing water can knock you off your feet, six inches of it. sam, people don t understand the weight of water at this speed. reporter: yeah. we re still in miami. ali, talking about the power
we re four miles from miami beach. they said they are without food, without water. we ve only seen one restaurant on our drive that is open at this point. there is a situation now where people have been holed up since friday in most situations and there s a lot of concern. 660,000 were under mandatory evacuation for miami. for people here, they endured the storm but others are arriving to the scene. also trying to make their way through the trees. we actually while driving along, we got another report about a couple mile acewas we got another report about a couple mile acew away, a gentle was using a chain saw, trying to move a tree. the tree fell on him. it s sunny. not a lot of water in the streets. but there is concern as people try to return to life. the 6-year-old boy, the family, have they been in the house the last few days? reporter: they were staying in it during it. we got video we ll get into the system. unfortunately, we were encouraged by the fire
continued to talk. miguel, i m taking it you can t hear us. we lost our connection. reporter: i can hear you. when we show the images, the water hasn t receded in some areas, but in key largo, other areas, those aren t streets, they re canals. if you look at the images, the boats are supposed to be there. reporter: water damage and homes obliterated. looks like tornado alley in some places, where they ve been shredded to pieces. it is a mix of what we ve been seeing the last several blocks. the high water damage, but also homes that have been just torn apart by irma s powerful 130 plus mile an hour winds. as you are well aware of, this is where irma made its first landfall on sunday, as it tore through this area, making its way into florida. you can see some of the low-lying communities here were hit not just with water but also with the heavy wind damage. this is the scene as we fly through key largo. where are you going to go from key largo?