This 20 the Southeast Texas just looks like a lake. As we have seen, homes are underwater and cars have water over the top. Im concerned because this morning the Houston Police chief that he is preparing for finding bodies inside homes, once the water is reaching it. Known we do not know who is stuck in an attic. These are known adopt. Sector elderly people who cannot move. A lot of people with disabilities. The water is rising. Unfortunately, we are seeing the beginning of this. A we are in the state of texas. We left washington a few hours ago. The rain continues to fall over Houston Texas where many streets resemble lakes and rivers. Like you simply chief said the officers arrested more than 3400 people since the flooding started started. Back harvey is expected to make landfall tomorrow morning east the texas and louisiana about it. The American Red Cross says there are more than 70,000 people in texas seeking refuge in shelters. More than 9000 people are staying at the Convention
Reservoir about 20 miles west of the downtown area. Southwest of houston officials alerted residents just before eight warning them to get out because one of the levees was breached near a neighborhood. Evacuations and rescues are underway in that area. The president and first lady met with texas Emergency Responders and the states governor this morning to talk about the continuing rescue and relief effort and the work ahead for local and federal officials. We want to be looked at in five years, ten years from now is this is the way to do it. Not turning turning anyone away but we need to expand our capacity. In that railroaded we have made the official request to fema. We need additional help and so we have asked them to provide supplies and cots, food, for another 10,000 people. Reporter that was the houston mayor talking about the need for more space. There is 30,000 people in shelters in the houston area. The city of dallas already opened the doors to its Convention Center and we a
Area all of it to prevent robbery and looting. Lets look over houston a city in a state of dafgts and disarray. First responders taking shifts and working through the night as theyve been doing for several nights now. They arent sleeping much. Still searching for people stranded. Federal and local agencies they theyve rescued more than 13,000 people. Many of them ending up at Evacuation Centers like this. Sports arena as stadium church attention and mosques. Donation of goods and cash coming in. Dame yn giving aus report of whats happening right now. Reporter well the Evacuation Order came early in katy, texas. Still in effect behind me. All across night has fallen on houston on a day when the entire Texas National guard was on duty here. As thousands of people were forced into emergency shelters. 200 Houston Police officers also had homes damaged or destroyed. Yet they remained on duty helping wherever they could. Its hard to believe that this is really happening. We thought we were s
Landfall. As the National Weather service puts out another Flash Flood Warning around beaumont, texas as residents fight for their lives against another torrential downpour. Thousands of city in houston are looking under a mandatory curfew. Harvey is now marking as the most extreme rain event to ever hit the nation. Now the ninth fatality is reported. Were learning in some of the lives lost among them Houston Police officer Sergeant Steve perez. A 34year veteran who was on his way to help flood victims. We find him and it was too treacherous to go under to look for him. We made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we want to recover him last night we could not put more officers at risk for a recovery mission. Federal and local agencies say over 18,000 people have now been rescued in houston and the surrounding areas, with over 17,000 evacuees in shelters. The floodwaters keep rising, even pouring into this shelter in port arthur, forcing evacu
And in our more Perfect Union series, a pair of texas Furniture Stores opened for people who need food and shelter. The owner says we have got to give people hope. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The First Responders are so busy. 911 calls are not being answered. The situation in port arthur continues to be dire. Tropical storm harvey makes a second landfall overnight. Unless youre in imminent danger, youre just going t have to figure out a way to deal with it. Torrential rains all through the overnight hours. Were seeing catastrophic flooding again in texas this morning. The recordbreaking rainfall that flooded houston is expected to wind down today. Rescues continue, the need in this region is only growing. Thousands who fled harvey are jammed together at double capacity. There has never been anything so expensive in our countrys history. Theres never been anything so historic in terms of damage. The president spent the day in tex