leadership down there in texas. this as more evacuations are underway at this very moment. the floodwaters in houston and the surrounding areas continue to rise. griff jenkins live, we can tell you on the ground but more accurately on the water in west houston. griff? >> reporter: leeland, in this west houston neighborhood, residents coming back to try and get valuables out of their homes after being told they should voluntarily evacuate by mayor sylvester turner because the reservoirs in particular the addicks reservoir overflowing here in this neighborhood and they expect this to last for the next 14 to 15 days this flooding as the army corps of engineers says they have to simply release more and more water to travel downstream. we spoke with one of the residents tom richardson who came back for his valuables and he says "we need more help and we need answers on why we were sacrificed without being told to leave" this as the death toll

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