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more rain now coming. more than 80 cities and 70 counties are under water in nebraska alone. the flooding has been deadly. abc s gio benitez taking us inside the devastation tonight in nebraska. reporter: tonight, the historic floodwaters inundating communities, damaging hundreds of homes already, are on the move. after those dramatic chopper rescues in nebraska, residents in northwest missouri bracing for impact. in st. joseph, they ve filled more than 100,000 sandbags already. it s a dirty, nasty job, it s hard work. reporter: the missouri river is expected to reach its highest level there since 2011. this, as we see new images of the devastation, the fast-moving icy waters left behind in nebraska. rivers breached at least a dozen levees in nebraska, iowa and missouri. and bridges weren t spared, either. just take a look at this one, destroyed by those floodwaters. repairing public property in this state could cost more than half a billion dollars. agricultural losses could be
i don t know if you can hear me, that s a volunteer taking homeowners in to see what is left of their property. they are going to come back out and chat with us once they can look at their home. a lot of volunteers with boats have been coming out and very grateful neighbors have been thanking them along the way. when you look at those rescues, it is extraordinary. it is something. and they are still continuing this as you know was something that was on wednesday morning this was after the worst of it had passed in houston and kept hearing from people in port arthur. they don t have the same facilities houston has why you see more coast guard and navy. bear in mind, all of that water sitting in houses in the streets for days. people are going back to their homes but if there was water there for a few days, that damage, you can t just mitigate, doesn t just dry out. i keep thinking about the people who didn t evacuate because they couldn t afford it. if you couldn t afford to
to get critical fuel supplies and other commodities in h. the we re going to be secure ng and closing those ports so we don t have damage to our ships in key west, miami and fort lauderdale and tampa. everywhere we are moving coast guard assets to operate as long as we can and safely shelter them from storm surge and then position to respond as quickly as we can afterwards. right. because obviously you have to keep your people safe. they re the first responders, so they have to be safe in order to go out and rescue people if needed. i want to ask you about those chopper rescues. we see them. they re so breathtaking when we watch them. you all execute those with real hur cue leanne heroism. what are you expecting? do you expect to go out and do these rescues even though there are all sorts of mandatory
and officials estimate that more than 100,000 homes are destroyed or damaged. no exact figures this morning but number of people in shelters is dropping dramatically from a high of 34,000 as people start returning to their homes. power outages are also down to about 160,000 customers from a high of over 300,000. the mayor of houston has declared the city open for business. president trump tweeted this morning texas is healing fast thanks to all of the great men and women who have been working so hard but still so much to do. will be back tomorrow. some of the biggest problems this morning remain in the city of port arthur texas, east of houston which was swamped by flood waters and cut off forcing dramatic rescues. where you saw so much of those chopper rescues. blake mccoy joins us live from port arthur. give us an update. reporter: stephanie, good morning. this was one of the hardest hit areas because it was one of the