unfortunately, that number is likely to rise as well. hurricane harvey causeded what is being called the thousand-year flood. we want to take a look back at the past week at scenes of tragedy, survival and of common purpose. this storm intensified quickly, making landfall overnight. this whole front area was grass earlier. now we ve got two feet of water. behind me, you can see wow. this is one of the major highways in houston. the house is flooding, and it s rising way too fast. i was in just such denial, i didn t put anything up. i didn t grab anything. the alarming situation is playing out right now in crosby, texas. explosions and smoke at a flooded chemical plant. the situation they warned that might happen is happening. you have the firefighters getting out their air canisters and their masks. the weather in beaumont has been deteriorating all day long. we were, like, so happy. like, god had answered our prayers. you can see the large helicopters plucking pe
this storm intensified quickly, making landfall overnight. this whole front area was grass earlier. now we ve got two feet of water. behind me, you can see wow. this is one of the major highways in houston. the house is flooding, and it s rising way too fast. i was in just such denial, i didn t put anything up. i didn t grab anything. the alarming situation is playing out right now in crosby, texas. explosions and smoke at a flooded chemical plant. the situation they warned that might happen is happening. you have the firefighters getting out their air canisters and their masks. the weather in beaumont has been deteriorating all day long. we were, like, so happy. like, god had answered our prayers. you can see the large helicopters plucking people out of the sky. you have first responders that will go neighborhood to neighborhood. i want to get to my babies.
new concerns in texas in the aftermath of hurricane harvey after a series of explosions at a flooded chemical plant. the plant is in cross by, which is about 25 miles northeast of houston. it makes organic organic peroxides used in things like pvc piping. but the compounds are highly flammable needing refridgeratio so they don t spontaneously explode nap s what happened early this morning after the floods knocked out the power and backup tower, blasting a trailer apart, sending flames shooting into the sky and leaving behind a blume of black smoke. people around a 1.5 mile radius to have plant had been evacuated. more blasts are expected because the company that owns the chemical plant says they cannot reach the plant let alone stop the explosions. this morning just one container exploded but there are eight more on site. we fully expect that the other eight containers will do
near the barker reservoir. that s on the west side of houston, a couple miles from where i am. officials are urging people to leave their homes as soon as they can this morning because the water levels at this reservoir are now in imminent danger of tipping over and flooding these neighborhoods and homes. the order comes as the houston fire department begins door-to-door searches of every single home in the hardest hit parts of this city, looking for people who may have stayed behind or have been lost. we re also tracking two other breaking stories. there are reports of explosions at a flooded chemical plant in crosby, texas. it s about 25 miles northeast of houston. ten sheriff s deputies had to be rushed to the hospital after inhaling some of those chemicals. this as another emergency unfolds in beaumont. there the city s two sources of water have been cut off because of the historic flooding. cnn has crews in all the relevant locations.
more. when you go just outside of houston now, there are new mandatory evacuation orders that have been put into place, some because of the rising flood levels, others just to keep people from trying to get back to their devastated neighborhoods before it s really safe. those who can return home, taking count of the devastation but also of their blessings. my neighbors came over and gave me a hug, and said they were so sorry, whatever you need, you know, everybody just whatever you need, you know, i guess they can imagine going through something like this, you know? and like i told them sheriffs, i said, i m just so glad you saved my brother. i just i didn t want to lose my brother. six members of that man s family died after their van was swept away. meantime, a flooded chemical plant near houston is creating a volatile situation in and of itself.