We saw some of that flooding all over the roadways. Now were talking about major highways, i10 south of here. 69 is closed. Beaumont becoming its own mini island, and in very many places across jefferson county, you have islands just trying to get help to them, because there are so many rivers that are passing through. Rivers that used to be streamtr like this street behind me. You see the water coming off the street there. Thats traveling into a drainage ditch, and this is the problem. We just saw a man try to cross the drainage ditch. He thought it was a street. He was almost washed away before our eyes. He was able to swim right back up before the current took him away. That is why police are saying here in southeast, texas, this is not over by any means. The brunt of the storm may be head thing way right now. Drew griffin in beaumont. Emergency services and possible rescues to go into Eastern Parts of texas into western louisiana. We thought new orleans was going to have rain, four
that. they simply can t give estimates on the number of people that need rescues. calls keep coming in and these operations have to keep adapting. the number keeps changing. every time they think they have one area contained, a new area no floods. brian todd, thanks so much. 360 s gary tuchman joins us from a neighborhood in southwest houston. gary? reporter: john, here in houston, the rain has stopped and the sun has come out for the first time in many days. that s good news. it also allows you to visualize more easily the ftorrents of water that have paralyzed the city. you can see people in the water who are helping to pull in boats. it s important to note that it s not just one or two or three different sections of houston