He said something interesting, and i don t know if you caught it. what happened as this category-1 hurricane hit land. we said it s now a thunderstorm. i want you to take a look here at some of what we have seen. the fury of the storm as it hit. whoa! the wind is whipping stronger than it has in the last 24 hours. the eye did make landfall in wrightsville beach about six miles from where i am with a wind speed of about 90 miles per hour. this isn t just water that s coming this way. the ocean and the winds are forcing sand up into the air. if you look all the way down,
You come through the sheriff? we work with local authorities to make sure we re needed and wanted. we re kicking off today near rockport which is where the hurricane hit land and we ll be there for weeks, if not months. we ll be doing muckouts and debris removal. we want to help those most in need and help people get back in their homes as quickly as possible. people whose homes are devastated, you re going to help them rebuild? yes. how long is team rubicon be here? we ll be here for at least two months. this will be the largest operation we ve ever done. we re anticipating deploying over a thousand members in the next eight weeks. we re still working on homes that were wrecked in hurricane sandy. who pays you? all private donations. any donations help us get more volunteers here to help more people. jon, thank you for being
Than a flash flood warning and that s well down to the south, 87,000 live right on the rio grande river down there, extreme southern texas, but there will probably be more. first responders, rescue workers on alert, not just in texas, but areas of louisiana, which has been in drought, too, and mississippi. and the last two weeks there have been a number of bush fires, poppy, so this is extremely dry, but not anymore. rivers are rising, we re going to find the possiblity of the rain moving in to give us as mentioned, six to ten, maybe even ice lasolated higher amoun5 to 20 in parts of louisiana, so it s not over yet. tom sater, thank you very much. we re going to take a quick break, when we come back, we re going to take you to the eye of all of it, where that hurricane hit land in mexico. our martin savidge there with the destruction, but luckily no lives lost. that s up next. r believes that her chicken pot pie is the perfect ingredient for catching up with family. so she takes th