what are you guys going to do now, claudio? we re going to stay here, find shelter. because we ve been hearing the news it s going to come back and hit us again. and would have had nobody would have had nowhere to go. so we re going to stay here and try to protect ourselves. try to protect my kids. and try to try to last through this storm. i don t know if it s going to get worse or not. but we want to be safe. i want my family to be safe. so i guess we re going to stay here until everything is over. claudio, we re glad you re okay. hug your kids and wife for us. thank you so much for joining us here on cnn. good luck to you. best of luck. all right, thank you, sir. thank you. jamie baxter, we ve got jamie by phone again. technical issues, storm, he s stranded in his apartment with neighbors tonight.
haven t really tried the police because i know that they ve been swamped and the red cross is swamped, as well. so we don t really know who to call. it seems like we put o
rain. this storm is far from over. the national weather service warns life-threatening flooding is copying. the coast guard getting more than a thousand rescue calls every hour. tonight we ll have stories from some of the people who narrowly escaped the raging floodwaters and some who are still trapped. the forecast as the storm gathers strength. it s gaining strength tonight. let s go straight to derek van dam in sugarland, texas, for us. good evening to you. the latest on the certainly and rescue efforts where are you right now? reporter: well, good evening, don. the thing about the search and rescue efforts, it s complicated by the nighttime. the dark, darkness has set in across houston and with conditions can like this, it is extremely treacherous. last night we joined some of the search and rescue efforts and we saw firsthand what they have had to deal with. they navigate these flooded neighborhoods with sometimes the streams flowing extremely fast. almost too fast to
number. texas already hit with at least 15 trillion gallons of rain, and the storm its far from over. the national weather service warns, life threatening flooding is continuing. the coast guard, getting more than 1,000 rescue calls every hour. 1,000 rescue calls every hour. tonight, we are going to have the stories from some of the people who narrowly escaped the raging floodwaters and, some, who are still trapped. and the forecast, as the storm gathers, strength tonight. look at that. still lots of rain. lots of ak tifr tee. reporters all over the flood zone. cnn correspondent is tracking the path of the storm in the weather center for us. so, again, good evening, thank you for joining us. we ll be carrying all these stories of, of rescue and how people are coping down there. but i want to get right to our correspondent, trapped with her 1-year-old baby and cousin. floodwaters are rising. she is a frayed timing is running out. joins us by phone. are you there? can you hear
this is cnn tonight i m don lemon. this is an absolutely stunning number, texas already hit with at least 15 trillion gallons of rain and this storm is far from over. the national weather service warns, life threatening flooding continues. the coast guard get 1,000 rescue calls an hour. tonight we ll have the story from some people who escaped the flood waters and some who are still trapped. as the forecast as the storm gathers strength tonight. look at that, still lots of rain and activities. cnn tom saider is tracking the path of the storm in the weather center for us. good evening. thanks for joining us. we ll be carrying all the stories of the rescue and people coping down there. i want to get to i.c.e. brad. she s trapped with her 1-year-old baby. isis are you there, can you hear me? this is don lemon. isis are you there? yes, can you hear me? yeah i can hear you. where are you now and whose with you? yes, i m on the east side of houston, i m across the street fr