texas tomorrow to visit the storm zone. he s expected to be is asked about his controversial pardon of joe arpaio as he holds a news conference with the prime minister of finland. from abc news, this is world news now. we do say good morning to everybody. of course we re following the breaking news as you take a look at that radar. this is not an old image from friday, even though it kind of looks like it did when we were here on friday. that s the current satellite radar, and it is not a good picture. rescuers are working into the night to reach stranded residents of the texas gulf coast. there are at least 3,000 members in the region. and the coast guard says more than half of all the helicopters nationally are there too. forecasters expect the storm system to stay just off the coast most of today and tomorrow. abc s lana zak is in houston where the threat isn t so much the wind as the terrible flooding. good morning,. reporter: there are threats of levees tha
the president will visit the storm zone. he s asked about his pardon of former sheriff joe arpaio as he holds a press conference with the president of finland. those are headlines from today, monday, august 28. we do say good morning to you, everybody. we re following breaking news. as you take a look at this radar, this is not an old image from friday, although it kind of looks like it did when we were here on friday. that is a current satellite radar and it is not a good picture. rescuers are working into the night to reach stranded residents of the texas gulf coast. there are at least 3,000 members of the texas coast guard in the region, and they said more than half of their helicopters nationally are there, too. they expect the storm system to stay just off the coast most of today and tomorrow. abc s lana zach is in houston right now where the threat isn t so much the wind but that terrible flooding. good morning, lana. reporter: good morning, linda and kendace.
new evacuations just ordered. more days of flooding rains ahead, the worst far from over. lives hanging in the balance. the race against time right now. announcer: this a special edition of good morning america, disaster in texas, flooding catastrophe. good morning to our viewers in the west. you re looking live at a neighborhood in texas. the rain still coming down. it s far from over. more than 2,000 rescues in the houston area. many residents still stranded. this shows flood victims waiting to be rescued. take a look at some of these before and after images, truly stunning. this is the interstate before harvey and just a few hours later look at that. the rising water almost all the way up to that sign and then take a look at the runway at hobby airport before and now it is completely under water. here s what we know this morning. at least five deaths so far have been blamed on the storm. up to 50 inches of rainfall in the storm zone. fema has been deployed to
shelter in des moines. rose: more than 5 inches of snow dropped on the metro, sending people like anthony garza to shelters for the night. it s really affecting me personally because my muscles can t really handle it. rose: central iowa shelter and services in des moines took in about 200 people during the storm. since this shelter doesn t turn anyone away, about 50 people slept in the overflow room without a bed. as winter goes on and the temperature drops, more people are going to come in. so the need becomes greater obviously. rose: the shelter relies largely on donations. there s a constant need for pantry items to stock the kitchen, blankets to cover the beds, and warm clothes to offer. we just can t keep enough coats, enough gloves, enough hats. once they come in, they re gone like that. rose: donations and services, people say they re thankful to receive and to call home for the night. this place is a blessing for people who have nothing. at least they have a r
broadcast. tonight, belgium is under its highest terror alert, level four, following warnings by government officials there of a serious and imminent threat of an attack. the u.s. embassy in brussels ordered americans in belgium to shelter in place and remain at home. the u.s. european command issued a 72-hour travel restriction on all u.s. military personnel not to travel to brussels, where nato is headquartered weapon at least one suspect from last week s deadly attacks on paris is still on the run and was last seen crossing into belgium. we begin tonight in brussels with debora atta. orter: this is what the level-four security alert looked like on the streets of brussels today. security forces patrolled usually busy shopping areas. stores opened briefly for business before closing their doors. several planned concerts and soccer matches were canceled, and the metro has been shut down for the weekend. belgium s prime minister charles michel says his government was acting