good morning, bay area. let s get up and get going. this is abc 7 mornings. it is sunday, august 27th. good morning. thank you for waking up with us. let s start with the first look at the forecast. here is meteorologist lisa argen tracking live doppler 7 for us. we have some fog out there. not much. we ll have a shallow on shore push that will allow for a comfortable day at the coastline. that s about it. another spare the air alert today has been issued. east bay and the south bay will have the poor air quality and we re already 6 to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday, even in the city 5 degrees warmer. look at all the sun. cloudy here just a few moments ago. 63 in the city. 70 mountain view. 71, san jose. we have mid-70s in livermore, 78 by the delta. if you re not under an advisory for excessive heat warning, probably on the coast or the san mateo coast, everyone else will experience excessive heat today. so 60s to 90s by noon time. 106 in livermore. relief for the wee
it continues to weaken as it moves inland. natasha barrett has more from houston. good morning, we re getting a break from the rain in houston, but the wind is picking up, it s getting stronger as we speak outside. i heard of people now so desperate to be rescued out of the floodwaters they are using air mattresses to float to safety. southeast texas underwater. in houston a flash flood emergency, manholes overflowing, streets turned into lakes, nearly impossible to drive through. the city s mayor urging residents to stay home. the streets are treacherous. it makes absolutely no sensor for anyone to be on the road unless it is an emergency. these people rescued from an apartment complex. how many we got coming? reporter: the storm packing a punch. i can t believe this is happening and i have no apartment, my apartment was decimated. reporter: rockport where harvey came ashore roofs ripped off homes buildings, boats destroyed. the wind was probably, i don t kno
we do say good morning. i m kendis. i m lynda lopez in for diane macedo. southeast texas waking up to more drenching downpours and catastrophic flooding triggered by tropical storm harvey blamed for at least three deaths. it s expected to dump up to 50 inches of rain before moving out later this week. frantic rescue operations continued. emergency crews and volunteers plucking trapped families from homes. water waist deep in many areas. overnight the army corps of engineers began a controlled release of water from two reservoirs which could flood thousands more homes. in the meantime, this is what the runway looked at houston s hobby airport underwater. natasha barrett has breaking details from houston right now. natasha, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, kendis and lynda. i m born and raised in this city and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see what is going on right now. like so many others, millions of others we ve been up all night watching what s ha
from ktrk whose hometown is houston is joining us live to give us the latest. reporter: good morning, this is my hometown, so it is so hard to put into words what we re seeing here or to describe it. it is absolutely devastating to see the city the way it is. although it might seem like we re getting a small break because we have a drizzle going on, we re expecting somewhere between 15 and 25 more inches of rain. rescues continued throughout the night the country s 4th largest city in crisis. the water came up so fast, it was incredible. reporter: emergency management officials are saying they need more boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. rain water is forced on to streets and small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are stretched so thin neighbors are pitching in to help others. i ve been here for 40 years and i have never seen the water come up this high. reporter: other desperate residents are being plucked from rooftops, chop
and good monday morning. i m kendis gibson. had i m lynda lopez in for diane macedo. southeast texas is waking up to more drenching downpours and catastrophic flooding triggered by tropical storm harvey now being blamed for at least three deaths. harvey remains parked right there in southeast texas. it s expected to dump up to 50 inches of rain before moving out later this week. that would be a record. now, frantic rescue operations continued overnight. emergency crews and volunteers plucking trapped families from their homes, water waist deep in many areas. overnight the army corps of engineers began a controlled release of water from two reservoirs which could flood thousands of homes. meanwhile, this is what the runway looked at houston s hobby airport underwater. dramatic scene. abc s natasha barrett has the breaking details from houston right now. natasha, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, kendis and lynda. you know, i m born and raised in this city,