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
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evacuation of everyone in and around the chemical it s a chemical facility that produces peroxide. so that could lead to a chain reaction and could be dangerous. they re not sure if there s imminent danger now, but because they cannot cool that plant right now, they re getting everyone out of there. we re watching rescue after rescue unfold. brian, i understand you went out on some air rescues earlier today. what did you see? reporter: that s right, john. this was the air marine operations of customs and border protection. very dedicated men and women flying these missions. we were with them on several missions today. these people pulled people out of the most flood ravaged neighborhoods in very dramatic fashion. in our black hawk, we hover next to another helicopter as a hoist is lowered. six people and a dog are lifted
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and when they let out, a lot of that water needs somewhere to go. a lot of it will go down through populated areas. so the danger, very, very real still for this area. one of the reasons why the mayor of houston has declared a curfew overnight. he doesn t want people out in the danger. he doesn t want any threats to property with so many homes evacuated. you re looking at the water. we ve seen a lot of water rescues. there s not way to get people out, that is by air. the rescues, the aviation, it is enormously challenging, because the bad weather is no weather to fly in, especially the helicopters. gosh, look at that car in the garage right there. these helicopter pilots have shown themselves to be extraordinary. cnn s brian todd joins us from the george bush international airport. you have some breaking news about a local chemical facility
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and the danger it may pose. what s the danger this? reporter: we have an update on that. there appears to be an emergency situation developing in crosby, texas, in harris county, the county houston is in. but this area is east of houston, in harris county, but leer the l near the liberty town. this plant makes peroxide. they are worried about their ability to cool some of the systems. they re concerned about some kind of a chain reaction that might cause a large fire or an explosion. so they had an 11-person ride-out team that was inside the facility to ride out hurricane harvey and the aftermath. they ve gotten all 11 of those people out. in addition, local fire and police are evacuating everyone with our 1.5 mile radius of that facility. so it s a fairly significant
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