We will climb with a lot of sunshine into the 70s and the humidity stays low today. At the shore, the winds will be picking up. The rip current risk that will be increasing today. Now to a special report from nbc news. Were waiting on that. Well take it when it comes. Good morning, everybody. As we come on the air, the wrath of harvey is being felt across southeast texas. Houston, the fourth largest city mostly under water at this hour. Mandatory Evacuations Ordered overnight. Several neighborhoods there with another several feet of rain possible. Lets get right to gabe gutierrez. Gabe, good morning to you. We can barely see you. Whats the situation. Savannah, good morning. We have been seeing rain constantly throughout the night. This event is not over. As you can see behind me, many roads are impassable. Houston the nations fourth largest city is paralyzed. Overnight the rivers have continued to rise. Runs through the heart of downtown houston. At record stages. Authorities are consi
There, we have to go to Houston Texas theres an emergency situation taking place. Reporter good morning were waking up as you can tell the strong winds and rain in houston, there are tornadoes warnings flash flood warnings and a lot of people worried if they have to evacuate their homes now. If they do, many people are being told they might need to. Theres nowhere to go and everything is flooded. More rain is on the way. Rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the countrys 4th largest city in crisis. The water came up so fast, it was incredible. Reporter Emergency Management officials are asking the public for help saying they need boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. The geography in houston not helping the situation. Rain water is forced on to streets and then on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. First responders are stretched so thin neighbors are helping others. Its been 40 yores ive been here, and never saw this water this high. Reporter other
This. Reporter water swallowing entire neighborhoods forcing its way into homes. It was more than we can imagine. Reporter and more than many can bear. Rescue people came and took us. Reporter some areas have already taken on more than 20 inches of rain and before it is over that number could double. This is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this. Reporter every member of the Texas National guard has been deployed joined by state and local law enforcement, federal agents and a volunteer navy scrambling to pull thousands to higher ground. We are still involved in the search and rescue process. Reporter using every available asset, coast guard choppers, boats, flat bed trucks. Five feet in our house. We barely made it out. Im just so grateful that they came. Reporter and the effort is far from over. Its still a very dangerous situation out there. Were expecting more rain. Reporter rescue teams like the nations fourth largest city stretched to their limits but still deliver
Only to find that there are no more rooms. This hotel would just give us a room. I think they have Convention People coming in with reservations. Reporter some tried to take advantage of the situation preying on homes and abandoned businesses. We had four people that tried to loot. Reporter one shop owner asking for help posting this Security Camera of looters going unpunished. This is houstons main shelter here. There are thousands of refugees already in place. They set up 2,000 cots much those ran out earlier today. And still we continue to see and people arriving as the rains continue to fall. Reporting from houston, lana zak, abc news. Lana, thank you. President trump and first lady melania are set to travel to texas tomorrow. The administration has not yet released specific details about the trip but we are expected to hear from the president within the next half hour when he holds a joint News Conference with the president of finland. Texas Governor Greg Abbott praised the govern
To a trip to aruba. I have shelter ihave food, i have company if i need it and my stuff is okay. So, its kind of one of the things that make you go, oh, my god, my stuff is okay but everybody elses stuff is ruined right now and its impossible to process all of that. Meanwhile President Trump will get a firsthand look at harveys devastation when he visits storm battered texas tomorrow. The first lady will join him on that trip. Late this afternoon, the president expressed his support for the region. Recovery will be a long and difficult road and the federal government stands ready, willing and able to support that effort. Right now the single most important thing is the safety and security of those still in harms way. Well, as we mentioned, the remnants of harvey are relatively stalled over the gulf. Meteorologist adam joseph is tracking the storm and where its headed next. Adam. Yeah its not heading anywhere that quickly. Its moving at 3 miles an hour and has barely moved since friday