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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 wha ....
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 ....
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 ke ....
a good morning to all. we begin with some new imagessss of the flood devastating southeast texas with families trapped in their homes and thousands packing into shelters. the rain still falling at this hour in and around houston as well as southeast texas with another 10 inches possible overnight. harvey has drifted out to sea but is expected to head back inland. and there is a flash flood emergency. the city of beaumont, texas, is getting hammered this morning. the rain is coming down at 2 inches per hour. and rescuers worked through the night. the death toll has climbed to at least six while thousands of people are under new evacuation orders. and today president trump heads to texas after promising billions of dollars in relief. abc s maggie rulli joins us from the flood zone in houston. maggie, good morning. reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. this is a weather disaster affecting thousands of square miles and millions of people and unfortunately only ....
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