Were lye in the cnn newsroom. Thanks for being with us. It is a storm for the record books. Harvey living up to all of the fears and the predictions by bringing catastrophic flooding to parts of texas, including the nations fourth largest city. Around 3,000 National Guard members have been activated as water fills home and streets. Some families desperate to get to Higher Ground for forced to use axes to chop their way out of their attics and on to the roofs of their homes. Pets are being carried in coolers as people with forced to wade through waist high water trying to get to safety. The two major airports are closed, every single highway in the state is under water and its only going to get worse saying that the breadth and intensity of the rainfall is beyond anything ever experienced before. Cnn was there when an a dramatic
rescue took place in dickinson. Were live. Ed, what is the latest that youre seeing . Actually were going to show you the video of the moment when it happened. Try to get them in the boat so we can get them out of here. Im going to put the mike phone down while we help them get into the boat. How are you doing sir . Might be better to get in on that side there. Let me see if i can get something for you to you want to give me your hand, sir and i can try to pull you up. How are your arms feeling . Okay. Jason, you want to come up here and help . I can help lift you if thats okay. You ready . One, two, three. Got it . Yeah. Get that foot in there. Its not too bad. Just sit wherever you feel like, you know, is the most comfortable for you. Just sit right there on the edge and well take care of you. Are we taking on water . Its all of the rain we had earlier today and i never bailed it out. Its not a problem, though. You doing all right . Yeah, i think so. Long day . Yeah. Hey, weve got this gentlemans wife and their daughter that
still need to be pulled out of here, so austin and seth, the volunteer i want to bring in ed now live for us. Ed, youre off of the boat. What is the latest . What has happened sense that moment that you brought us that rescue live here on cnn . Reporter well were out here on Interstate 45 now. Pam jones and their mother being treated now. Theyre waiting for a vehicle that can drive them off and get them to safer ground. Were out of the neighborhood. Shes finally being treated here. So everything is going to work out just fine. But to give you a sense, the rescues continue. It just Isnt The Boat that we were on. There are hundreds of volunteers fanning out in this one particular area of dickinson, texas, south of downtown houston. The city of houston. I think were 25, 30 miles ousoh
of houston. This entertain has essentially become a Boat Launch Fb volunteer rescuers taking flat boats out into the neighborhoods with f , fanning out into the neighborhoods and rescuing people. This is austin seth who was manning the boat. Heck of a day for you . It was definitely an interesting one. Wasnt what i was planning on doing when i woke up this morning. Reporter you pulled about 15 people probably total out of these neighborhoods today. I think thats what it ended. Being, about 15. Reporter your emotions after finishing up a day like that . Theres not words like this. Seeing it is sad but i cant imagine living it. Its unreal. Reporter many people are grateful to people like austin seth who lives an hour away, came down here, brought his boat and pulled people out. This has been going on throughout most of the day. Kind of a little bit of a race
against the clock because as you might remember from pam jones, the woman we were in her house, she was worried that many boats were passing by and she wasnt going to get on a boat before nightfall and having to spend the night in the house. Oddly enough, that neighborhood actually had some power. They actually had some air conditioning. As devastated as that neighborhood looking, oddly somehow the power stayed on perhaps making it slightly more comfortable for them while they waited. The good news is pam jones, who you see standing there, her mother and father out of the neighborhood. Theyll be loaded on to a bus or some other vehicle to take them i think they were trying to get so some relatives homes tonight. The work continues to intensify here in houston. One part of their journey has a happy ending but really its just beginning for a lot of the people there. Thank you. Moments ago, President Trump tweeted about the storm recovery
saying quote, historic rainfall in houston, all over texas floods are unprecedented and more rain coming. Spirit of the people. Is incredible. Thanks. Brian todd is in houston. Shes joining us now. Youre with more rescues under way. Reporter thats right. We hitched a ride with two of the private rescuers. Weve been pulling people out of the omni hotel. This is the entrance of the lobby. Youre witnessing a rescue life. Theyre pulling people out of the omni hotel. Look at how deep the water is. Heres a group of people being pulled onto the boat right now. This is brian meadows, one of rescuers. His partner is here hole. Ing people get onto the boat. Maybe we can talk to them. Weve been at the staging area where theyve launched these boats for the last hour and a half, two hours. And there have been several people pulled out and taken to
those areas and shuttled to safety in other hotels. These people elected to come. Were tolds that some people are electing to stay at the omni hotel even though the water, as you can see, is past peoples knees. And its were told that its rising. You can see in the lobby, i can see a staircase with the water going up the staircase a little bit. The water is rising. Were getting a break in the rainfall right now. It has not rained for at least 45 minutes. And so but they continue to pull people out. Were told that between 60 and 80 people were stranded inside here. The hotel staff has kept everyone calm. They said the people can stay for as long as they want. Maam, hi, can you tell us what your name is, please . Marion washington. Reporter describe what the conditions are like. Theyre bad. The whole lobby is flooded. But were associates. Reporter you work here . Yes. Reporter whats the hotel doing to, i guess, make people comfortable. And some people are actually staying, correct . Im not sure. All i know is theyre trying to make us comfortable. Theyre taking us to the hotel. Reporter good luck. Seth roberts is here, one of the rescue rescuers. Tell me some of the logistical problems youre running into. Theres water in some places and theres not water in other places. It makes it a little tricky. Weve got a lot of calls coming in on facebook right now. Were trying to get to people and trying to get everybody out of here safely so that we can get other people that are families and kids and elder folks that need to get out of the house. So were just doing our best to get everybody safe right now. Reporter seth, thanks for talking to us. I know hes got to do his work and climb back into the boat. Were told about 60 to 80 people have been stranded in here. And seth told me a minute ago
that they want to get as many people out of here as they can because there are other people in residential areas behind this hotel who need rescuing from their homes. Of course its been a recurrent theme all day here in houston. People needing to be pulled out of their homes. Officials telling them dont go to your attics. Get to your roof top. If you have to go to the attic, bring an ax or another heavy piece of equipment to punch a hole through. Thats how dramatic it is here. There are some other boats that have come to pull some others out of here. Brian todd in houston during more rescues taking place at this hour. Thank you. Joining u now, the texas governor, greg abbott. Thank you so much for taking a moment to be with us. Seeing those rescues taking place, you must be proud of the citizens of your state right now. Texans are the best. I am so proud of my fellow texans and the way theyre
responding. Thankful for the First Responders and the terrific work theyre doing. Were working to aid them by deploying 3,000 National Guard members as well as providing about 200 or so boats and helicopters for emergency rescues. But its these First Responders who are making life and death decisions, who helping so many people live. Im so proud of them and what theyre doing. I want our fellow texans to know well continue to effort until we get to every single person. Downtown houston is obviously under water. People are having to use axes to chop their way out of the attics onto their roofs. Im not sure if you saw some of the people rescued live here on our air. Im wondering why there wasnt a mandatory evacuation issued for the houston area. Can you tell us about that . Well, of course those decisions are made at the local level by law here in texas. But listen, now is not the tame
to do any secondguessing. Now is the time for all of us to come together and work to save lives. This is a matter of moments and we need to use every moment we have to rescue innocent lives, to get them to a safe place and then to begin the rebuilding process. E with eve seen private citizens using boats to rescue people. Do you think there were enough resources in place ahead of the storm . Well, again, those are decisions made at the local level. We have a raid put together, about 250 boats, and sent them to houston, texas to make sure they will have all of the boats that they should be able to need. Its great when we see so many texans this is really typical of what we see of our fellow neighbors. Theyre going to come out and help others. So many people in texas, theyre not going to wait for some Government Official to come by. Theyre going to take matters into their own hands and do what they can to help their neighbor. Do you know how many people
have within rbeen rescued today within the last 24 hours . I have not seen a count but it is 0 ur canning by the minute. I want you to know and i want hugh stone i houstonians know were going to continue this around the clock. Do you know how many people have died . The last number we had were at least two people confirmed dead due to the storm. There are reports of people who have died but we dont know if its as a result of the storm. We need to wait for confirmation of that. We want to safe all of those that need to be rescued. What do you say to somebody who may be trapped in their home right now watching the water level inside their home slowly kri croup creep up . They need to get higher in
the house, part of it could mean signaling outside so that rescuers will know that theyre in there. There will be different types of rescuers constantly working, some by boat, some in the air, some trying any way they can to get to every home. And so if youre inside a home, try to make it visual on the outside to let someone know that you are in there. Were hearing from meteorologists there could be an additional 20, 25, 30 inches of rain that falls in this area thats already flooded out. Whats happening right now in terms of coordinating with the Emergency Responders in your state to prepare for the additional rainfall thats still coming . Right. We have the state Emergency Responders kooshd nating with the county and local Emergency Responders. And understand withe only part this involves houston. A lot of The Rain Is Falling in more rural areas where theres still a whole lot of population
that were involved in trying to protect and save. This is a really massive effort responding to a massive storm. And do you feel prepared . We have so many assets that were able to provide to this. And because weve gotten the approval of the president ial declaration, we now have this work and aid of fema in this process. So were going to be adding more personnel and assets on top of the 3,000 National Guard there will be many more coming in to aid in this process. Governor greg abbott, thank you again for spending time with us. Best of luck to you and your state. Thank you so much. I want to go now to a Press Conference being held by the mayor of houston. Lets listen. Let me talk about the assets that were working with. There are 22 aircrafts that are
working with us in terms of identifying people who are stranded maybe on their roofs. 16 of the 22 are from the coast guard. They have been flying about. And in many cases actually taking people off of the root, taking them to some other location. Certainly want to thank the coast guard for its work. The Fema Task Team force is now on the ground as of today. Fema has 16 assisting in search and rescue. Four of the teams consist of 80 members and two of the teams consist of 60 members. So they are assisting. With regards to additional assets, were operating with 35 boats, high water rescue boats and then 93 dump trucks, high Water Rescues. 49 of the 39 came in today. 20 from the Texas Military and
then another 29 later on today as well. So we recognize that we have a number of needs exist across the city, across the city, so im very grateful to that. And then i certainly want to acknowledge calls and support that we have received from mayors across the country. The dallas mayor, san antonio, columbus, new orleans, baton rouge, boston, los angeles. And i especially want to thank all of the mayors, new york, and then i just got off of the phone with mayor watch out of boston who will be sending, you know, clothes for adults as well as children. He just wants no know what ages are most in need. Hes also sending some high
water rescue vehicles as well, as well as cots for those in our shelters. I want to thank all of the other mayors, san antonio, l. A. , dallas, all of them have indicated that they will join in and asseist and i certainly appreciate their support on multiple levels. Let me call on the chief for comments that he might have. Thank you, mr. Mayor. So again, i want to echo the mayors sentiment. We really appreciate everybody thats stepping up to help us today and throughout this event that were trying to manage here at the city. We have, as of right now, we have imagined to cut most of our calls for Service Holding in half. I think were down to 400, last check through our cad system and verified 105 calls for water rescue. Were steadily working and whittling away at all of those people, all of you all who have
been calling for our assistance, we have more resources in the field now than we did earlier. As we get more Partners Join in to help us manage the situation. If you do not have to leave your home, if you do not have to get out on the roadway, please do not do so. Call us. Well be there. We have more boats in the water. We have more high water rescue vehicles now. Weve almost doubled our ability to respond and well get to you. And again i want to also emphasize, please do not go up in your attics if youre trying to escape water because that could be a trap for you where you may not be able to get out. Attics are not the place to retreat to if youre in your home and your home is taking on water. You need to get out where you can be seen and we can respond and find you. As far as our Sister Cities, were leaning forward in terms of reaching out and developi ii
mous. Our officers are leaning forward, doing a fantastic job. Everybody is here, almost every officer is here and accessible and able to go out to do their job and protect the city, even in the face of their own families being home and some of them having the challenges that theyre having to imagimanage. But were out there. We will be leaning on our Sister Cities for additional help in managing and assuring that the public is safe. That no one is missed and that we are also sure that peoples property is safe when they do leave their homes. Well lean as far forward on that as we can. Its an ongoing project, challenge that were going to face here. But we have the people committed to do it and we will continue to do so. So thank you. And i certainly would be remiss without acknowledging and thanking all of our first
responders, Houston Police officers, Houston Fire Department who have been out on the front line and have just done a yeomans job. Theyve demonstrated their commitment and love for the city. Theyve been out there in the water. I certainly want to thank them as well. Chief with the fire department. Thank you were mayor. I want to first thank certainly the office of Emergency Management for really the hospitality they provide us for the last three days here and will continue to host us for the foreseeable future here as were still not Out Of The Woods. We expect heavy downpours at certain times. So we want to encourage the public to please be mindful that standing water is extremely dangerous. Its extremely dangerous. You cant tell what youre stepping into. So please, if you dont have to be in the streets, dont be out in the streets. And please, please dont drive. The Houston Fire Department has been working tirelessly, as has the Houston Police department to try to effect rescues and keep the public straight. Were working to switch personnel, keep them fresh. Keep their head in the same, so to speak, and keep their Situational Awareness where it should be. Were going to work with our partners. We do have state assets now in place. We are more efficiently being able to affect the rescues and the demand for service here in the city of houston and were going to continue to really provide a presence out there and ensure that were doing the right thing for this community. Thank you. Thank you, chief. Dennis, the rescues of homeland security, weve been housed here for the next several days and well be housed here for several days to come. Dennis. Thank you, mayor. So the citys Emergency Operation center is operating at a level 1 which essentially means that all City Departments are represented here, along with our partners both at the state and federal level. Weve got resources from all of these different agencies. Its unbelievable about the cooperation thats going on among the vary agencies. The bottom line is were not Out Of The Woods yet. We saw the weather deteriorate a little bit yesterday. And so i think well see us here for several more days probably as we continue to work with our partners and more assistance comes in from other departments. So a big thank you to all of our Partner Agencies both at the federal, state and local level. Well continue to work with thing. Thank you. Thanks, dennis. Leadership to the mayors homeless programs, homeless initiatives. Working with the Coalition For The Homeless we have been coordinating with our agencies that have been working with the Homeless Outreach teams and shelters. The majority of the homeless are off of the streets and are in area shelters. We weve worked closely with store hope as well as Salvation Army who have around 500 more Homeless Individuals than normal in their shelters. Homeless individuals have been going to their regular shelters, including the george r. Brown. Four days ago the Sheriffs DepartmentHomeless Outreach team and outreach teams from Partner Agencies have been working to get the home sbools she homeless into shelters. Theyve done a great job. The vast majority are off of the streets. Our First Responders are still
working with some to convince them to come off of the zreestr. Our thoughts are with the entire houston community. We have a number of partners working with the city. I certainly want to thank all of them. I do want to highlight the red kos cross. They have been very supportive. Three phases, the prepreparation to the storm, the second is what are we doing during the storm and the third will be the aftermalafte aftermath. I want to thank red cross for stepping in early, even in the prepreparation phase. We had identified two shelters, one that we can remember from the last major storm in april of last year, we know what happened when the waters came in and the Apartment Complexes were flooded and all of the Panned Modemoniu occurred. Were able to caulk to them before the deluge of water came in and that was a pretty good transition. I want to thank the red cross for their participation. And second i want to thank the members of the saitbased community, prior to the rainfall. More than 25 churches for stepping up making their facilities, indicating that they would make their facilities available. I want to thank the members of the faithbased community. And people of the Business Community and other nonprofits for being supportive. This is not a onetwothree day deal. Even when the storm is no longer a storm, we know that the aftermath is going to require a lot of attention, a lot of focus to get people back into a sense of normalcy. But i do want to thank everyone for just working with us and i want to thank his tooustonians doing their part helping us get through this. Having said that well take whatever questions you may have. Reporter you commenteds just then on the community and what all theyve done. Consider the likely event in advance [ inaudible ] absolutely not. You know, county judge emmett and i have talked and we both wholeheartedly agree. The best course of action for the people in the city of houston and for Harris County were for people to stay in place. Number one, in you can recall, there was a lot of conversation about the direction in which Hurricane Harvey was going to go. No one knew which direction it was going to go. Its difficult to send people away from danger when you dont know where the danger is. Number two, to try to put forth some sort of evacuation in a couple of days was a little i mean the logistics would have been crazy. Okay . Because if we can remember the last time we evacuated, there was a great deal of confusion, a
great deal of chaos. People literally going to austin on the road 10 to 12 hours, if not longer. There were people that ran out gas on their way. It takes a lot of preparation. You have to have an evacuation plan. And then in the city of houston there are 2. 3 million people. When you combine that with Harris County youre talking about 6. 5 million people. Where are they going. And then once theyre away from the city of houston, theyre away from our assets and our ability to help them. And theyre not looeflg teavingy and staying away. At some point in time they are coming back. And when they come back how do you handle that type of a traffic coming back into the city. And when you have many roads that are impassable as they are today, can you imagine the nightmare it would be with millions of people coming back
into the city where many of the communities are under water, streets are not passable. No. The decision that we made was a smart one, it was in the best interest of houstonians. It was the right decision in terms of their safety. And always we must put the interest of the city of houston and houstonians first. Thats exactly what we did. Absolutely no regrets. We did what was the right thing to do and we are acting according to the plan that we laid out. Yes. [ Inaudible Question ]. Last year, in april 2016 when we faced the flood, we had a number of people at the Campbell Center that went quite smoothly and we transitioned them from the shelter and put them into temporary housing and eventually into permanent housing. The reality is that because of the wide spread flooding that has taken place, the last day or so. There are a number of people that dont have a place to go. And many of the people, for example, that went to the george l. Brown today, they came today in wet clothes. They dont have a place to go. The stress level for them is great. Many people were in homes with water. Okay. Some of them were senior citizens. Some of them have families. Some of them have pets. So this was this was part of the plan, to help provide stability and security in their lives, to put them in a better place, albeit temporarily as we transition them and get them back on their feet. And i think, i think in this city we know how to do it in such a way that is not chaotic. But its respectful. Its dignified. You dont rob them further of what they have lost. But you recognize that at any point in time, when people are in crisis, you do your very best to provide them with some degree of normalcy. Thats whats occurring here. And i want to thank all of the partners for being exceptional. These people are part of their family. And what happens when a Family Member is in need . We wrap our arms around our brothers and sisters and we give them the help that they need. Help put them back on their feet. [ Inaudible Question ]. Absolutely. Many of the 49 that were talking about high water rescue vehicles are boats. We had a number that existed in our own inventory, fire has some already, police has some, public works had some, fbi in the area had assets. But the flooding that is taking place is unprecedented. Historic. And was all over the city and all over the county, in fact all over the region. And its not unlike what took place, theyre saying 2016, when you may have had one or two areas that needed high water rescue vehicles. In this particular instance high watt esh rescue vehicles have, needed all over the city and all over the county. And quite frankly we simply did not have enough assets within their existing inventory to meet those immediate demands. I am very thankful that we were able to obtain additional high water vehicles today, and boats today. And then just like mayor wash from boston indicated hes sending additional report as well as others that will be doing the same. [ Inaudible Question ]. Look. We asked everybody, you know. If you got a high water vehicle or high water boat, look, well be very appreciative and we certainly will thank you. We want to get to those who are
in disstress. Those who are on the roofs, those in the attics, in their homes, we want to get to them as quickly as possible. Can you imagine the worst thing is to be out of your home on the roof, in the attic, in a house in water. I mean you want out of that situation as quickly as possible. So we want to get to people as quickly as possible. So in order to do that you can have the personnel but they also need to equipment. [ Inaudible Question ]. The goal is to stabilize their lives and to transition them out of the shelters as soon as possible. Again, like last year we put them in shelters, for example, on, i want to say like a monday no, i think it was like on a friday, they went in
to the shelter on a friday and by that following week we were transitioning them out to either some other form of housing. You dont want to keep people in a shelter too long. Many people have their families, they have their pets. So the goal is to provide them with the assistance that they need and to stabilize their situation and to transition them to a better, a better place in their lives as quickly as possible. [ Inaudible Question ]. Weve been listening to the houston mayor addressing residents in houston as they face a catastrophic water event. Its now a Tropical Storm continuing to batter the area with a torrential amount of rain. Theyve received 24 inches in houston alone and meteorologists are forecasting at least double that before this event is over. He talked about some of the resources they have right now deployed to help make Water Rescues which have been going on
throughout the day. We know the Galveston County alone theyve made more than 1200 rescues. They have 22 aircraft, 39 boats and 93 high water rescue vehicles in houston continuing to work and theyre urging people to need help to get in a place where rescuers can see them and find them and get to them as quickly as possible. I want to bring in now a tweet from the former president , barack obama who just sent out this message. Thank you to all of the First Responders and people helping each other out. Thats what we do as americans. Heres one way you can help now. And he retweeted a link to the american red cross. So many have lost to much already in this storm. For more information on how you can help the victims of harvey, just log on to cnn. Com impact. Well be right back. Knowing where you stand has never been easier. Except when it comes to retirement. At fidelity, you get a Retirement Score in just 60 seconds. And well help you make decisions for your plan. To keep you on track. Its your retirement. Know where you stand. No, its this john smith. Who we paired with a humana team member to help address his own specific health needs. At humana, we take a personal approach to your health, to provide care thats just as unique as you are. No matter what your name is. At holiday inn express, we cant guarantee that youll be able to contain yourself at our breakfast bar. Morning, egg white omelet. Sup lady bacon fruit, there it is but we can guarantee that youll get the best price when you book with us. Holiday inn express. Be the readiest. [l vwho can turn the Worldan Jeton with her smile . S who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile . Well its you girl, and you should know it. With each glance and every Little Movement you show it. Youre gonna make it after all. It takes a long time to get to the top. Youre gonna make it after all. But with americas best youre gonna make it after all. Bumpertobumper limited
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get out were completely surrounded by water. We cant get out of our apartment complex. No one can come in. Were just stuck here. That sounds quite scary. Whaps goi whats going through your mind . Caller like when does it end. And another thing, its going to keep Pouring Down Rain until wednesday. What do we do until wednesday . How do we get out of here . And you know, the helicopter and any type of Emergency Assistance is not coming this way unless we are in immediate danger, like if were stuck in our vehicle or if we have to climb to the roof. But other than that, then no one is coming. What is your plan at this point . Caller my only plan at this point is to stay out of the water. Ive been keeping in contact with family and friends. But other than that, we cant do anything. Its just like were literally
stuck here. You went up to your neighbors house on the second floor. Were you and that neighbor close before or did you just go up out of the moorj that it was and introduce yourself . Walk me through how that happened. Caller fortunately for me i do speak with my neighbor and i called her and told her that the water was starting to come into the house and she invited us up there. But there are a lot of people that dont know their neighbors or interact with their neighbors and theyre breaking into the empty second story apartments just to get to safety. Oh my goodness. Were you able to take any of your possessions with you when you went upstairs . Caller last night the water got to where it was just at the door but not come into the house and they gave me an opportunity then to pack some clothes. But just what i could fit in the
suitcase. Just important paperwork. But things like the furniture and your equipment, things like that, you know, they dont, they dont come. You just grab what you can fit. Im so sorry for what youre going through. I understand you recently moved to texas from louisiana and you lived through hurricane katrina. Is this taking you back a little bit . We just moved here last august. Moving from a 2016 flood in baton rouge. And here it is august 2017 and im in a whole different state and yet we experience this once again. Unbelievable. You are so resilient. Thank you so much for you time. Best of luck to you. Thank you. A massive search and reese Cue Operation is under way right now in rockport, texas and the surrounding county. We have some drone video to show
you some of the damage from Hurricane Harvey that took a direct hit in that area. About 400 people are now searching homes for any sign of life in a Coastal Community that took a devastating hit. To add insult to injury, rockport has also had Tornado Warnings, Torrential Downpours and flooding. Martin savage is joining us now from rockport. I understand the water has receded from that area, martin, but whats left behind . Reporter whats left behind is a massive mess of devastation. Were just sort of walking along here as you look at one store front and you get a sense that this is going to be multiplied block after block and street after street. So the store fronts here completely caved in. The billing that makes up the entire strip mall is demolished. Its not going to be rebuilt. Youd have to start all over. Store fronts, glass doors all
pushed in. The roof completely ripped off. All of this an indication of what a category 4 hurricane can and will do, especially with the incredibly strong winds. Some say the winds got up to 130, maybe 140 miles an hour. We also got some pictures from in some of the residential areas. I dont know if you can show that. It is not just businesses that have been severely impacted here. It is also peoples homes. And the amazing thing is, there again, street after treat and block after black the houses and these are Brick And Mortar houses have been pulverized. And then there are the Apartment Complexes. And after the Apartment Complexes you run into things like the hotels. So this is an entire town that has been just devastated by the result of this category 4 hurricane. So as they deal with the tremendous water that theyre fighting with there in houston, here theyve got a total different thing. Theres no electricity, no water
that you can either drink for sewage. Communications, cell phone, all of that is almost nonexistent. The infrastructure has been wiped out. And theres no place to go that you cannot see it. We struggled to give you the sense of scale to all of this. You just cant. It goes on and on and on and on. And theyre trying to go through all of this debris to see if there are survivors or if there are any more fatalities but theyre up against so much. This is such an ironic scene. You come into this bookstore and the books are all on the shelves here despite the mayhem and yet of course theres absolutely no roof left here of this place chb. Wow. Reporter its just one example. One more thing before we believe here, across the street. These are the First Responders. Theyve been pouring in. Youve got the state police here, the National Guard thats here. Youve got the Task One Emergency Search And Rescue teams that are here. Heavy earth moving equipment is in here to scleclear the street. Youve got buses taking people away because essentially the mayor and everyone else has said this community is not livable at this point. So if you rode it out, you got to get out now because you cant exist without electricity and clean water. Otherwise, if you are out of town, dont come back. Were weeks way way from electricity here. Martin savage in rockport, texas. Thank you. As we go to break real quick, i want to show you some pictures of a Flooding Rescue that just happened in houston. A helicopter at work in the flood zone. Were back in just a moment. Its ok that everybody ignores me when i drive. Its fine. Because i get a Safe Driving Bonus check every six months im accident free. Because i dont use my cellphone when im driving. Even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. Heres something else. I dont share it with mom. I dont. Right, mom . I have a brand new putter you dont even know about its awesome. Safe driving bonus checks, only from allstate. Sometimes i leave the seat up on purpose. Switching to allstate is worth it. Thats why a cutting edgeworld. University counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. And why a Pro Football Team chose us to deliver fiberenabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. And why a leading Car Brand Counts on us to keep their Dealer Network streamlined and nimble. Businesses count on communication, and Communication Counts on centurylink. Well, what are you doing o Take Care Otomorrow 10am . But. Staff meeting. 3 45 . Tai chi. 6 30 . Sams baseball practice. You are busy. Wouldnt it be great if you had investments that worked as hard as you do . Yeah. Introducing Essential Portfolios the automated investing solution. Gently remove more plaque and. Oralb crossaction is clinically proven to. Remove more plaque than sonicare diamondclean. My mouth feels so clean. Ill only use an oralb the 1 brand used by dentists worldwide. Oralb. Brush like a pro. And helps prevent cavities. Go beyond brushing with act®. It wasnt just water that swept into this texas home. A man was able to catch a fish in the middle of what appears to be his living room. And by the time this storm is done, parts of texas could see up to 50 inches of rain. I want to go to our tom sader monitoring Tropical Storm harvey in the cnn weather center, you have called this a one in a thousand year flooding event. What are your models telling you . Lets explain that. Im sure many people are like how do you know that . What happened 1,000 years ago. A one in 400 year event, weve had this in the past couple of years. It does not mean that the next time well be in 1,000 years. Its a percentage of the chance on any given day or days that this amount of rain could fall. Weve never seen a system really recent American History that has been so challenging, but yet when you look to the computer models, so accurate. It is something something. In fact, even tracking storms around the world and typhoons, weve never seen one without a Steering Current that has just been me yandering for days. This is still a Tropical Storm. Its feeding off the rainfall its dropped on land. When you look at the bands of rain in houston, there was another band getting ready to move through in about an hour half, two hours, already the rain and Severe Weather with a few Tornado Warnings coming out of lake charles, louisiana. Theyve issued 12 warnings. The Houston Office issued 132
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