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Making loans available, section 108 loans. those kinds of things make a big difference and also determining where the units are that are available. we have staff out making sure where those are, determining where the people are however that helped by hud programs. and then matching those up. working very vigorously with fema. >> bret: we have seen something like this, but this seems historic. back when hurricane katrina. how long it took to iron out some of those issues, some of them still go on...

John, its moving, its moving at 10, it was moving at 2, we like to see 20, but moving at all will start to see the rain spread out and thats what we have needed now for about 24 hours. >> you just saw brian todd there, its stopped raining in hine, b houston, we have emphasized and emphasized and emphasized again, theres still a threat of flooding. >> reporte . >> here is the reservoir called barker, and here is the one calledcall ed addicks. the level is 109 feet high, the water, that part right...

Here to the top of attics, you are at 108 feet above sea level. thats where the water is right now. 108.25. so, water is going out and around in places that it has never, ever moved before. back out here to the west, all of these houses are completely flooded. it was the plan to let the water out of this to get it into the buffalo bayou to release the pressure here, but its too late, cant let water out. its an uncontrolled spillway release now. if you are along the buffalo bayou, watch for rushi...

Addicks reservoir. the uncontrolled portion is the part going around the back side of the dam. this is unique structure in ad dicks. drain for the water is coming through the outlet. some of the water -- the water thats coming in to the bathtub is coming in faster than the water that were able to release from the drain. so some of that water is going around the back side of the dam? small amounts. you know, the back side of the dam, the elevation is about 108 feet. the water elevation right now ...

This is it. notice all the neighborhoods behind it? all flooding at this point. the north fringe, about 108 feet high. the water here is about 108.04 inches. getting directly over this by about a half inch. water is spilling over, getting down into the buffalo bayou. of course, the dam is not failing. the concern its going to begin to take on tremendous amounts of stress from the water. officials are doing their best to remove all thestress stress, remove water. take water out of it, but its spi...

Make sure that we go from the phase of rescue and reaction to the phase of recovery and a smooth transition. we are also going to be assisting state and local paramedics in reallocation of federal assets to disaster relief, looking at granting immediate foreclosure relief, insurance by mortgage insurance as well as insurance for rehabilitation. section 108 guarantee is infrastructure for economic development and for a host of things and also disseminating information, which is so critical. the m...

Record breaking levels on the addick reservoir. we watched it get to the 108 feet, now 108.2 feet. even though it is escaping, theres still so much water coming in that it is still rising. now in last couple of minutes it looks like it leveled out. until it stops coming in fast, were going to watch water rises in places where youre watching the video now on the right-hand si side. where the words buffalo bayou are, thats where the water youre watching right now has to end up. slowly and we dont ...

Above sea level here. on the north side we have 108 feet, ending right there. thats where the water now, at 108.3 is spilling over and into areas that have never seen flooding before because this barrier, this dam, this earthen dam has always been there. now, its not failing. this is just how high its ever supposed to get. even at this point in time, all of these neighborhoods are all full of water. now, the water is finally spilling over here, going to be flooding different spots, different pla...

Well head up near 60. how crazy is that? as far as the forecast path of the storm, about 24 hours of this. i mean, if this is a marathon, we just hit mile 22. this is like the end of the race, which is absolutely the worst part. as youve been seeing the pictures, this is the worst part. again, the storm by about thursday, 1:00 a.m. is in northern louisiana. then the rain is further north. we could have minor flooding problems, but, again, the greatest concerns are with the rivers, the bayous and...

Rising, and there are many of them, of course, going through the metropolitan area of houston. how serious is the threat to levees there in the city? >> its a big concern. let me break this down for you. right now this is where the houston area is, and you can barely see two areas right here. lets get in closer. thats the addicks and the barker reservoirs. this is where they have a concern. when we talk about the apex, these are levees, they are not concrete. 108 feet to the apex, but only 108 f...