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Emergency management and he told me they are less than a half a foot away for that reservoir from spilling over and affecting dramatically the neighborhood immediately behind me. he said second story homes will be at risk. that has never happened in history that the dams, the reservoir, the adddicks and barker reservoir dams protect the city downtown houston from the floods and that is going to spill over today. now, he did tell me in terms this does not mean that downtown houston is going to be...

Texas. we are going to follow fema today and hopefully team up with them. our griff jenkins is reporting the release of the addicks reservoir which auto could be devastating. we have looked at the map there are hundreds if not thousands of homes that could be affected by that reservoir released today. back to you in new york. brian: matt, looking at that number are you saying that the recommendation is at this point to not call 911, to call that number instead? >> you know, i would say maybe cal...

This area is becoming a problem. i have had a harris county sheriffs deputy stop here. i have had a harris county department of transportation guy stop. they are coming off the highway to me and asking we saw you on the news. what is the situation? can we get in there? would have had asked residents ask how bad it was. i dont advise it the addicks reservoir dam is right there and its going to spill over. its not going to be like a breaking levee, its going to trickle. unchartered territory. its ...

You are looking right now at the storm beneath and see what is happening now. the situation about to get worse. one of the citys swollen reservoirs expected to spill over at any moment. we will have the first time this has happened in history. pete: people living nearby now in unchartered territory bracing for the worst as harvey makes a dramatic come back. ainsley: also breaking overnight, new evacuations ordered. crews now racing against time to rescue thousands of people that are still strand...

Time. harris county officials are going to have a press conference. im going to assume that their main point of having that is to advise the residents in the immediate subdivisions of this reservoir of what to do should you have remained. pete: 9:00 eastern 8 central. ainsley: residents along addicks and reservoir leave their homes. stay in houses unless advised to. dont let kids play in floodwaters. secure all your valuables. cajun army out with boats trying to rescue guys they thought needed t...

This hour you have a dam in houston dangerously close to spillover. pete: the crisis situation could cause uncontrolled releases, which is spilling over the top at any time. ainsley: griff jenkins joins us live in houston near the addicks dam where everyone has been tolded they need to get out of their houses. >> its not dangerously close, guys, its eminent if not already coming over the top of that addicks reservoir dam. we were here yesterday when the u.s. geological survey folks came out to t...

And in terms of the water spilling over, we dont know what that is. again, jeff leonard told me we are in, quote, unchartered territory because they have never had spillover. they dont know what kind of water is going to rush. they do know that these homes behind me are in for a real problem in just a matter of hours. brian: i hope they are out. your sense these people are out by now, right? >> we have been here and this is just one of the neighborhoods in the spillway area that will be affected...