Brassos River News Today

Flood-swollen brassos river. polo, what do you see? >> reporter: all the rain that has fall sben continues to fall has to go somewhere, streams and rivers, including here in richmond, texas, looking over the raging brazos river. this is expected to crest later this afternoon right now. communities along this river, which is only about a 10, 15-minute drive from houston were under a voluntary evacuation yesterday. everything changed when authorities actually checked out the most recent forecast a...

Be dealing with this. were seeing the folks in the shelters who got rescued, but also the rescues that are ongoing. give us where we are right now. >> yeah, ive had to change it up a little bit. ive been telling everyone were getting 10 to 20 more inches and the river is still going up and the buffalo bayou we have to watch because of the release from the dams taking place. i wanted to pinpoint other areas still waiting for the tragedy to unfold and people still trying to gather theyre belonging...

Jacob rascon is in fork bend county, texas, where rescues have been going on. jacob, what can you tell us there? >> reporter: i dont know if you can see this, but you have right now a jet ski from a gentleman. are you from here? >> kind. >> reporter: youre from nearby? and youve come to help people. okay. weve got kayaks, jet skis, big boats, big trucks. and theyre all just going back to rescue people and bring them this way. the reason im talking on the phone, we have some audio issues. do you ...