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From ktrk whose hometown is houston is joining us live to give us the latest. Reporter good morning, this is my hometown, so it is so hard to put into words what were seeing here or to describe it. It is absolutely devastating to see the city the way it is. Although it might seem like were getting a small break because we have a drizzle going on, were expecting somewhere between 15 and 25 more inches of rain. Rescues continued throughout the night the countrys 4th largest city in crisis. The wat...

And good monday morning. Im kendis gibson. Had im 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. Its 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 trapp...

Lets get another update on weather and traffic. Well start with mike nicco. Just dialing up the latest on whats going on with harvey. And you can see right there, kind of nice comma shape to it, but unfortunately, that comma extends into that hot, it is almost hot gulf water. It was nearly 90 degrees before harvey came through there. Notice the circulation is now to the southwest of houston, and its also heading to the southeast, which means it could go back over the ocean water and pick up more...

Lets go to abcs Natasha Barrett live in houston with more on this. Reporter good morning, im born and raised here in the city of houston it is heartbreaking to see the way things are. The rain is starting again, on and off, the winds are picking up as well. Were not out of the woods. Everything is under water as youve seen before. Were expecting 15 to 25 inches of rain. Rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the 4th largest city in crisis. The water came up so fast. Reporter Emergency...

Sun early and clouding up as the day goes on. 75 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 78. Thats the high. 76 by 5 00 p. M. , 6 00 p. M. , 72. The clouds will thicken up overnight tonight, by tomorrow well have shower activity around. Were keeping our eyes on Tropical Storm harvey which has pushed heavy rain bands east of houston which is fortunate because houston has been inundated there may be wrap around precipitation here, doesnt look like the storm will be past houstons latitude until tomorrow or w...

There, we have to go to Houston Texas theres an emergency situation taking place. Reporter good morning were waking up as you can tell the strong winds and rain in houston, there are tornadoes warnings flash flood warnings and a lot of people worried if they have to evacuate their homes now. If they do, many people are being told they might need to. Theres nowhere to go and everything is flooded. More rain is on the way. Rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the countrys 4th largest ...

Minutes. Were focusing this morning on what is happening with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. And this morning, a lot of that focus is in houston. Lets take you there and just in the last 30 minutes, houstons police chief has said they have completed 2,000 rescue missions. Fema officials estimate at least 30,000 residents will have to stay in shelters temporarily because of the catastrophic flooding. And that flooding is expected to persist. Its going to recede slowly. Rain has been pounding ...

Spots, the altamont pass, 2 to 5 miles per hour, but angel island, 16 to 27 miles per hour. You can see kind of a tale of two forecasts there. As the heat is really going to be stuck inland today. And around the bay, but not at the coast. Were starting off your 12hour day planner, 56 to 66. Midto upper 60s at the coast today. 82 to 86 around the bay from noon to 4 00. 96 at noon. Well be at 60 at the coast, 70s around the bay, 80s and 90s inland still at 7 00 on this spare the air day. More on t...

Through the private sector. Its not a new situation. Its been around for half a century and today, the stan h, there is a debate about how it should be structured going forward, but the venture sharesn 5 Million People across the country. Larger shares in place like florida and the gulf coast andth other areas that are prone to flooding. E fede as far as specifically, does the federal government take all of the risk for people who purchase these programs, and whats the role. How they work. Histo...

Our fellow citizens what is taking place. We simply have no choice. Thats sunday night on cspan2s book tv. Continues. Host joining us from South Carolina, Robert Hartwig, a codirector of the center for risk and management, and previously the president for the Insurance Information institute of new york. Good morning. Guest glad to be here. Host we are talking about the National Flood Insurance Program. Can you remind our viewers what the purposes and why we have it . Guest the National Flood Ins...