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Then. havent had a chance to check. yesterday we were at another shelter in fort bend county at the high school and it was bringing in evacuees from a lot of towns. we were in bay city, texas and that one is -- that town is expecting almost 10 feet of water in its downtown. they had a mandatory evacuation where they asked people to go to these buses at 1:00 and if you didnt get ochb those buses, there was one woman we ran into who was in a desperate state and said she had mistaken the time when ...

Got a big people on facebook to get together and help folks less fortunate. >> reporter: got on social media and decided why not. >> right. >> reporter: how many -- what did you bring over here? >> i brought kayaks, tubes, we live in a boating community so theres a lot of ski tubes and stuff like that. we brought all of that and were trying to do the best we can. >> reporter: ever done something like this before? >> never, never done anything like this before. this is probably the worst thing iv...

We spoke with one man, didnt want to be on camera but said he had just gotten there, felt compelled to help. he brought several kayaks and several of his buddies were helping the rescue effort. we hope to speak with some of those good samaritans shortly. >> we would love that. >> reporter: too really tell the story of how people feel compelled to help. they dont even live in this neighborhood. several miles -- >> beauty of it. gabe, heres what were going to do. im going to keep your shot up whil...

To houston, because youre going to be caught, and i guarantee you when you take advantage, including our own criminal element here, you take advantage of people and prey on them, under these circumstances, thats despicable behavior, and were all going to push hard to make sure you dont see the sunlight anytime soon. so we have got armed robbers last night, middle of the night. and we also got more looters, a handful of looters at a game stop last night. and the chief has been here, helped catch ...

The community to know were not just in search rescue mod, were in law enforcement and public safety mode. last night we actually had some arrests made of a crew that was robbing members of our community. community. officers heard about it, they deployed in heavy rain, found them, they went in pursuit and all of those suspects were taken into custody. heres what i would like to say to people that would take advantage of individuals, this is the state of texas. and were a welcoming city but were n...

A birthday party turned into a crime scene late last night. two high school student were shot and killed at a party outside of cyprus texas, thats just outside of houston. 19 people were wounded after someone fired into that crowd. many of those people were wounded as a result of gunshots. this afternoon, the sheriff gave more details about what happened. >> out of no apparent provocation, someone discharged a firearm in apparent celebration of music. someone else who thinks its important to car...

Many people. you know the more you bring in is one less person they are able to save. >> you can see where the level of the water is there, the water is up to everybodys else. you can see the national guard truck. the water is almost overtopping the tires. i guess the issue is, even if you have a foot of water in your house, you have seen enough of the stories of people gaining water quickly. you know the attucks reservoir is overtopping and continuing to release water and the rain will come dow...