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Do, we have a Customer Service hot line that we turned into a nonemergency call center, and weve asked the residents if they need to be rescued and its not an emergency, or if they think they might need to be rescued, that they call that 311. Most of the people unless they get hit later or are near the river. W we are prioritizing those, the residents that can get out of their homes, like i said, were prioritizing them. And also we they do know that we will wait until daybreak. Because of the st...

Havoc and number of rescues that had to happen close the other gulf and much closer to gulf, we can see coast guard rescue video that came over the weekend, they rescued 12 in paris, we watched the levy over top, 9-foot levy, we were watching water pour in, that was on saturday, baton rogue got hammered by rain but the mississippi stayed within its bounds and didnt flood and new orleans here very thankful that the rain levels did not get to the point that they were expecting the mayor saying the...

Houston. reports, reputable reports said that increased significantly because of climate change. >> not at all. brianna , we had the same rain about five years ago. we had flooding, but we did a lot of adaptation and fixing the infrastructure and stuff. a lot of people flooded before that didnt flood here. im not minimizing the devastation of the flood in houston, but im saying the most of the houses that were flooded is because of the two dams that were managed by government failed. flooded pla...

Weaver feared for the future of his store. >> i knew if we didnt do the right things, this business would close its doors. >> the owner mercantile had to come to harsh reality. its coustomers wouldnt think o shopping for a very long time. >> knowing what happened after harvey, i needed to act quickly and needed to know if the people of houston would be spending again. and our store front is the bulk of our business. so i just knew things were going to change immediately. >> time wasnt on man rea...

Expected $65 billion of damage. in tonights whatever happened to segment, we go back to some of the hardest hit areas and see what they look like that. senior correspondent rick leventhal reports from point pleasant, new jersey. >> and super storm sandy slammed the jersey shore october 29th, 2012, and ravaged miles of coastline through the ocean swallowed the beach, swallow neighborhoods that typically didnt flood, leaving vehicles under water and boats on dry land, cutting some houses right in ...

Morning? >> were still out of power. there is no power to the islands. we cannot get people out here. im actually on the islands, i was able to take the helicopter out here yesterday. but our bridges to the islands need to be inspected and our low lying roads need to be enspektded before folloenspektd ed before people come out. we have what appears to be less damage from winds than we had from matthew. matthew, we had wind and water damage. and the flooding from irma appears to be much worse tha...

At that point the storm had sort of deteriorated. the eye wall had collapsed in on itself so, it was just relentless and there really was no relief as it came through. now, its actually not too bad. as far as the rain goes, were still getting gusty winds through. this morning its all about the damage assessment. this came in here in ft. myers right as it was getting dark. so, i think a lot of people still havent been able to see just what the damage was to their homes. the good news is the storm...

Jacinto river waste pit, located right beside the very busy i-10. and again, epa official says despite being battered and flooded, there is no indication any toxin or pollutants leaked from the site. so to the flood victims, the people of houston in this area, at least as far as theyre concerned of pollution, what would you say? >> as it relates to this site, specifically, then this site is secure. >> reporter: what about the other superfund sites? >> well, as it relates to the superfund sites t...

Tankage were in place, and that we knew that the site was basically secure. >> these are the containers theyre worried about. either though there is water all around them, they essentially say that this site didnt flood. the inspectors here are looking just to make sure that everything is still sealed. we found nearby structures filled several feet deep with rainwater. epa officials say this was the soonest that ground crews could access the site due to the danger of flooded roads, downed power ...

Wear protective gear. and more than a dozen sites here were either threatened by floodwaters or went completely under. epa officials have seen the sight sites from the air but the first time from the ground eight days after houston flooded and weve been invited along. >> well be walking down to this end of the site. stay on the concrete. stay out of the water. >> reporter: the first stop is a 17-acre site, once notorious polluter whose owner were told by the epa is still on the run from law enfo...