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Louisiana. the problem is beaumont. they have been hammered. beaumont home to over 100,000 people down toward port arthur looks like houston did saturday night. we know what happened come sunday. 15.5 inches today, on top of 16 theyve already had. another six to eight tonight. weve got to get resources torres cues. lake charles, you missed out. the band stayed to your north and south. baton rouge, new orleans, youre in the clear. you got missed out, too. i know you were sandbagging in plaquemine...

Swamp boats that have big fans on the back that navigate these waters much better than most of the boats weve seen. that speaks to the character of these volunteers who we have seen coming out it rescue their friends, their neighbors and frankly a lot of strangers. >> thank you, alexander. well get back to you, as well. i want to get to tom sater in the weather center. tom, this is unbelievable. officials are bracing for more devastation. tell bus it. >> yeah, don. i guess the last 24 hourses or...

It. so it was raining. me and my kids were already soaked and wet from being in the water. plus, with the rain coming down on us, we didnt have jackets. my kids didnt have any shoes on. i was just so scared and shocked whats going on. i didnt think about packing anything. the guy came. the firefighter came and he said, if anybody want to leave this area, now is the time to do it. i took that as a sign. i got my kids. and we left. >> so listen, listen, i dont know you guys in person. i havent met...

Support. now, quibbles. hes as you calling attention to himself. could he have shown far more empathy for the people. hes got budget cuts affecting his various agencies doing the work and theres no talk about climate change which does contribute to there. >> speaking of when you say stayed they said it was a presidential trip to a deluge state where the president didnt meet a single storm victim, see an inch of rain or get near a flooded street, but the day long visit where president trump spe...

>> yes. >> so i want to ask you -- how many people were around you that were still stuck when you guys were rescued? were there a lot of people? >> it was people on the front street. it was the whole neighborhood was outside. everybody was standing on their porch because the disaster hit in the middle of the night. i was asleep. my grandmother linda woke me up screaming saying its water all the way to the bathroom. i thought she meant just like a light mist like rain came under the door. when i ...

Houston, but the devastation of the storm far from over. look at this incredible scene. this is interstate 10. this was today. harvey, by the way could, dump an additional 15 inches of rain on louisiana and texas, bringing more catastrophic flooding before making landfall again in the next few hours. somewhere along the texas, louisiana border. volunteers with boats have jumped in to help authorities in the search and rescue efforts. an unknown number of residents still trapped as we learned tod...