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Were expecting to get hit with more rain tonight in galveston. we are getting hit right now with the winds. as you see by me, there is a lot of lightning and the storm is moving closer and closer to the area. although this is now downgraded from a category four hurricane to just eight tropical storm authorities are saying take this seriously because it is bringing rain and especially tonight we will see inches of rain here in galveston an area thats already been hit with tons of rain. over the n...

Rainfall. this is particularly southeastern sections of houston. that is where weve been hit the hardest with those feeder bands that just bring in moisture from the gulf of mexico and produce significant amount of rain in a short period of time. that is where we have the life threatening flash flooding taking place. in fact we have seen water levels surpass the 500 year level already. and just putting this all into perspective, there was one point where we had five simultaneous tornado warnings...

Historic levels totaling as much as 40 inches in some areas. lets go to the flash flooding in houston, nbcs jacob bras koe joins me by phone. what are you seeing? >> weve been driving around all morning and right now were heading to an area we know rescue teams have been hard at work because in the southeast areas of harris county is where we hear they have the most rain. this is the worst case scenario. this is what houston feared. its a catastrophic deadly flooding, tornados, that was a surpri...

>> well, where all of us, its very wet. >> because youre my friend get out of the live shot stephanie gosk. lets check in with msnbc meteorologist bill karins. look at the rain here. this is extraordinary. i was talking with you about this storm moving at one miles an hour 678 i think its been upgraded to two miles an hour. come on! >> thats the problem. where the heavy rains set up, its right over houston. a lot of people are saying these are the images they saw during katrina. you have to real...

And were watching the latest in texas throughout the morning. cnns paolo sandoval is live in san antonio, texas this morning. >> and we need to point out that a lot of people evacuated went to san antonio, and san antonio itself closed schools and businesses in preparation for this. youre going to feel the effects of this at some point. >> reporter: absolutely, christi, it may have taken a while but were now seeing the weather effects from harvey, mainly the precipitation has just started in the...

An additional one to two feet, if not even potentially three feet to a lot of these locations that have already had enough rain. >> my goodness. this slow-moving storm, it really is misleading. in some areas people feel like hey, we have clear sky right now and its time to go out and assess the damage, they really need to take pause on that. we are talking about flash flooding and continued rain, right? >> absolutely. the thing is, i want people to understand, as this gets downgraded from cat 4 ...

So as more rain comes through with saturated ground, then that is when you see flash flooding, that is when you see waters rise very quickly. take a look at this bayou. buffalo bayou. normally its a normal 234rflow bayou. right now it looks more like a raging river. and you can see debris on the bayou. and weve seen tree logs on this and the tree logs raging through this water. thousand, we just saw that an alert went out to all of the residents on the west side of houston for people not to be a...

Were continuing to follow breaking news, harvey thousand downgraded to a tropical storm with sustained winds of about 70 miles per hour. and we know at least one person has died.about 70 miles per hou. and we know at least one person has died. nearly 300 240ur oo300,000 are power. and the mayor of rockport telling cnn that there is widespread definivastation. and we are told president trump had a lot of questions about flooding and mass power outages. and lets take you to the town of victoria, t...

Department of homeland security 12 years ago when katrina hit. what are you most concerned about, with the characteristics of the storm. im expecting flooding, but what you can bring to the table in this situation? >> what im most concerned about, youre right, is flooding. because flooding is a sustained recovery period. were right now in initial response, but recovery will be long. at the current moment, what were worried about is people being too optimistic. the storm is still in place. we exp...

Bank and met the road on the other side. that is the kind of 2-foot plus flooding they are warning. the hurricane center say we are definitely going to see at least some 20 plus inches possibly in rain that is expected. for any viewers in this area in houston i spoke with the spokesperson for the marion he said give them the message to staff the road. seems like were in an aftermath situation or its not going to rain, the bands of harvey are coming. they are coming furiously will cause more floo...