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This one will last for days, possibly making a second landfall and possibly coming back out into the gulf of mexico the next couple of days. well have to watch. flash flood warnings are in effect for millions of folks in and around the houston area and the big concern here is epic amounts of rainfall. rainfall that weve never seen in this region from a landfalling hurricane. so when you deal with storm totals in excess of 50 inches of rain over the next several days, thats catastrophic. thats li...

Above flood level, that is 5 feet higher than it has ever been in history. it is a threat to life. thats why its mandatory evacuation. those folks need to leave. if they do not leave we are going to rest them and get them off of the property to safety. >> it is here where its a voluntary evacuation, but thats because the devastation they saw last year memorial day for these homes, theyre hoping people will get out. right now communities need to get ahead of any potential flooding. the flooding w...

And its very unfortunate. our tax day flood that took place in 2016 claimed nine days, the memorial day flood claimed eight lives. we turn around -- we encourage people to turn around, theres no necessity to go out, stay in. you can educated yourself more, do reading, the things you want to catch up unaround the house. im concerned about flash flooding and because we dont have the amount of rainfall right now that we can anticipate, some people may assume that we wont get it. my hope is that peo...

A mayor who said they had major catastrophic flooding, that wasnt from a hurricane or storm, that was just from thunderstorms and now 30 or 40 inches of rain, its going to be a long couple of weeks. harvey swept ashore around 9:45 local time last night. so were at about 15 hours or so. the eye went almost directly over rockport, texas, home to about 10,000 people. many without power. very limited communications there. steve harrigan has made his way out to rockport. steve, youve covered so many ...

The test in this initial 24 hour period? >> well, i really want to commend the fema leadership in particular their communications have been very strong. no one in homeland security in the middle of a hurricane which we are still in and certainly well see a lot of flooding the next couple days would say so far so good especially that now that we have our first fatality. but in terms of the surge of resources that occurred before the leaning in, femas me motto is go big, go fast, bring stuff in qu...

Straight toward the camera. but down here is the galveston seawall and this thing is about nine, ten feet high and just for perspective, hurricane ike, when it came through here in 2008, the storm surge was so high that you had water lapping up against this, waves crashing. you can see that the surge is not high at all. theres beach out there. so the water is not even that high, but this is what everybody has been talking about. this heavy rain thats not supposed to last just through today. were...

Size storm. were preparing a texas sized response. is there enough resources to flood the zone or by the time youve got the flooding, therefore, you cant bring in heavy equipment. you probably cant get across some of the roads here, especially, out into these areas right next to the water on the shore and you dont have communications. what specific resources does the federal government bring to that that even the state of texas cant? >> well, they can use the heavy lift helicopters to get resour...

Storm. at this time its a case of all the kings men may not be able to do anything so now we are waiting for the storm to start. the storm in the water far out there on the beach in galveston. nile, as you point out, the political analysis will come out in the coming weeks and months. well have here to talk about it. we appreciate your insight. >> allison: residence in houston are bracing for heavy rain and massive flooding which they are seen. as the hurricane ripped through coastal texas. were...

Meanderring of what is now category 3 hurricane harvey. as i said, this is the closest major city away from the evacuation zone. but there are a couple key messages here and i want to potentially relay from people watching from san antonio and evacuated to this city. just because youre 150 kilometers off the coast, doesnt mean were safe from the bankrupt of this storm. granted the winds havent picked up all that much. 120 miles per hour, thats the highest gust weve seen, but the wind is still sl...

Stagnant water can be when you get to the inches that you were mentioning, 30, 40 inches. you can sort of explain that for us? >> reporter: well, cyril, if you have a flash flooding event. lets say the water rises by six inches in a matter of 15 minutes. that can actually knock you or me or a grown adult right off their feet. if youve got a foot of water. 12 inches of water, you can actually lift and float a small vehicle and wash it downstream. the car is actually the most unsafe place you can ...