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State operations center. leland: last night, as the storm was coming to shore, we talked to some folks in the texas emergency operations center, they couldnt get a hold of the police in rockport. they couldnt get a hold of the police in port aransas. there was a lot of communication that had gone down. were looking at various pictures and whats always striking to me, is you see this damage, then comes the flooding and you also have the issues of all the utilities that are down. youve got power l...

Alarmed, its only a staging hear. now, again, the situation here, the concern in houston is flooding, flash flooding, how waters can rise very, very quickly. so what leaders are recommending is for people to be very vigilant, be aware of the conditions around their home because again, there is no evacuation order here in houston, people are asked to shelter in place. but officials here asking people be very vigilant, if you see water rising quickly, call for help. >> all right. stay safe. your c...

By the next four days, to hit this place. just to give you a little sense where we are, in southwest houston, this is what, maybe, six to eight inches, its receded. what causes flash flooding were the constant rain bands pounding this areament were just about 100 yards from whats known as kegans bayou. weve been here where cars are. ill give you a lay of the land. this main thoroughfare, you can see the road closures on this end of the several block of businesses and then if you pan back with me...

Cross. red cross.org, you know your money and donations are going to somebody who is really going to take care of folks. these are pictures from friday as everyone was sandbagging and boarding up in galveston, texas as the waves went over the seawall. that city is under a flash flood warning. casey stegall on the ground standing by with major flooding and also a look at some of the devastation that this storm has left behind. casey when we come back. ugh. heartburn.

Those people off and then you have emergency rescuers that have to put their lives at risks to try to go out and save them. if you live in this area, this stuff is not fun, youre not supposed to play in it. it is extremely dangerous. weve been talking about flooding. well get brand-new video coming in which was shot on the island of galveston that shows some water, up to stop signs, the levels are increasingly going up. getting such heavy rainfall at times that it is pooling on the roads and in ...

And now, possible tornadoes. lets get right to ginger zee. weve been tracking this all afternoon with you. where is harvey right now? >> harvey is so close to making landfall. its on top of southeast texas. with the max sustained wins -- winds of now 130 miles per hour. its a category 4, moving northwest. the tornado watch, in the northeast quadrant, rockport, thats where were going to see the dirty side, as we call it. extreme wind warning. 115 miles per hour-plus. tropical storm warnings from ...

Heavy rainfall. were expecting rainfall amounts in additional 15 to 20 inches in some locations so we feel its going to be the flooding is the major short-term threat. elizabeth: a lot of these low lying areas already have this much rainfall. i want to ask you about the additional threat up to feet of rain. and also what casey was talking about, do people get complacent when they think its a couple of inches of rain and head out not only in the rain, but the threat of tornados? >> the threat of ...

May have passed, now blowing up to 70 miles per hour, still strong, but the gulf coast is bracing for the threat of deadly flooding that could last for days. president trump is continuing to monitor the situation from camp david. lets go straight to washington and get more on the federal response to harvey. athena jones is with us from the white house. athena, what is the president doing today in terms of coordinating response efforts? >> reporter: the president held a conference call in the lat...

And even on this walkway here you see a lot of the mud accumulating. thats because there was water here. the water level of course came down. and you can see right now this is buffalo bayou. and normally it is a normal bayou, it is not gushing like it is right now. right now it looks more like a raging river than anything else. and on these trees as well you can see how the water level is still pretty high. and this is what city leaders here are warning people about, the conditions can change ve...

Thats 10 inches of rainfall. and there are some spots weve seen updated over a foot already. over a foot since really about 10:00 last night. thats a pretty enormous number that has to drain off. thats not soaking in. and the storm is still sitting there and spinning. houston, youre in good shape for right now. eastern neighbors, eastern suburbs not so much. but so far youre in this little dry slot area here. and that will fill in tonight. you will have very heavy rainfall in houston tonight. th...