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Level. >> six to 12 feet above ground level in a state that is essentially flat. its at sea level pretty much. what are you anticipating there in terms of potential flooding? >> yeah, there is life threatening flooding possibly along both coasts. southwest florida is especially vulnerable because theres almost no elevation rise. thats why the storm surge warnings extends well away from the coast, so that people need to know if theyre in an evacuation zone. people need to know that information. >...

Down near homestead, south did a, susceptible to storm surge. five to ten feet of flooding above ground level in those areas with irmas approach. >> shepard: all the way across miami, hollywood, and kendall, and everything. >> right. and, yeah, potentially. thats what people to have plan for. thats why there have been evacuations by the officials, and along the west coast, if irma was a little further to the left you can see significant storm surge here and the southwest part of florida. >> shep...

These are some of the nonperishables they are starting to distribute. its a massive warehouse. they started distributing about a million pounds of food every day. already 2 hnt 4 million pounds have been donated just since wednesday through friday. but at this point theyre looking for cash donations because they can make money go so much farther than donating water or canned goods. theyre trying to get these two agencies that will then distribute them to the ground level, to the people in need. ...

Stations across the state of texas. so dont worry. we will not run out. >> the pentagon said today since harvey hit, the military and coast guard combined for 16,000 rescues. there is more help on the way. two more navy ships will be on the coast on wednesday. >> the u.s. [indistinct] -- are no longer just doing water aerial rescues or dropping off the past few weeks. they are helping law in enforcement help monitor areas. >> the aerial tour by black hawk helicopter also took us over beaumont. a...

You can hear the rotors while were talking, ed. so instead of just trying to save people, instead of dropping off food, theyre trying to show theres a beefed-up law enforcement presence above areas that would normally have police at ground level, ed. >> peter, we can still hear you. i want one more in there. how do they pivot now? once theyre done with water rescues, what is the next part of the mission? >> the next part of the mission is the looting. its to make sure that there is no looting an...

Out. hallie, one thing the governor said over the weekend is that they want the president who experiences some of these issues sort of in an anecdotal way. see and touch and see the individual stories of what happens with human beings that are affected by his presidency. the governor has said he wants the president to see this at the ground level at that microlevel so that he can understand the depth of whats going on in texas right now. >> garrett, as far as the timing of this trip. by the way,...

Now as far as the damage? >> well, you know, as you mentioned, we are expecting sunrise to come shortly and hopefully help illuminate some of what were seeing. all we can see right now is through our headlights. obviously power is out for a number of people in koshus christy. we are seeing a lot of downed palm fronds. we will we have not seen structural damage yet in town. but its difficult to see these things. sometimes theres damage on the roof and you cant quite see that from the ground level...

Front or where you check in and were well off about 16 feet above ground level but what im seeing the entire parking lot the entire hotel is an island now. looking out towards lavaca bay, high veigh 35 thats the route that takes you back towards palacios and houston. 52 miles to rockport, they got hit hard with significant damage and potentially injuries. nobody can really get out of this hotel right now but were safe because we have all of our vehicles up here. ill take a moment and see how dee...

Heres a view of our radar loop. heavy rain throughout this area. this is going to be a water problem. we are talking about the wind problem. this becomes more and more of a water problem. beginning with yes, storm surges and high tide. there it is, right near port lavaca. high water. of course its nightfall. we will see the damages until tomorrow. its piling up right in the ine inlets. just from ground level, low-lying areas. 12 feet of water. bring more impressive numbers. this one tells a lot....

Youre in the hurricane zone, fill up. if youre not, fill up now while you can. >> jeff flock, fox business network. thank you. lets check in with michael brennan, chief hurricane specialist at the national hurricane center. we saw in your most recent update this thing is a category three storm now. what is your prediction? >> well, right now, harvey has maximum winds at 120 miles an hour. we expect it to move northwest and approach the middle texas coast tonight and make landfall in the morning....