because of the lack of water. new video just in of houston residents returning to their devastated homes. you can see piles and piles of damage and destroyed furniture and belongings. firefighters are also out in the city today. knocking on doors and looking for anyone still trapped inside. harvey is now being blamed for a total of 28 deaths. helicopter crews are searching for survivors again this morning in the beaumont area and our camerawis were on board one chopper as they plucked terrify residents from the floodwaters. we showed you some live, i was watching from home as tound and the man on the gouround there, miguel. the emotional reactions when they finally got on dry, solid ground. this is the massive rescue operation underway. harrowing moments as children like 11-year-old joshua, his parents and neighbors are
everybody going in and this is like houston in the northeastern part of the city. but about 25 inches of rain and 24 hours and the people here standing together trying to help each other out. neil: it is remarkable. thank you very, very much. joining us on the phone is one of the people who is the effort. he is a member of the search and rescue efforts in houston. very good to have you. thank you for taking the time. no problem. neil: what is it like they are now? there were a lot of folks who are stranded in their homes still. they ve been told don t go up to your attic, go on the roof. wave white flag or some like that to get our attention. that works great for our helicopter crews. we are working with the state agency teams in the joint air ground centers. we have air force helicopters out there flying almost nonstop. in addition to that, we have boats out there with our para-rescue try to help out the same thing that you discussed
meteorologist bill karins. i m having trouble believing what we re seeing, extraordinary. the rescue, i think once it gets dark, it gets difficult to navigate. about eight hours to rescue as many people as possible. during the overnight, it s tough. unless you re on the rooftop with a flashlight. as far as the boats go. this one sentence by the national weather service that came out sums it up, saying this event is unprecedented and all impacts are well known. follow orders from officials to ensure your safety. we know from past events how high the water levels are and what s going to happen at those certain water levels. this water is up so high we don t know exactly where the water is going to flow to. people in their lifetimes that have lived there for 80 years have never seen water in places that they re seeing it now. let s get into the forecast part. we have numerous tornado warnings. we had one confirmed tornado about a half hour ago south of the town. figure, our helicopter c
body aircraft to movie heavy equipment. this is the national guard working with the county and state officials to do search and rescue, which is the first phase of the response to hurricane, tucker. tucker: so how does is it mostly done by air, the search and rescue? well, use all assets both air and ground. the winds will be restrictive maybe for days from using helicopters. most of our helicopter crews can operate about 25, 30 mile-per-hour wind. as you just saw a minute ago, that storm is going to continue to turn. and the winds may exceed 25 or 35 miles per hour for days on end. which would put us to a more restrictive use to ground search and rescue teams in swift water boats having to go in to rescue people. this is going to make it even more dynamic because texas is big and this is a big long coast line.
helicopter crews lifting a man off the top of that pickup truck surrounded by raging flash floodwaters. let s turn now to meteorologist janice dean live on the plaza and she has got some help because today is a final day for a college associate who worked on fox & friends. janice: it s mary carroll, everyone, she has been such a great college associate. she comes to our meetings prepared. she pitches stories. she gets coffee for everybody. you are so happy. i loved having you here. thank you. i m going to miss it. janice: are you ready to do the forecast. i m ready. janice: are you excited or nervous. mostly excited a little bit nervous. janice: are your parents watching. i hope so hi mom, hi dad. fingers crossed. i hope they are awake. it s a little early at 6:30. janice: she told me her grandpa watches mornings with maria but today she needs to be watching fox & friends. fingers crossed they are watching. janice: go mary carroll. warm and humid temperatures across the