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Our underpasses because its not an unusual occurrence. but then something else happened this morning. it became a different type of crisis. that is the bayous all of a sudden just started rising and thats what inundated structures. >> i see. in terms of that, in terms of that last inundation that youre talking about there and in terms of the scale of the flooding its interesting to hear you say youre designed for this in a way, the street grid is the way houston is designed to drain out. was thi...

Very very hard. and of course we have three confirmed fatalities. two of them were in vehicles that went under water last night during the rain. and then one person was pulled this morning. we dont know the circumstances of that. we are -- as soon as we can, and as waters recede were going to areas that have been under water. >> its toure one last question, you have infrastructure damage and thousands of people who have been displaced from their homes and not going to be able to go back to their...

We have flood gages on many of our underpasses because its not an unusual occurrence. but then something else happened this morning. it became a different type of crisis. that is the bayous all of a sudden just started rising and thats what inundated structures. >> i see. in terms of that, in terms of that last inundation that youre talking about there and in terms of the scale of the flooding its interesting to hear you say youre designed for this in a way, the street grid is the way houston is...

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Doing what they can to protect their homes. jon: its always a struggle, ill tell you. irene could be a real monster, a potential category four storm by the time it hits the united states. emergency officials are urging folks to take this one very seriously. >> a big storm, even if we dont get a direct hit, trop cat storm force winds are going to be on top of us for an extended period of time, so i expect well have infrastructure damage, i expect well have a considerable power outage. expect the ...

Outside the hotel, one of the last places theyre holding on to in tripoli, will pot let those journalists outside the hotel to cover whats happening in the streets.pot let those journalists outside the hotel to cover whats happening in the streets. back here in the united states, a rare earthquake shaking parts of # 2 states from maine to georgia. the 5.8 magnitude quake striking the town of mineral, virginia. according to the united states geological survey, the quake lasted between 20 to 30 se...