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10:00 a.m. out west but it is high noon in texas and heres whats happening right now there. many areas are bracing for widespread flooding as a weekend hurricane harvey dumps heavy rainfall, already totaling more than 20 inches in some places. the national hurricane center is warning that catastrophic flooding could sweep many areas by wednesday. there are some strong winds still, now at 75 miles an hour. they are leaving a trail of devastation. here were taking a look at some of the damage visi...

Any minute now we are expecting a briefing on hurricane harvey from texas governor greg abbott. its been pushed back to 1:45. well see if he makes it on time to that one. hes trying to assemble all the information he needs to give us the very latest statistics there, but well take you there when it gets under way. meantime what youre looking at is one of the hardest-hit regions, rockport, texas, where hurricane harvey made landfall as a category 4 storm. it had devastating 130-mile-an-hour winds...

According to joe fryer, who says people are out already looking and they probably should not be because there is some flooding expected in galveston, despite that sea wall thats been there since 1900 that was built after a devastating storm there. we also want to show you some brand new pictures were just getting in from inside rockport, texas. look at that devastation, further reason why it is being called the ground zero of this hurricane harvey. this video is showing several buildings. they h...

Gust that was reported. 132-mile-per-hour, 125, 110, rockport 108. now you know, youve seen some of those pictures, what a 108-mile-per-hour wind gust can do to structures and thats a low end category 3. still a hurricane but wont be for long. it is drifting to the north at only 2 miles an hour. now we start that painful process of seeing where this drifts to in the days ahead. weve had this feeder band over galveston and mostly just north of houston. this is just a tremendous amount of rain tha...

This hurricane is now a category 1 storm, but the worst could still be ahead as the threat of devastating flooding becomes all the more likely. some new reports say that the storms slow-moving speed means the areas in its path could see historic levels of rainfall and flooding. heres a look at some of the wreckage harvey has already left behind in the city of rockport. the mayor there says the devastation in that city is widespread. well, houston is about 40 miles inland from the coast and we ...

At 53 past the hour, were waiting to hear from texas governor greg abbott who will have the latest information on hurricane harvey about just how hard his state has been hit by this massive storm but were also getting new information. im going get right to you, big, msnbc meteorologist. what are we hearing now. >> hurricane center says the winds are down to 70 miles per hour, only down from 75, no longer seeing it as a hurricane. its a tropical storm. didnt make much of a difference because we w...

There in houston and this must be due to some winds. there was a little bit of flooding we have seen but not that bad. well have to see what caused what looks like the result of a roof collapse there. we are also getting a look at galveston right now. heavy, heavy winds and rains there, and thats been pretty consistent throughout the night, so theyre not even able to assess flooding at this point. so were going to keep an eye on that. hitchcock, rockport also coming your way shortly. stay with u...

The top of gas stations and the like that were taken out. so talk about the concern for anyone who may be stuck somewhere and buried, because there appears to be evidence of that in rockport certainly. but how about where you are? >> reporter: not so much where we are. i did find a homeless man on the street. i dialed 911. this was several hours ago, to inform the police where he was, that he was outside riding the storm outside. they said at that time they were not going to deploy officers anyw...

Witt here in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is high noon in the east, its 9:00 a.m. out west, 11:00 a.m. in texas. heres whats happening, hurricane harvey is still pounding parts of central and southeast texas with heavy rain and winds, with the full damage yet to be seen. but this is the scene just a short time ago in victoria. the mayor of rockport is already saying that the storm has brought widespread devastation with some buildings, including schools and homes damaged or completel...

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