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All the time. >> i dont know of anything else, really. ive been up there helping my parents. >> it has to be surreal seeing your neighborhoods like this. >> it is. its shocking. >> have you been able to take your neighbors at all? >> no, i was helping my mom and dad. >> so theyre going to be okay? >> yeah, i think so. >> well, they did a great job jumping into the boat, especially your mom. ana, im going to toss it back croto you. were going to getthet back to interstate 45, which is kind of in ...

These areas. an incredibly captivating scene here as many people jumping into action and help out where they can. >> just as the gentleman just described to you, he said as far as he knew there were about 1,000 people in the area he lived who were still in high water. the only way to get to them is by way of boat. the weather is horrible and we know that local authorities are trying to get to people by boat, by chopper, et cetera. but because of the conditions, how much more complicated does it ...

Wrong direction. driving through what is standing water here. this is just a very dangerous and difficult situation thats playing out right now on interstate 45. a major highway in the fourth largest city in the nation. as you come back to the south side of 45, what you see is it is completely under water at this point like so much in houston by the way. a car thats been stopped there and a truck thats completely submerged and you got the 18 wheeler cam there that did not make it through. this i...

Boats showing up that have low clearance through some of these floodwaters. these are good boats to navigate. the problem is youre loading these boats with a lot of people so they sink into the water rather quickly, and that can be dangerous because some of the current in these floodwaters starts getting strong. as we look here north on interstate 45, you can see the emergency lights there at the top of the next overpass, and after that were told that the water just completely takes over the int...

Just a little bit ago we saw a coast guard chopper flying over the scene. theres a series of communities around here that are devastated. many quickly flooding under water. weve had a chance to speak with several people. some people who evacuated a low-lying area, then the area they evacuated to was under 3 or 4 feet of water already. the fear is this water is going to keep going up. you can see how intensely it is raining this afternoon as the visibility is really cut down by the rain showers a...

Still need to be pulled out of here, so austin and seth, the volunteer -- >> i want to bring in ed now live for us. ed, youre off of the boat. what is the latest? what has happened sense that moment that you brought us that rescue live here on cnn? >> reporter: well were out here on interstate 45 now. pam jones and their mother being treated now. theyre waiting for a vehicle that can drive them off and get them to safer ground. were out of the neighborhood. shes finally being treated here. so ev...

I didnt feel that was safe either. now look at me. the middle of i-45. >> reporter: never thought id be in the middle of an interstate doing an interview. i get the sense everyone in your neighborhood, youd been paying attention to the warning the and didnt expect to be flooded much less 10 feet? >> right. bayou was high, but not like ive not ever seen before, so we couldnt predict this would happen. >> reporter: how many more people are back there? you said you saw a lot of people still on thei...

>> maybe like a thousand. if you go back there you have to have a boat or big truck. >> are you worried about the people. >> yes, i live in a trailer park, and the whole park is flooded. >> just to be clear, this isnt a small little road, a back road of some small, little town. this is interstate 45 headed northbound into houston. the rain has been torrentially falling here. were underneath an underpass watching people deploy. this has become a beachhead where people are deploying their boats. y...

>> elizbeth: affects news alert catastrophic flooding. urgent rescues are underway as rain continues to fall on the water continues to rise. responders and volunteers are helping stranded people. caseys live in texas were full rescue operation is underway. what can you tell us. >> we have stuff to show you, this is become an impromptu staging area. first of all, were standing on interstate 45 northbound. a major u.s. interstate running all the way through the state of texas north and south. it c...

Lavandera south in galveston, a lot of rain and a lot of rising water. whats the situation there, and also we saw people with boats helping out one another there. >> reporter: hi, fredricka. we are standing snap dab in the middle of interstate 45. takes you into houston. little car traffic but an immense amount of boat traffic on this roadway. people coming on their own freewill, dumping boats into water and trying to rescue people. kristy huffman, her and her daughter, just pulled out of their ...