drought-stricken texas where strong winds from tropical storm lee are kicking up several major wildfires. you see them here. this is south of austin, texas. crews are scrambling to knock down flames as soon as they pop up. 1,000 homes are at risk, in the line of fire. the situation has been getting worse. fire officials can t tell us how many evacuations they have or any damage assessments as of yet. we ll have more ahead on the fires including a live report from the scene and also a man who may lose his home to this fire. first we want to bring you up to date on the enormous amounts of rain tropical storm lee is dumping on louisiana and also mississippi. this was tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf this weekend. this is an oil rig and the workers there, you see them leaning into the wind holding on for dear life just to find out how fast the wind is blowing. they found out fast. on land, lee has been a flood maker. parts of louisiana have gotten a foot of rain or mor
we begin with breaking news in drought-stricken texas where strong winds from tropical storm lee are kicking up several major wildfires. you see them here. this is south of austin, texas. crews are scrambling to knock down flames as soon as they pop up. 1,000 homes are at risk, in the line of fire. the situation has been getting worse. fire officials can t tell us how many evacuations they have or any damage assessments as of yet. we ll have more ahead on the fires including a live report from the scene and also a man who may lose his home to this fire. first we want to bring you up to date on the enormous amounts of rain tropical storm lee is dumping on louisiana and also mississippi. this was tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf this weekend. this is an oil rig and the workers there, you see them leaning into the wind holding on for dear life just to find out how fast the wind is blowing. they found out fast. on land, lee has been a flood maker. parts of louisiana ha