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No power. we want power. >> i hear that. thats like a lot of people out here. the first is the danger and then there is just the misery factor. look at this. look at that. havent seen that in a while. it came out there behind that cloud for a second and you know, now hiding again. thats okay. were on the right track. >> bill: there is hope. thank you, jeff. best to that lady there with you as well. sandra, trying to make their way through that stream there. you can go slow enough and ride the wa...

You combine all of the water coming down, so all of the flooding. all the storm surge that is coming and all of the rain, getting the power back on will be a goliath effort over weeks if not months. were in the beginning hours of the storm. as rick said it will stall here. that will increase the misery factor so, so much for the folks who stayed and those inland who evacuated. all they can do is watch the destruction here from the wind and rising water over the next couple of days, guys. >> lela...

With the chemical plants around this flooding area, and now its happened. theres more breaking news. the flood-ravaged city of beaumont, texas, has lost both water supply sources after the main pump and a backup failed because of the rising floodwaters. thats where we find cnns drew griffin live in beaumont. give us the latest there. >> reporter: to just add to the misery factor, i turn on the spigot this morning to brush my teeth and air came out. at 12:30 last night or early this morning, the ...

There was nothing but air coming out. you couldnt brush your teeth. that is going to add to the misery factor for the 118,000 or so residents in beaumont. plus all evacuees. not much of beaumont left. so all of those people are here. and all of those people are dependent on the water supply. heres -- heres the issue. the main pumping station is in the natches river. they cant get to it because of a flood. they dont know if the pumps are broken there, if repairs need to be made because they just ...

Tonight. they just issue add extreme weather emergency trying to keep people off the roads. theres no reason to be out. basically, shelter in place. local authorities here say they are only going to respond if it is a life-threatening emergency. any of those volunteer rescues, those are done for the night because its just toot dangerous. most of the roads in jefferson county are covered somewhere in this county making it very hard to distinguish a road and a drainage ditch and a rafer. thats whe...

We started to feel the strong winds pushing through the city in the morning. we also saw flooding throughout the region. you talk about cities like savannah, you talk about tiby island and charleston, south carolina. i want to point this out. charleston dealing with a flash flood emergency this hour activated a short time ago. well have a little more on that in just a few minutes. the situation at the airports, the worlds busiest airport right here in atlanta, georgia, look at this image here, n...

This neighborhood and this street. this is highway 124. its one of the routes into houston. im going to let this truck go by and give us a splash here. but, its not going down quick enough for people to get back into their homes. thats what they are waiting for in shelters around here, just to get back in and start the clean up process. again, the city of buford, excuse me, beaumont without water, fred. thats adding to the misery factor. >> drew, you heard from the general. he said losing the wa...