Natchez River News Today

>> this is russia and china in terms of giving them the economic help and the energy supplies and so the ukrainian reports were discounted, widely discounted, but russia has been helpful, as well, and we still see china the most recently pushing back against the unilateral u.s. sanctions which went against chinese entities and theyre not yet ready to really press hard and maybe this will change it, but not clear it will. >> andrea mitchell, a long night for you. appreciate you getting up early. ...

>> reporter: so those raptdids, im hoping you can see them on this droen footage that we shot over rose city, you can see how fast the water is pouring into the city because the natchez river has just not receded yet. you can also see some train cars that are derailed there, cars that are derailed. you still have not been able to get back into the city to check on it. how many are we talking about here? >> the city has a population of about 40,000. we still dont know about property loss, most of...

Nature of the hurricane that hit texas, its eight. the natchez river, beyond the previous record. think about that, eight feet. thats 96 inches above the all time record in beaumont. thankfully harvey will not be the deadliest storm in u.s. history, but the destructive toll the storm took and the misery it caused can be hart to comprehend. heres some numbers to consider. 51.88, thats the number of inches of rain that fell in cedar bayou outside of houston, the greatest rain event ever in the con...

Others we have not decided yet. so drinking water is not a problem. >> okay. i just want to go back to something you said about being in rescue mode. so just to be clear, you are still in rescue mode and rescues are still taking place as you talked about at an apartment complex that flooded today. those -- those are new areas that are flooding? or are some of the people who just were riding it out and decided the water hasnt gone down enough and enough is enough? >> no, not at all. we go door-to...

To ten days. >> all right, allison chinchar, appreciate it. joining me now is the mayor of beaumont, texas, becky ames. i appreciate you joining us again. if you could give us the latest update on the water situation in beaumont. any idea on when things may get back online? >> well, were hoping to get real accurate information when the crest is going to happen in the natchez river. so that will make a huge difference. that has not happened yet. we were hoping that it would this afternoon. so w...

Connectivity problems, not surprising because this horrible situation is ongoing. lets go to another area hard hit area, beaumont. whats the latest from there? >> reporter: you mentioned it in the intro to the show, there was no running water in beaumont and that was our impression just driving into the city a couple hours ago. you can see the natchez river behind me. it has really creeped up on to the water treatment facility. you can see the fence over there as our cameraman pans. just to see ...

Fumes from that plant. people within 1.5 miles now have been evacuated from this area as a precaution. so we have a team on the way to the scene, and well bring you any updates as soon as they develop from there. meanwhile, more breaking news. the flood ravaged city of beaumont, texas, has lost both of its water supply sources after the main pump and a backup failed. thats where we find cnns drew griffin. hes live in beaumont, and the city is home to about 118,000 people. drew, whats the latest?...

Their pump and the backup pump are both flooded. so people are waiting in these long lines for a ration of bottled water. it will force the citys hospital to evacuate many of its patients. theyre having a hard time placing them. lets begin our coverage with cnns miguel marquez live in beaumont. whats the situation there? >> the situation is they have too much problems on their hand. still too much water coming down the natchez river. its rapids in the middle of beaumont this morning. they dont h...

An outside foreign power helping? >> this is russia and china in terms of giving them the economic help and the energy supplies and so the ukrainian reports were discounted, widely discounted, but russia has been helpful, as well, and we still see china the most recently pushing back against the unilateral u.s. sanctions which went against chinese entities and theyre not yet ready to really press hard and maybe this will change it, but not clear it will. >> andrea mitchell, a long night for you....