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Email When a tear in the lining of a wastewater pool at a former phosphate plant threatened to unleash a 20-foot wave of contaminated water into neighborhoods in Piney Point, Florida, officials had no choice but to pump millions of gallons of the water into Port Manatee, a cargo port along the eastern shore of Tampa Bay. The transfer of 165 million gallons into the bay averted catastrophe. But scientists and state officials are now urgently monitoring the bay’s water quality, fearful that nut...

Released slowly as jacob rascon explained. what it mean more people will, essentially, have to get out? >> well, thats a very important point. the dam. theres two major dams here. and they are on the west side of town and they are slowly releasing some water, controlled release. because theyre filled. all of the water that has come in from all the rivers and the lakes, the surrounding area that all dump into here. thats where these dams are holding it back and preventing the city of houston, dow...

To do that, they would have either laughed at us or ignored it. >> jacob, this speaks to what you are talking about. regarding people who are leaving their homes or not leaving their homes at this point. you know houston. im not speaking out of turn here. this is your town. i want to get a sense of what the expectation is over the next couple days. i think some dams are set to be released soon. i believe one has already, right? >> right. so, they started releasing one at midnight, but slowly. i ...

Room at the white house for us. thank you very much. want to see if we can bring back the live picture of houston where we expect the mayor to come out and give an update on whats happening there. you have been seeing the images from houston on msnbc. dramatic photos. people getting rescued even today. philip is there live in houston for us. philip, you are from this area. this is a place that you know. youve seen these kinds of storms, nothing like this, but at least flooding in the past. can...

Taken to allen, texas. everyone is safe. >> while were talking with you about the rescue yesterday. i wanted to point out were watching live now, north harris county. this is actually happened at this moment. people getting rescued. you can see this young woman getting the rain out of her boots at this point, tim. just so our viewers know where this is going down. trudging through the streets with streets flooded. tell us what happened with your mother and the people at that assisted living faci...

Even that it was going to be worse than the worse-case scenario. so, i dont doubt what he says. even if he called for one, it would have been touchy not knowing where it was going to hit and knowing that it was going to be even worse than the worst predictions. >> jacob rascon on the ground for several days. stay safe. im sure well have you back here on the show later on this morning, as well. jacob, thank you. we want to go now to dickinson, texas, a half hour west of galveston. the coast gua...

Because the dam there is now double the highest rate they have ever released the water at. thats how much water is all throughout this region. heres the rainfall forecast through thursday. still another 10 to 20 inches possible. and, again, a lot of that is in the next 36 hours as the tropical storm gets a little closer to the region. as far as the catastrophic flooding has gone throughout this region. were still watching the one bayou especially. one went down a little bit because it hasnt rain...