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Were lye in the cnn newsroom. Thanks for being with us. It is a storm for the record books. Harvey living up to all of the fears and the predictions by bringing catastrophic flooding to parts of texas, including the nations fourth largest city. Around 3,000 National Guard members have been activated as water fills home and streets. Some families desperate to get to Higher Ground for forced to use axes to chop their way out of their attics and on to the roofs of their homes. Pets are being carrie...

These people elected to come. we are told that some people are electing and staying at the omni hotel. even though the water as you can see is to peoples -- basically passed peoples knees, and were told its rising. you can see in the lobby there, i can see a staircase where the waters going up the staircase a little bit where the water is rising. we are getting a bit of a break in the rainfall right now. it has not rained for id say at least 45 minutes. and so -- but they continue to pull people...

Showing us, ed, thank you so much. in dickenson, texas, today. i want to head to the cnn meteorologist center in atlanta. break this down for us, what do the next few hours look like for that area? >> well, the next few hours pretty much if you look at infrared satellite imagery, the brighters colors are the higher cloud tops. doesnt show the rain at the surface, but it gives you an idea if you go north of austin, youre into some of the heavier downpours, some of the more severe weather or thund...

120 hours take it back to a secondary land fall. the models were hinting at this the other day. remember, we lost all steering appearance and it was going to meander for a while. many of the miles brought it offshore. were still in agreement with that. that is good consensus. unfortunately it brings it up to galveston and houston, by thursday, it exits the state. by looking at the computer models and seeing, is there any other possibility of a difference? theyre all agreement bringing it offshor...

Were lye in the cnn newsroom. thanks for being with us. it is a storm for the record books. harvey living up to all of the fears and the predictions by bringing catastrophic flooding to parts of texas, including the nations fourth largest city. around 3,000 national guard members have been activated as water fills home and streets. some families desperate to get to higher ground for forced to use axes to chop their way out of their attics and on to the roofs of their homes. pets are being carrie...

Were able to caulk to them before the deluge of water came in and that was a pretty good transition. i want to thank the red cross for their participation. and second i want to thank the members of the sait-based community, prior to the rainfall. more than 25 churches for stepping up making their facilities, indicating that they would make their facilities available. i want to thank the members of the faith-based community. and people of the business community and other nonprofits for being supp...

Those areas and shuttled to safety in other hotels. these people elected to come. were tolds that some people are electing to stay at the omni hotel even though the water, as you can see, is past peoples knees. and its -- were told that its rising. you can see in the lobby, i can see a staircase with the water going up the staircase a little bit. the water is rising. were getting a break in the rainfall right now. it has not rained for at least 45 minutes. and so but they continue to pull people...

Saying quote, historic rainfall in houston, all over texas floods are unprecedented and more rain coming. spirit of the people. is incredible. thanks. brian todd is in houston. shes joining us now. youre with more rescues under way. >> reporter: thats right. we hitched a ride with two of the private rescuers. weve been pulling people out of the omni hotel. this is the entrance of the lobby. youre witnessing a rescue life. theyre pulling people out of the omni hotel. look at how deep the water is...

Weve never seen a system really recent american history that has been so challenging, but yet when you look to the computer models, so accurate. it is something something. in fact, even tracking storms around the world and typhoons, weve never seen one without a steering current that has just been me yandering for days. this is still a tropical storm. its feeding off the rainfall its dropped on land. when you look at the bands of rain in houston, there was another band getting ready to move thro...