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Then into northern mississippi going into tomorrow evening. and then right across western sections of tennessee and into southern kentucky. and there is still plenty of tropical moisture associated with this. so much so that this low-lying area right along the mississippi river, right through the tennessee river valley could see the potential for flooding. as i mentioned, some areas are suggesting possibly 10 inches of rainfall. all right. lets shift towards houston. the rain has ended. temperat...

That. lets take a turn to the weather with janice dean, the latest on what to expect. >> reporter: texas has a period of drying out, louisiana, mississippi along the mississippi river valley, tennessee, kentucky could receive four to six inches from what is left of harvey, national hurricane center issuing their last advisory. we will continue to track this. up next the potential for a tropical disturbance to enter the gulf of mexico early next week. will it affect texas? we are unsure but the b...

People putting themselves at risk to save and benefit other people. so thats what makes us who we are, thats what makes us strong. those are the rewards and benefits that flow from travesty, devastation and storms. >> talk to us about, you know, unfortunately there are stories though that are not as happy as this familys story. whats happening tonight in houston in your city? >> well, houston has been tested, you know. a lot of rain, we -- but it was not the hurricane that came out on shore, but...

Referring to a famous phrase dedicated to the astronauts in 2013. there is an enormous amount of attention that gets shifted away from whats the real problem in asia which is unprecedented amounts of rainfall and massive flooding, john. >> and elizabeth you are there and rescue operations are underway right now. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, its very unclear right now how many people are still trapped. its assumed there are more than a dozen several people dead. but minimum bye h...

Center that is a shelter and housing all these people that have evacuated their homes. its gone from 8,3000 people down to 2,500. people have returned to their homes. theyre not comfortable in shelters and want to get back home to their belongings. how are you going to make sure these people get out this morning. >> oh, yeah. part of that is a lot of people had to evacuate because of the massive amount of rainfall that did flood the streets and homes. the flood gz were receiving at the barker re...

Hardest hit areas, at least coming up will be right around memphis and nashville, louisiana, jackson, mississippi, oxford, mississippi. pine bluff, arc sarkansas. those cities are still being encompassed by harvey. now its beginning to be up to local cities and townships and counties to give us the latest update the public advisories as to whats happening. going into saturday morning, heres harvey, still hanging in there ever since last friday when it made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. it ...

Human being. lets take a chelk of what is going on. harvey has weakened to a tropical depression. thats good news but it doesnt really matter. the water thats already in place, as you heard from that city manager, it has to go somewhere. its going to create flood risks. cnn meteorologist chad myers has the latest forecast. im being careful because people think the storm is gone so the danger is gone. and those two things dont go together necessarily. >> not when theres stillwater uphill that has...

Rainfall still continues in beaumont, port arthur. not to the degree that we were looking at yesterday, with 1 and 2-inch rainfall totals. but we also saw some rainfall totals over here along the coastal sections of louisiana. i counted 37 cities in texas alone that saw 30 to 52 inches of rainfall. george, that -- we never see anything like that. but the fact that were still talking about tropical depression harvey is still staggering. national hurricane center has issued its last advisory on ha...

In the next few decades rainfall will increase by as much as 20%. john. >> weve been watching some of the images which they have been dealing with and they also incredible. liz thank you for update we appreciate it. youve been watching cnn newsroom live from los angeles. im john vase. >> reporter: and im george howell here in houston, texas. our live coverage continuing after the break. stay with us. heres to the heroes -- americas small business owners. and heres to the heroes behind the heroes...

They saw such heavy rainfall, 26 inches in 24 hours, it is still raining there. not not those types of rainfall amounts. heres the latest regarding tropical depression harvey. so an inclination from a category 4 hurricane made rainfall around corpus christi, around houston and galveston and all those areas and transitioned that broad rain field over towards louisiana/texas border where were seeing high level rescues in beaumont/port author. some of the refineries and oils and theyve had to pull ...