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Louisiana and texas where staggering rain fall totals, maybe not 40 and 50 inch in houston and galveston but certainly right around a yard of precipitation, 30 to 36 inches in places like beaumont, mcfadden. technically the center of tropical storm harvey is off shore but creating swells all the way around galveston bay over towards new orleans but this is going to make a second land fall. tropical storm harvey probably between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. local time is expected to cross the coast line in...

Now by phone. anina, that piece about particularly houston that made it particularly susceptible to flooding in the case of a big storm. what is it about houston that makes it so challenging? >> there are two things i would say about houston that make this such a challenging issue. number one, as the mayor said earlier, this is a huge small sprawling metropolis and of course we have seen incredibly widespread flooding. we have seen flooding across all of harris county, which is home to houston. ...

We have seen flooding across all of harris county, which is home to houston. across neighboring counties. thats a huge impact there. a lot of places and people that can get flooded out. second of all, scientists and experts said again and again, houston has allowed unchecked development that made this flooding worse. lets be clear, this flooding would have occurred no matter what, i think, the amount of rain fall that has fallen is just so huge. however, scientists and experts say some of the da...

Officials. theres trump tweeted this, historic rainfall in houston and all other texas, more rain coming. spirit of the people is incredible. says the president. a local affordable star is helping up to help flood victims in the houston area, j.j. walsh of the houston, texas is launching a fund raising effort. hes already raised nearly $200,000. walsh joins me now tok measure about this. thanks for being with us. youre actually not in houston right now, you and your teammates are stuck in da...

Of people who are suffering in texas. we want to make sure you all know we are working right no now to provide assistance as quickly as we can. right now we are focused on rescue operations and will move into recovery operations later in the week. today we are deeply concerned with those in houston and surrounding areas who are stranded and in need of immediate assistance. people need help, and we are working to provide it. while the hurricane-force winds have diminished, i want to stress that w...

Their smart phones to get information and help. >> reporter: as the rain continues to fall, this has become a flood emergency in the age of social media. that matters because local residence are using their phones, using facebook and twitter to call for help. weve seen hundreds of cases on sunday of people trying to tweet to local authorities or post on facebook to their local lawmakers listing where theyre located what their condition is, asking for boats or helicopters to come in and rescue th...

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Matagorda bay. if you bring up slide one, the forecast has the tropical storm moving up the coast of texas, towards the texas-louisiana area within the next five days. theres still uncertainty as were dealing with this track. the storm itself is creating its own circulation even aloft, so this track forecast still represents a difficult forecast for us. we have to pay attention as we move forward. very heavy rains are currently associated with an intense band of rainfall extending north-northwes...

Up here is dallas. snrs this >> this is the bayous, creeks, riv rivers. this is buffalo bayou. south of that is briars bayou. closer view. there you can see, here is a problem. all these rivers and streams. they filled up with t10, 20, 25 inches of rain fall so far with rain continuing and theres no place for it to go. not just in houston. we go all the way done towards trinity bay. and numbers of areas, of neighborhoods there inundated. not just there. katie, pasadena w, sugarland. we were watc...

The bands that had been sitting over houston, one has shifted off to the northeast. we have a report of over 30 inches of rain so far near houston. theres a broad area of 15 to 20 inches and even greater in that whole south central part of texas. if we can have the rainfall map, this is a one to five-day forecast. as i noted, houston is in a lull right now but will get back into the moderate to heavy rains later today and into tomorrow and well see how long it lasts. it depends on the track. a 1...