Downstream to rivers and bayous and areas south of houston and people are still, their lives are still being disrupted and unfortunately more and more bodies are being found as the water has receded in places that have been flooded. Eight days ago harveys wrath was still being felt but we are still counting the cost. He as one lady in houston told my off staff, she said normal is a long way off. Its more than just days we are counting. Families return to their home and peace their lives back together, the numbers keep rolling in. T the numbers are how we keep track and i want to mention a number of numbers that i think will help all of us understand the magnitude of what has occurred. The numbers will help usst wrapper had around what this disaster has meant for not only texas but for the country. The largest numbers of the toughest. Not the toughest to swallow, i will get to those in the moment, but simply to comprehend. They are the ones that make your jaw drop like 27 trillion gallo
Christi this morning with the very latest, don, good morning reporter good morning, Hurricane Harvey continues to show little mercy on this part of the texas gulf coast, and while daylight will soon reveal some of the initial damage, the slow motion disaster is far from over. Band of torrential rain high wind pounded texas gulf coast all night, harvey made land fall 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a category four hurricane most intense storm to hit the u. S. In more than a decade. 125mile an hour winds, took aim at the town of rockport high school, Senior Housing center and parts of historic downtown, all hit. Hours later, the monster storm made a second land fall, and started weakening, but it is on track, up to 3 feet of rain in some areas. Already more than 200 you this people are without power, and it has prompted a boil water advisory here in Corpus Christi, anyone who stays behind has been told to boil their water before they consume it. As harvey approached officials urg