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They destroyed homes and buildings i left 300,000 people without power. The worst could be yet to come. Expected to last for days. Thus go live to casey. We had to shame the people in the background here but this is what we you should not do if you are in this region. Look at those people out there right now thinking its fun to hang out right there in the middle of all of those crashing waves on that rock formation that goes out, taking selfies and funny videos of themselves. But you see the whi...

And have seen some damage, however much of what weve seen so far has been really superficial structural damage. Lets say a couple of tiles or siding thats been ripped off buildings, maybe some windows that have been broken. But nothing compared to what perhaps some of our friends south of here have seen. And of course plenty of debris. Theres plenty of branches, plenty of tree limbs and street signs all over the place. Because earlier today if it was not grounded or bolted to the ground like thi...

They just pancake. We dont have electricity, no water. Basically we just we are still breathing. But it humbled us. Leland the flooding shutting down highways and byways, turning them into waterways as people use kayaks and boats to get around and with days of rain still in the forecast, Texas Governor greg abbott warns the worst could still be you have to come. It will continue to be a challenge for a few more days, there will be more rain coming down in the houston area as well as the values t...

Response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. But first to Hurricane Harvey. The massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. The fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. Texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and Social Security numbers on their ...

Members rescued people on all day. You might be able to see there is one fireman manning votes. It seems like they had some trouble getting out of the area. They were given a car ride back to the station. This fireman is waiting for his fellow fighters to return. We didnt interview and they had been rescuing people all day long. They rescued people from the rooftop. Take a listen to that interview from a short while ago. One of the emotions running through your mind. This must have been an exhau...

Rockport. Some building are gone almost entirely. You can look in through broken walls. See children toys and see their whole life scattered all over the place. Right now First Responders are on the way. Help is arriving in the area. The National Guard set up a staging area. They are giving out meals ready to eat as well as water. Initially the First Responders were largely volunteers. It was a lowtech operation. No cell phone service, no electricity. Power lines down, difficult to move around. ...

Answers with reporters and some the people who are there were he praise the government and the mayor of houston. President trump saying he hopes the multibilliondollar a package will be approved quickly by congress. As tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing. I think even for the country to watch of the world to watch. Were signing a lot of documents now to get money. 7. 9 billion. We signed it, now its going through a quick hopefully a quick process. Kelly quick processes what everyone is...

The road. That is dangerous. For houston, Harris County. Harris county got a lot of rain. A lot of flooding. Combine houston and Harris County you literally cannot put 6. 5 Million People on the road. If you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. Especially when its not planned. And many of us in this city remember when the Evacuation Order was ordered before and learned our lesson from that. Has to be very well coordinated all the way ...

Harvey went from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm. Now, greg abbott, the governor of texas, was expected to have a press conference in the last hour, and now we are getting information that hes going to be holding one in this hour. As you can imagine, with the impact of harvey, the fact that the governor wants to get as much information as possible before he comes out to give an idea to the press of just what the state faces, but the issue with harvey is the fact that this is going to be a camper...

In the season of showers and storms, Killeen, Temple and Bryan firefighters are brushing up on their skills and knowledge when it comes to swift water rescues.