Abcs maggie ruly live in houston with more on this. Reporter were getting more rain and wind in houston with more bands of heavy rain expected adding to a catastrophic situation. The countrys fourth largest city remains under water. With more heavy rain expected, the city could be soaked with up to 50 inches. This is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this, you could not draw this forecast up, you could not dream this forecast you mean. Reporter and today a new problem, Officials Say city dams built to protect downtown houston against a 1,000 year flooding event are nearing capacity. The reservoirs rising 4 inches per hour. We have experts monitoring the suspects 24 7. Reporter to control the flooding army corps of engineers have to release the dams. But homes in the neighborhood could be flooded. Floodwaters are rising rapidly bringing snakes and alligator to the front door forcing entire apartment buildings to flee to the roof. Theres like 30 of us on the roof. Across t
We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Meteorologist Melissa Magee will have much more on where harvey is headed next but first to abcs Elizabeth Hur. Shes live in new york with the national outpouring of support for the victims of this flooding catastrophe. Elizabeth. Reporter well, rick and sharrie, the heartbreaking images and the stories coming out of texas have so many people asking how can we help and many of them are turning to social media to mobilize. From missouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast. Be safe out there. Reporter answering the call for help. We need citizens to be involved. This is a landmark event. Reporter fema officials stressing that help isnt just welcomed but necessary. They are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. Reporter and these trained First Responders rescuers and nurses not the only ones signing up. The order that you called in earlier decided to donate the entire. Are you serious. Yes. Reporter businesse
Devastating impact on the carribean. The island of barbuda is in ruins. Stephanie ramos. Reporter there are people trying to make a mass exodus out of florida. Hurricane irma is inching closer and closer to south florida with winds 160 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting significantly further west. The eye of the storm with the sights on the florida keys and tampa. The National Weather service tweeting this is as real as it gets. Nowhere in the florida keys is safe. Youre running out of time, the storm is almost here. If youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. 5. 6 Million People have been asked to activate many living in lowlying coastal areas. As time runs out, people are still trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the streets in south florida some have abandoned their cars because they have run out of gas. Those trying to get out by air stuck, for Fort Lauderdale airpt closed. Miami International Spending all flights. Those hoping to get a last minute ticket stranded,
Closest to us. The strongest winds remain off of our coastline and even south of new england. What were thinking for wind gusts during the day tomorrow about 30 to 40 miles an hour inland, 20 to 30 to the north and west of philadelphia and right along the shore, 40 to 45 miles an hour almost resembling more more of a noreaster than a tropical system. Well see waves during the day day tomorrow at the coast breaking near 10 feet which will cause damaging beach erosion thats the biggest concern is the beach erosion tomorrow. Minor tidal flooding, moderate at times and very dangerous rip currents. And well talk much more on this storm and also Hurricane Maria brian which is going to devastate parts of the caribbean and some islands that were already hit twice this season so far. More on that also coming up adam. Thank you. We turn to new jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic live in Atlantic City today. The message from officials is rather clear do not swim in the ocean. Reporter oh, yeah, no
Children from the only families theyve known, others with pointless red tape. 50 pages. Bad rules. Thats our show tonight. [applause]. John this is what built america, the declaration of independence and the constitution. Its thin, yet these rules which put limits on government, created the most prosperous and successful country in the history of the world, but after the founders gave us this, someone said we need more rules. And now we did need some, this wasnt perfect. This allowed for slavery. Founders never thought about pollution control, so good some rules were added and changed. But 164,000 of them . Thats how many had accumulated by the time president obama took office. So the president said this e sector is the life blood of our economy. I think there are outdated regulations that need to be changed. There is red tape that needs to be touched. [applause] there you go. Yeah. John yes, its true, and Everybody Loves that, but then, what did the president actually do . He cut a co