In several feet of water. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If you are venturing out on the roads for any reason, you are going to run into high water. That is a certainty at this point. Catastrophic flooding devastates texas. It is hard to describe the extent of the danger. Pretty terrifying watching that water come up, come in. So many needed to be rescued emergency crews could not keep up. Volunteers joining First Responders helping to pull neighbors and total strangers to safety. Im not even thinking about myself. Im here to help and want to d my part. The National WeatherService Calls the flooding unprecedented and beyond anything experienced before. This is a landmark of texas. Texas has never seen an vent like this. Trump has convened an all cabinets meeting to ensure all agencies are doing everything they can to support the state of texas in its response. President trump plans to visit texas tuesday surveying the damage. The Trump Administration has provided us everything that we need. Might see the most rain ever from a tropical system just tormenting areas of Southeast Texas with more heavy rain. This is one of those events that just doesnt happen. Is there any light at the end of this tunnel . Unfortunately, not yet. All that. Some of musics biggest stars hit the stage at the mtv video music awards. Katy perry took a moment to those affected by Hurricane Harvey. We stand with you as you rebuild because were all in this together. And all that matters. Houston texans star j. J. Watt took to social media to help those in need while donating 100,000 himself. Houston is a great city. Were going to come out of this stronger than ever. On cbs krb. I am terrified for him. Report we are our affiliate may have saved a Truck Drivers life and it played out on live tv. Reporter brandi smith noticed a driver trapped and not a moment too soon. I just thank god that you guys were right here to get me, put me back on land safe. I appreciate it. Can i hug you . I know it sounds weird. Im so happy youre okay. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota lets go places. Im captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. The head of fema says texas will have to find a new normal. You know exactly that that is very true. Norah odonnell will join us in just a second. She is in houston. Charlie rose is off today but Margaret Brennan is here, maurice debarber also with us. The flooding in Southeast Texas is likely to continue for days or weeks. Rescue crews worked all night long in houston pulling stranded people out of the vehicles and their homes. Most of americas fourth largest city is now under water. Radar shows no end to the rain from Tropical Storm harvey which made landfall as a category 4 hurricane more than 489 hours ago. A new threat comes from a pair of floodcontrolled reservoirs that started releasing water overnight. And right now that water is flowing down buffalo bayou, straight into downtown houston. Norah odonnell visited that area this morning bug had to leave because of rising water. She is now outside the george r. Brown Convention Center in downton houston. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Thats right. The army corps of engineers says it had to let the water out of those reservoirs because they were filling up too fast. But the water heading this way is expected to flood hundreds of homes adding to the misery here. So far two deaths and 14 injuries are directly blamed on the flooding from harvey and according to the most recent report there have been up to 2,000 rescues. And theres no way to know how many people are still stranded by flood waters. Our correspondents are all over this area following the extent of this disaster and the Emergency Response. Lets first bring in Mark Strassmann with me here. Mark . No question about it, norah. This crisis has become all hands on deck. Fema is recruiting volunteers, Emergency Responders have to prioritize. And neighbor is helping neighbor because theres nobody else to help. Now we have some victims griping that they should have been evacuated sooner so they wouldnt now be stuck waiting for help. Reporter in americas fourth largest city, rescues continued overnight. The rising water is everywhere, pushing into homes and crippling a metro area packed with nearly 7 Million People. The u. S. Coast guard plucked the stranded off rooftops, many of them blind sided by the historic amount of rain. Right now this mission is very important, it is a life safety, Life Sustaining mission. Reporter med ral officials said this morning they expect 450,000 disaster victims to file for assistance and anticipate more than 30,000 to be placed in temporary shelters. Oh, yeah. Got you. We are seeing catastrophic flooding, and this will likely expand and will likely persist. We have nothing reporter but some victims in houston are still waiting for help. This woman told us she has been stuck in the water ace long side a 95yearold man since yesterday morning. We need help out here because its starting to rain and thunder again and we cant take any more rain. Reporter overwhelmed rescue crews are getting help from anyone willing to lend a hand. Helping texas overcombcom this disaster will be far greater than fema coordinating the mission of the entire federal government. We need citizens to be in awe. Reporter but harvey is not expected to blow over anytime soon. What im saying to houstonians, lets be very patient. Reporter houstons mayor Sylvester Turner is standing by his decision not to order a mandatory evacuation. It was the right decision in terms of their safety and always we must put the interest of the city of houston and houstonians first. Reporter meteorologists are now saying these floodwaters may not crest until wednesday or thursday. Fema has sent 1,800 employees to respond here and given the scope of this crisis the this city will need every last one of those employees. It was interesting because just moments ago we saw a dump truck arrive with about 25 people that they unloaded. I saw four dump trucks last night unloading people here. Theyre rescuing people any way they can. Last night when e wrp here they said they had 700 people inside the shelter. When we checked in with the ross this morning they said there are 2,500 people inside, only cots for 1,200 so, half the people did not have beds to sleep in. I think were just starting. Today will thereby more rescues. More dump trucks and people brought in, exposed to the elements, heading inside to live with 2,500 other people. That wont be a pleasant experience but these people will be grateful to have it because whats in there is better than where they came from, and where they came from is a neverending flow of need. And we do not have the resources here to meet that need and thats why fema, the coast guard, everybody is saying if you can help in some way, volunteer, bring a boat, do something because there are so many folks out there who just need a hand. Theyre on their knee, on their back and they need a hand to get up. Last night during the night it was only life and death rescue operations. Now its people who have ten feet of water on the first floor of their home who are calling 911 saying i need help. Think about that. So many calls coming into the 911 center they have to prioritize which is the true emergency as it now stands. Mark strassmann, thank you so much. Some of the rescues we of seen throughout this area are amazing, volunteers from all over are helping with boats and highwater vehicles. David begnaud is in meyerland. Reporter the rain will not let up. In fact, theres a guy who just flagged me down and said we got here, where should we go . You have people showing up by the minute with boats ready to help out. The city of houston this morning is still asking folks if youve got the time and youve got a boat, come on down. The cajun navy, the good old people from south louisiana, instrumental during Hurricane Katrina, are here in houston. It is a mass effort of civilian samaritans doing everything they can to help. To. Okay. Well try to get a boat out here. Reporter around the clock searchandrescue teams have been working to take stranded victims to safety. More than 50,000 911 calls have come in. The coast guard has only responded to fraction of those requests. On sunday, localofficials pleaded for help. I ask for volunteers to come forward with boats and highwater vehicles. A lot of people just did it on their own. Reporter enter jeff chase. If everyone did this, weed have a lot less to worry about. He and his friend helped a family of four evacuate their flooded home sunday night. Theyd been calling 911 since 6 00 a. M. Putting yourself in harms way to help others is awesome. Reporter chase is just one of hundreds of people who showed up wanting to help. When this big rig drifted into danger, civilian samaritans grabbed rope and pulled the driver to safety. Thats white all about. Spirit of texas. Reporter we found denoose lucille holding her 6monthold son wading through waisthigh water. Do you have a place to g . My inlaws house right here on beechnut. Reporter watch the water, maam. Sue mattison has four feet of water in her home. When we found her, she was gist looking for a place to sleep. The house is totaled, all my furniture totaled. Reporter whats the smile . Could be worse. Youre here. Right . Reporter good luck. Sue is a cancer nurse. Think about that for a minute. Shes got 3 feet of fwhaert her house and shes wade eight way with a smile on her face because she knows it could be worse. Norah, right now, people are being told if theyre in their home wait tock rescued, and we know there are people who have been waiting for more than 24 hour, youre being told that if you cant get out and you think the roof is the only option, youre being asked by the coast guard to put something on the top of your roof that will attract the sight of those pilots in the air right now simply flying all over, looking for people who are either on the roof or items on the roof that will tell them somebody down there needs help. Its happening right now. David, thank you. We just heard a coast guard helicopter just fly right by here because after they are picking up people from locations like yours, theyre dropping them off here at this shelter because this is the primary shelter for storm victims right here in downton houston. The red cross has set up whats described as a megashelter facility here at the Convention Center. Fishes tell us there are now 2,500 evacuees here. People are getting here on foot and even by the truckload. These massive city dump trucks served as rescue vehicles delivering people plucked from flooded homes and roadways. How did they get you onto these trucks . Ladders. And we hld on for dear life. And they drove you through the floodwaters here. Exactly. Reporter this is at least the fourth dump truck here and as you can see people are just coming out being led down ladders and even carried off. Once inside the red cross helps them get situated with a hot meal and dry clothes. I lost everything. Cars. I lost a couple vehicles. My howhole apartment is flooded. People coming in with very small trash bag, sometimes, no sometimes just wrapped in a towel. Reporter Betty Robinson are is with the american red cross. Supplies are here, more are coming and we want to make sure everybody has what they need. Reporter the patel family spent the night here after being rescued from their flooded neighborhood by a coast guard helicopter. How did the coast guard know where to find you . I had an umbrella and a white tshirt just flagging them. Reporter free ta and her sister, who is nine months pregnant, were lifted to safety by the coast guard too before brought to the shelter with a handful of belongings. The coast guard is amazing. Theyre like the coast guard, i dont know reporter i know. True heroes. True heroes. Reporter you see how dpratful people are to the u. S. Coast guard for having been rescued. Officials now in dallas say theyll be opening a megashelter there tomorrow morning for people fleeing the e facts of the storm. Dallas already has three shelters currently open to evacuees. Fema said they need maybe 30,000 places. The flooding is not just here in the city of houston. Reservoirs and bu yous are burst. The colorado rimp could reach its highest level in more than a century. Bow is along the colorado in la grange, texas, where hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The flooding emergency in places like la grange is unfolding right now as you can see. All the rain from harvey filtering down the colorado and its overflowing its banks and into the city. There are rapids as you can see here in the middle of town. When we first arrived here, that stop sign was not as submerged as it is right now and you can see the destruction happening to those buildings back there. In fact, i can count about a dozen buildings here in this one area of town that are taking on water. You wouldnt know it, but this right here is highway 71. It is the main highway through town. Its submerged. Now officials here knew this was going to happen. Thats why they triggered those mandatory evacuations. They of got two shelters in this county and 100 roads closed because of flooding. Id hate to think that someone did not heed the warnings to get out because on top of the water rise heerg in these lowlying areas, you have this current. So anyone trying to get help right now and any First Responders trying to reach them will have to deal with these very dangerous situations that are unfolding here not just in la grange. But remember, this water has to flow south so you will have areas downstream that will also have this type of flooding. One of those areas, bay city, texas, mandatory evacuations have been ordered. Norah . Its an important point. New mandatory evacuations just this morning, manuel. Thank you. More to come from houston. Back to you in new york. All right. Norah, we all know youre a texas girl so you know this state, you know these people. I love the man in the eye opener who said listen, this is the texas spirit. We are here to help people and thats what youre seeing all morning long. Youve been there since yesterday. Thats absolutely right. Everyone is trying to help one another in true texas spirit. Thank you, Norah Odonnell. See you in a bit. Lonnie quinn of our new york station wvshgs wcbs is tracking harvey. You said all the factors of harvey, none of them good. Flat town, 48, 50 feet above sea level. So much concrete has been put down youve lost a lot of the absorption of the earth. Heavy ys bands east of Houston Houston into louisiana spinning back around texas. This storm between Corpus Christi and houston is going back into the gulf, going to do another loopdloop, come back onshore for another landfall in texas. Look at how much more rain is to fall from this point forward. Watch for this yellow number to e emergency. That is going to be the number of 24 inches or more of rain. Look for it, look for it, here we go. Starts to e emergency northeast of houston, texas. You put another 24 inches of rain on top of big totals. I of added it up. These are the actual amount of rain thats fallen combined with some of these numbers. Take a look at this. Downtown houston, youll probably end up with somewhere around 45. 5 inches, thats 25. 5 already falling, maybe 20 inches more. Look at league city. 35. 5 currently fallen, maybe 20 inches more, 55. 5 inches between 4 and 5 feet of rain. Epic. Unheard of. Har vees impact is not just flood big any means. The town of rockport, texas, is in ruins after taking a direct hit when the powerful category 4 hurricane made landfall. Evacuees are being told not to come back. One person has died. The storm shredded buildings and caused widespread dooj damage in the coastal community. Homes collapsed into the water. Nearly every Police Vehicle in rockport was damaged. The white house says President Trump will visit the texas flood zone tomorrow. The president sent nearly 20 harveyrelated tweets over the weekend and a few more this morning. He tweeted last night, historic rainfall in houston and all over texas. Floods are unprecedented and more rain coming. Spirit of the people is incredible. Thanks dpa Major Garrett is at the white house. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is a massive rescue and sheltering operation in the greater houston area for sure. But the federal government believes there is devastation and damage heading toward louisiana, the most clear example of that fear, the president just about an hour and a half ago signed a major tis aster declaration for the state of louisiana, freeing up federal funds right away for governments and individuals who may be affected by what is to come from Hurricane Harvey. Even so, the nation has neither seen nor heard from the president since Hurricane Harvey made landfall. The only white house voice anyone in the nation has heard was that of Vice President mike pence. This morning on three houston area radio stations. Margaret, as you mentioned, the president and the first lady are scheduled to go to texas probably to the Corpus Christi area tomorrow to survey damage there. Thats where Hurricane Harvey made landfall. And the first chance the country is likely to hear from the president talk about the scale of the federal response will be later this afternoon at the white house during a press conference with the president of finland. Margaret, back to you. Well ba watching for that, major. Thank you. The humanitarian crisis continues to unfold. The red cross has taken in more than 6,000 evacuees at its shelters. Well talk to a spokesman ahead. And you yourself help out by visiting redcross. Org or text the word harvey to 90999 to make a ahead a story you dont want to miss. How one reporter stayed on the air and helped to save a life. Youre watching cbs crossexamination. It can be hard to breathe. It can be har