Unleash. Deadly fury on the people of Southeast Texas. Thousands remain stranded in chesthigh floodwaters while they wait desperately for help to arrive. Rescue crews are stretched to their limits. Evacuation centers are running out of space. The rain keeps falling, the floodwaters keeps climbing and the forecast is grim. Tropical storm harvey is regaining strength and could be poised to deliver houston the second of a 12 punch, leading many to fear the worst is yet to come. We see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend, and stranger helping stranger. You see that all over. You watch on television. You see such incredible work and love and teamwork. We are one american family. We hurt together. We struggled together. Believe me, we endured together. Patti ann nearly 60 counties in Southeast Texas have been declared disaster sites and that number could climb dramatically in the coming days. To give you an idea of the size of this crisis, one meteorologist tells us that by wednesday, harvey will have saturated the Lone Star State with enough rain to fill all of the nfl and division i College Football stadiums 100 times over. Fox news correspondent Steve Harrigan joins us from rosenberg, texas, with the latest. What are you seeing whats the mood of the people . The giant sinkhole has open behind me and getting bigger. Some emergency vehicles are on the scene to make sure no one comes near here. Weve been talking to state troopers who told us the real concern is about a number of smaller, older bridges in the area. So much water dumping down, they are concerned about the structure. Some roads, some ridges, how they are going to hold up. At this as the floodwaters continue to rise and some over top of the main roads. Whats happening is the areas of escape, the areas of being able to move around are getting smaller and smaller. This, as conditions are getting worse and worse. Already weve seen a number of different neighborhoods here switch their status from volunteer evacuation to mandatory evacuation. Even with the message from Police Officers that, in certain conditions, they will not be able to come and rescue people. Some dire straits and as far as shelters go, the main shelter here is a high school. Thats full right now. A lot of the church is being used also are full. They are even using Furniture Stores as shelters. When you do run into people in these places, they are often a little disoriented, cold, wet. Its a really grim picture of a situation thats going to get worse and worse each hour. Patti ann, back to you. Patti ann Steve Harrigan live in rosenberg texas. Thank you. Trace. For context, we should know Steve Harrigan is about 40 miles south of where i am and where we are, we have also had a number of evacuations. Weve been talking to people in the hotel were staying at and they been telling us about losing their homes. How it went from literally nothing. I mean, their house was fine and then four to five hours later, they had eight, 10 feet of water inside their house. I want to bring in our meteorologist. I keep looking at these bands. The Weather Service says they may need to change some of the coloring because there is so much red because of the rain. All we see behind us is constant bands of rain and wind. We have had to change some of the shades of our coloring because these numbers are getting so high and so impressive that typically we look at numbers and beginning up to 20 inches. We have surpassed that long ago. Here is currently whats out there. We are seeing heavy rain in the houston area, especially south of houston towards galveston. All along the coast stretching all the way east as far as new orleans. Rain continued to fall, rolling off the coast. We have seen several tornadoes off the coast in the last several hours. Here is where the storm is now, and this is where maybe things finally begin to change. It has settled back down over the gulf of mexico. Its allowing it to pick up more moisture so rain is going to continue to be a problem. Winds around 45 miles an hour. This is going to follow this yellow path, and here you are by wednesday. Expect it to pass houston from now through tuesday into wednesday. By the time it gets here, houston will be on the backside of the system hopefully beginning to get less rain by wednesday. This will continue to run up this track. As it does so, very heavy rain on the righthand side of the storm before coming a low pressure system. Continues to move north through shreveport and memphis. Youre going to see uranus far east as atlanta, memphis, maybe st. Louis. Thats going to give an opportunity for houston to dry out. This is the future radar. This is tuesday morning. Heavy rain and the houston area. As we continue to move along, this system is slowly, slowly going to move out of the area. By early wednesday, you begin to get maybe a couple breaks. Its going to take probably half of the day on wednesday until it really starts to move out. Thats enough time for this rain to continue to pile up. This is from right now. This isnt including what weve already seen. This is additional rainfall that im now showing you. Perhaps another 10 inches in several locations in the houston area. There will be spots, especially as you travel to the east, where these numbers get even higher. We are still looking at maybe 1l inches to the rain we have already seen. This is a really big one. You know what, beyond that, and i want to point out quickly. I havent had a lot of chance to talk about it. We have a low pressure system on the east coast as well. This would be a big story if it werent for everything folks are experiencing in houston. Adam and the fox extreme weather center. Nobody knows more than the people here that this has been an extraordinarily slow moving storm. I want to show people this video. It kind of shows the backbone of the people of houston. This was all along the same waterway. We saw multitudes of things. It was unbelievable to watch people helping others who needed help. They went out in boats and brought people to shore. There were rescues, everything in this waterway and it gives you an idea that they were in this together. People of houston gathered together and fought for each other and help one another and weve been watching amazing, Amazing Stories and signs of heroism along the way. To watch these pictures unfold, it really was something to behold. It was a devastating storm. A huge gathering of some love and neighborly things in texas we have not seen in quite some time. Patti ann trace, for sure. Its mindboggling. The help pillar giving each other is heartening they help people are giving each other is heartening. Galveston, texas, was the sight of the deadliest disaster in u. S. History. The galveston hurricane more than a century ago. Now facing some of the worst rains Hurricane Harvey have to offer. Much of the city is under several feet of water. Galveston county issued a mandatory evacuation for the town of dickinson. This is where the iconic photo was taken of nursing home residents stranded. These residents have been airlifted to safety. Joining us is dr. Craig brown. Thanks so much for joining us. We are so sorry for what youre going through right now. Thank you very much. Patti ann whats the situation in Galveston County right now . Well, right now on the island in galveston, we seem to be faring fairly well. We have had an unprecedented amount of rain as the entire area has, but we are pretty high and dry right now compared to the mainland, especially dickinson, clearlake, up through houston. Patti ann speaking to the wider Galveston County, you mentioned dickinson where the nursing home photo was taken. How did it come to that . Well, it was one of these situations, each one of these hurricanes have a different personality. This one here, it was just all the water and the rain that came here we have, we are seeing flooding that was happening literally overnight in areas that have never experienced flooding before. Patti ann its amazing. People were so stunned by it. Dickinson has now been evacuated, and as weve been reporting, there are mandatory evacuations imposed in many parts of texas. The conditions are difficult. We had Steve Harrigan on seeing bridges have sinkholes. There are structural concerns. Dangerous to leave at this point but even more dangerous to stay . Well, thats exactly right. In galveston, especially on the islands, we are telling everyone to just shelter in place. Now we did an evacuation today of over 300 individuals, most of those were from the mainland and the dickinson area. But we wanted to make sure those individuals werent kept in harms way as harvey turns back and heads back this way. Patti ann thats the thing. Its going to circle around again. We often see people breathe a sigh of relief when those high winds of the initial Hurricane Pass only to be devastated either flooding and storm surge. Were people taken by surprise . Very much so. We experienced ike in 2008 and that was a storm surge that devastated this area at that time. And we havent experienced this amount of water coming in this short a period of time in the history or in the memory of many individuals that have been on the island for a long period of time. Patti ann what different agencies are on the ground and how many volunteers are helping out . Well, we have all types of agencies. Of course, all the Emergency Response teams from all the different communities around, the red cross, salvation army. All of the agencies that are involved with community service. They are working in the shelters. They are working in different areas. One of the concerns that we are having in the entire area that we will experience in the days to come is the lack of resources. Food, fuel, those types of things. That we just wont be able to get because trucks really cant come down into this area. Patti ann yeah, and meanwhile the shelters are filling up. They are. Galveston island, we do not have any shelters open on the island. But the shelters up in the mainland area and especially up in the houston area are filling up rapidly. I think theres over 5,000 now at the George R BrownConvention Center in houston. Patti ann where people took shelter after katrina years ago. The focus right now is on saving people. At some point, the damage will be assessed. What do you estimate be the financial cost to Galveston County . I think it will be massive. I think it will set alltime records. As i mentioned, when ike hit in 2008, it set, i cant remember the total amount but it was a massive amount. Ranks as one of the most devastating economically speaking hurricanes there was. I think this will probably top it. Patti ann tell me about the spirit of the people right now. I think everybody is very focused on helping. I think everybody is looking outward to see what they can do to help their fellow man. I just came from the Emergency Operating Center for galveston, and we are getting a lot of calls of people wanting to help. They want to help with the evacuations. They want to help with supplies, or they want to come up and do whatever they can for their fellow man. Patti ann again, we wish you all the best of luck and our prayers are with you. Dr. Craig brown. Thank you very much. Patti ann want to remind people because we are talking about much help they are going to need. The phone number is 18004357669. Thats 1800help now. That is the red cross or go to redcross. Org. They are going to need all the help they can get. Trace. We talk about the breaking news. In addition to the tragic events in texas, we are following another developing story out of asia. Out of north korea, there are reports tonight that north korea has fired yet another missile toward and over japan. Its believed the missile was an intermediate range missiles similar to the type north korea threatens to aim at guam. Japanese Officials Say there was no damage to ships or on land and that the missile separated into three parts before falling into the sea. The Prime Minister of japan warned his nation is prepared to respond to all situations to protect his people. He has called for an urgent meeting of the u. N. To discuss further punitive action against north korea. All eyes clearly are on texas which is feeling the full force of Tropical Storm harvey. Patti ann text is not the only state feeling the effects of the storm. Coming up, we had to neighboring louisiana where the floodwaters are rising of the worst could still be yet to come. Fortunately, theres Rocket Mortgage by quicken loans. Apply simply. Understand fully. Mortgage confidently. Its time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. Itthe power of nexium 24hr protection from frequent heartburn. All day, and all night. Now packed into a pill so small, we call it mini. New clearminis from nexium 24hr. See heartburn differently. While the rescue effort is in high gear, and louisiana they are being hardhit also. The worst is truly up to come. Between five and 9 inches of rain have already fallen on parts of louisiana but meteorologists are calling for up to 20 more by the end of the week as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey move east along the gulf coast. Lets get to rick leventhal. He is in lake charles, louisian louisiana. There are water rescues going on in this neighborhood of lake charles at this moment. Earlier today we spoke with the sheriff of the parish who said its been raining for the past seven days and this area was fully saturated and they could not take anymore. While its not raining right now, theyve had very heavy bands of rain, heavy downpours that have come throughout the day and night. Its resulted in flooding. Before we get to the rescue scum i want to show you some video we shot in the street on our way here. A few blocks from here, driving through water that was bumper deep. There were a couple vehicles we passed that were stuck on the street on a main road here in charles, louisiana. A fire truck went roaring by. Trucks were getting through the high water but here in this neighborhood, you cant see it but down the block, you might see some flashing lights. There are Police Officers down the block and there are boats in the neighborhood that are pulling people out of homes. The Fire Department tells us they got between 25 and 26 calls from residents concerned with two or three people in each house with wastedeep water in their homes because of the heavy rains and overflowing waterways. There they have three boats. They said there is seven more on the way to pull the people out of their homes just like theyve been doing in houston and other parts of texas. They are doing it here in lake charles, louisiana, tonight. There is a staging area. We have Fire Department officials correlating the efforts, getting the calls and sending people to try to bring people out of homes. A short time ago we saw a pickup truck rollup with some elderly folks. There are ambulances coming in and out. We saw another flat bottom boat come through presumably to head back in the neighborhood to effects more rescues of people who are at this moment trapped in their homes. We know the storm can pick up more water. Its very powerful, moving your way. Rick leventhal live in lake charles. Thank you. Patti ann trace, the worst storm to hit our nation in 12 years continues to threaten life and property. Images from Southeast Texas revealed harveys deadly and destructive force. When we come back, how the victims of this disaster are weathering the storm. Weve been in water all day. Since actually last night. We didnt know help was coming but then you came. I think you so much. I thank you so much. Introducing walits a great days. 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To protect your identity, new Medicare Cards without Social Security numbers will be mailed next year. Visit medicare. Gov fraud stay sharp people patti ann its been three days since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in texas. The category 4 hurricane was the strongest storm to hit the u. S. In 12 years. While the winds have died down and harvey was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, the flooding is catastrophic, and the worst could still be up to come. I am Patti Ann Browne in new york. I am Trace Gallagher in woodlands, texas. The winds have picked up a little bit but the rain seems to have dropped off. When the wind picks up, those bands continually to come in. Over many parts of texas there are torrential rains. And parts of l