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>> rainfall in texas diminishing over the weekend clearing the way for the cleanup process to get into full swing. recovery still in the early stages for thousands of people and it will be a long road. a very long road ahead with many dangers as these floodwaters start to recede. peter doocy is live in houston. how many homes in harris county alone that flooded? >> molly, officials think as many as 136,000 homes in harris county where houston is may have flooded. a lot of homeowners are trying to clean up but they're throwing away damaged things faster than they can be hauled away. the houston...

Island there. i'm struck, your community isn't the only one that's doing this. the fort benton sheriff, tony nails in an interview over the weekend, he said about looters, there's a possibility you could leave this county in a bag. it appears though texas is taking a zero tolerance view toward looting. what sort of is the mandate you have given your men and the guys you're with in terms of how you're going to try and prevent this. are you driving around, is it static posts, what is the order of the day? >> we have a few guys, everybody is in teams of two. everybody is armed. we've got three st...

This weekend that 13 of the 41 contaminated superfund sites in texas were flooded, and are now experiencing possible damage result of the hurricanes. when will the epa inspect all 13 of the sites. the epa has been aggressive, working on some of them already. they have restraints simply because of the water. >> what threat do you think it poses, in all honesty of public health to your citizens. this is a multitude. listen, people, as they begin the cleanup process, they begin to realize as the waters have flown through their homes it's not just what you're talking about there. it's filled with ...

You can't do everything in a day. this is a playback of the president coming back earlier coming off air force one in ellington field in texas, a southeastern part of houston. and we get from the producers on the ground that the president and first lady are now meeting with some of the victims of this storm and obviously, we're waiting to get more information on that, but that was one of the things that the president was trying to do today. and we heard from the sheriff there with griff jenkins who says he's getting support from the state and federal authorities. they want the red tape to be e...

By the end of this month. the epa says high levels of chemicals were not detected at the arkema fire. it erupted in a trailer. fire officials say there's more of that to come. >> this morning we still have six trailers on the site that are loaded with peroxides and we are doing overflights and watching the temperature build up, hot spots, things of that nature. and we do expect that sometime, i wish i had a chris crystal ba really don't. sometime soon there will be additional trailers that catch on fire. meanwhile residents are returning to their flooded-out properties and beginning the clea...