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We're looking at live pictures right now. our correspondent drew griffin is in beaumont. an hour ago during his live shot, a man drove a truck into a ravine. we can see the truck almost completely sub mermerged. drew and his crew were able to get the man out of the truck. it's a lesson to the people and a warning to the people of beaumont right now, don't try to go out and drive. stay off the roads. what would be your message right now to the people in beaumont? >> exactly that. we have been saying that for the last three days, because we did get the most rain in the last 24 hours. it has been...

Deeper and deeper. as a result, most of the homes are empty right now. this is underscoring the need for people to simply steer clear. folks have been coming in to see what the situation looks like. for the most part, the people that i have spoken to the last few days decided to pack up and leave. a majority of the homes are empty. people here have been through this before. this river reached record levels in may of 2016. this time though it's expected to exceed that record, which means some of the homes that may have been spared about a year and a couple of months ago are certainly going to g...

Of course, there was nowhere for it to go. the ground was saturated. the runoffs are full. water started just backing up into any place it could find. one of the areas was the civic center in port arthur, texas. >> we saw that evacuation center, the water rising in there. people getting up into the bleachers inside there. we heard 20 inches of rain in port arthur after all the other rain you have had over the course of the week. are you able to reach everyone in need right now? >> yes. we got tremendous turnout, volunteers coming out with boats, air boats. we're coordinating that through our e...

Yesterday and the day before when it was pouring down rain. they think it's from the buffalo bayou overflowing. you can see some of the scenes over here, that this -- a lot of the neighborhoods are still heavily flood and not out of the woods yet. >> an important lesson. they thought they had seen the worst of it. then the water started to rise overnight after the rain stopped. brian todd in houston, give our guest to that family. we'll be right back.

Harvey moving finally up and out of the gulf. the brunt being felt in port arthur, texas. the mayor of that city described it as being entirely under water. the nation's largest oil refinery is out of commission in that city. the port arthur civic center opened last night. was supposed to be a ref unl for peop refuge. it was flooded. in beaumont, texas, they had to save a man's life behind them as they were setting up for a live shot. a guy drove his truck into what he thought was a road. it wasn't. it was a river. the man and our crew shaken but okay. harvey made landfall what should be the l...