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Louisiana. the problem is beaumont. they have been hammered. beaumont home to over 100,000 people down toward port arthur looks like houston did saturday night. we know what happened come sunday. 15.5 inches today, on top of 16 they've already had. another six to eight tonight. we've got to get resources torres cues. lake charles, you missed out. the band stayed to your north and south. baton rouge, new orleans, you're in the clear. you got missed out, too. i know you were sandbagging in plaquemines parish. no need for that anymore. heavy rainfall in coastal florida, but the big concern is the...

Swamp boats that have big fans on the back that navigate these waters much better than most of the boats we've seen. that speaks to the character of these volunteers who we have seen coming out it rescue their friends, their neighbors and frankly a lot of strangers. >> thank you, alexander. we'll get back to you, as well. i want to get to tom sater in the weather center. tom, this is unbelievable. officials are bracing for more devastation. tell bus it. >> yeah, don. i guess the last 24 hourses or so, the concern was east of houston into eastern texas and parts after louisiana. the color of pu...

It. so it was raining. me and my kids were already soaked and wet from being in the water. plus, with the rain coming down on us, we didn't have jackets. my kids didn't have any shoes on. i was just so scared and shocked what's going on. i didn't think about packing anything. the guy came. the firefighter came and he said, if anybody want to leave this area, now is the time to do it. i took that as a sign. i got my kids. and we left. >> so listen, listen, i don't know you guys in person. i haven't met you. so who is speaking now? who is this speaking now in the white sweatshirt? >> i'm quinita...

Support. now, quibbles. he's as you calling attention to himself. could he have shown far more empathy for the people. he's got budget cuts affecting his various agencies doing the work and there's no talk about climate change which does contribute to there. >> speaking of when you say stayed they said it was a presidential trip to a deluge state where the president didn't meet a single storm victim, see an inch of rain or get near a flooded street, but the day long visit where president trump spent more time in the air than on the ground, gave the optics obsessed president some of the visua...

>> yes. >> so i want to ask you -- how many people were around you that were still stuck when you guys were rescued? were there a lot of people? >> it was people on the front street. it was the whole neighborhood was outside. everybody was standing on their porch because the disaster hit in the middle of the night. i was asleep. my grandmother linda woke me up screaming saying it's water all the way to the bathroom. i thought she meant just like a light mist like rain came under the door. when i stepped onto the floor, it was literally up to my kneecaps. we both starred panicking. we weren't p...