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A good morning to all. We begin with some new imagessss of the flood devastating Southeast Texas with families trapped in their homes and thousands packing into shelters. The rain still falling at this hour in and around houston as well as Southeast Texas with another 10 inches possible overnight. Harvey has drifted out to sea but is expected to head back inland. And there is a flash flood emergency. The city of beaumont, texas, is getting hammered this morning. The rain is coming down at 2 inches per hour. And rescuers worked through the night. The death toll has climbed to at least six while...

People impacted by the hurricane zblnda the day will kick off right here on abc 7 mornings and continue with good morning america. Donations will go to the red cross. They raised 18 million for hurricane sandy. It would be amazing if we could reach that or exceed it. It is now 4 30 if youre just joining us lets get an update on weerts and traffic. Mike. Lets open up the Weather Window on the exploratorium and you can see the fog thats out there, the lowing clouds ant fog. And the reason why . Were not going to be quite as hot today. Well start 7 00 this morning, 56 to 63, not quite as stuffy a...

Next heat wave ends. Lonny rivera has been out in the heat all day, but first, lets check in with drew tuma to see if any records were set. Today, no records were set. They were safe, but that didnt stop temperatures from soring into the triple digits inland. It was hot. Highs today, 108 in fairfield. 103 in gilroy. 106 in choef loverdale. The only place it wasnt hot, the coastline in the 60s. Changes are coming. The fog, going t expansive tomorrow morning to help cool us off. By midday tomorrow, only in the 70s and 80s. But our next heat wave is not far behind. Thats coming up in the forecast...

Today is monday. I didnt prepare at all. Areporter alana lopez admits se didnt wear sun screen. Its nice to be inside for the air conditioner. Reporter they work in rotations, but the guys that clean the cars are the real troopers around here. I give them props. Yo i dont know how they do it. I dont personally do well with the heat. They work so hard. And i want to give them the bigger tip. Reporter some say the heat is more bearable under a shady tree. The breeze out here is so nice, it makes it kind of liveable. Its not just like baking heat. So i find it to be quite nice. Reporter the heat ...

In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits pe...