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That is the message from texas officials now. i want to go to ed. he joins us live from galveston. it is just pouring, ed. >> reporter: john, it has been like this, raining like this for several hours here this morning and even over the course of the last 15 hours. these are floodwaters that have essentially emerged here in the last couple hours. just to show you how quickly the situation is deteriorating here on galveston island, this is a main thoroughfare that takes you through. this is broadway that takes you from the mainland, interstate 45 comes to here on galveston island. this is a mai...

You are. that road behind you, you can tell, completely flooded? >> reporter: yes. we're out here on galveston island just off of the main thoroughfa thoroughfare, broadway after nue -- avenue. so much rainfall on galveston island this morning, there are a number of neighborhoods, not all of the island by any means, but a number of neighborhoods that are looking like this. these floodwaters rising very quickly. i spoke with a couple people trying to manage their way and get through these areas here in the last couple of hours. they say in many places, the water is chest high and many homes her...

Interstate here to get on the service road, just a stream. like you could have thought it was rush hour traffic, just a line of boats making their way back into these neighborhoods. you know, the sun is setting here. and all of those volunteers essentially coming off the water now. that kind of water is simply too dangerous to do. as we were driving through or floating through this neighborhood in one of the flat bottom boats. we were careening over mailboxes and cars that were just below the surface of the water. so, really too dangerous, but we felt incredibly lucky. we had made several pass...

The best news we can share. it is very difficult, i can't stress enough. we have been herer in one area south of hughouston along interstate 45 but it's very difficult. we can't get in the car and manage to drive across town or other neighborhood. the roadways are simply impassable in many of the areas. keep passing along. if you have loved one in there, pass along that information. it will trickle its way down it sounds like. how quickly that happens is hard to say. let me get out of the way here of police vehicles. that's the latest here along interstate 45. >> very active night ahead certai...

Lavendera whob drove up with jason morris and joe della rosa. the crew was shooting a search answe and rescue mission when they heard a cryi woman crying out fr help for her family. >> how long were you trapped in there? >> all night. >> you've been with your parent? >> mm-hm. >> how have they been holding up? >> pretty good. pretty good. i think pretty good for the circumstances. it is bad. everything is floating. and it's bad. >> once they made it back to land we certainly can't call it dry land. he was able to file this report. >> dave and christine, we are standing on not just some small c...