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Still need to be pulled out of here, so austin and seth, the volunteer -- >> i want to bring in ed now live for us. ed, you're off of the boat. what is the latest? what has happened sense that moment that you brought us that rescue live here on cnn? >> reporter: well we're out here on interstate 45 now. pam jones and their mother being treated now. they're waiting for a vehicle that can drive them off and get them to safer ground. we're out of the neighborhood. she's finally being treated here. so everything is going to work out just fine. but to give you a sense, the rescues continue. it just...

I didn't feel that was safe either. now look at me. the middle of i-45. >> reporter: never thought i'd be in the middle of an interstate doing an interview. i get the sense everyone in your neighborhood, you'd been paying attention to the warning the and didn't expect to be flooded much less 10 feet? >> right. bayou was high, but not like i've not ever seen before, so we couldn't predict this would happen. >> reporter: how many more people are back there? you said you saw a lot of people still on their roofs? >> several on roofs wading through water. many people back there still. the boats kee...

>> maybe like a thousand. if you go back there you have to have a boat or big truck. >> are you worried about the people. >> yes, i live in a trailer park, and the whole park is flooded. >> just to be clear, this isn't a small little road, a back road of some small, little town. this is interstate 45 headed northbound into houston. the rain has been torrentially falling here. we're underneath an underpass watching people deploy. this has become a beachhead where people are deploying their boats. you can see these two gentlemen putting the boat into the water just off the shoulder of the road. ...

>> elizbeth: affects news alert catastrophic flooding. urgent rescues are underway as rain continues to fall on the water continues to rise. responders and volunteers are helping stranded people. casey's live in texas were full rescue operation is underway. what can you tell us. >> we have stuff to show you, this is become an impromptu staging area. first of all, were standing on interstate 45 northbound. a major u.s. interstate running all the way through the state of texas north and south. it connects houston, dallas, 20 miles up that way is houston. this is texas city. you see all the boats...

Lavandera south in galveston, a lot of rain and a lot of rising water. what's the situation there, and also we saw people with boats helping out one another there. >> reporter: hi, fredricka. we are standing snap dab in the middle of interstate 45. takes you into houston. little car traffic but an immense amount of boat traffic on this roadway. people coming on their own freewill, dumping boats into water and trying to rescue people. kristy huffman, her and her daughter, just pulled out of their neighborhood. told me you were on your rooftop a little while ago? >> on our rooftop. waiting for t...