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Going out there to rescue two conductors on that train. it sounded like everything was going to work out just fine in that situation. obviously, we talked about cars driving in areas that have a lot of water. same thing for the trains as well. that is a stretch of lines that i was told runs parallel to interstate 45 on the west side of that interstate. >> if any place, i have had a chance to drive up and down of interstate 45, a portion has been blocked off for much of the overnight hours. a lot of the water has precededed opreceded off of the interstate but in the countryside, along the lower...

>> the point of no return. we are about 15 miles north of the small town of course can na, texas for about a 30-mile stretch. you can see the trouble this is causing in this area here. it's back towards the north, where traffic is backed up for miles and miles. so a large part of the interstate here, victor, is covered by water. in the last 24 hours, there has been 16 inches of rain that has fallen. the rain is expected to continues most of the morning. it's not exactly here when the interstate here connects dallas with houston is going to reopen. that is, of course, of great concern. we have ...

Will. not entirely. but 200-mile-an-hour winds that slammed onshore and wrung out the mourt here. with were expecting between 10 and 20 inches. that's not to say we won't see those amounts because this made landfall about 6:30 lom time and because that was the impending darkness. and now we're looking at, you know, sunrise taking place here in the next couple of hours, and that's when you can assess all the damage. and it is a beautiful spochlt that's why tourists flock there. but with a category 5 that was this ferocious? now some of that moisture is sneaking its way into texas. so from one d...

Region. he had been traveling a good amount of time trying to get to that train derailment scene. etd, you are there now in front of a camera. describe what you are seeing and what are you learning? >> fredricka, we have made our way. you can see the train here in the background. that is the front end of the train of the two cars that derailed and toppled over by the floodwaters. we are about a care ter mile off of interstate 45. this is as close as we could get. we've managed to make our way down a muddy dirt road until you can't walk any further. just covered with with water here for the nex...

Flooding threat from remnants of hurricane patricia. this is video of navarro county, texas, near dallas. this area has been hit with more than 20 inches of rain so far. floodwaters washed out train tracks and derailed this 64-car freight train. the two train operators were able to swim to higher ground shortly after the derailment. cnn's ed lavendera is on the phone with us now, close to that freight train derailment. ed, what more can you tell us about what is happening there now? >> well, the latest news is that interstate 45, that major thoroughfare that connects the cities of dallas and h...