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That period of time. >> reporter: yeah, i posed that same question to officials yesterday at one of the shelters. the mayor of san antonio saying as long as it takes. they have the support from the federal government according to them. as a result, they are in it for the long haul. the reality is many parts of the texas coast as they heard from officials yesterday may be uninhabited for quite some time. for some of the inland cities like austin and san antonio preparing to offer shelter to some of these families for as long as it takes. that's when fema would have to kick in to offer long-term...

And we're watching the latest in texas throughout the morning. cnn's paolo sandoval is live in san antonio, texas this morning. >> and we need to point out that a lot of people evacuated went to san antonio, and san antonio itself closed schools and businesses in preparation for this. you're going to feel the effects of this at some point. >> reporter: absolutely, christi, it may have taken a while but we're now seeing the weather effects from harvey, mainly the precipitation has just started in the last hour or so, and it's just going to get worse here. that's why officials in san antonio are...

And this storm came ashore as a pretty strong category 4. >> you had obviously the high winds as you can see there, the torrential rain. and right now, it has been downgraded to a category 2 storm. this is still very dangerous. the winds at 110 miles per hour. and the flooding officials are warning life-threatening. not just for today. but the next five to seven days that's what we have to watch for. here's the thing, thousands of people, they did evacuate the area. but there were many who refused. they wanted to ride out the storm. as you see this person who is trying to get through some wate...

It is expected, the storm is going to continue to weaken as we go through the coming days, it's just not going to move very much. and that say big concern with flooding. here's a look the aobserved rainfall totals already. those red areas really being the focus. look at some of these numbers. oswald, texas, 9 1/2 inches, victoria, texas, 9 inches, mcfadden, almost 7 1/2. again, folks, keep in mind, we're still on the big end of this system. you can see the storm going through the day today. notice again, it just doesn't move very much. which is why the concern of so much rain, as that storm be...