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There is an all-hands-on-deck response to this catastrophe. local authorities, the coast guard and all sorts of folks going out there in their own boats, volunteers to try to rescue as many people as possible. the coast guard tells us they've carried out some 250 water rescues, rescuing some 1,000 people. that major development this morning, as you noted, is the release from those two reservoirs, barker and addux. all that water will go into the buffalo bayou, swelling the bayou and threatening the homes along that area. so thousands of people are being asked to evaluate. a lot of people will ...

Center. look at all these cots lined up. it's now acting as a shelter. city buses, even dump trucks dropping off evacuees who have been plucked from their swamped homes. cnn's rosa florez is live in houston. >> reporter: that bayou that alex was talking about is right over my shoulder. all that water is going to come right through downtown houston. you can already see the water levels here. that is going to be devastating for this area as more water continues to flow out towards the gulf of mexico. now, all of this water, testing the system, testing the infrastructure here in houston and also ...