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No power. we want power. >> i hear that. that's like a lot of people out here. the first is the danger and then there is just the misery factor. look at this. look at that. haven't seen that in a while. it came out there behind that cloud for a second and you know, now hiding again. that's okay. we're on the right track. >> bill: there is hope. thank you, jeff. best to that lady there with you as well. sandra, trying to make their way through that stream there. you can go slow enough and ride the wake but you go into quarter mile or half mile or mile you'll come across another one and then ano...

You combine all of the water coming down, so all of the flooding. all the storm surge that is coming and all of the rain, getting the power back on will be a goliath effort over weeks if not months. we're in the beginning hours of the storm. as rick said it will stall here. that will increase the misery factor so, so much for the folks who stayed and those inland who evacuated. all they can do is watch the destruction here from the wind and rising water over the next couple of days, guys. >> leland, i have a question. you're heading into the evening and over night. how do you continue to track...

With the chemical plants around this flooding area, and now it's happened. there's more breaking news. the flood-ravaged city of beaumont, texas, has lost both water supply sources after the main pump and a backup failed because of the rising floodwaters. that's where we find cnn's drew griffin live in beaumont. give us the latest there. >> reporter: to just add to the misery factor, i turn on the spigot this morning to brush my teeth and air came out. at 12:30 last night or early this morning, the city of beaumont sent out an alert to all the residents that the main pump for the water supply ...

There was nothing but air coming out. you couldn't brush your teeth. that is going to add to the misery factor for the 118,000 or so residents in beaumont. plus all evacuees. not much of beaumont left. so all of those people are here. and all of those people are dependent on the water supply. here's -- here's the issue. the main pumping station is in the natches river. they can't get to it because of a flood. they don't know if the pumps are broken there, if repairs need to be made because they just can't get there until the daylight hours. it's still dark here. they're going to take a boat ou...

Tonight. they just issue add extreme weather emergency trying to keep people off the roads. there's no reason to be out. basically, shelter in place. local authorities here say they are only going to respond if it is a life-threatening emergency. any of those volunteer rescues, those are done for the night because it's just toot dangerous. most of the roads in jefferson county are covered somewhere in this county making it very hard to distinguish a road and a drainage ditch and a rafer. that's where people have been getting into a lot of trouble. tropical storm warning headed this way. we're ...