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That packed the 700 miles of coastline here and on islands. a lot of that area was evacuated, some people chose to stay in their homes. a lot of that area, first responders told us they expect it to be under water this morning. but because the storm moved farther east than where we were, they're not being to get that storm surge so they got the wind. they got so much rain hours and hours of pounding rain. sideways. sheets of rain even. but that was not the worst case scenario. they could handle that. they said, what was going to be difficult and the worst case scenario was the storm surge that...

It's not draining right now. you just had to look around me to see that. here's what happened. on top of the ocean coming ton to land, on top of the surge there silt a of debris because of the high winds we've been experiencing. you can't see it now but earlier we could see leaves on a lot of these drains. tree branches. all sorts of debris that blocks the drains and doesn't allow the system of canals to work. that's why we're seeing a lot more of this ponding, john, and then you look right now and we are getting very heavy rain. so not only seeing the surge, ponding, because drains are clogge...

Happen at all. we just need help. >> martha: harvey's destruction continues. storm makes another landfall earlier today. slammed into louisiana with pounding rain, more flooding and more damage and more evacuations. look at the season in lake charles, louisiana. rick leventhal is live in vinton, louisiana with more from there. hi, rick. >> martha, it's continuing to rain here tonight. there's hope on the horizon. we've seen patches of blue sky. you can see, there's plenty of flood water here. in some neighborhoods, it's said to be rising. a number of homes in bad shape but the people here know...

President's schedule as the day goes on. the white house says the president wants to be very cautious about making sure any activity does not disrupt the ongoing recovery efforts. he is expected to greet the governor when he arrives and then be joined by cruz and cornyn in texas. by the way, he definitively will make another visit to the area on saturday. tbd if that includes a stop in louisiana, as well. any minute we expect to get an update from houston's mayor with houston bracing for another round of pounding rain. we'll bring it to you live as we keep an eye on the rescues happening now...

Particular area. fortunately, sean, this is about the only bright spot, it's hitting in an area that is less populated as far as a direct hit goes. you get corpus christi in the southwest, houston and galveston in northeast. as you've been mentioning -- >> sean: i don't want to interrupt but important information. only because you've been on my radio program for an hour and a half the last three days, you've been writing me about this storm for over a week. this is important. you told me earlier today, this storm is going to push 75 miles inland. it's going to kind of stop. maybe beyond that. ...