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Going to fall in. if we could predict with a degree of accuracy exactly what rivers would be hardest hit, creeks, streams, so on and so forth, we did get prepositioned assets all around area. this was such a huge rain maker. you're probably hearing now it's the single biggest flood in u.s. history. >> are you surprised how the response has unfolded now? folks were in bowling alleys, stuck in their houses, still with no running water. when will people see some help here? >> everybody -- i say everybody. so many outpouring of people from around the country, different states, you're seeing an out...

Downpours from that port arthur area up to beaumont. that does continue to lift north. eventually we'll be tracking this system heading farther north heading to louisiana. this is a future forecast, future radar. time stamp up in the corner. this is now 5:00 p.m. we're beginning to see lake charles get on the back side of this system lifting up toward shreveport, up toward little rock, memphis. this is going to be clearing out by friday, so folks along the entire coast are going to see more sunshine. there's still more rain on the way. you can see this path of very heavy rain. good news is onc...

People out as possible. as we went through the neighborhood a few hours ago, and saw inside that neighborhood, dramatic to see people who clearly made their way to rooftops to get away from floodwaters. several of them had cut holes and chopped it away from the at toik get on from the rooftop. dramatic scenes a. >> we've been abas we've been ae the intensity of what is happening across the city of of houston and southeast texas area. >> again that warning from officials there, be really careful about thinking the attic is the safest place to be with rising waters. if you can't get out of the w...

Case when you include the city and the county of 6.5 million people, you can't evacuate them when you don't know where the danger is. the city of houston and harris county were not in the direct path of the hurricane. when it did form and we knew it was going to land around the rockport/victoria/corpus christi area. so we were never in the direct path once we had a better sense of where it was going. for us it was always going to be a rain maker. with that being the case, we had to prepare before. we asked people to get their food, their medicine, their water. stock up all the things they need...

We forget about the trajectory of this as it continues to go over on to land. houston's mayor sylvester turner joining us on the phone. mayor, thank you so much for being with us. first, what are conditions in houston right now? how is everybody faring? >> everybody at this point is faring well. this will be a major rain maker for us. we do anticipate flooding. there is some street flooding already. for now, the water is remaining within the banks of the bayou so that's some good news. communities outside of houston harris county last night received about nine inches of rain over a 12-hour per...