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40 inches already, some of the computer models that the meteorologists and i look at extensively shows the potential for maybe doubling those numbers. mind-boggling to think about. 60 inches of rainfall in a city. how does one cope with that? the amount of rain here is really testing the limits of the reservoirs that are meant to actually prevent catastrophic flooding in the city of houston. in fact, they've had to do dual releas releases, something they've never done before. unprecedented thing taking place in the past couple of hours to help alleviate some of the flooding. >> when they relea...

Members up to three million bonus miles in exchange for donations. united is also matching the first $100,000 raised. "early start" continues right now with the latest projections for hurricane-now tropical storm harvey. this likely is going to be an historic rainfall, if not an all-time record. >> 50 inches of rain. some parts of texas already under water. face a devastating few days of rainfa rainfall. months if not years of cleanup ahead for the folks in southeast texas, in particular houston. we have lorchive coverage of th damage, rescues, and what lies in store. welcome back to a spe...

Focusing on things like the massive rainfall that was predicted. the coordination between agencies, saying that there's been good coordination between agencies at all levels of government. and of course saying that the focus should be on life and safety. the president has been eager to show that he is engaged, doing so mainly via twitter. he also held two video teleconference meetings over the weekend to talk about the storm and after effects and response. >> thank you. corporate america helping the victims of tropical storm harvey with big contributions. property damage is forecast at $40 b...

Fallen in some parts, karen? >> an additional 15 to 25. and you may have heard derek mention before there are all these comparisons to tropical storm allison. it wasn't even a hurricane when it was unindating houston in 2001 -- inundating houston in 2001. it did this curly-q thing exactly like what we'll see with harvey. back then they saw about 35 inches of rainfall depending which location you looked at. make make some more apples-to-apples comparisons. there were 21 fatalities associated with tropical storm allison. what can we expect going into the next several days? let's show what happen...

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