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6 miles per hour. these are the peak wind gusts when it made landfall, 132, 125, easily a strong category 3, low end category 4. official making landfall at category 4. pressure 938, the second lowest ever recorded in the state of texas. incredible stuff. this is the radar view i showed you before. if i go into the houston area, you can see the beltway around the 610, heavy band of rain we'll continue to watch throughout the day today. there is the flash flood warning. a huge area from houston almost down to south of victoria. 12 million people affected. 4 million people in the flash flood war...

Along the coast too in galveston county. it's not just rain that is the problem but winds are howling and pushing tides up to five feet above normal levels. >> houston's emergency officials are urging people to stay off the road especially while it's dark there. all roads into downtown houston on interstate 44 are closed. i'm sure everyone there wants to know how long this rain is going to continue. >> houston area and southeast texas and louisiana will continue to deal with the rain. let me show you guys something. 48-hour rainfall total, powell texas, 20 inches of rain. they have had additio...

People have died as a result of storms. heavy rainfall, strong winds. several tornadoes even, leaving behind a terrible mess there. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in the extreme weather center for us now. rick? >> big storm moving in across parts of the west. it will move in across areas of the central part of the country friday into saturday. i will show you that in a second. now we have heavy snowfall across sierra nevadas. if you're above 5,000 feet, you will see one to two feet from the storm. heavy snow falling across parts west. some of the rain making its way all the way into sou...