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Robert rocha there in corpus christi. it's good of you to share some time with us. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> our live team coverage of this massive hurricane harvey continues in a moment. keep it here on fox. you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three whee...

Some cases there could be possibly 50 inches of rainfall before it's all said and done. >> that is one of the biggest dangerous, karen. we spoke one of the gentleman earlier and he explained one of the reason he decided to stay. that is one of the dangers because now those people have to wait for those emergency officials when it's safe to get back out there. just a short time ago i spoke with the fire chief of corpus christi, texas. his name is robert rocha and he expressed his concerns about this particular storm. listen. >> there were people that decided to depot ahead and stay, and we aske...

At home. >> so, robert, there different phases of these storms. obviously there is preparation of the storm coming in, and then there is riding the storm out and then there is the aftermath. we know this storm is moving slowly. it's going to stick around that part of the state for some time, for several days now. what is the concern there in corpus christi specifically given what this storm is doing right now? >> well, the storm stall is what really effects us, but it's just going to dump an enormous amount of rain in one location at one time. so with that you're going to have high-water level...

Afternoon. a local mayor tells us anybody who is here now local law officials and law enforcement say you're on your own. this is what people that decided to stay are facing. we've seen a lot of sparks of electricity. you can only guess there's downed lines. the lighting on the dock keeps going on and off. the electricity is kicking on and off. a local mayor said one of the worst things for people deciding to stay is being without electricity for days and that can spell disaster for anyone who decide to stay behind. >> this time of year is not a comfortable place to be where there's no power a...

Many people are, you know, left the area, how many people are, you know, still unaccounted for? >> we didn't have that problem here in corpus christi. we did have people evacuate certain low levels of the city in particular padre island, mustang island and areas that historically have flooding in the past. we did ship a lot of people up to san antonio. fortunately though we did not get the torrential rain that we expected. we probably got less than five inches of rain last night and early this morning. >> very good. all right. corpus christi fire chief robert rocha wishing you the best in your...