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Tropical storm harvey making landfall again, this time in louisiana where it is ham 34ering the area with heavy rain. Here in houston where im standing, after five Straight Days of rain, im happy to report the conditions seem to be improving. The streets we drove in to get to houston, they were wet, but they were not flooded. The situation in the Convention Center is pretty dire. Im in the citys largest shelter where at last count, 8,319 people are seeking refuge. There are two more mega shelters now open in this city. Theyre taking people in to alleviate the overcapacity conditions here. Onet...

Happy to report that the conditions on the ground appear to be improving, but the flood threat is far from over. The situation here in the Convention Center, chris, where i am is pretty dire. I am at the citys largest shelter where at last count more than 8,000 people are here sleeping, seeking refuge. Weve walked around here. People are sleeping under these bright fluorescent lights, packed in room after room. You see here all the donations that have come in on one side of your screen. Volunteers are sifting through all the clothes trying to get them sorted into the right sizes to help people...

The air in real time. The scope of this disaster so big it is still not clear how many people remain trapped and in danger right now. No congratulations yet. President trump visits texas promising to wait before he praises his team and himself until all storm victims get relief. How is he doing in this early test of his leadership through a Natural Disaster . And saber rattling, after kim jonguns most provocative missile test yet, President Trump says once again that all options are on the table. Stand by for cnns exclusive reporting both inside north korea and on americas last line of defense...

And this new threat facing the assistance. For example, the ceo of walmart floodravaged state of texas. Heres a quote. Get out now. That is the stark warning to is providing additional water folks just south of houston as supplies, towels, blankets, for the river levees breached a short time ago and as harvey is now circling back over land, one of the shelters that we are Officials Say river water is opening today. Just pounding down, tributaries weve heard from some other and creeks and that they are, quote, at the end of the line. Folks trying to volunteer in the dire predictions of up to ar...

He says anyone caught looting in the disaster area faces extra punishment. And northwest of houston Officials Say water keeps rising in the attics and barker reservoirs even as it flows over the dams spillways. T thousands of homes now have between 3 and 5 feet of flood water in them. Water isnt expected to stop flowing from the dam until mid september. This morning there are nine confirmed deaths from harvey including a Houston Police officer 60yearold Sergeant Steve perez. He drowned trying to get to work during the flooding. We couldnt find him and once our dive team got there it was too tr...