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They destroyed homes and buildings i left 300,000 people without power. The worst could be yet to come. Expected to last for days. Thus go live to casey. We had to shame the people in the background here but this is what we you should not do if you are in this region. Look at those people out there right now thinking its fun to hang out right there in the middle of all of those crashing waves on that rock formation that goes out, taking selfies and funny videos of themselves. But you see the white caps all around, all we been getting has been about how dangerous the rip currents are, messages ...

And have seen some damage, however much of what weve seen so far has been really superficial structural damage. Lets say a couple of tiles or siding thats been ripped off buildings, maybe some windows that have been broken. But nothing compared to what perhaps some of our friends south of here have seen. And of course plenty of debris. Theres plenty of branches, plenty of tree limbs and street signs all over the place. Because earlier today if it was not grounded or bolted to the ground like this garbage can, it certainly was swept away. As for other neighboring cities i could tell you that we...

They just pancake. We dont have electricity, no water. Basically we just we are still breathing. But it humbled us. Leland the flooding shutting down highways and byways, turning them into waterways as people use kayaks and boats to get around and with days of rain still in the forecast, Texas Governor greg abbott warns the worst could still be you have to come. It will continue to be a challenge for a few more days, there will be more rain coming down in the houston area as well as the values that will continue to have water flow down and as a result the flooding is not going to end anytime s...

Response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. But first to Hurricane Harvey. The massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. The fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. Texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and Social Security numbers on their forearms. Just how big is this hurricane . Youre looking at harvey from outer space now. A camera on...

Members rescued people on all day. You might be able to see there is one fireman manning votes. It seems like they had some trouble getting out of the area. They were given a car ride back to the station. This fireman is waiting for his fellow fighters to return. We didnt interview and they had been rescuing people all day long. They rescued people from the rooftop. Take a listen to that interview from a short while ago. One of the emotions running through your mind. This must have been an exhausting day. Its sad. A lot of devastation. I dont think the city was very prepared for it. Weve taken...