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Pounding houston h. 24 to 34 inches reportedly in and around the city. and it is far from over. the national weather service is calling for an additional 10 to 20 inches of rain over the next 72 hours. no let up. probably until thursday night. some areas could see a stunning 50 inches of rainfall by the end of the storm. the big concern today is the buffalo bayou in houston, which is a river that goes west to east across houston. here is the problem. not only is it rising because of the rainfall, but there is a controlled release of water under way from two reservoirs on the northwest sides of...

They come and we're here. >> and you're saying it wasn't actually your house. >> it was my sister-in-law's house. i mean, inside the house there was barely three inches of water, but as soon as we oemd the door, i mean, it was -- all the water came? >> and you were telling me you were only staying at your sister-in-law's house last night because your husband -- >> my husband is stuck at work. >> stuck at work. how long has he been gone. >> he's been there since thursday. >> wow. >> yeah. >> thursday. where does he -- what part of town does he work. >> katy area, highway 6, over there. so he wo...

Rains, ali, that just are not letting up. >> stephanie, i know you've been covering this for a long time. for folks who don't understand, why did they have to release this water? it's a lot of water that's getting released from this cam. i thought i heard an estimate earlier of several thousand cubic feet per second. what would happen if they didn't release that water? >> well, let me back you up a little bit so you understand the history of these dams. they were built during world war ii. and if you know much about what was going on in this country at the time, you know not much was built in ...

Shelters. that is the basis for that conversation that we just had explaining that some of those people are going to be in shelters for a very long time. let's begin with nbc stephanie gosk who joins us by phone. she mab monitoring those two reservoirs, the two dams in northwestern houston that are releasing water into the buffalo bayou. she also just got finished riding along with the coast guard which is out rescuing people in the area. what's the latest? >> reporter: outside the barker cam basically awe day. and that neighborhood is right by the barker cam. and, you know, keep this in mind ...