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NOW . >>> TONIGHT BETA HAS WEAKENED
TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUT WE
ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE
FLOOD THREAT WILL LOOK AT
SOUTHEAST HOUSTON RIGHT NOW
WHERE THE FLOODING HAS TRAPPED
RESIDENTS IN THEIR HOMES AND A
FEW OF THESE DID GET WATER
INSIDE AND YOU SEE THEIR YOU
NEED A BOAT INSTEAD OF A CAR.
SOME FOLKS ARE SEEING MORE RAIN
IS ANOTHER ROUND OF FEEDER
BANDS FROM BETA MOVE INTO THE
AREA AND IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT,
BE CAREFUL.
BE CAREFUL. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW HOURS
MAKE.
MAKE.
MAKE. HIGHWAY 288 AT HOLLY HALL WAS
UNDERWATER THIS MORNING AND
THAT IS ON THE RIGHT AND
TRAPPING DRIVERS BUT A BREAK IN
THE RAIN HELPED OUT AND YOU CAN
SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LEFT
AND THE WATER HAS RECEDED THERE.
>>> HELLO.
>>> HELLO. WHAT A MESS IT HAS BEEN.
YES, WE DID GET A BREAK FROM
THE RAIN BUT IT IS COMING BACK
AND WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON THE BAYOUS AND CREEKS AROUND
TOWN AND THE CREWS ARE ALL OVER
THE HOUSTON AREA COVERING THE
CONDITIONS IN FIRST UP DAVID
PAUL IS THE WORST OVER?
>>> WE WILL STILL SEE SEVERAL
INCHES OF RAIN IN MANY SPOTS
TONIGHT AND IT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN EXACTLY WHO GETS TOO MUCH
RAIN AND A/FLOOD WATCH STAYS IN
EFFECT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AT
HERE IS THE SET UP AND AS LONG
AS LOW PRESSURE AREA WHICH IS
NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION BETA
STAYS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST WE
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE FEEDER
BAND MOVE IN AND WRAP AROUND
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA.
IT WILL BE MOVING TONIGHT BUT
IT IS MOVING SLOWLY AND WE DO
HAVE A/FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF HARRIS
COUNTY AND IT IS A/FLOOD
WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY AND THE
POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN OR THERE.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS FOR THE PAST
HOUR OR 2 TO ALL DEAN AND
CYPRUS AND CLIENT AREA AND
HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN THE
COPPERFIELD AREA NOW BUT SO FAR
THIS IS NOT AN ENOUGH TO CAUSE
ANY NEW FLASH FLOODING AND I
HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BAYOUS
AND WATCHING BUFFALO BAYOU AND
NO NEW RISES OUT OF THAT RAIN
SO FAR BUT IF YOU WERE TO GET A
QUICK 2 TO FORMIC INCHES THAT
WOULD CAUSE A RISE AND WE WILL
BE IN WATCH ALL NIGHT.
AS WE HEAD INTO 4:30 A.M.,
TOMORROW MORNING, THE CENTER OF
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE
OVER HOUSTON AND IT WILL BE TO
THE CENTER AND EAST OF THAT
CENTER WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN
AGGREGATES SO I AM A LITTLE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN
TO THE EAST SIDE TONIGHT WITH
BAYTOWN AND PASADENA AND
BELLEVUE AND LIBERTY AND WE
WILL BE WATCHING YOU CAREFULLY
TONIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING.
AFTER THAT THE STORM MOVES TO
THE EAST AND BY THE MIDDLE OF
THE DAY TOMORROW WE ARE DONE
WITH THE RAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT A/FLOOD THREAT
CONTINUES AND WE WILL BE
WATCHING IT CAREFULLY AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EXITING
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. WE WILL LOOK AT FORECAST RAIN
TOTALS FOR TONIGHT WHEN I SEE
YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> MANY NEIGHBORHOODS CAN
HANDLE MUCH MORE RAIN AND THE
GULF MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN
THE SOUTHEAST HOUSTON AREA
GETTING HIT HARD TODAY AND
STREETS ARE FLOODED, WATER
GETTING INTO A FEW HOUSES AND
WE ARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
TONIGHT AND WHAT A MESS THEY
ARE DEALING WITH.
>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT.
THE RAIN HAS STARTED TO PICK UP
OUT HERE AGAIN AND NOBODY WANTS
TO SEE THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU I SPOKE TO A MAN
WHO LIVES TWO BLOCKS BEHIND ME
AND HE SAID THE WATER BACK
THERE IS STILL ABOUT WAIST DEEP
AND HE SAID HE HAD ABOUT AN
INCH OF WATER IN HIS HOME BUT
WE KNOW SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS HAD
A LOT MORE THAN THAT BUT A
LITTLE LESS THAN A FOOT
ACCORDING TO MOST PEOPLE AND I
DID CHECK WITH THE HARRIS
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
EARLIER TODAY AND THEY SAID
THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY GOT
BETWEEN NINE OR 10 INCHES IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS AND THE RAIN
BANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM BETA
LED TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM
THAT WE STILL SEE HERE AND
NEIGHBOR SAY IT IS THE WORST
THEY HAVE BEEN HIT WITH SINCE
HURRICANE HARVEY AND EVERYBODY
HOPES THE RAIN STAYS AWAY
TONIGHT BECAUSE THE REPEAT
PERFORMANCE FROM LAST NIGHT
COULD MEAN BIGGER PROBLEMS FOR
FOLKS IN GULF MEADOWS.
>> I PRAY IT WILL TOP SOON.
I HOPE SO.
I THINK WE ARE ALL LITTLE BIT
DISAPPOINTED AND YOU CAN CHECK
FOR YOURSELF.
FOR YOURSELF. IT IS OKAY EXCEPT FOR OUTSIDERS
COMING IN TO SEE WHAT IS GOING
ON AND THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. >> Reporter: NOW A FEW OF THE
HOMES HERE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD
WATER INSIDE THE HOMES HAD
PEOPLE NOT SPREAD THROUGH
FLOODWATERS TRYING TO SCOPE
THINGS OUT AND ALL OF THAT
WATER PUSHED INTO PEOPLE'S
GARAGES AND MADE THINGS A BIT
WORSE OUT HERE AND AGAIN THE
RAIN HAS STARTED TO PICK UP
AGAIN AND THAT IS NOT WHAT
FOLKS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WANT
TO SEE AND HOPEFULLY LET'S UP
SO PEOPLE GET A CHANCE TO DRY
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO THEY
CAN MOVE ON AND GET ONTO THE
NEXT CHAPTER OF THIS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> WE CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THIS IS VIDEO AT BELTWAY AND
DRIVERS GOT STRANDED IN HOT
WATER ANDWE EVEN SAW SOME
FOLKS THERE ON FOUR WHEELERS
GOING THROUGH THE WATER AND
THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA AND I
KNOW YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING
UN AND NOT A GOOD IDEA AND
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON CLEAR
CREEK WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHING
THE WEATHER TONIGHT AFTER BETA
LEFT PARTS OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERWATER.
NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERWATER. JASON IS THERE WITH A CLOSER
LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DEALING
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. >>
WITH. >> Reporter: I HAVE HEARD OF A
FEW WATER RESCUES IN THIS AREA
AND MAINLY BECAUSE THE
FLOODWATERS LIKE YOU SEE ON
THIS STREET BEHIND ME IS NOT
EASY TO NAVIGATE AND CERTAINLY
NOT BY WALKING THROUGH IT AND
ALL OF THIS IS FROM NEARBY
CLEAR CREEK WHICH STARTED
OVERFLOWING OVERNIGHT AND INTO
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE SOME DRONE 11 VIDEO
AND WE FLEW OVER THE AREA
EARLIER TODAY AND WE SHOT THIS
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. THIS IS YOST BOULEVARD AND IN
THE VIDEO YOU MAY SEE IT AND
THIS HIT HARD OF COURSE BY
HARVEY THREE YEARS AGO SO MANY
PEOPLE AS YOU MAY IMAGINE ARE
VERY WARY OF SEVERE WEATHER
AGAIN AND I SPOKE WITH A
RETIRED TEACHER WHO SAID SHE IS
NOT SEEN IT THIS BAD AND WE
HEARD IT ALL DAY LONG EXCEPT
FOR BACK HERE IN HARVEY.
>> I PUT THAT STONE IN MY
DRIVEWAY AND THAT MARKED THE
WATER LEVEL SO I KNOW WHEN TO
CALL MY SON AND COME AND GET US.
>> Reporter: FORTUNATELY, SHE
HAS NOT HAD TO BE RESCUED AS OF
YET AND SEVERAL HOMES BEYOND
WHERE THAT LADY LIVES APPEARS
TO HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER
THIS HOUR AND I SPOKE TO ONE
FAMILY WHO IS HURRIEDLY
ELEVATING THE FURNITURE INSIDE
THE HOME TODAY AND THEY HAD 4
1/2 FEET OF WATER DURING
HURRICANE HARVEY AND THE WATER
HAS RECEDED SOMEWHAT OVER THE
LAST FEW HOURS SINCE WE HAVE
BEEN OUT HERE ON THE SCENE AND
AS YOU MAY TELL IT IS RAINING
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>
AGAIN. >> IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR BRAISED
VALUE OR FLOOD MITIGATION
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS KEPT
THE WATER AND IT'S BANKS AND
THE WATER KEEPS GOING DOWN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE LIVE
HERE SAID AT ITS PEAK OVERNIGHT
THE WATER GOT ABOUT AS HIGH AS
WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW AND WE GOT
HERE ABOUT 11:00 THIS MORNING
BUT MAYBE IT WAS HALFWAY OF
THOSE COLUMNS ON THE BRIDGE AND
YOU COULD SEE HOW FAR IT HAS
FALLEN SINCE THEN AND SEVERAL
FEET EASILY BUT THAT IS WELCOME
NEWS FOR THIS AREA WHICH OF
COURSE HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY
THESE FLOODING EVENTS AND THREE
AND US BAN OF TWO AND HALF
YEARS RECENTLY AND MOST
RECENTLY WITH HURRICANE HARVEY
AND THE DAMAGE FROM THAT STORM
IN 2017 WAS REALLY WHAT HELPED
BRING IN THE MONEY AND SPEED UP
THE PROGRESS TO FINISH THE
PROJECT.
PROJECT.
PROJECT. THE 75+ PROJECTS ALONG 31 MILES
OF THIS BY YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN
A DIFFERENCE ACCORDING TO A LOT
OF RESIDENTS AND BRIDGE
REPLACEMENT AND THE TENSION
BASINS ARE ALL PART OF THAT
EFFORT AND THAT EFFORT IS
ALMOST DONE AND JUDGE HIDALGO
SAID TODAY THAT IT IS MOVING
AHEAD AND WHAT SHE CALLS RECORD
SPEED.
SPEED.
SPEED. >>
SPEED. >> SO FAR, WE ARE GLAD THAT WE
THINK IT MAY HAVE HELPED AND
THAT IS THE REASON TO CONTINUE
WITH THAT WORK WITH THE
DETENTION REQUIREMENTS AND THE
BUYOUTS AND SO MUCH OF THE WORK
WE ARE DOING, WE ARE DOING IT
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND
THESE STORMS KEEP COMING.
>> Reporter: AS WE HAVE SEEN
THE WATER LEVELS DROP ALL
AFTERNOON LONG, THE WILDLIFE
HAS BEEN RETURNING AND WE HAVE
ALSO SEEN DIFFERENT FAMILIES
COMING OUT HERE TO SEE THE
BAYOU LEVELS FOR THEMSELVES AND
ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE EXERCISING
ALONG THESE TRAILS AND IN ALL
THE GAUGES SHOW THAT MORE THAN
11 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS
ONE AREA OVER THE COURSE OF 24
HOURS AND AGAIN THE COUNTY
LEADERS SAY NOT ONLY
POTENTIALLY THIS PROJECT BUT IT
BREAK IN THE RAIN WE ARE
EXPERIENCING NOW HAS HELPED
BRING THESE LEVELS DOWN.
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