WHERE HE LATER DIED.
NO OFFICERS WERE HURT.
I SAW THIS ON TV.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY WAS STILL
HERE.
I WADE THROUGH THE WATER AND
SOMEBODY GOT ME A BOAT.
JUST BREAKS MY HEART.
SO HEARTBREAKING.
BACK TO THE HARVEY FLOODING
DISASTER.
PACKED WITH ELDERLY AND FRAIL
PATIENTS IN A NURSING HOME.
THEN THERE'S THIS AWFUL
DISCOVERY.
DEPUTIES FIND THE BODIES OF A
FAMILY WASHED AWAY BY FLOOD
WATERS.
THE DEATH TOLL ACCORDING TO
CBS NEWS STANDS AT 29.
WE TOLD YOU JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO, BREAKING RIGHT NOW IN
CROSBY, NEAR HOUSTON THERE ARE
REPORTS OF TWO
CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSIONS.
THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS ONE DEPUTY WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR
INHALING FUMES AND NINE
OTHERS TOOK THEMSELVESTO THE
HOSPITAL.
AUTHORITIES SET UP A MILE AND A
HALF EVACUATION ZONE BECAUSE
PLANT OFFICIALS PREDICTED AN
EXPLOSION.
FLOODING FROM HARVEY KNOCKED
OUT RHETORIC RATERS AND BACKUP
GENERATORS THAT KEEP THE CHEM
CAMS COOL.
AND WE NOW TAKE YOU LIVE TO DON
CHAMPION IN HOUSTON.
WHAT MORE CAN CUE TELL US ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NO WAY
TO PREVENT THAT EXPLOSION AT
THE CHEMICAL PLANT.
WE ARE TOLD BLACK SMOKE IS
STILL RISING FROM THAT SCENE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE DEPUTY
TAKEN TO THE SCENE AFTER
INHALING CHEMICALS, NINE OTHERS
DROVE THEMSELVES TO THE
HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION.
THE BIG ISSUE HERE IS THAT,
AGAIN, FLOOD WALTERS KNOCKED
OUT POWER TO GENERATORS AT THAT
FACILITY THAT WERE
COOLING WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD
WERE ORGANIC PEROXIDES, THE CEO
OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THAT
BUILDING, AND THE PLANT,
BASICALLY TOLD OFFICIALS THIS
EXPLOSION WAS IMMINENT AND ONCE
THOSE CHEMICALS DID WARM UP TO
A CERTAIN
TEMPERATURE, AS YOU MENTIONED,
A MILE AND A HALF EVACUATION
ZONE WAS SET UP THIS MORNING 90
MINUTES AFTER THE
EXPLOSION.
300 NEARBY HOMES HAD BEEN
EVACUATED AS WELL ON TUESDAY.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET AN UPDATE
ON THE SITUATION AT THAT PLANT
AROUND 9:00 A.M.
LOCAL TIME.
BUT LAUREN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE A
LOT OF CONCERNED PEOPLE AROUND
THAT PLANT.
JUST ONE PROBLEM, REALLY
PLAGUING THIS REGION IN THE
WAKE OF HARVEY.
DON ALL OF THAT AT THE
CHEMICAL PLANT HAPPENING IN
CROSBY, TEXAS.
YOU ARE IN HOUSTON WHERE MUCH
OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN A SEARCH
EFFORT TRYING TO FIND VICTIMS
TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES.
BUT FIREFIGHTERS SHIFT THAT
FOCUS JUST A BIT.
WHAT WILL THEY BE DOING?
Reporter: AS CONDITIONS DRY
OUT PEOPLE CAN START ACCESSING
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE CUT OFF
BY THE RISING WATERS.
TODAY FIREFIGHTERS WILL BEGIN A
BLACK BY BLOCK SEARCH OF
VICTIMS IN AREAS THAT THEY
WEREN'T ABLE TO GET INTO
BEFORE.
CERTAINLY IS A SIGN THAT
OFFICIALS ARE TRANSITIONING
FROM A RESCUE TO RECOVERY
OPERATION.
ACROSS THIS AREA.
AS THE WATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE
HERE, OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE
RECEIVING FEWER CALLS FOR
REQUESTS FOR RESCUING.
IN FACT, YESTERDAY, LAUREN,
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY THEY
ONLY CARRIED OUT ABOUT 40
RESCUES HERE IN HOUSTON.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
FEMA IS DOING IN RESPONSE TO
THE STORM?
Reporter: FEMA CERTAINLY
ACTIVATING AND RESPONDING TO
THIS DISASTER.
THE AGENCY IS ALREADY HIRING
TEMPORARY WORKERS TO HELP WITH
THE DISASTER RESPONSE HERE.
ALSO, ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY FILED FOR FEMA
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
SO CERTAINLY THERE ARE SOME
VERY LONG-TERM NEEDS MOVING
AHEAD FOR A LOT OF THE STORM
VICTIMS AND THE PEOPLE
DISPLACED.
MANY ARE STILL IN SHELTERS LIKE
THE ONE BEHIND ME.
AT ONE POINT, OFFICIALS SAID
35,000 PEOPLE WERE IN SHELTERS
HERE.
CERTAINLY SOON, THOSE FOLKS ARE
GOING TO NEED MORE LONGER TERM
TEMPORARY HOUSING AS THEY TRY
TO REBUILD THEIR
LIVES IN THE WAKE OF THE DE-