CONTINUING TO HIT THE AREA,
TONIGHT, RESCUERS ARE WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK AND THE
PRESIDENT IS VISITING THE
STATE.
IT IS HISTORIC, BUT TEXAS
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING.
THE CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL IS
RIGHT - - THE DEATH TOLL IS
RISING.
A POLICE OFFICER DIED IN HIS
FLOODED PATROL CAR.
SOME AREAS ARE SEEING 49 INCHES
OF RAIN.
AND SOUTH OF HOUSTON, THINGS
ARE ONLY GETTING WORSE AS A
LEVY GAVE WAY.
OFFICIALS ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO
GET OUT NOW AND THERE ARE MAJOR
QUESTIONS ON WHERE PEOPLE CAN
GO, SHELTERS ARE FILLING FASTER
THAN OFFICIALS CAN OPEN THEM.
WE HAVE THE
LATEST ON HARVEY STARTING WITH
KENNETH CRAIG.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO HEAR
THE VERY LATEST ON THE GROUND.
KENNETH HAS THE LATEST.
Reporter: I AM SITTING
OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THE MAIN SHELTER HERE, AT THIS
POINT, OFFICIALS ARE DESPERATE
FOR SOME RELIEF. HARVEY IS
NOT FINISHED WITH TEXAS.
RESCUE CREWS ARE WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK TO BRING MORE PEOPLE
TO SAFETY.
THERE IS NO WAY IN AND NO
WAY OUT, NO UTILITIES FOR A DAY
NOW.
6000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PULLED
FROM THE RISING FLOOD WATER.
A LEVY BREACHED THIS MORNING,
SENDING MORE WATER INTO
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE BOAT
GOT TO PEOPLE WHO WERE STRANDED
.
HARVEY IS BLAMED FOR NINE
DEATHS INCLUDING A HOUSTON
POLICE OFFICER WHO BECAME
TRAPPED IN THE FLOODWATER ON HIS
WAY TO WORK.
IT WAS TOO TREACHEROUS FOR
OUR DIVE TEAM TO GO UNDER AND
LOOK FOR HIM.
THOUSANDS EVACUATED, CROWDING
INTO THE DOWNTOWN CONVENTION
CENTER,
TENSION IS RISING.
WE HAVE NOT HAD SHOWERS IN
THREE DAYS.
IT SMELLS, AND IT IS STURDY.
9000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP HERE,
TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH
IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO HOLD 5000
PEOPLE.
FEMA IS
BEING ASKED TO HOLD SHELTER FOR
10,000 PEOPLE.
WE ARE NOT TURNING ANYONE
AWAY.
THAT WE DO NEED TO EXPAND
CAPABILITIES, AND OUR
CAPACITIES.
TRUMP TRAVELED TO CORPUS
CHRISTI FOR A BRIEFING ON
RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM LOCAL AND
FROM STATE OFFICIALS.
THIS WAS A DISASTER OF EPIC
PROPORTIONS. THE TROPICAL
STORM WILL MAKE A SECOND
LANDFALL TOMORROW, JUST EAST OF
HOUSTON.
A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE
SHOWED UP WITH CLOTHING FROM
HOME, AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
REDIRECTING THEM TO OTHER
SHELTERS.
KENNETH KEG, - -
KENNETH CRAIG REPORTING.
WHAT ABOUT THE MINDSET OF
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RESCUED?
SOME ARE NOW INSIDE SHELTERS
LIKE THE ONE BEHIND YOU.
THE
WOMAN IN YOUR REPORT SAID THAT
SHE HAS SPENT SEVERAL DAYS
WITHOUT SHOWERING.
PEOPLE ARE LOSING PATIENCE AND
THIS WHOLE DEAL IS STILL GOING
TO GO ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
SOCIAL WORKERS INSIDE, AND
OTHER PERSONNEL HERE TO ASSIST
PEOPLE INSIDE.
A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS
IN THEIR LIVES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] IT IS VERY
HEARTBREAKING.
WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE MAIN
ROOM, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE
BEING HELD HERE, AND THIS GOES
ON FOREVER.
AND THERE ARE CORE DOORS WITH
PEOPLE JUST LAYING ON THE
FLOOR.
WE HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE
RESCUES.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE
IN THE MIDST OF TRAGIC LOSS.
HAVE YOU
MANAGED TO TALK TO ANY OF THE
RESCUERS?
HAVE YOU TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN RESCUED?
WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO ANY OF
THEM.
WE HAVE CENTERED THE NEWS
AROUND DOWNTOWN HOUSTON,
SURROUNDED BY WATER
RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE INSIDE,
I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE