OUR REPORTING BEGINS WITH GABE GUTIERREZ. GABE?
>> Reporter: LESTER, GOOD EVENING. YOU CAN SEE THE POWER
OF THE STORM. HARVEY'S EYE CUT RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAY THAT ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE
THAT FIRST RESPONDERS JUST COULDN'T GET TO IN TIME.
AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED. TONIGHT, ALONG THE
TEXAS GULF COAST, UTTER DEVASTATION. IN THE TOWN OF
ROCKPORT, ENTIRE BLOCKS ARE DECIMATED. >> WE HAVE NOTHING
LEFT. >> Reporter: AMANDA EVANS IS SHAKEN.
SHE WAS CAUGHT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM. >> BY 1:00, IT WAS
TERRIBLE. IT WAS SO -- I WAS CRYING.
I WAS ON MY KNEES PRAYING THAT WE MADE IT.
>> Reporter: HER HOME GONE. >> Reporter: WHY
DIDN'T YOU EVACUATE? >> WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
>> Reporter: HARVEY BARRELLED ASHORE OVERNIGHT PACKING
130-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS AND A TREACHEROUS STORM SURGE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR QUITE A WHILE FOR THE EYE TO
PASS OVER SO WE COULD GET A BREAK. >> THIS IS BAD.
>> Reporter: THE CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE IS THE STRONGEST TO
HIT THE U.S. IN 13 YEARS MAKING LANDFALL TWICE.
NOW SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE UNDER WAY. THE COAST GUARD CALLED
IN TO RESCUE AT LEAST THREE TUGBOATS STRANDED OFF SHORE.
>> WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT
OF RISING WATER. >> Reporter: THE WHIPPING WINDS RIPPED
ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS, POWER LINES SNAPPED, SPARKING MASSIVE
EXPLOSIONS. ELECTRICITY KNOCKED OUT FOR AT LEAST
300,000. >> OUR TOWN IS DESTROYED AND IT
HURTS. >> Reporter: ON THE BALL OF THE PENINSULA,
THREE HOMES BURNED TO THE GROUND. >> PRETTY SCARY.
IT FELT LIKE 150-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS.
IT WAS WHIPPING PRETTY GOOD. >> Reporter: THIS
METEOROLOGIST WAS IN THIS ROCKPORT HOTEL DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND
A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE BUT OVERNIGHT THE ENTIRE WALL COLLAPSED.
>> HALF OF THE BUILDING IS MISSING. >> Reporter:
INCREDIBLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. >> YOU CAN SEE THE
TOWN. >> Reporter: TODAY, THE HOTEL'S MANAGER
SHOWED US A VIEW HE NEVER EXPECTED. >> THIS WOULD HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN THE WALL THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S STILL LITERALLY
HANGING. IT JUST KIND OF FLIPPED OVER ON
ITSELF. AND HALF OF IT ENDED DOWN THERE.
>> Reporter: BUT THE CLEANUP CAN'T BEGIN JUST YET.
HARVEY HAS ALREADY DUMPED SEVERAL MONTHS WORTH OF RAIN ON THE
REGION AND THE STORM IS FAR FROM OVER. AS THE TORRENTIAL
RAINS MOVE NORTH, AUTHORITIES HERE IN ROCKPORT ARE ONLY JUST
BEGINNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. TEXAS' GOVERNOR SAYS
MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE NOW INVOLVED
IN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT, GABE. THANK YOU. THERE'S THE POTENTIAL
FOR MUCH MORE RAIN, UP TO TWO FEET OR MORE AS THE STORM REMAINS
LARGELY STALLED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DYLAN DREYER IS HERE
WITH US. DYLAN, FOR SEVERAL HOURS, UNRELENTING
RAIN AND THEN YOU GET MOMENTS LIKE THIS AND YOU THINK IT'S OVER.
>> AND THEN YOU GET ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN. THE STORM IS STALLED
RIGHT NOW AND THE RAIN IS PINWHEELING AROUND DIFFERENT AREAS ACROSS
THIS PART OF TEXAS. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STORM IS.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM.
IT'S NOT THE WINDS GOING ON FROM HERE ON OUT.
65-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT.
IT'S STATIONARY. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE.
WE HAVE THE GULF OF MEXICO FEEDING INTO THESE BANDS OF RAIN
AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE CENTER OF THE STORM
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM DOESN'T
START MOVING UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVEN THEN IT SLOWLY
MOVES TO THE NORTH. IN FACT, THE DIAMETER OF THIS CIRCULAR PATH
IT'S TAKING IS ONLY ABOUT 150 MILES. SO IT'S STAYING PUT.
IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE MOISTURE OFF THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER WIDESPREAD
10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME AREAS ENDING UP WITH THOSE
TOTALS AROUND 40 INCHES. AGAIN, THIS IS GOING
TO BE AN ISSUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. >> AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S FLOODED.
WE LEARNED A WHILE AGO THAT THE ROUTE WE TOOK IN HERE IS NOW
IMPASSABLE. >> EXACTLY. THE WATER ACCUMULATES
ON THE SIDEWALKS AND ROADS AND GOES INTO