BRING YOU
UPDATES AS WE GET THEM.
>> Laurie: AND LOCAL10 NEWS
CONTINUES TO TRACK THE REMNANTS
OF WHAT WAS HURRICANE HARVEY AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH SETTING
ITS SIGHTS ON STATES LIKE
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.
>> IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A HOME
TODAY WITH WATER IN YOUR HOME,
THAT SITUATION IS NOT GOING TO
CHANGE FOR THE NEXT TEN TO 15
DAYS.
>> Janine: FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE
TO RECEDE BUT HOMEOWNERS IN
HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS,
THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS
YET.
THOSE WHO DID MANAGE TO EVACUATE
IN TIME ARE NOW STARTING TO
RETURN AND FINDING THAT THEIR
HOMES WERE JUST TRASHED BY THE
DEVASTATING FLOOD WATERS.
>> Laurie: AND PEOPLE LIVING IN
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OF LINED
UP FOR MILES TO WAIT FOR CASES
AND CASES OF WATER.
>> Janine: AND FAMILIES WHO WERE
FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES,
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE RETURNING TO
HOME TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE.
>> Laurie: LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER
TERRELL FORNEY IS LIVE IN TEXAS
2 THE LATEST DETAILS ON HARVEY'S
AFTERMATH.
TERRELL, IT MUST BE REALLY
DIFFICULT DAY AFTER DAY.
>> Terrell: WELL, LAURIE, THE
NEW NUMBERS ARE JUST IN.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT HARVEY
DAMAGED SOME 200,000 HOMES HERE
IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA AND
UNDER VOING AREAS AS WELL.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HOMES, AND
AS YOU CAN SEE THE HOMEOWNER
HERE, THEY ALREADY HAVE A
COMPANY TEARING AWAY THE
DRYWALL.
WE'RE TOLD THAT THE WOOD HERE
HAS TO BE SPECIALLY TREATED AS
WELL.
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEN
THAT'S WHERE THE MOLD FORMS.
BUT WHAT A MESS INSIDE OF THIS
HOME AND MANY OTHERS ACROSS THE
AREA.
>> WE NEVER THOUGHT WE'D GET
THIS MUCH WATER.
>> Terrell: MOST OF THE LUKE
FAMILY'S PRIDES POSSESSES ARE
RUINED.
>> HOW EVERYTHING GET MOVED
AROUND IN THE FLOOD, YOU KNOW,
THINGS FROM THE BACK OF THE
HOUSE WERE AT THE FRONT OF THE
HOUSE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING.
>> WE HAD THINGS ON TABLES THAT
WERE LIKE IN THE SINK.
>> Terrell: THE WATER MARK IS
STILL VISIBLE ON THEIR LEVING
ROOM TV.
THEY LEFT BEFORE THINGS GOT BAD,
THOUGH, AND ARE JUST NOW SERVING
LOVES MEMENTOS AND FURNITURE AND
APPLIANCES.
>> TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT HERE SO
IT'S BEEN HEARTBREAKING BUT AT
THE SAME TIME IT'S, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST STUFF.
>> Terrell: IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS
NOTHING COAST FLOWS FROM THE
FAUCETS.
FAILING WATER PUMPS HAVE LEFT
THE CITY WITHOUT WATER.
THIS LEADING TO A MAD DASH TO
GROCERIES STORES TO PICK UP
BOTTLED WATER.
SOME LINES ARE FOUR HOURS LONG.
THE ONGOING PROBLEMS HAVE
FORESTED THE EVACUATIONS OF
SHELTERS HERE.
FAMILIES LOADED ONTO MILITARY
PLANES AND FLOWN TO PLACES LIKE
DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO J.
>> WE UNDERESTIMATED.
>> Terrell: MEANWHILE NEW FEARS
IN HARD HIT AREAS ACROSS
HOUSTON, EVACUATIONS ORDER AS
THE RELEASE OF WATER FROM
RESERVOIRS COULD CAUSE SOME
AREAS TO REFLOOD.
>> THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO
CHANGE OVER THE NEXT TEN TO 15
DAYS.
>> Terrell: THE CLEANUP IS A
GOOD DISTRACTION FROM THE
EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT HAS YET TO
FULLY SET IN.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD.
BUT WE'LL BE OKAY.
>> Terrell: AND OUTSIDE IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS A BIG COLLECTION
IS UNDERWAY TO PICK UP ALL
UNFORTUNATE CARS AND TRUCKS THAT
WERE FLOODED OUT AS WELL, AND
ARE TOTALED BECAUSE OF ALL OF
THE FLOODING.
BUT TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE.
ONE MORE TIME.
ALL OF THESE MATTRESSES, THE
DRYWALL, THE DOORS JUST AN
ENDLESS AMOUNT OF FURNITURE AND
OTHER DEBRIS THAT PEOPLE ARE
NOW -- HAVE TO TOSS OUT BECAUSE
OF THE STORM THAT'S HIT THIS
AREA SO HARD.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP AND THE FIRST LADY,
THEY WILL MAKE THEIR SECOND
VISIT THIS WEEK TO THE TEXAS
AREA BUT IT WILL BE THEIR FIRST
TO HOUSTON, SO A LOT OF MANAGER
EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE EXPECTING
THAT ON SATURDAY.
>> Laurie: TERRELL, DO PEOPLE
HAVE INSURANCE?
DO MOST PEOPLE HAVE IT?
HAVE YOU SEEN ADJUSTS OUT THERE
EN MASSE?
>> Terrell: THE FAMILY WE
PROFILED, THEY ACTUALLY WILL
HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, BUT FOR
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AT LEAST IN
HOUSTON AREA, THE OFFICIAL
ESTIMATE WAS ONLY 20% OF THE
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE FLOOD
INSURANCE.
IT'S ABOUT $500 OR $600 IN THIS
AREA AND SOME PEOPLE DECIDE NOT
TO PAY THAT.
>> Janine: WHAT A MESS.