I
I WANT
I WANT TO
I WANT TO SHOW YOU FUTURE TRACK.
TRACK.
TRACK. HERE IS 1:30 PM.
THE FLOOD THREAT MOVES WEST.
BY 530 THAT IS IT.
NOTHING MORE THAN LINGERING
SHOWERS.
SHOWERS.
SHOWERS. FOR FOURTH OF JULY PLANS WE
MAKE IT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE
BARBECUE TODAY ACROSS TOWN WAIT
TWO OR THREE HOURS AND LET THE
FLOODWATERS SUBSIDE.
FLOODWATERS SUBSIDE. >> WE HAVE A FEW CARS SITTING
ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
I WILL SHOW YOU THE QUICK
BREAKDOWN WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH
WATER.
WATER.
WATER. THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION TO
TAKE I-10.
TAKE I-10. JUST BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE
PASSABLE.
PASSABLE.
PASSABLE. KATY FREEWAY BOTH DIRECTIONS AT
WASHINGTON, WE HAVE THE FRONTAGE
ROAD BLOCKS.
ROAD BLOCKS. THE WESTPARK TOLLWAY EASTBOUND
IS FILLED WITH WATER RIGHT NOW.
288 BOTH DIRECTIONS, IT IS
BLOCKED THERE IS NO DRAINAGE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THE SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, FOR NOW
IT'S LOOKING GOOD ON THE MAIN
LANES.
LANES.
LANES. THE FRONTAGE ROAD YOU COULD SEE
SOME OF THOSE CARS STALLED OUT.
THE DRIVERS TRIED TO MAKE IT
BUT THEY JUST COULDN'T.
THIS IS AT BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE STUCK.
THEY ARE WAITING.
THEY STALLED OUT.
THIS IS THE FRONTAGE ROAD AS
YOU HEAD NORTHBOUND OR INBOUND
TOWARD DOWNTOWN.
TOWARD DOWNTOWN. YOU CAN SEE AT BUFFALO SPEEDWAY
IT IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED.
THE MAIN LANES ARE OKAY RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THERE ARE SOME PUMPS AT THE
SPUR.
SPUR.
SPUR. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY
ARE DOING THEIR JOB.
THERE WAS HIGH WATER EARLIER
DUE TO SOME WALL THAT CRACKED.
WATER WAS POURING ONTO THE
ROADWAY.
ROADWAY.
ROADWAY. LOOKING AT THE KATY FREEWAY
THIS IS A BIG JIM UP.
IT IS CLOSER TO WASHINGTON.
YOU ARE STOPPED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS ON THE KATY FREEWAY.
EVEN A BIG RIG, YOU CAN SEE ON
THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. IT COMPLETELY STALLED OUT.
IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH.
YOU ARE NOT GOING THROUGH IN A
PICKUP TRUCK.
PICKUP TRUCK. IF IT'S JACKED UP, MAYBE.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT.
I SAW ANOTHER VEHICLE EARLIER
TRYING TO DO THAT.
HOUSTON POLICE SAID NO AND
TURNED HIM AROUND AND MADE HIM
GO BACK AROUND.
THIS IS THE KATY FREEWAY.
IT IS BLOCKED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS AT WASHINGTON.
THIS IS WHERE WE SAW THE SUV
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. IT WAS ONLY -- ALMOST
COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AT ONE
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. IT
POINT. IT IS NOW COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
I DOUBT THERE IS TOW TRUCKS OUT
THERE ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY.
IF YOU'RE HEADING AWAY FROM
DOWNTOWN WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
LANES BLOCKED.
LANES BLOCKED. RIGHT-HAND LANES ARE BLOCKED.
THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN.
THIS TOW TRUCK IS GETTING THAT
VEHICLE OUT OF THERE.
THERE ARE ONLY ONE OR TWO LANES
GETTING BY.
GETTING BY. PEOPLE WERE TO TRY TO AVOID THE
HIGH WATER.
HIGH WATER. THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, TOWARD
DOWNTOWN YOU CAN BARELY SEE
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN. THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ON I-5 IF
-- I-45 NORTH ARE MOVING OKAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 610 S.
LOOP.
LOOP.
LOOP. WE
LOOP. WE HAD ISSUES ALONG THE SOUTH
LOOP WITH THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS
OF A TOW TRUCK.
WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE IS THE 610
S. LOOP FRONTAGE ROAD IS
PARTIALLY BLOCKED.
PARTIALLY BLOCKED. THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ISSUE ON
THE WEST LOOP NORTHBOUND AT
WEST PARK.
WEST PARK. I SHOWED YOU THIS ON THE MAP
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. LOOK HOW MUCH MORE WATER IS
INSIDE THIS RAMP.
IT DIPS DOWN AS YOU APPROACH
THE GALLERIA.
THE GALLERIA. THIS IS WHERE THE WESTPARK
TOLLWAY HEADING EASTBOUND IS
CUT OFF.
CUT OFF.
CUT OFF. IN PREVIOUS FLOODS WE HAVE SEEN
FATALITIES HERE.
FATALITIES HERE. PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW THE WATER
WAS THERE.
WAS THERE. THEY THOUGHT THIS WATER WAS THE
ROADWAY.
ROADWAY.
ROADWAY. THIS IS HAPPENING IN DAYLIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
DON'T GO IN THERE.
THAT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 10 TO
15 FEET OF WATER ON THE WEST
PARK TOLLROAD AS IT CURVES
NORTHBOUND HEADING TOWARD THE
GALLERIA.
GALLERIA.
GALLERIA. A COUPLE MORE CAMERAS HERE.
I WILL LOAD UP AGAIN.
THE BIG ONE GOT IT EARLY START
WAS TO 88 THE SOUTH FREEWAY.
EARLIER IT WAS THE NORTHBOUND
LANES THAT WERE BLOCKED.
THAT STARTED AFTER 9 AM THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. THE SOUTH MORE BRIDGE IS NO
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. IT
MORE. IT IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED.
THERE IS LIKELY NO DRAINAGE IN
THIS AREA.
THIS AREA. THE PONDING KICKS IN AND HIGH
WATER KICKS IN.
SEVERAL FEET OF WATER BLOCKING
THE NORTHBOUND LANES.
THREE HOURS LATER GUESS WHAT
HAPPENED?
HAPPENED?
HAPPENED? THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE IS NOW
BLOCKED AS WELL.
I CAN SHOW YOU ANOTHER ANGLE OF
SOME OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THAT