The situation in Texas and Louisiana is getting worse by the hour, as the storm known as Harvey hammers the region.
Rainfall has reached record levels, flood waters are breaching levees and at least 15 people, including a member of law enforcement, have died. Thousands have been rescued, but thousands more are still trapped by floodwaters, which experts now say could take weeks to recede.
"Everyone is hurting over there. It could be us next time," said Dan Walsh, who drop off a bag of items at City Hall for storm survivors. The supplies donated as part of the city’s “Help for Houston” drive are scheduled to be delivered to Texas on Friday.
So could it be us next time? Indeed it could and it may not take a storm anywhere near as bad as Harvey. Last year, FEMA updated flood maps for Boston to show much more of the city is in danger of flooding, thanks to changes in sea levels and other data Austin Blackmon, the city of Boston's Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, and Deanna Moran, director of environmental planning at the Conservation Law Foundation join Adam Reilly to discuss if the city is prepared and, if not, what it needs still needs to be done.
