Mayor: Being on highway is a 'death trap'

Many drivers have been on the road for several hours and have not yet made it out of our viewing area. Some vehicles are running out of gas. Other vehicles are breaking down as the bottlenecks get bigger.

There are efforts to get fuel to the drivers, but there’s no guarantee. And that could have devastating effects.

“The reason that we’ve been evacuating early as a community and taking extra precautions is that if the hurricane comes in at a particular angle at a particular location, being on the highway is a death trap,” warned Houston Mayor Bill White.

The mayor, along with County Judge Robert Eckels and Janelle Gbur with TxDOT will address the media again tonight at 7pm.