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        Videos of people surviving in the Hurricane Harvey-ravaged coast of Texas have flooded the internet, as locals share their experience of one of the worst natural disasters to hit the US in over a decade.

    </div><div class="article__text text "><div class="article__tags-trends"><div class="tags-trends"><strong class="tags-trends__heading">Trends</strong><a class="tags-trends__link" rel="trend" href="/trends/texas-hurricane-flooding/">Texas hurricane & flooding</a></div></div><p><a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/400915-hurricane-harvey-texas-coast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>FOLLOW 'Worst flood ever' as it hits Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey (LIVE UPDATES)</strong></a></p><p>A tornado has reportedly damaged a gas station in Houston amid severe storms and flash floods, a local woman posted on Twitter. Hours before the reported incident, she said she "<em>should have listened [and] evacuated</em>."</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A tornado touched down and hit the gas station closest to me. 🌪😓 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrayForHouston?src=hash">#PrayForHouston</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey2017?src=hash">#Harvey2017</a><a href="https://t.co/j67nJTf7n4">pic.twitter.com/j67nJTf7n4</a></p>&mdash; ♡ cristi ♰ (@heytherecristi) <a href="https://twitter.com/heytherecristi/status/901938128876965889">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>On a highway in Rosenberg, 25 miles (40km) southwest of Houston, a large sinkhole has opened up, leading a road bridge to collapse. Pieces of highway asphalt could be seen hanging from the edge of what used to be a road, with water filling the sinkhole.</p><div class="rtcode"><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vhsz9jvjL48" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>Due to the hurricane, which is already being compared to the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005, 18 counties in Texas have been declared federal disaster zones. Nearly 7 million people live in the worst affected areas.</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My crazy ass coworker sent me this video of our building flooding. The last time it flooded was in 1932. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonFlood?src=hash">#HoustonFlood</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey2017?src=hash">#Harvey2017</a><a href="https://t.co/AhD9Dwi2br">pic.twitter.com/AhD9Dwi2br</a></p>&mdash; MadMexican (@Tellez1984) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tellez1984/status/901933487795691521">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p></p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dickinson Texas is looking rough. Good luck to all those affected. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey2017?src=hash">#Harvey2017</a><a href="https://t.co/G6BhwoKsDg">pic.twitter.com/G6BhwoKsDg</a></p>&mdash; Swig (@OldRowSwig) <a href="https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/901926728351842304">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>More than 30 inches (76cm) of rain have fallen on parts of Houston, the most populous city in the state, in the last 48 hours, the National Weather Service reported, adding that more rainfall was on the way.</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Coast Guard flyover reveals stunning scope of Harvey flooding. Everything is underwater <a href="https://t.co/gyGxPXCs6i">pic.twitter.com/gyGxPXCs6i</a></p>&mdash; Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) <a href="https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/901920850647154689">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Among the many buildings flooded was headquarters of a local TV channel, KHOU 11 News, with its employees forced to evacuate the station.</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Water pouring in the front door of channel 11 on Sunday morning. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/khou11?src=hash">#khou11</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Houston?src=hash">#Houston</a><a href="https://t.co/X5kDrCpdXN">pic.twitter.com/X5kDrCpdXN</a></p>&mdash; The Bishop (@BillBishopKHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillBishopKHOU/status/901800775395016704">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>National Guard troops have been deployed in response to the disaster. Hundreds of vessels, some of which were sent from Florida and Louisiana, have been taking part in rescue operations, and authorities have also asked people who own a boat or a high-water vehicle to help in the efforts.</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKINGNEWS?src=hash">#BREAKINGNEWS</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash">#Texas</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalGuard?src=hash">#NationalGuard</a> will increase number of troops to 3,000 in response to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TMDHarvey?src=hash">#TMDHarvey</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/USNationalGuard">@USNationalGuard</a><a href="https://t.co/8v11RvmZfR">pic.twitter.com/8v11RvmZfR</a></p>&mdash; Texas Military Dept (@TXMilitary) <a href="https://twitter.com/TXMilitary/status/901914842528968704">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>"<em>We can't wait for assets to come from outside</em>," Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, who oversees government operations in the area, has said.</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYTwRiYgM2z/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">#harvey2017 #harvey #houston  Helping families as much as I can</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by bruce713 (@bruce713) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2017-08-27T19:17:06+00:00">Aug 27, 2017 at 12:17pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></div><p>People on Twitter have been praising the Good Samaritans who are already working to save lives in the area.</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Houston?src=hash">#Houston</a> at its finest. John Griggs kayaked &amp; helped 22 people to drier ground. 👏🏻 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonStrong?src=hash">#HoustonStrong</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ABC13?src=hash">#ABC13</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash">#Texas</a><a href="https://t.co/jZxdonIqO1">pic.twitter.com/jZxdonIqO1</a></p>&mdash; Steve Campion (@SteveABC13) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveABC13/status/901899931182563329">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>However, despite the many devastating consequences of the hurricane, people have also been sharing some light-hearted accounts of the storm to keep the spirits up. Young woman Viviana Salda&ntilde;a tweeted that her family doesn't need to &ldquo;<em>go out looking for food when the food comes to our living room</em>.&rdquo;</p><div class="rtcode"><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/nI8vW4nGZh">pic.twitter.com/nI8vW4nGZh</a></p>&mdash; Viviana Saldaña (@EsaVivvy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EsaVivvy/status/901710409140506624">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>She posted videos of her father catching fish right inside of their house. 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