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<h1>Hurricane Harvey: Girl (3) clung to mother's dead floating body to escape 'catastrophic' floods</h1>
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<p>According to Fox News, the woman was driving when she got stuck in high water. She pulled herself and her daughter out of the car and they were swept into a canal.</p>
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<p>Police later spotted the mother floating with the three-year-old child desperately clinging onto her.</p>
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<ul><li><em>Read More: <a href="https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/trumps-ridiculed-for-wearing-chinos-sunglasses-and-heels-to-hurricane-harvey-crisis-zone-36083459.html">Trumps ridiculed for wearing chinos, sunglasses and heels to Hurricane Harvey crisis zone</a></em></li></ul><p>The child was responsive but suffering from hypothermia. The mother was unresponsive and efforts to revive her failed. The child was hospitalised in stable condition.</p>
<p>So far 18 people have died and over 3.000 people have been rescued in the aftermath of Storm Harvey.</p>
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