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      <div class="element-invisible">              <h1>&#039;Unprecedented&#039; Rainfall and &#039;Catastrophic&#039; Flooding Devastate the Gulf Coast</h1>
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<div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div itemprop="description"><p>"There is very little doubt that Texas is in for one of the worst rainfall and flood events in its history."</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields" id="field-wrapper-authors"><div class="grouping-prefix">by</div><div class="profile-titles clearfix"><span class="pb-byline" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://www.commondreams.org/author/jessica-corbett-staff-writer"><a href="/author/jessica-corbett-staff-writer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span itemprop="name">Jessica Corbett, staff writer</span></a></div></div><div class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app-id='6840204' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='&#039;Unprecedented&#039; Rainfall and &#039;Catastrophic&#039; Flooding Devastate the Gulf Coast' data-link='https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/27/unprecedented-rainfall-and-catastrophic-flooding-devastate-gulf-coast' data-summary=''></div><div class="discourse-comments-link"><a href="https://commons.commondreams.org/t/unprecedented-rainfall-and-catastrophic-flooding-devastate-the-gulf-coast/44470" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span class="comment-count">0</span> Comments</a></div><div class="field field--name-field-article-img field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div itemscope itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/headlines/gettyimages-839916596-2.jpg"><img class="" src="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/gettyimages-839916596-2.jpg?itok=oYjcYpr7" width="955" height="500" alt="rescue boat" /></div></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-main-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Volunteers and officers from the neiborhood security patrol helped rescue Houston residents on August 27, 2017. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)</p></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div itemprop="articleBody"><meta itemprop="image" content="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-839916596-2.jpg"><meta itemprop="wordCount" content="778"><p>With at least five <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-texas-storm.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage">reported</a> dead after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Gulf Coast earlier this weekend, Texas residents are expected to continue battling "unprecedented" rainfall and life-threatening, "catastrophic" flooding for several days.</p>

<p class="pullquote">"An extremely serious situation with few if any close parallels in modern U.S. hurricane history is taking shape over the southeast third of Texas." <br />—Jeff Masters, Weather Underground</p>

<p>Although what was a category 4 hurricane on Friday is now considered a tropical storm, the forecast has alarmed weather experts, who are warning residents of Louisiana and Texas—particularly those in the Houston metro area—to <a href="https://twitter.com/WRNAmbassadors/status/901808788897980417">prepare</a> for more intense floods and, if possible, <a href="https://twitter.com/NWS/status/901841269726601216">avoid</a> traveling in affected areas.</p>

<p>"An extremely serious situation with few if any close parallels in modern U.S. hurricane history is taking shape over the southeast third of Texas," <a href="https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/heavy-damage-texas-harvey-now-tropical-storm">writes</a> meteorologist Jeff Masters for <em>Weather Underground</em>. </p>

<p>"There is very little doubt that Texas is in for one of the worst rainfall and flood events in its history," Masters writes. "The resulting rainfall is very likely to produce widespread, devastating, and potentially catastrophic flooding. The situation in Houston is particularly concerning, given that city's vast size and population and its well-known vulnerability to flooding."</p>

<p>William "Brock" Long, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) echoed Masters' concerns on Sunday, when he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fema-director-says-harvey-is-probably-the-worst-disaster-in-texas-history/2017/08/27/ef01600a-8b3f-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?utm_term=.77fec21b23c7">told</a> the <em>Washington Post</em>: "This will be a devastating disaster, probably the worst disaster the state's seen."</p>

<p>The National Weather Service <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/901837646925897730">predicts</a> that in the next 24 hours alone, at least five Texas counties will experience more than 20 inches of rainfall.</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This event is unprecedented &amp; all impacts are unknown &amp; beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials to ensure safety. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/IjpWLey1h8">pic.twitter.com/IjpWLey1h8</a></p>— NWS (@NWS) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWS/status/901832717070983169">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Quite honestly, I've never seen the NWS say something like this before.<a href="https://t.co/nVgiEPpRnE">https://t.co/nVgiEPpRnE</a></p>— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/901835346295402496">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>

<p>Rising floodwaters in and around Houston on Saturday forced many residents who had not already fled the storm to climb to their attics and rooftops, and anxiously await the overwhelmed emergency response crews. </p>

<p>"A fleet of helicopters, airboats, and high-water vehicles confronted flooding so widespread that authorities had trouble pinpointing the worst areas," the <em>AP</em> <a href="https://apnews.com/1be70a05bd0848c9aba361ab509d0fce/Water-%27is-swallowing-us-up%27:-Catastrophic-floods-hit-Houston">reports</a>." Rescuers got too many calls to respond to each one and had to prioritize life-and-death situations." </p>

<p>In Harris County—which includes Houston and is the nation's fourth most-populous county—emergency crews have performed 1,500 to 2,000 high-water rescues since Saturday night, the <em>Houston Chronicle</em> <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/Houston-hunkers-to-Harvey-braces-for-long-storm-12003388.php">reports</a>, but "the county is operating at full capacity and doesn't have enough boats and high-water vehicles to meet the region's needs."</p>

<p>"We asked the state for additional resources, but they can't get here," Harris County Judge Ed Emmett told the<em> Chronicle</em>. "We had everyone in place," he said, but "this is unprecedented." Emmett has asked residents with high-water vehicles and boats to assist with rescue efforts, which continued across the region on Sunday, despite road closures and other obstacles.</p>

<p>I-45, "the major interstate from Galveston through Houston, is shut down in places because of high water," <em>CNN</em> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/texas-harvey-latest/index.html">reports</a>, and one of Houston's largest public hospitals was forced to evacuate on Sunday because rising water endangered its electrical system.</p>

<p>In additional to local and state emergency responders, FEMA's director, Long, said<em> </em>there are already 5,000 federal employees in Texas to respond to the crisis. Along with his controversial <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/26/trumps-pioneering-hurricane-news-dump-fails-prevent-controversy">Friday night news dump</a> as the hurricane barreled toward Texas, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/08/25/president-donald-j-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-texas">approved</a> a disaster declaration for the state, enabling FEMA to provide assistance. </p>

<p>"The recovery to this event is going to last many years, to be able to help Texas and the people impacted by this event achieve a new normal," Long told the <em>Post</em>.</p>

<p>Although it's too early to measure the damage—with so much more flooding anticipated—as the storm approached on Friday, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/25/trump-charge-heightened-fears-hurricane-harvey-petrochemical-nightmare">many worried</a> about the oil and gas facilities located along the Texas Gulf Coast. <em>AP</em> <a href="https://www.apnews.com/4c44cc83ec8841e2a857afe7e09ad2fb/Hurricane-Harvey-closes-key-oil,-gas-operations-in-Texas?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top-stories">reports</a> that on Friday, "at least three refineries had closed and at least two petrochemical plants had suspended operations," and on Sunday, ExxonMobil <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/27/news/economy/tropical-storm-harvey-texas-oil-gas/index.html">announced</a> it was shutting down the second-largest refinery in the country. In addition to the economic impact, there are major concerns that the flooding will create a "<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/25/trump-charge-heightened-fears-hurricane-harvey-petrochemical-nightmare">nightmare situation</a>" for the environment.</p>

<p>Journalists and residents who remained in the flooded regions this weekend shared startling images of the rising waters and rescue efforts:</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Rescue crews working nonstop as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>'s floodwaters imperil thousands in Houston <a href="https://t.co/5r1ScsqriF">https://t.co/5r1ScsqriF</a> <a href="https://t.co/PUnKLBTuk7">pic.twitter.com/PUnKLBTuk7</a></p>— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonChron/status/901869870819749890">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Daybreak in Houston.... so many water rescues that the US Coast Guard &amp; Texas National Guard assisting. <a href="https://t.co/htn9pCMHLn">pic.twitter.com/htn9pCMHLn</a></p>— Dax Clark (@TheDopplerDax) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDopplerDax/status/901822156987871232">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This man is a preacher checking for people inside cars at 610 &amp; 288 PC Brian Roberson Jr <a href="https://twitter.com/KPRC2">@KPRC2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/NJx58ZN8N8">pic.twitter.com/NJx58ZN8N8</a></p>— Sara Donchey (@KPRC2Sara) <a href="https://twitter.com/KPRC2Sara/status/901802530597986305">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Devastating images from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Houston?src=hash">#Houston</a> today - the fourth most populated city in the U.S. And still the rain continues... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/SqF7p18wBx">pic.twitter.com/SqF7p18wBx</a></p>— Dan Holley (@danholley_) <a href="https://twitter.com/danholley_/status/901829365469728769">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>

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