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    <div class='story__content  size-six  text--400      story__content--normal  '><div style='display: none'></div><p class=''>At least two people have died and 14 have been injured in <a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1354129/hurricane-harvey-wreaks-havoc-in-texas' >Hurricane Harvey</a>, the most powerful storm to hit the US mainland in over a decade slammed into Texas. Throughout the region between Corpus Christi and Houston, many people feared that toll was only the beginning. </p><figure class='media  one-whole  palm--one-whole  media--stretch  '>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">Two brothers try to collect belongings in their Saltgrass Landing apartment complex, destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, in Rockport, Texas. — AP</figcaption>
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</p><p class=''>Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain on Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline. </p><figure class='media  one-whole  palm--one-whole  media--stretch  '>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">A resident stands near what is left of the trailer where he spent most of the night when Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas. He said he left the home a few hours after the storm hit and was thankful he did or he thought he would not be alive now. — AFP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">A Dairy Queen restaurant in South Texas was almost completely destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. — AFP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">Hurricane Harvey destruction is seen in Bayside, Texas. — AFP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">An airplane is seen flipped on its roof at the Aransas County Airport after Hurricane Harvey passed through. — AFP</figcaption>
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</p><p class=''>Harvey made landfall on Friday night as a Category 4 storm and is being reported as the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Wilma in 2005. Forecasts call for as much as 30 inches of rain to fall in the next few days.</p><figure class='media  one-whole  palm--one-whole  media--stretch  '>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">A damaged car sits outside a heavily damaged apartment complex in Rockport, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey struck the area. — AP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">Home owners of a Bolivar, Texas, beach cabin look over the remains of there home after a fire destroyed it and two others during Hurricane Harvey&#39;s early morning landfall. Fire officials are investigating the cause of the accident. No injuries were reported during the blaze. — AP</figcaption>
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</p><p class=''>Authorities did not know the full scope of damage because weather conditions prevented emergency crews from getting into the hardest-hit places. </p><figure class='media  one-whole  palm--one-whole  media--stretch  '>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">Mobile homes are upended in the Paradise Lagoons RV Resort in Aransas Pass, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. — AFP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">A resident looks at boats damaged by Hurricane Harvey. — AP</figcaption>
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</p><p class=''>They dreaded the destruction that was yet to come from a storm that could linger for days and unload more than 100 centimetres of rain on cities, including dangerously flood-prone Houston, the nation&#39;s fourth-largest. </p><figure class='media  one-whole  palm--one-whole  media--stretch  '>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">A car abandoned on a coastal highway near Port Lavaca, Texas, rests against debris from Hurricane Harvey. — AP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">Members of the Texas Task Force 1 search and rescue team go door to door looking for people that may need help after Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas. — AFP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">A couple strolls along the shore in McFaddin Beach, Texas as storm clouds build on the horizon the day after Hurricane Harvey made land, battering the gulf communities near Corpus Christi. — AP</figcaption>
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				<figcaption class="media__caption  ">This photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas on Saturday seen from the International Space Station. — AP</figcaption>
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            <span class="comment__author  size-four  caps  float-left  text--gray">arslan ahmaad</span>
            <span class="timeago  comment__date  caps  size-four  pb-2" title="2017-08-27T13:47:06+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time  timeago' title='2017-08-27T13:47:06+05:00'>Aug 27, 2017 01:47pm</span></span>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>God save us from such things....</p>
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            <span class="comment__author  size-four  caps  float-left  text--gray">Irad</span>
            <span class="timeago  comment__date  caps  size-four  pb-2" title="2017-08-27T16:17:03+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time  timeago' title='2017-08-27T16:17:03+05:00'>Aug 27, 2017 04:17pm</span></span>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>The fascination to live next to large bodies of water must end, as climate change is dishing out brutal &amp; unstoppable tropical storms.</p>
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            <span class="comment__author  size-four  caps  float-left  text--gray">syed wasim haider</span>
            <span class="timeago  comment__date  caps  size-four  pb-2" title="2017-08-27T21:38:47+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time  timeago' title='2017-08-27T21:38:47+05:00'>Aug 27, 2017 09:38pm</span></span>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>We must pray for the affected people for their welfare.A great tragedy for them.</p>
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            <span class="timeago  comment__date  caps  size-four  pb-2" title="2017-08-28T02:08:05+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time  timeago' title='2017-08-28T02:08:05+05:00'>Aug 28, 2017 02:08am</span></span>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>For a category 4 hurricane the state of Texas has done extremely well to have limited fatalities. To put this in perspective had this struck one of the poorer countries with limited warning and evacuation systems millions of life would be lost . Most people remember  hurricanes by the devastation it wreaks but this one should be remembered for showing the world that lives don't have to be lost . A category 3 hurricane in New Orleans lost 12k people .</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>A powerful reminder to Americans that God's power is the only Superpower.
RIP to dead ones.</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>The people who stayed should have stored enough food and water and flashlight batteries for ten days.  Inflatable rafts, portable generators, first aid kits, tents, axes, tree saws and shovels would have been very helpful.</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>Let's pray for the victims and donate some money.</p>

<p>American Red Cross and ICNA  collecting donations for them.</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott has activated the entire Texas National Guard in response to Hurricane Harvey, bringing the total number of deployed guardsman to roughly 12,000. These National Guardsman will assist in the ongoing search and rescue effort for any Texans in immediate danger, and will be heavily involved in the extensive recovery effort in the aftermath of the storm.</p>

<p>“It is imperative that we do everything possible to protect the lives and safety of people across the state of Texas as we continue to face the aftermath of this storm,” said Governor Abbott. “The Texas National Guard is working closely with FEMA and federal troops to respond urgently to the growing needs of Texans who have fallen victim to Hurricane Harvey, and the activation of the entire Guard will assist in the efforts already underway. I would like to thank FEMA Administrator Brock Long, as well as all our brave first responders for their hard work in helping those impacted by this terrible storm.”</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>3 p.m.   AUG 28,</p>

<p>Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says the city is working on opening another “major” shelter for people fleeing flooding from Harvey as the George S. Brown Convention Center reaches capacity.</p>

<p>Turner toured the convention center Monday, hugging evacuees and asking how they were doing. The convention center was already more than halfway to its 5,000-person capacity.</p>

<p>Turner said the city was considering its options for another major shelter, but did not say which buildings could be used.</p>

<p>Harvey made landfall in Texas late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has lingered just off the coast, dropping heavy rain as a tropical storm.</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>As the nation’s fourth-largest city braced for more rain and rescues, officials started releasing even more water from reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey even though the move aimed at protecting downtown Houston could make already devastating flooding worse around thousands of homes.</p>

<p>The strategic engineering move began early Monday.</p>
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          <div dir="auto" class="comment__body  size-six  clearfix"><p>@Ali I agree. US can consider themselves a superpower and invincible, but finally they have to bow in front of the almighty. They should sit back and think about people on whom they dropped missiles and MOABs.</p>
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