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widespread flooding in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2017. </span> <span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> Photo: Richard Carson/REUTERS </span> </figcaption> </figure><div class="article-body" itemprop="articleBody"><p>UPDATE:&nbsp;Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 8:33 a.m.</p><p>The death toll is believed to have now reached&nbsp;30, according to the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> New York Times</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>UPDATE:&nbsp;Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:59 p.m.</p><p>The death toll has risen to 13 people associated&nbsp;with or suspected to be associated with Harvey, according to the New York Times Tuesday. This includes policeman Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, who was killed while on duty Sunday.&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Confirming death of <a href="https://twitter.com/houstonpolice">@houstonpolice</a> Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, on Sunday; caught in floodwaters while driving to duty. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hero?src=hash">#hero</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarveyFlood?src=hash">#HarveyFlood</a></p><p>— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) <a href="https://twitter.com/SylvesterTurner/status/902611439067828224">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><p>UPDATE:&nbsp;Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 2:40 p.m.</p><p>The death toll has risen to at least 10, according to the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-harvey-20170829-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Original Story:</p><p>Hurricane <a href="http://Pictures: Hurricane Harvey Hits Texas With Devastating Damage">Harvey</a>&nbsp;first made landfall in southeast Texas on Friday night and is devastating the region with massive rainfall and flooding. The death toll from the storm climbed up to eight on Monday, according to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/28/harvey-may-force-30000-people-into-shelters-while-flooding-will-linger-officials-warn/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_houstonledeall-820am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&amp;utm_term=.dfc446274243" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>.</p><p>Officials say that six of the deaths occurred in Harris County, which surrounds Houston. One death occurred in Rockport, Texas, close to where Harvey first hit land and one person died on La Marque, Texas, according to the Washington Post.</p><p>Officials also believe that as rescue efforts continue, the death toll could rise.</p><p>Harvey began as a Category 4 hurricane before slowing down over the weekend. The storm has dropped more than 30 inches of rain in some parts of Houston, according to the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwimxYSx6PrVAhWF3YMKHbqsDWkQ6F4IJjAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNWS%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&amp;usg=AFQjCNFljN9puHDKv9llhmkSliO7ozF2Ow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Weather Service </a>(NWS), and it has caused extensive flooding throughout the region.</p><p>Officials are calling it one of the worst storms they have ever seen.</p><p>“Additional catastrophic, unprecedented, and life threatening flooding continues today and into next week,” said the NWS on Twitter Sunday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Additional catastrophic, unprecedented, and life threatening flooding continues today and into next week <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houwx?src=hash">#houwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/glswx?src=hash">#glswx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txwx?src=hash">#txwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/YqfFM05tXm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YqfFM05tXm</a></p><p>— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/901780106158493697">August 27, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p>As of Monday morning, there have been over 2,000 rescues in the Houston area, according to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-impact-by-the-numbers-trnd/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CNN</a>. It's estimated that as many as 30,000 people will need temporary <a href="http://Joel Osteen Refuses To Shelter Houston Harvey Victims In Church, Twitter Claims" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">emergency housing</a> after the storm. Houston Police are still fielding rescue calls for people stuck in their homes.</p><p>President Donald Trump last week issued a declaration of emergency for Texas, which opens up additional federal funding for disaster relief. As many as 450,000 people could seek federal aid, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday.</p><p>“We are seeing catastrophic flooding, and this will likely expand and it will likely persist as it’s slow to recede,” said Louis W. Uccellini, NWS director, at a briefing in Washington D.C. Monday.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAransasPassPD%2Fvideos%2F1752327571447093%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></p><p>The rainfall is expected to continue as Harvey hangs over the skies of Texas, and the NWS predicts that some areas could see as much as 50 inches of rain&nbsp;through Friday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has activated the state’s entire National Guard of 12,000 people.</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 Abbott in a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-activates-entire-texas-national-guard-in-response-to-hurric" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">statement</a> Monday.</p><p>A state of emergency has been declared in neighboring Louisiana as well Monday, as officials&nbsp;fear that rain from Harvey will cause flooding there.</p><p>Trump plans on visiting Texas Tuesday.</p></div></div></article></div></div><div id="block-ibtmedia-dfp-ibtmedia-dfp-belowcontent" class="block block-ibtmedia-dfp"><div class="content"><div id="rcjsload_ibtba"></div>
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