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(Twitter)" data-reactid="59"><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/TgJg_OxBCaWoN2yGVwz6KC6WTlA=/800x0/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/QiGUXit7JCR5nOUqPnmneh_dD5Q=/1600x0/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg 2x" data-reactid="60"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/vsPD5zLctPBE-TcmLzpHjL9jTIA=/600x0/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/dsi7U4zNICPxhDttxH5OAHTHMwM=/1200x0/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg 2x" data-reactid="61"/><source media="(min-width: 0px)" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/mPGwffdesIZq2Xr8Ia1DvWDoLXQ=/500x0/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/vha8xncTGm9DwJQCiIM22IwxVPk=/1000x0/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg 2x" data-reactid="62"/><img class="article__image" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/5DvEAYWSHosVMp7T5sOFXqybskk=/500xnull/smart/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2F14%2F45%2F170828_RAW_TEXAS.jpg" alt="The residents of a retirement village in Houston had to contend with rising flood waters. (Twitter)" data-reactid="63"/></picture><figcaption class="article__caption" data-reactid="64">The residents of a retirement village in Houston had to contend with rising flood waters. (Twitter)</figcaption><picture class="article__image" title="Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. 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(AAP)</figcaption><p data-reactid="71">Already, some 127cm of rain have fallen over Houston since Harvey hit Friday as a Category Four hurricane, sparking massive floods across the densely-populated metropolitan area.</p><div class="article__related" data-reactid="72"><h2 data-reactid="73">Related Articles</h2><ul data-reactid="74"><li class="related__item" data-reactid="75"><a href="/wild-weather/2017/11/16/10/50/hurricane-harvey-irma-maria-satellite-space-video-nasa-atlantic" data-reactid="76">Watching the Atlantic&#x27;s devastating hurricane season from above</a></li><li class="related__item" data-reactid="77"><a href="/world/2017/09/15/05/12/harvey-likely-killed-more-than-80-in-texas" data-reactid="78">Harvey likely killed more than 80 in Texas</a></li><li class="related__item" data-reactid="79"><a href="/world/2017/09/14/09/56/mysterious-sea-creature-found-dead-on-texas-beach" data-reactid="80">Mysterious sea creature found dead on Texas beach</a></li></ul></div><p data-reactid="81">&quot;Relentless torrential rains continue over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana,&quot; the National Hurricane Center said.</p><p data-reactid="82">Harvey is edging away from Houston and is currently in the Gulf of Mexico.</p><p data-reactid="83">With neighbouring Louisiana squarely in the storm&apos;s path, Harvey, now a tropical storm, is pressing eastward and is expected to make landfall again late Tuesday or early Wednesday.</p><picture class="article__image" title="An unidentified man helps Carlos Torres, in tube, get to dry ground after Torres drove his tractor-trailer into a freeway flooded by Hurricane Harvey. 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(AAP)" data-reactid="94"/></picture><figcaption class="article__caption" data-reactid="95">Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls, left, helps Mumtaz Kara and her husband, Tarmohamed Kara, far right, from rising waters. (AAP)</figcaption><picture class="article__image" title="Debris lies on the ground after a building was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass. 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(AAP)</figcaption><p data-reactid="102">New Orleans residents are bracing for heavy rain and flash floods over the next two days.</p><p data-reactid="103">Four days after Harvey first crossed the coast, emergency crews are still racing to reach hundreds of stranded people in a massive round-the-clock rescue operation.</p><p data-reactid="104">Eager to strike a unifying tone as the country faces the first natural disaster of his presidency, Trump left the White House with his wife Melania for the disaster zone at 8:30 am (1230 GMT).</p><p data-reactid="105">Trump has pledged the federal government&apos;s full support as Texas makes the &quot;long and difficult road to recovery,&quot; insisting on the eve of his departure: &quot;We are one American family.&quot;</p><picture class="article__image" title="Law enforcement officials search for survivors in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas. 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(AAP)" data-reactid="116"/></picture><figcaption class="article__caption" data-reactid="117">Australian BHP Billiton employee David Bryant (left) and his American friend Robert Sears survey a flooded street in his Houston neighbourhood. 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I trust he&apos;s going to take care of us,&quot; said Darla Fitzgerald, a 58-year-old nurse sheltering in a Red Cross shelter in Winnie, a town east of Houston, where the rain was lashing down very heavily on Tuesday.</p><p data-reactid="123">The administration of then-President George W. Bush faced accusations that his response was slow and inadequate - criticism that dealt a serious blow to his presidency.</p><p data-reactid="124">Flood damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey may equal that from Katrina, one of the costliest natural disaster in US history, an insurance research group said on Sunday.</p><p data-reactid="125">In Texas, thousands of National Guard troops, police officers, rescue workers and civilians raced in helicopters, boats and high-water trucks to rescue the thousands stranded in the flooding, which turned streets into rivers and caused chest-high water build-ups in scores of neighbourhoods.</p><p data-reactid="126">The last Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Harvey was Carla in 1961. 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Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2018"},"paragraphs":["Residents have been told to flee as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey breached a levee south of the city of Houston overnight.","&quot;The levee at Columbia Lakes has been breached!!&quot; the Brazoria County government tweeted on its official feed. &quot;GET OUT NOW!!&quot;","The Columbia lakes area lies south of Houston, large parts of which remain under water four days after Harvey made landfall on the US Gulf Coast, triggering widespread flooding.","Two more days of heavy rainfall are expected over parts of Texas and Louisiana as Harvey churns offshore before it is expected to make landfall again on Wednesday.","&quot;The single greatest threat continues to be the rainfall,&quot; Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, told AFP, describing the situation as &quot;catastrophic.&quot;","&quot;This is not over,&quot; he said.","Already, some 127cm of rain have fallen over Houston since Harvey hit Friday as a Category Four hurricane, sparking massive floods across the densely-populated metropolitan area.","&quot;Relentless torrential rains continue over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana,&quot; the National Hurricane Center said.","Harvey is edging away from Houston and is currently in the Gulf of Mexico.","With neighbouring Louisiana squarely in the storm&apos;s path, Harvey, now a tropical storm, is pressing eastward and is expected to make landfall again late Tuesday or early Wednesday.","New Orleans residents are bracing for heavy rain and flash floods over the next two days.","Four days after Harvey first crossed the coast, emergency crews are still racing to reach hundreds of stranded people in a massive round-the-clock rescue operation.","Eager to strike a unifying tone as the country faces the first natural disaster of his presidency, Trump left the White House with his wife Melania for the disaster zone at 8:30 am (1230 GMT).","Trump has pledged the federal government&apos;s full support as Texas makes the &quot;long and difficult road to recovery,&quot; insisting on the eve of his departure: &quot;We are one American family.&quot;","The president and first lady were not expected to visit Houston -- swathes of which remain under water -- making stops further west including in hard-hit Corpus Christi, which was square in the path when the hurricane made landfall.","Trump will receive briefings on relief efforts across the vast Lone Star State, where more than 8,000 people have been driven into emergency shelters and hundreds more still await rescue.","&quot;We&apos;re Trumponites. I trust he&apos;s going to take care of us,&quot; said Darla Fitzgerald, a 58-year-old nurse sheltering in a Red Cross shelter in Winnie, a town east of Houston, where the rain was lashing down very heavily on Tuesday.","The administration of then-President George W. Bush faced accusations that his response was slow and inadequate - criticism that dealt a serious blow to his presidency.","Flood damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey may equal that from Katrina, one of the costliest natural disaster in US history, an insurance research group said on Sunday.","In Texas, thousands of National Guard troops, police officers, rescue workers and civilians raced in helicopters, boats and high-water trucks to rescue the thousands stranded in the flooding, which turned streets into rivers and caused chest-high water build-ups in scores of neighbourhoods.","The last Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Harvey was Carla in 1961. It packed winds and rains that destroyed about 1900 homes and nearly 1000 businesses, the National Weather Service said.","The centre of Harvey is likely to remain just off the coast of Texas through tonight before moving inland over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico tomorrow, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.","Among the most recent fatalities from Harvey was a family of two adults and four children who were believed to have drowned after the van they were in was swept away by floodwaters in Houston, authorities said.","A man drowned last night trying to swim across flooded Houston-area roads, the Houston Chronicle reported the Montgomery County Constable&apos;s Office as saying.","Since coming ashore, Harvey has virtually stalled along the Texas coast, picking up warm water from the Gulf of Mexico and dumping torrential rain from San Antonio to Louisiana.","The Houston metro area has suffered some of the worst precipitation with certain areas expected to receive more than 127cm of rain in a week, more than it typically receives for a year.","Harvey is expected to produce up to 30cm of rain through to Thursday over parts of the upper Texas coast into southwestern Louisiana, the National Weather Service said.","Schools and office buildings were closed throughout the Houston metropolitan area, where 6.8 million people live.","The Federal Emergency Management Agency director, Brock Long, estimated that 30,000 people would eventually be housed temporarily in shelters.","Houston and Dallas have set up shelters in convention centres and Austin was preparing to house as many as 7000 evacuees.","Hundreds of Houston-area roads were blocked by high water. 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