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}
@media only screen and (max-width: 1244px) {
  .story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .story-heading {
    line-height: 2.5596rem;
    font-size: 2.16rem;
  }
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 719px) {
  .story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .story-heading {
    line-height: 2.2752rem;
    font-size: 1.92rem;
  }
}
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .interactive-leadin.summary {
  max-width: 460px;
  margin: 0 auto 20px auto;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .byline-dateline {
  text-align: center;
}
/* top asset */
.g-top-asset {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.g-top-asset img {
  width: 100%;
}
/* body text */
.g-body {
  max-width: 460px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}
.viewport-medium .g-body {
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.g-body a {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
/* subhed */
.g-subhed h2 {
  max-width: 460px;
  margin: 2em auto 1em auto;
  font: 700 1.2em/1.3em 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  text-align: center;
}
.viewport-small-10 .g-subhed h2 {
  font-size: 1.5em;
}
/* refer text box */
.g-item-g-refer {
  max-width: 460px;
  margin: 0 auto 25px;
  padding: 12px 15px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  background: #fffcd9;
}
.g-item-g-refer .g-body {
  font-family: 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.g-item-g-refer a {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
/* images */
.g-item-image {
  margin: 25px auto;
}
.g-item-image img {
  width: 100%;
}
/* video */
.g-item-video {
  margin: 25px auto;
}
/* sources and credits */
.g-asset-source {
  padding-top: 3px;
}
.g-asset-source .g-source {
  font: 400 12px/15px 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999;
}
.g-asset-source .g-pipe {
  margin: 0 6px 0 3px;
  font: 400 12px/12px 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999;
}
.g-asset-source .g-caption {
  font: 300 14px/17px georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;
}
.g-asset-source .g-credit {
  font: 400 12px/17px 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  display: inline-block;
  color: #999;
}
/* graphics */
.g-item-ai2html {
  margin: 25px auto;
}
p.g-asset-hed {
  font: 700 16px/18px 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.g-map-key {
  float: none;
  clear: both;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 10px auto 4px auto;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row {
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  margin-right: 15px;
  float: left;
}
.viewport-small .g-map-key .g-key-row {
  width: auto;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.viewport-small-20 .g-map-key .g-key-row {
  width: auto;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-rect,
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-circle {
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-right: 8px;
  display: inline-block;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row p {
  font: 500 0.9em/1.6 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin: -2px 0 0 0;
}
.viewport-small .g-map-key .g-key-row p {
  max-width: 92%;
}
.viewport-small-20 .g-map-key .g-key-row p {
  width: auto;
  max-width: none;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-rect {
  width: 22px;
  height: 10px;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-circle {
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-custom {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  background-size: 100%;
  display: block;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  margin: -4px 2px 0 0;
}
.viewport-small .g-map-key .g-key-row-title p {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: none;
}
.g-red-dot,
.g-black-dot {
  display: inline-block;
  background: #d00;
  color: white;
  font-weight: bold;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  font: 700 14px/1.4 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  text-align: center;
  border-radius: 10px;
  line-height: 20px;
}
.g-black-dot {
  background: #222;
}
/* column text */
.g-column-container {
  max-width: 460px;
  margin: 20px auto 0 auto;
}
.viewport-medium .g-column-container {
  max-width: 1050px;
}
.viewport-large .g-column-container {
  margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.g-column-container .g-column-hed {
  font-family: 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}
.g-column-container .g-column-col {
  vertical-align: top;
}
.viewport-small .g-column-container .g-column-col {
  display: block;
  min-width: 100%;
}
.viewport-medium .g-column-container .g-column-col {
  min-width: 0;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 15px;
}
.viewport-medium .g-column-container .g-column-col:last-child {
  margin-right: 0;
}
.g-column-container .g-column-asset,
.g-column-container .g-column-image {
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.g-column-container .g-column-image img {
  width: 100%;
}
/* tables */
.g-table {
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}
.g-table tr {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec;
}
.g-table p {
  font: 500 14px/1.4 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  text-align: left;
  margin: 6px 0;
}
/* charts */
.g-chart {
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  font: 500 14px/1.4 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-header {
  font-weight: bold;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-row,
.g-chart .g-chart-header {
  clear: both;
  height: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 9px;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-container,
.g-chart .g-chart-label {
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-container {
  margin-left: 20px;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-pos,
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-neg {
  height: 100%;
  float: left;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-label,
.g-chart .g-chart-bar {
  padding-top: 3px;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-label.not-first {
  margin-left: 20px;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar {
  height: 100%;
  background: lightsteelblue;
  position: relative;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-label {
  padding-left: 6px;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-neg .g-chart-bar {
  float: right;
}
.g-chart .g-chart-bar-neg .g-chart-bar-label {
  text-align: right;
  padding-right: 6px;
  padding-left: 0px;
}
.g-chart .out-label {
  padding-top: 3px;
  display: none;
}
.g-chart .outside .out-label {
  display: block;
}
.g-chart .outside .in-label {
  display: none;
}
.g-chart .g-bold {
  font-weight: bold;
}
/* grid */
.g-grid {
  margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.g-grid .g-grid-item {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  min-width: calc(50% - 5px);
}
.viewport-small-20 .g-grid .g-grid-item {
  min-width: calc(33% - 5px);
}
.viewport-medium .g-grid .g-grid-item {
  min-width: 0;
}
.g-grid .g-grid-item p {
  font: 500 15px/1.4 'nyt-franklin', arial, sans-serif;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  color: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
/* lazy images */
.g-freebird-lazy {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}
.g-freebird-lazy.ll-init {
  transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out;
  opacity: 0;
}
.g-freebird-lazy.ll-loaded {
  opacity: 1;
}
/* Mobile issues */
/* Get rid of border under intro and share tools on mobile */
.story-header.interactive-header {
  border-bottom: none !important;
}
/* Share tools issues */
/* Pad out the kicker/sharetool space */
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .kicker-container {
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}
/* Override the moving sharetools on mobile */
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .kicker-container .sharetools {
  position: relative;
  float: right;
  /*right: 0px;*/
  bottom: auto;
  left: auto;
  width: auto;
  margin-top: -6px;
  clear: none;
}
/* Maintain the proper space with the section name and kicker next to share tools */
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .interactive-kicker {
  float: left;
  width: 70%;
  display: inline-block;
}
.g-graphic.g-graphic-freebird .g-ad-wrapper {
  margin: 30px auto;
  max-width: 1050px;
}
.viewport-medium .g-graphic.g-graphic-freebird .g-ad-wrapper {
  margin: 50px auto;
}
.g-graphic.g-graphic-freebird .g-ad-wrapper .ad {
  border-top: 1px solid #e2e2e2 !important;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e2e2 !important;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 10px 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  max-width: 100%;
}
.g-graphic.g-graphic-freebird .g-ad-wrapper .ad div {
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: block !important;
}
.g-graphic.g-graphic-freebird .g-ad-wrapper iframe {
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: block;
}
.g-graphic.g-graphic-freebird .g-ad-wrapper .g-ad-text {
  text-align: center;
  font: 500 12px/1.2 "nyt-franklin", arial, sans-serif;
  color: #bfbfbf;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
}
.ad.top-ad {
  border: none;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}
#g-graphic .g-label {
  font-family: nyt-franklin, Arial, sans-serif;
  display: inline;
  margin-right: 3px;
  font-size: 12px;
}
#g-graphic .g-key {
  margin-top: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  text-align: center;
}
#g-graphic .g-number {
  color: orange;
}
#g-graphic .g-kicker {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: nyt-franklin, Arial, sans-serif;
  display: inline;
  margin-right: 2px;
  font-size: 11px;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch {
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 3px;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch-storm {
  background-color: #266EBC;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch-cat1 {
  background-color: #ff8600;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch-cat2 {
  background-color: #ff5c00;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch-cat3 {
  background-color: #d60000;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch-cat4 {
  background-color: #a0001f;
}
#g-graphic .g-swatch-population {
  background-color: #CECECE;
  margin-left: 15px;
}
.g-white-shaodw p {
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #ffffff;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-rect {
  width: 10px;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-rect,
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-circle {
  margin-right: 4px;
}
p.g-asset-hed {
  font-size: 14px;
}
.g-map-key {
  margin-top: 5px;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row p {
  margin-top: 1px;
}
.nytd-player-container {
  background: white !important;
}
.nytd-player-container video {
  background: white !important;
}
#hurricane_harvey_658789 {
  min-height: 350px;
  background-color: #eee;
}
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .interactive-leadin.summary {
  text-align: center;
}
.g-link {
  text-align: right;
  font-family: "nyt-franklin", arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  margin-top: 4px;
  color: #999;
  font-weight: 100;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
.viewport-small-20 .g-link {
  float: right;
}
#evac-map .g-map-key .g-key-row:nth-child(odd) {
  margin-right: 0;
  margin-top: 3px;
}
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.viewport-medium .story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta {
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.g-top-nav {
  display: table;
  margin: 0 auto;
  max-width: 520px;
}
.g-top-nav a {
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.g-top-nav ul {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.g-top-nav li {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'nyt-franklin', Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  display: inline;
}
.viewport-medium .g-top-nav li {
  font-size: 14px;
}
.g-top-nav li:after {
  display: inline-block;
  content: '|';
  padding: 0 10px;
}
.g-top-nav li:last-child:after {
  content: '';
  padding: 0;
}
.g-item.g-subhed {
  padding-top: 10px;
}
.viewport-medium .g-item.g-subhed {
  padding-top: 30px;
}
.g-top-nav + .g-item.g-subhed {
  padding-top: 10px;
}
div.tooltip {
  top: -1000px;
  position: fixed;
  padding: 5px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95);
  border: 1px solid lightgray;
  pointer-events: none;
  width: 300px;
  font: 300 14px / 1.2 'nyt-franklin', Arial, sans-serif;
}
.tooltip-hidden {
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all .3s;
  transition-delay: .1s;
}
@media (max-width: 590px) {
  div.tooltip {
    bottom: -1px;
    width: calc(100%);
    left: -1px !important;
    right: -1px !important;
    top: auto !important;
    width: auto !important;
  }
}
.g-rain-animation {
  max-width: 1050px;
  margin: 0px auto;
  margin-bottom: 150px;
}
.the-legend {
  top: calc(110%);
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -125px;
}
.viewport-medium .g-rain-animation {
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  min-height: 400px;
}
.viewport-medium .the-legend {
  top: 58%;
  left: 76%;
}
.rain-reset {
  font-weight: 700;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 5px 13px 5px 15px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: #f4f4f4;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
}
.g-graphic svg,
.tooltip svg {
  margin: 0px auto;
  display: block;
  font: 300 15px / 1.2 'nyt-franklin';
  overflow: visible;
}
.g-graphic svg .axis,
.tooltip svg .axis {
  font: 300 12px / 1.2 'nyt-franklin';
  shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.g-graphic svg .axis text,
.tooltip svg .axis text {
  fill: #999;
}
.g-graphic svg .axis line,
.tooltip svg .axis line,
.g-graphic svg .axis path,
.tooltip svg .axis path {
  stroke: #ccc;
}
.g-graphic .y path,
.tooltip .y path,
.g-graphic .y line,
.tooltip .y line {
  display: none;
}
.g-graphic path.domain,
.tooltip path.domain {
  display: none;
}
@media (max-width: 590px) {
  .city-label {
    font-size: 12px;
  }
}
.g-rain-animation .city-label {
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3), 1px -1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3), -1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3), 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
}
.g-rain-animation .city-label.g-invert {
  fill: white;
  opacity: 0.8;
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 1px -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), -1px 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 1px 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}
.g-white-shadow,
.g-hide-mobile-white-shadow,
.g-ll {
  text-shadow: -2px -2px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8), 2px -2px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8), -2px 2px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8), 2px 2px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
}
.g-white-shadow p,
.g-hide-mobile-white-shadow p {
  font-size: 15px !important;
  font-weight: 500 !important;
  margin-left: -8px !important;
}
.viewport-medium .g-white-shadow p,
.viewport-medium .g-hide-mobile-white-shadow p {
  padding-left: 5px;
  font-size: 16px !important;
}
.g-ll {
  top: 19% !important;
}
.g-ll p {
  font-weight: 400 !important;
}
.viewport-small-20 .g-ll {
  top: 16% !important;
}
.viewport-medium-30 .g-ll {
  top: 14% !important;
}
.g-hide-mobile,
.g-hide-mobile-white-shadow {
  display: none;
}
.viewport-large .g-hide-mobile,
.viewport-large .g-hide-mobile-white-shadow {
  display: block;
}
.g-scale {
  top: 75% !important;
  padding-bottom: 3px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
}
.viewport-small-20 .g-scale {
  top: 85.2125% !important;
}
.viewport-medium .g-scale {
  top: 92.2125% !important;
}
.g-text.g-item-dateline .g-body {
  font-family: "nyt-franklin", arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: -15px;
}
.g-text.g-item-dateline .g-body b,
.g-text.g-item-dateline .g-body strong {
  color: #a81817;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.g-map-key {
  text-align: center;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row {
  float: none;
  display: inline-block;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row p {
  font-size: 15px;
}
.g-map-key .g-key-row .g-key-rect {
  width: 20px;
  margin-top: 1px;
  margin-right: 8px;
}
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .dateline {
  display: none;
}
.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta .interactive-leadin.summary {
  display: none;
}
</style>
<style>
html.mobile #hurricane-harvey + .story-footer {
  margin-top: 7px;
}
html.mobile #hurricane-harvey + .story-footer:before {
  display: none;
}
html.mobile #hurricane-harvey + .story-footer .story-info p {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #999;  
}
</style>
<div id="g-graphic" data-preview-slug="2017-08-24-navy-ship-collision">
	<!-- <div class="g-status">
		<div class="g-label">Max. winds <span id="g-num-wind" class="g-number">TK</span> m.p.h.</div>
		<div class="g-label">Category <span id="g-num-category" class="g-number">TK</span></div>
		<div class="g-label">Updated <span id="g-num-timestamp" class="g-number"></span></div>
	</div> -->
	<div class="g-key">
		<span class="g-kicker">SEVERITY</span>
		<span class="g-label">Category</span>
		<span class="g-label"><span class="g-swatch g-swatch-cat4"></span>4</span>
		<span class="g-label"><span class="g-swatch g-swatch-cat3"></span>3</span>
		<span class="g-label"><span class="g-swatch g-swatch-cat2"></span>2</span>
		<span class="g-label"><span class="g-swatch g-swatch-cat1"></span>1</span>
		<span class="g-label"><span class="g-swatch g-swatch-storm"></span>Tropical storm</span>
	
	</div>
  <div id="hurricane_harvey_copy_487347"></div>
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        <p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="101" data-total-count="5310" id="story-continues-7">“Where?” the sheriff responded on Twitter. “Keep calling 911.” <em>— JULIE TURKEWITZ in Houston</em></p><figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset">
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<h4 class="story-subheading story-content" data-para-count="61" data-total-count="5371">Some hospitals are protected, but patients can’t get there.</h4><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="270" data-total-count="5641">William McKeon, president and chief executive of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, said the flood control systems in the massive hospital complex had been activated. “Those submarine doors were locked yesterday afternoon when we started to see the rain,” he said.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="445" data-total-count="6086">Patients, however, were having difficulty reaching medical care. “Many outlying streets that are the channels to get to the medical center are flooded,” Mr. McKeon said. “We can be dry and open but if you can’t deliver patients to the medical center, that’s our biggest concern.” He said the system’s eight helicopters were working in outlying areas, but not flying to the medical center because of high winds and tornado warnings.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="253" data-total-count="6339">At around noon, officials in Harris County announced that Ben Taub Hospital, a part of the medical center, was being evacuated. Flooding in its basement was affecting the power source. Critical patients were being moved first.<em> — SHERI FINK in New York</em></p><h4 class="story-subheading story-content" data-para-count="32" data-total-count="6371">Houston’s airports are closed.</h4><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="582" data-total-count="6953">The two major airports in the Houston area, <a href="http://www.fly2houston.com/hou/overview/">William P. Hobby Airport</a> and <a href="http://www.fly2houston.com/iah/overview/">George Bush Intercontinental Airport</a>, were closed on Sunday. The streets around Bush Airport, about 20 miles north of downtown Houston, were flooded; some runways at Hobby Airport, just south of downtown, were underwater. The closings of the airports, which are hubs for United Airlines and Southwest Airlines, were contributing to major delays at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, <a href="http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/flyfaaindex.jsp?ARPT=DFW&amp;p=0">according to the Federal Aviation Administration</a>. Departures were also experiencing delays. <em>— MATTHEW HAAG in New York</em></p><h4 class="story-subheading story-content" data-para-count="52" data-total-count="7005">New Yorkers are joining rescue and recovery efforts.</h4><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="155" data-total-count="7160">Eighty members of New York City’s Urban Search and Rescue task force left Brooklyn in a convoy headed to Houston Sunday to aid in storm recovery efforts.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="256" data-total-count="7416">The group included members of New York’s Police and Fire Departments, as well as emergency medical personnel from the city’s Office of Emergency Management. In addition, 40 members of the Fire Department’s Incident Management Team were also deployed.</p><div id="story-ad-4" class="story-ad ad ad-placeholder nocontent robots-nocontent ">
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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="128" data-total-count="7544" id="story-continues-8">“After Superstorm Sandy, so many cities stepped up to help our people,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a tweet Sunday morning.</p><figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset">
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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="152" data-total-count="7696">On Saturday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York sent 104 Air National Guard rescue teams, including helicopters and one plane. <em>— </em><em>LIZ ROBBINS in New York</em></p><h4 class="story-subheading story-content" data-para-count="32" data-total-count="7728">Wanted: More boats for rescuers.</h4><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="338" data-total-count="8066">Harris County officials asked the public to contribute boats and high-water vehicles, which they said were “desperately” needed to help rescue people before nightfall. At a news conference on Sunday, County Judge Ed Emmett said that “government assets are fully utilized,” and that boats from outside the area could not get there.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="227" data-total-count="8293">The rain is beginning to taper, said Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist with the Harris County Flood Control District. He added that the water might not run off until Tuesday. “Every watershed is experiencing flooding,” he said.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="124" data-total-count="8417">Nine shelters are open, and the number is expected to increase, officials said. A full list is available at <a href="http://readyharris.org/">readyharris.org</a>.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="281" data-total-count="8698">For those not facing a life-threatening emergency, officials said to call 311 inside Houston and 211 outside the city. “I know you’re scared,” Mr. Lindner said, addressing flood victims. “But know that help is coming. Help will be there.” <em>— CHRISTINA CARON in New York </em></p><h4 class="story-subheading story-content" data-para-count="49" data-total-count="8747">What’s the forecast? Torrential rains for days.</h4><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="258" data-total-count="9005">Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to bring additional rainfall of 15 to 25 inches through Friday over the middle and upper Texas coast, including the Houston and Galveston metropolitan areas, the <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/271759.shtml">National Hurricane Center said in an update</a> at 2 p.m. Eastern.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="72" data-total-count="9077">“Isolated storm totals may reach 50 inches in this region,” it said.</p><h4 class="story-subheading story-content" data-para-count="54" data-total-count="9131">In desperation, residents are turning to social media.</h4><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="117" data-total-count="9248">With many emergency responders overwhelmed by requests for help, residents are asking for assistance on social media.</p><div id="story-ad-5" class="story-ad ad ad-placeholder nocontent robots-nocontent ">
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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="166" data-total-count="9414" id="story-continues-9">Some posted addresses of their flooded homes on Twitter and Facebook, with photographs of half-submerged furniture, boats in the street or families stranded on roofs.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="197" data-total-count="9611">When emergency workers haven’t responded on social media, civilians often have, sharing or retweeting posts that seem especially desperate, or offering phone numbers for local emergency services.</p><figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset">
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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="82" data-total-count="9693">Officials are using social media, too <em>—</em> to warn residents against relying on it.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="283" data-total-count="9976">The Houston Police Department tweeted that people should not seek help by directing Twitter posts to the department’s accounts. “If you have a life-threatening emergency, 911 is the best way to capture your request and make sure it is properly dispatched,” the department said.</p><figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset">
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