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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="215" data-total-count="2858">Houston, with a population of about 2.3 million people, has a history of floodwaters that led to fatalities. In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison pummeled southeast Texas and was blamed for 22 deaths in the Houston area.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="222" data-total-count="3080">Hurricane Rita, in 2005, never struck Houston directly, but the evacuation, spurred by the recent horror of Katrina in New Orleans, caused <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Hurricane-Rita-anxiety-leads-to-hellish-fatal-6521994.php">disastrous traffic jams</a>; more than 100 people died while trying to get out of town.</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="251" data-total-count="3331">Mr. Abbott described the storm as a “very complex and dangerous hurricane” that will hammer Texans not only with high winds but “record-setting flooding in multiple regions of the state.” The storm is also expected to spawn multiple tornadoes.</p><figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset">
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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="257" data-total-count="3588">After a reporter pointed out that he seemed to be disagreeing with local calls on whether to evacuate, Mr. Abbott said, “I think it is important for the local officials who have the authority and responsibility for this to be the ones to make the call.”</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="174" data-total-count="3762">But he added, “I can be suggestive of what I would do and that is, if I were living in the Houston region, as I once did, I would decide to head to areas north of there.”</p><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="403" data-total-count="4165">“My point is this, and that is, if you want to take charge of your life, and ensure that you are providing the greatest possibility for yourself and your family, I think it would be a good idea for you to take a few days off, get out of the Houston area, be safe,” Mr. Abbott said. “You can always get back, get home and clean up later.” <em>— ALAN BLINDER in Houston and DAVE MONTGOMERY in Austin</em></p><div id="story-ad-3" class="story-ad ad ad-placeholder nocontent robots-nocontent ">
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