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<section class="left-sidebar"><div class="clearfix"><div class="bread-crumbs"><a href="/">Home</a> &raquo; <a href="/politics">Politics</a></div></div>	<h1>Hurricane Harvey: 200 Indian students caught in Houston flooding being evacuated</h1><div>At least 200 Indian students stranded at the University of Houston due to flooding after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas were being evacuated to safer places, say authorities </div><div class="story-meta" style="margin-top:10px;float:none"><span>Last Published: </span>Mon, Aug 28 2017. 09 32 PM IST</div><div class="clearfix border-box"><div class="author-box"><span><a href="mailto:feedback@livemint.com?subject=Hurricane Harvey: 200 Indian students caught in Houston flooding being evacuated" class="mail-icon"></a><a href="/Search/Link/Author/Seema Hakhu Kachru">Seema Hakhu Kachru</a></span></div><div class="subscribe-box"><form><input type="text" placeholder="Enter email for newsletter" id="emailAddressStory"><input type="button" onclick="subs_submit('emailAddressStory');" value="Sign Up"></form></div></div><div class="content-box"><div class="clearfix"><div class="sticky-social-icons-lg"><a href="whatsapp://send?text=Hurricane Harvey: 200 Indian students caught in Houston flooding being evacuated - http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html" target = "_blank" class="whatsapp" onClick = "dataLayer.push({'event' : 'social_media_share', 'category': 'story_page', 'action' : 'share_story', 'label' : 'whatsapp'});"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="sharePage('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html'); dataLayer.push({'event':'social_media_share','category':'story_page','action':'share_story','label':'facebook'})" title="Facebook Share" class = "facebook"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="sharePage('https://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html&text=Hurricane Harvey: 200 Indian students caught in Houston flooding being evacuated');dataLayer.push({'event' : 'social_media_share', 'category': 'story_page', 'action' : 'share_story', 'label' : 'twitter'});" title="Tweet" class="twitter"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="sharePage('https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html');dataLayer.push({'event' : 'social_media_share', 'category': 'story_page', 'action' : 'share_story', 'label' : 'linkedin'});" title="Linkedin Share" class="linkedin"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="sharePage('https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html');dataLayer.push({'event' : 'social_media_share', 'category': 'story_page', 'action' : 'share_story', 'label' : 'google_plus'});" title="Google Plus Share" class="gplus"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="shareEmail('https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html&pubid=ra-559f6f155bfb7910&ct=1&title=Hurricane Harvey: 200 Indian students caught in Houston flooding being evacuated&pco=tbxnj-1.0');dataLayer.push({'event' : 'social_media_share', 'category': 'story_page', 'action' : 'share_story', 'label' : 'email'});" class="mail-icon"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="sharePage('http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KCfu7y2wKpv2rcMp5Of6tO/Hurricane-Harvey-200-Indian-students-caught-in-Houston-floo.html&title=Hurricane Harvey: 200 Indian students caught in Houston flooding being evacuated');dataLayer.push({'event' : 'social_media_share', 'category': 'story_page', 'action' : 'share_story', 'label' : 'reddit'});" title="Reddit Share" class="reddit"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="lead-image"><img src="/rf/Image-621x414/LiveMint/Period2/2017/08/29/Photos/Processed/houstafere-kFdE--621x414@LiveMint.jpg" alt="Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the US in 13 years, has left a trail of destruction as it swept through Texas after making landfall on Saturday, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least five lives. Photo: Reuters " title="Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the US in 13 years, has left a trail of destruction as it swept through Texas after making landfall on Saturday, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least five lives. Photo: Reuters " class="img-responsive"><div class="img-caption">Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the US in 13 years, has left a trail of destruction as it swept through Texas after making landfall on Saturday, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least five lives. Photo: Reuters </div></div><p><b>Houston/New Delhi:</b> At least 200 Indian students stranded at the University of Houston due to &ldquo;catastrophic&rdquo; flooding after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas were being evacuated to safer places, authorities said on Monday. </p><p>The students were being provided food and other supplies by the Indian-American community in the area. India&rsquo;s Consul-General in Houston Anupam Ray has been in touch with the students and monitoring the evacuation process. </p><p>In New Delhi, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said two Indian students, Shalini and Nikhil Bhatia, have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). &ldquo;@CGHoust has informed me that 200 Indian students at University of Houston are marooned. They are surrounded by neck deep water,&rdquo; she tweeted. </p><p>The Indian side made efforts to deliver food but the US Coast Guard did not allow them as boats were required for rescue operations, Swaraj said in a series of tweets. She said the MEA was ensuring that the relatives of the hospitalised students reach the health facility at the earliest. </p><p>&ldquo;Mr Anupam Ray our CG (consul general) Houston is organising the rescue operations,&rdquo; she tweeted. <div class ='mobile-ad' ><div id='div-gpt-ad-1492578481854-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1492578481854-0'); });</script></div></div></p><p>Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the US in 13 years, has left a trail of destruction as it swept through Texas after making landfall on Saturday, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least five lives. </p><p>The National Weather Service of the US has called the flooding in Texas &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo;. &ldquo;Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days,&rdquo; the service said in a statement. </p><p>Sewa International Houston&mdash;along with several other Indian-American community organisations&mdash;have teamed up to provide food and shelter to the affected people. Major Indian organisations such as the India Cultural Centre, the India House, the Indo-American Charity Foundation and the Indo-American Political Action Committee have decided to coordinate their relief efforts through Sewa International. </p><p>Indian businesses and places of worship were providing shelter to displaced families. Indian restaurants were giving food packets to the people hit by the catastrophic flooding. 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