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<ul id="breadcrumbs" class="total-2"><li class="crumb level-1 "><a href="/technology/environment">environment</a></li><li class="crumb level-2 title"><h2><a href="/technology/environment/natural-wonders">natural wonders</a></h2></li></ul><h1 class="story-headline">Mass flooding causes havoc in Houston and surrounding areas in wake of Tropical Storm Harvey</h1><p class="intro">MORE than 34 trillion litres of water have fallen on this city in the wake of a devastating hurricane, with some pointing to a once-in-a-million year event.</p><div id="story-info"><div class="author-info"><div class="name">Sarah Blake and staff writers</div></div><div class="other-info"><span class="source">News Corp Australia Network</span><span class="datestamp">August 29, 2017<span class="time">1:37pm</span></span></div></div><div id="story"><article><div class="w650 h366 image media primary"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/44acbe98450943d6746e7cb0b59adb91" width="650" height="366"></div><p class="caption">The full extent of Tropical Storm Harvey. Picture: Twitter<span class="image-source"><em>Source:Supplied</em></span></p></div><p class="description">MORE than 34 trillion litres of water have fallen on Houston in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey, with some pointing to the weather pattern as a once-in-a-million year event.</p><div class="story-content"><p><i><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/27/texas-flood-disaster-harvey-has-unloaded-9-trillion-tons-of-water/?utm_term=.9a166492cb11" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Washington Post </a></i>reports the rain that has fallen across the greater Houston area and South East Texas tallies up to nine trillion gallons.</p><p>The metric equivalent is 34 trillion litres &#x2014; enough to fill more than 13.6 million Olympic swimming pools.</p><p>President Donald Trump on Monday struck a unifying tone as he addressed the devastation in Texas.</p><p>&#x201C;We see neighbour helping neighbour, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger,&#x201D; President Trump said during a joint press conference with Finland&#x2019;s President Sauli Niinisto in the US. &#x201C;We are one American family. We hurt together, we struggle together and believe me, we endure together.&#x201D;</p><p>He continued: &#x201C;Tragic times such as these bring out the best (in Americans)&#x201D;.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/7e725ebe928cf6364fdd8df1ca2f367d" width="650" height="488" alt="Cars are trapped in floodwater near the I-10 freeway leading into Houston. Picture: AFP"></div><p class="caption">Cars are trapped in floodwater near the I-10 freeway leading into Houston. Picture: AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/cdf50b35c25c6a827d3ab7b92e279652" width="650" height="488" alt="Betty Garza, 58, throws pieces of a ceiling out the side of her home as her dog, Pappi, sticks his head out in Tivoli, Texas after the area was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP"></div><p class="caption">Betty Garza, 58, throws pieces of a ceiling out the side of her home as her dog, Pappi, sticks his head out in Tivoli, Texas after the area was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/2710c9c948be39c60da59c4ac74f435e" width="650" height="488" alt="A sunken boat lies submerged in front of houses after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas. Picture: AFP"></div><p class="caption">A sunken boat lies submerged in front of houses after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas. Picture: AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/fire-ants-band-together-in-stinging-horror-rafts-to-escape-harvey-floodwaters/news-story/f1dc31de849be883e78f1f8c108f7547">Fire ants band together in stinging horror rafts to escape Harvey floodwaters</a></p><p>Some parts of that area could receive as much as 50 inches (127cm) in standard measurement, 60 inches (152cm) would be regarded as a once-in-a-million year rainfall.</p><p>&#x201C;Catastrophic flooding in the Houston metropolitan area is expected to worsen,&#x201D; the National Weather Service said on Sunday.</p>
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<p>&#x201C;This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.&#x201D;</p><p>&#x201C;It&#x2019;s fair to say it will produce more rain than we have ever seen before in the US from a tropical system and over the fourth-largest city in the country,&#x201D; Eric Fisher, chief meteorologist at WBZ-TV in Boston told the <i>The Washington Post</i>.</p><p>&#x201C;Looking at those two factors, it will likely be an unprecedented flooding disaster affecting a massive number of people. It&#x2019;s hard, if not impossible, to compare this to any other storm. It may stand alone when all is said and done in terms of rainfall.&#x201D;</p><!-- tcog parse error: Embeded asset 6ce09403f73cba3f4ac6ea1c2a83c07d was not found in the article metadata. --><p>Houston<a href="/news/world/fears-grow-as-hurricane-harvey-kills-at-least-five-and-pummels-houston-with-catastrophic-rains/news-story/ab9e1caa44fead58c2e28cb7e856d98b" rel="noopener" target="_blank">, America&#x2019;s fourth largest city, was overwhelmed </a>on Monday (AEST) by flooding from Harvey.</p><p>The death toll from the disaster is currently at eight, local media reported.</p><p><a href="http://www.khou.com/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-harvey/hurricane-harvey-blog-what-you-need-to-know/467436849">Houston TV station KHOU reported </a>on Monday that six residents had died in a flooded van, four minor siblings and their elderly great grandparents.</p><p>Two other storm-related fatalities in Rockport and La Marque, Texas had already been reported over the weekend.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/6a140411e88cbb618c4f73a364ecc3df" width="650" height="488" alt="An evacuee rests at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Monday. Picture: Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP"></div><p class="caption">An evacuee rests at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Monday. Picture: Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><p>Among more than 1400 rescued yesterday were 18 elderly residents of a nursing home in Galveston, who were pictured in a shocking photo, some of them stuck in wheelchairs with water up to their necks.</p><p>The son-in-law of the nursing home owner tweeted the photo early on Sunday morning local time, saying: &#x201C;Need help asap emergency services please RETWEET&#x201D;.</p><p>National Guard and local emergency crews pulled the seniors from the inundated building.</p><p>&#x201C;We were airlifting grandmothers and grandfathers,&#x201D; David Popoff of Dickinson County Emergency Management said later.</p><p>&#x201C;These people have been evacuated.&#x201D;</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/2afe70cc506305116e77182306afdf2a" width="650" height="488" alt="The flood hit 'La Vita Bella' nursing home in Dickinson, Texas. Picture: Timothy J. McIntosh/@DividendsMGR/Twitter"></div><p class="caption">The flood hit 'La Vita Bella' nursing home in Dickinson, Texas. Picture: Timothy J. McIntosh/@DividendsMGR/Twitter<span class="image-source"><em>Source:Twitter</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/d4604c17c0db257315340e559e5824f3" width="650" height="488" alt="A man dodges a wake in flood waters in Houston. Picture: AFP"></div><p class="caption">A man dodges a wake in flood waters in Houston. Picture: AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/d5e95031eb3f0bf5136c6968d15677a1" width="650" height="488" alt="A graveyard floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AFP"></div><p class="caption">A graveyard floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/7735fb9d08f8cb120c630e979bdbc1c1" width="650" height="488" alt="Evacuation residents from the Meyerland wait on an I-610 overpass for further help. Picture: AFP"></div><p class="caption">Evacuation residents from the Meyerland wait on an I-610 overpass for further help. Picture: AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p>Meanwhile, officials said Houston&#x2019;s 911 system has received and processed 75,000 calls since Harvey inundated many parts of the city.</p><p>That includes nearly 20,000 calls just since 10pm on Sunday. Joe Laud is the administration manager for the Houston Emergency Centre.</p><p>He said on Monday that 911 operators have been able to reduce the backlog of calls they have, going from 120 to 250 calls in their queue to 10 to 15 calls. He said that on average the system usually get 8,000 or 9,000 calls per day.</p><!-- tcog parse error: Embeded asset 05ac6a8ffeac986159f9770cb5552a30 was not found in the article metadata. --><p><span class="h2"><b>ENTIRE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD MOBILISED</b></span></p><p>In response to the disaster Texas&#x2019; governor is activating the entire Texas National Guard for search and rescue efforts, bringing the total deployment to roughly 12,000.</p><p>Governor Gregg Abbott said on Monday that it&#x2019;s &#x201C;imperative we do everything possible&#x201D; to protect lives. About 3,000 guard members had already been mobilised along the Texas coast.</p><p>Mr Abbott says Texas is now activating others who are physically able and not currently deployed elsewhere.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/4619794847ff31fc8b5a87d3a48b1801" width="650" height="488" alt="Firefighters put out a fire in Houston. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP"></div><p class="caption">Firefighters put out a fire in Houston. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p>The US federal government has enough disaster aid money to deal with the immediate aftermath of Harvey &#x2014; for now.</p><p>But a multi-billion dollar aid package is a sure bet to be added to an already packed agenda facing politicians when they return to Washington next week. Top Capitol Hill aides say they have assurances from the Trump administration that the $US3 billion ($3.7 billion) balance in the Federal Emergency Management Agency&#x2019;s (FEMA) disaster fund is enough to handle immediate needs, such as debris removal and temporary shelter for thousands of Texas residents displaced from their homes.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/82e1fd00f13f86c9a039b09f5e76b3d5" width="650" height="488" alt="Flood victims eat and rest at a shelter in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP"></div><p class="caption">Flood victims eat and rest at a shelter in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p>An infusion of more FEMA money will be needed soon, however, given the magnitude of the storm. It&#x2019;s seen as a likely add-on to a temporary government-wide funding bill to prevent a shutdown in October.</p><p><b><span class="h2">TRUMP SET FOR VISIT TO TEXAS</span></b></p><p>US President Donald Trump will visit Texas on Tuesday, local time, where the clean up from the &#x201C;unprecedented&#x201D; flooding and tornadoes is expected to take years.</p><p>US Vice President Mike Pence said in a series of radio interviews on Monday that the Trump administration would &#x201C;be there for the long haul to help rebuild Texas and all the affected areas from Hurricane Harvey.&#x201D; He estimated 500,000 Americans could be eligible for disaster assistance.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/c548a4c5e6304a513cecc4b02364c2f5" width="650" height="488" alt="US President Donald Trump is expected to visit the affected region on Tuesday. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP"></div><p class="caption">US President Donald Trump is expected to visit the affected region on Tuesday. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p>&#x201C;The president has been continuously engaged in this. We&#x2019;ve all been deeply concerned by the impact of this storm,&#x201D; Mr Pence told KTRH radio in Houston. &#x201C;We&#x2019;re saddened by the loss of life and the president is anxious to come to the region.&#x201D;</p><p>Mr Pence said Mr Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Cabinet officials would visit on Tuesday.</p><p>The White House is thought to be planning for a morning or midafternoon visit to Corpus Christi, about 300km southwest of Houston. Mr Trump is avoiding the hardest hit areas because of the challenges a presidential visit presents for local officials.</p><p>&#x201C;This disaster is going to be a landmark event,&#x201D; Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long told CNN. &#x201C;We&#x2019;re setting up and gearing up for the next couple of years.&#x201D;</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Allen Parkway, Memorial, Waugh overpass, Spotts park and Buffalo Bayou park completely under water. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houston?src=hash">#houston</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/harvey?src=hash">#harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/odRepbLT71">pic.twitter.com/odRepbLT71</a></p>— Aaron Cohan (@aaroncohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaroncohan/status/901876627470155776">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p>More than a year&#x2019;s worth of rain is set to fall on Texas this week as the hurricane-turned tropical storm hovers over the state, and Mr Trump said his planned visit would cause minimum disruption.</p><p>&#x201C;The focus must be on life and safety,&#x2019;&#x2019; he tweeted.</p><p>Former President George W. Bush, meanwhile, urged Americans to donate to organisations helping Harvey victims in Texas.</p><p>&#x201C;Laura and I are pleased to donate to Team Rubicon, the Red Cross, and the Salvation Army. We hope our fellow citizens will join us in giving to these groups and others that are making a difference on the ground,&#x201D; Mr Bush said in a statement.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/ff744b1bb943c2edf790cc3596d38e4b" width="650" height="488" alt="People walk through the flooded waters of Telephone Rd in Houston on Sunday. Picture: Thomas B. Shea/AFP"></div><p class="caption">People walk through the flooded waters of Telephone Rd in Houston on Sunday. Picture: Thomas B. Shea/AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p><span class="h2"><b>FLOOD WATERS COULD BE INFESTED WITH ALLIGATORS</b></span></p><p>Flood victims were also dealing with the terrifying prospect that 350 alligators could escape in to the flooded areas.</p><p>The owners of Gator Country, a wildlife park in Jefferson Country, Texas, are fearful that ongoing rainfall could see flood waters reach over the top of its fencing, local Fox network<a href="http://fox4beaumont.com/weather/hurricane-stories/gator-country-has-more-than-350-alligators-and-its-flooded"> KFDM reported.</a></p><p>&#x201C;We&#x2019;re less than a foot from (water) going over the fences,&#x201D; owner Gary Saurage said. &#x201C;All of these are certified, high fences, but when it won&#x2019;t quit, it won&#x2019;t quit. We&#x2019;ve worked around the clock and I don&#x2019;t know what else to do. We&#x2019;re truly tired. Everybody&#x2019;s at the end of it, man. We don&#x2019;t know what to do.&#x201D;</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HISTORIC rainfall in Houston, and all over Texas. Floods are unprecedented, and more rain coming. Spirit of the people is incredible.Thanks!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901942677461229569">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p>As Houston reeled from the rapidly rising waters, which had been predicted for days, questions were being asked about why local authorities didn&#x2019;t order any evacuations.</p><p>Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner defended his decision to tell residents to stay home.</p><p>&#x201C;You literally cannot put 6.5 million people on the road,&#x201D; he said.</p><p>&#x201C;If you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. You issue an evacuation order and put everyone on the highway, you are really asking for a major calamity.&#x201D;</p><p>Instead Mayor Turner said those who were forced out of their homes were to take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Centre.</p><p>With such devastation, comparisons are being drawn between Harvey and Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed much of New Orleans and killed more than 1800 people in 2005.</p><!-- tcog parse error: Embeded asset 968c4015fdec45bbccfd90aa387efdb1 was not found in the article metadata. --><p>Mayor Turner said at a press conference he was not concerned the Houston convention centre would be overrun, as New Orleans&#x2019; Superdome had been.</p><p>At the Louisiana football stadium, 30,000 evacuees spent days packed inside the sweltering dome with limited power and water and a roof that was shredded in the howling wind.</p><p>&#x201C;I think in this city we know how to do it in such a way that is not chaotic. It&#x2019;s respectful, it&#x2019;s dignified,&#x201D; Mayor Turner said yesterday.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This image and the forecast of what is still to fall.... This is surreal. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonFlood?src=hash">#HoustonFlood</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/zK9WojsMAH">pic.twitter.com/zK9WojsMAH</a></p>— Matthew Sitkowski (@MattSitkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattSitkowski/status/901782145814978560">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Allen Parkway, Memorial, Waugh overpass, Spotts park and Buffalo Bayou park completely under water. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houston?src=hash">#houston</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/harvey?src=hash">#harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/odRepbLT71">pic.twitter.com/odRepbLT71</a></p>— Rabbi Cohanski (@aaroncohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaroncohan/status/901876627470155776">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The left is Memorial Parkway on Saturday.<br><br>The right is Memorial Parkway Sunday morning. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonFlood?src=hash">#HoustonFlood</a> <a href="https://t.co/88qQ8fcKZ4">https://t.co/88qQ8fcKZ4</a> <a href="https://t.co/RKevt6b92A">pic.twitter.com/RKevt6b92A</a></p>— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) <a href="https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/901861989470932992">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p>He said he wants to transition people staying at the shelter to more suitable housing as quickly as possible.</p><p>Helicopters, boats and rescue vehicles swarmed residential areas of the inundated city, where water reached the story of many homes.</p><p>At one point authorities urged residents to climb to their roofs in order to avoid being trapped, and to wave towels or sheets for attention because 911 services were overwhelmed by more than 56,000 calls.</p></div>
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