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				<div class="vspace "><h3 align="justify">Last week, a footage from NASA showed the <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/world/in-houston-country-battles-floods-generated-by-harvey-at-least-three-dead-id7214063.html" target="_blank">huge, scary Hurrican Harvey</a></u> headed to Houston, Texas.</h3><p align="justify">Forecasters warned that it would be a major disaster with some predicting that it could be the strongest storm to hit the country since 2005.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>The view of the Hurricane Harvey from space shows it&apos;s magnitude and size. Experts say it is the strongest since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</p> (mirror)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">Inhabitants were advised to evacuate as Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster for 30 Texan counties.</p><p align="justify">He said: “<em>I strongly urge all Texans to heed warnings from your local officials. I also urge that you immediately follow evacuation orders from all impacted counties, particularly in Corpus Christi and Houston where the storm surge and flooding from Hurricane Harvey are most likely.</em></p><p align="justify"><em>“Please take all necessary precautions to save your life and minimise risk.</em>”</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">On Friday, August 25, 2017, the storm and the ensuing flood hit the city. </p><div class="clearfix" style="float:left;width:644px;">
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 </div><p align="justify">  </p><p align="justify">Daryl Cornett, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hazard, Kentucky who witnessed the flood described it as “traumatic.”</p><p align="justify">In his words, <em>“It’s just the saturating rain, the rain right now is just sort of relentless. Just imagine it just raining and raining and raining and the water having nowhere to go.”</em></p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>Pastor Cornett and his wife were both trapped in Houston, Texas by the flood. He said the damage done by the flood was pretty &quot;severe.&quot;</p> (facebook)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"><em> </em></p><p align="justify">This flood has done a lot of damage in the city. Within five days, many homes have been destroyed, leaving over 30,000 people homeless and at least 300,000 people without power.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">ALSO READ: <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/bi/tech/tech-texas-has-never-seen-an-event-like-this-harvey-pummels-state-with-catastrophic-unprecedented-flooding-heres-the-latest-id7200646.html" target="_blank">Latest on &apos;catastrophic,&apos; &apos;unprecedented&apos; flooding</a></u></p><p align="justify">In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the world has witnessed people of different races and faiths <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/bi/finance/finance-heres-how-to-donate-to-the-red-cross-and-salvation-army-to-help-hurricane-harvey-victims-in-texas-id7220712.html" target="_blank">coming together to offer help to the victims</a></u>.</p><p align="justify">Churches and community centres have opened up their doors to displaced people seeking shelter.</p><p align="justify">Muslims have also pitched in. Independent reports that Muslim youth were seen helping their Houston neighbours during the storm.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>Volunteers for Muslim Youth USA assist in relief efforts during tropical storm Harvey </p> (Muslim Youth USA)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">Reportedly, over 100 members of Muslim Youth USA and 40 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association were out on the streets passing out food and water.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>Volunteers for Muslim Youth USA assist in relief efforts during tropical storm Harvey </p> (Muslim Youth USA)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">Madeel Abdullah, director of humanitarian affairs for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, said the volunteers are simply “<em>helping anybody else that’s in distress”.</em></p><p align="justify"><em>“We’ve already provided basic supplies such as food items and water bottles and we have a few members who have boats who are going around making sure everyone is safe.”</em></p><div class="clearfix" style="float:left;width:644px;">
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 </div><p align="justify"><em>  </em></p><p align="justify">Mosques belonging to The Islamic Society of Greater Houston are also open to survivors of the storm.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>Mosques stay open for displaced people</p> (twitter)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">ALSO READ: <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/communities/religion/pastor-faces-backlash-for-not-helping-with-hurricane-harvey-id7223424.html" target="_blank">Pastor Joel Osteen faces backlash for not opening his doors during flood</a></u></p><p align="justify">In a time like this, it is safe to say that no one is thinking about their prejudice against the other’s religion.</p><p align="justify">No one remembers that this is Trump’s America, a country where anti-Muslim hate crimes have spiked 91 percent. </p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>Mosques stay open for displaced people</p> (twitter)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">None of these matters as everyone is simply trying to help as many people as possible in the face of this crisis.</p><p align="justify">If only this was our reality, the world where religious bias did not exist and people just treated one another with kindness like we are doing now.</p><p align="justify">Hopefully, a time will come when <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/communities/religion/london-bridge-attack-we-have-to-stop-waiting-for-violence-to-unite-muslims-and-christians-id6806542.html" target="_blank">we do not have to wait for disasters to unite us</a></u>.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>When something terrible, no cares about religion. Everyone unites in the face of disaster. Let&apos;s strive to have this in our day-to-day dealings</p> (emannabih)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">Meanwhile, more people have been rescued. According to the  Independent, over 3,000 people have been picked up since the storm hit.</p><div class="picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg" style="width: 644px">
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   <strong class="caption" style="display: block" align="left"> <p>When disaster occurs, no one cares about religion</p> (AP)</strong>
  </div><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">Unfortunately, at least nine people have been reported dead. </p><p align="justify">At this rate, Hurricane Harvey might just surpass the 2008’s Hurricane Ike that left 21 people dead in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas to become the worst storm in US history.</p></div>

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