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<p>Harvey is forecast to arc slowly toward Houston through Wednesday. The center of the storm is still 125 miles (201.17 km) southwest of the fourth most populous city in the United States. Emergency services in Houston told people to climb onto the roofs of their houses rather than into their attics to escape rapidly rising waters. Authorities warned the city&#8217;s more than two million residents not to leave flooded homes because many of the city&#8217;s roads are underwater.</p>
<p>The Twitter account of the sheriff of Harris County, which includes most of Houston, was inundated with rescue requests. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said his deputies were responding to unconfirmed reports of a deceased woman and child inside a submerged vehicle on Interstate 10 near Houston. Emergency services were stretched, and Gonzalez could only tell some people asking for help his teams were doing the best they can.</p>
<p>&#8220;All agencies care but everyone simply operating at maximum capacity,&#8221; he tweeted at one point. Another resident described seeing a woman&#8217;s body floating in the streets during a flash flood in the same western part of the city. The flash floods were several feet high, the resident told local TV station abc13. Houston&#8217;s William P. Hobby Airport canceled all inbound and outbound flights early on Sunday due to standing water on the runway. The airport said its arrivals area was flooded, and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood alert for the surrounding area.</p>
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<p>Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday because its winds have slowed. But authorities issued stark warnings on the threat posed by days of torrential rain. &#8220;This rain will lead to a prolonged, dangerous, and potentially catastrophic flooding event well into next week,&#8221; the National Weather Service said. Harvey threatens to break the record established nearly 40 years ago when Alvin, Texas, was deluged by 43 inches of rain in 24 hours on July 24-25, 1979.</p>
<p><strong>&#8216;IT WAS TERRIBLE&#8217;</strong></p>
<p>The coastal town of Rockport took a direct hit from the storm, leaving streets flooded and strewn with power lines and debris on Saturday. A dozen recreational vehicles were flipped over on a sales lot, one blown into the middle of the street. A convoy of military vehicles arrived in the Rockport area on Saturday to help in the recovery efforts, and town officials announced an overnight curfew for residents. &#8220;It was terrible,&#8221; resident Joel Valdez, 57, told Reuters. The storm ripped part of the roof from his trailer home at around 4 a.m., he said as he sat in a Jeep with windows smashed by the storm. &#8220;I could feel the whole house move.&#8221;</p>
<p>Before the storm hit, Rockport&#8217;s mayor told anyone staying behind to write their names on their arms for identification in case of death or injury.</p>
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