<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/NewsArticle"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /><meta property="category" content="News"/><meta property="og:title" content="200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_650x400_41503918826.jpg"/><meta property="og:image:secure_url" content="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_650x400_41503918826.jpg"/><meta property="og:image:width" content="630"/><meta property="og:image:height" content="473"/><meta property="og:url" content="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="NDTV.com"/><meta property="og:description" content="Union minister Sushma Swaraj today tweeted that 200 Indian students are trapped in Houston, one of the biggest cities in the US, which is witnessing devastating floods. In a series of tweets, the foreign minister said every effort is being made to rescue them."/><meta property="fb:app_id" content="213741912058651"/><meta property="al:android:url" content="ndtvSocial://com.july.ndtv/ndtv/ndtv.android/type=news/id=1743025/category=indians-abroad"/><meta property="al:android:package" content="com.july.ndtv"/><meta property="al:android:app_name" content="NDTV"/><meta property="al:ios:url" content="ndtv://news/ndtv.com/news/view/ndtv/1743025/site=classic/"/><meta property="al:ios:app_store_id" content="377869410"/><meta property="al:ios:app_name" content="NDTV"/><meta property="al:ipad:url" content="ndtvhd://news/ndtv.com/news/view/ndtv/1743025/site=classic/"/><meta property="al:ipad:app_store_id" content="390847563"/><meta property="al:ipad:app_name" content="NDTV HD"/><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/><meta name="twitter:site" content="@ndtv"/><meta name="twitter:url" content="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025"/><meta name="twitter:title" content="200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj"/><meta name="twitter:description" content="Union minister Sushma Swaraj today tweeted that 200 Indian students are trapped in Houston, one of the biggest cities in the US, which is witnessing devastating floods. In a series of tweets, the foreign minister said every effort is being made to rescue them."/><meta name="twitter:image" content="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_650x400_41503918826.jpg?ver-20180208.2"/><meta name="twitter:app:url:iphone" content="ndtv://news/ndtv.com/news/view/ndtv/1743025/site=classic/"/><meta name="twitter:app:url:googleplay" content="ndtvnews://www.ndtv.com/type=news/id=1743025/category=indians-abroad"/><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://i.ndtvimg.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://social.ndtv.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://cdn.ndtv.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://drop.ndtv.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://static.social.ndtv.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://fonts.gstatic.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://www.google-analytics.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://ping.chartbeat.net/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://www.googletagservices.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://partner.googleadservices.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://cdn.taboola.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://images.taboola.com/" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://cdn.taboola.com" /><link rel="preconnect" crossorigin href="https://trc.taboola.com/" /><link rel=manifest href="https://www.ndtv.com/manifest.json" /><meta name="theme-color" content="#e3eef9" /><link href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,300,500,700|Roboto+Condensed:400,700,300|Roboto+Slab:400,300,100|Karla:400,700|Montserrat:400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/><meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=377869410 , app-argument=ndtv://news/ndtv.com/news/view/ndtv/1743025/site=classic/"/><title>Sushma Swaraj Tweets 200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston</title><meta name="news_keywords" content="Hurricane Harvey,Indian Students,Sushma Swaraj,Houston,Houston floods,Indians in Houston" itemprop="keywords"/><meta name="description" content="Union minister Sushma Swaraj today tweeted that 200 Indian students are trapped in Houston, one of the biggest cities in the US, which is witnessing devastating floods. In a series of tweets, the foreign minister said every effort is being made to rescue them." itemprop="description"/><meta name="publish-date" content="Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:47:00 +0530" itemprop=""/><meta name="created-date" content="Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:47:00 +0530" itemprop=""/><meta name="modified-date" content="Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:07:11 +0530" itemprop="datePublished"/><meta name="section" content="india" itemprop="articleSection"/><meta name="url" content="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025" itemprop="url"/><meta name="keywords" content="Hurricane Harvey,Indian Students,Sushma Swaraj,Houston,Houston floods,Indians in Houston" ><meta property="taboola:title" content="200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj"/><script type="text/javascript"> window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
            !function(e, f, u) {
                e.async = 1;
                e.src = u;
                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);
            }(document.createElement('script'), document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], '//cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/ndtv/loader.js');</script><link rel="canonical" href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025"/><link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/logo_ndtv-57x57.png" /><meta name="twitter:app:name:iphone" content="NDTV"/><meta name="twitter:app:id:iphone" content="377869410"/><meta name="twitter:app:name:ipad" content="NDTV HD"/><meta name="twitter:app:name:googleplay" content="NDTV"/><meta name="twitter:app:id:googleplay" content="com.july.ndtv"/><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://www.ndtv.com/images/icons/ndtv.ico" type="image/x-icon" /><link href="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/css/main.css?ver-20180208.2" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" /><style type="text/css" media="screen"><!--
.comment_story {float:right; position:relative; width:90px; height:60px; margin:7px 0 15px 15px; display:table; background:#326891; border-radius:5px; text-align:center; font-size:11px; line-height:normal;color:#fff; text-transform:uppercase; opacity:0.5;  transition:all 0.3s ease-in; transform:scale(1); }.comment_story:after {content: '';position: absolute;bottom: -10px;left: 45px;border-width: 14px 0 0 16px;border-style: solid;border-color: #326891 transparent;display: block;width: 0;transition:all 0.3s ease-in;}.comment_story span {display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle;}.comment_story em {font-size:22px; font-style:normal; font-weight:900; line-height:22px; display:block;}.comment_story a {color:#fff!important; text-decoration:none;}.comment_story:hover {background:#326891; opacity:1; transform:scale(1.1); transition:all 0.3s ease-in;}.comment_story:hover:after {border-color:#326891 transparent; bottom: -14px; transition:all 0.3s ease-in;}.comments_slide {display: none;	width:350px;position: fixed;top: 0;right: 0;bottom:0;background:#fff;padding:10px 25px;	font-family:'Roboto', sans-serif;transform: translateX(100%); -webkit-transform: translateX(100%);z-index: 10000000000;	box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);-webkit-transition: box-shadow 0.5s;}.comments_slide:hover {box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);}.comments_slide .comments_close {width:100%; float:left; text-align:right; margin:0 0 5px 0;}.comments_slide .comments_close a{font-size:11px; text-transform:uppercase; color:#326891;}.comments_slide .comments_close a:hover{ text-decoration:none; }.selected {animation: slide-in 0.5s forwards; -webkit-animation: slide-in 0.5s forwards;}.dismiss {animation: slide-out 0.5s forwards;-webkit-animation: slide-out 0.5s forwards;}@keyframes slide-in {0 {-webkit-transform: translateX(100%);}100% {-webkit-transform: translateX(0%);}}@-webkit-keyframes slide-in {0 {transform: translateX(100%);}100% {transform: translateX(0%);}}@keyframes slide-out {0% {transform: translateX(0%);}100% {transform: translateX(100%);}}@-webkit-keyframes slide-out {0% {-webkit-transform: translateX(0%);}100% {-webkit-transform: translateX(100%);}}
--></style><style type="text/css" media="screen"><!--
.instagram-media {position: relative !important;}.ins_descp {font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;color: #777;float: left;font-size: 17px;line-height: 22px;margin-bottom: 10px;font-weight: 500;width: 100%;}.copy_right {color: #326891;font-family: 'Roboto',sans-serif;font-size: 12px;font-weight: 300;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top: 12px;}.nhm_main .nhm_maincont{width:1260px;}.newcont .newcont1 {width: 1260px;}#sticky_navigation {width: 1260px;}.ins_wid990 .ins_lftcont640 {width: 840px;}.ins_wid990 .ins_lftcont640 .ins_left_lhs {padding-left:0px;width: 130px;}.ins_wid990 .ins_lftcont640 .ins_left_rhs {width: 650px;}.ins_keyword a {font-size: 15px;padding: 5px 15px;font-weight: normal;}.more_st_cont{display:table;margin:0 auto;float:none;width:auto;}.ins_keyword a {background-color: transparent;border: 1px solid #bdc3c7;border-radius: 15px;color: #535353;display: inline-block;font-size: 15px;font-weight: normal;margin: 0 5px 10px;padding: 5px 15px;}.ins_wid990 .ins_rhscont300 {padding-left: 50px;border-left: 1px solid #e3e3e3;width: 350px;}.ins_nextstory .right_story {background-color: #eeeeee;font-style: normal;padding: 30px;width: 430px;background-position: 96% 30%;}.ins_nextstory {border-bottom: medium none;padding: 0;border-bottom: medium none;border-top: 1px solid #979797;display: table;float: left;font-family: 'Roboto',sans-serif;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 10px;padding: 0;width: 100%;}.ins_nextstory .right_story a {color: #747474;display: block;}.ins_nextstory .left_head {width: 40%;padding:20px 25px 25px 0px;}.ins_nextstory .right_story{width:46%;}.trending_insidelist1 li .description {color: #464646;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 16px;}.masthead_2014 .ad728x90{float:right;}.topnav2014,.nhm_main .nhm_maincont .nhm_maincontwrap_global, #sticky_navigation_wrapper .newcont2{padding:0px;}.topnav2014{padding-top:10px;}.trending_insidelist1 li .description span.rupee{color:#326891 !important;}.masthead_2014 {padding: 0 0 5px 0;}.ins_wid990 {padding: 0;}.highlights_wrap {width:230px;margin: 0 20px 20px 0;padding:0px 20px 0px 0;float:left;border-right: 1px solid #eee !important;}.highlights_wrap .lhs_highlights li:first-child { border-top:0px !important;}.highlights_wrap .lhs_highlights li:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important;}.highlights_wrap .lhs_highlights li {border-top: 1px solid #eee !important;display: block;font-size: 13px !important;line-height:18px;margin-left: 1.1em;margin-top: 0 !important;padding: 10px 0 !important;}.story_highlight{display:block; overflow:hidden; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color:#333; width:130px;}.story_highlight h2{margin:20px 0 10px 0; padding:0; font-weight:700; font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif; font-size:13px; color:#c6374b; text-transform:uppercase;}.story_highlight dl{width:100%; float:left; text-align:left;}.story_highlight dt{width:15px; float:left; font-size:13px; color:#c6374b; margin:0; padding:0; }.story_highlight dd{display:block; margin-left:15px; font-size:13px; color:#333333; line-height:18px; padding-bottom:10px; border-bottom:1px solid #f0f0f0; margin-bottom:10px; clear:right;}.story_highlight dd a{color:#333; text-decoration:none; display:block;}.story_highlight .no_bdr{border:none;} 
--></style><link href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025?amp=1&amp;akamai-rum=off" rel="amphtml" ><link href="https://plus.google.com/+NDTV" rel="publisher" ><link href="android-app://com.july.ndtv/ndtv/ndtv.android/type=news/id=1743025/category=indians-abroad" rel="alternate" ><link href="ios-app://377869410/ndtv/news/ndtv.com/news/view/ndtv/1743025/site=classic/" rel="alternate" ><link href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/NdtvNews-TopStories" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="NDTV Top Stories" ><link href="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/css/print.css?ver-20180208.2" media="print" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" ><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/js/search_autocomplete.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/js/common_script.js?ver-20180208.2"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/js/script.js?ver-20180208.2"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/js/jquery.autocomplete-min.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/js/slick.min.js"></script><script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js"></script><script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://ads.ndtv1.com/prebid.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> 
		var pbjs = pbjs || {};
		pbjs.que = pbjs.que || [];
		var googletag = googletag || {};
		googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];

		var PREBID_TIMEOUT = 3000;
		var _prebidAllAdUnits = {"\/1068322\/NDTV_ISP_300x250_ATF":{"code":"adSlot300x250ATF","sizes":[[300,250],[300,600]],"bids":[{"bidder":"appnexus","params":{"placementId":"11286412"}},{"bidder":"rubicon","params":{"accountId":"11990","siteId":"42584","zoneId":"666198"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_300x250_prebid@300x250"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_300x600_prebid@300x600"}}]},"\/1068322\/NDTV_ISP_728x90_ATF":{"code":"adSlot728x90ATF","sizes":[[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]],"bids":[{"bidder":"appnexus","params":{"placementId":"11286213"}},{"bidder":"rubicon","params":{"accountId":"11990","siteId":"42584","zoneId":"666198"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_728x90_prebid@728x90"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_970x90_prebid@970x90"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_970x250_prebid@970x250"}}]},"\/1068322\/NDTV_News_ISP_Articlepages728x90_ACS":{"code":"adSlot728x90ACS","sizes":[[728,90],[468,60]],"bids":[{"bidder":"appnexus","params":{"placementId":"11286426"}},{"bidder":"rubicon","params":{"accountId":"11990","siteId":"42584","zoneId":"666198"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_728x90_prebid@728x90"}}]},"\/1068322\/NDTV_News_ROS_300x250_BTF":{"code":"adSlot300x250BTF","sizes":[300,250],"bids":[{"bidder":"appnexus","params":{"placementId":"11286420"}},{"bidder":"rubicon","params":{"accountId":"11990","siteId":"42584","zoneId":"666198"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_300x250_prebid@300x250"}}]},"\/1068322\/NDTV_News_ROS_728x90_BTF":{"code":"adSlot728x90BTF","sizes":[[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]],"bids":[{"bidder":"appnexus","params":{"placementId":"11286426"}},{"bidder":"rubicon","params":{"accountId":"11990","siteId":"42584","zoneId":"666198"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_728x90_prebid@728x90"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_970x90_prebid@970x90"}},{"bidder":"pubmatic","params":{"publisherId":"155977","adSlot":"ndtv_news_970x250_prebid@970x250"}}]}};
		var adUnitsPrebid = Object.keys(_prebidAllAdUnits).map(function (key) {
		return _prebidAllAdUnits[key];
		});

		var isPrebidActive = adUnitsPrebid.length ? true : false;

		if (isPrebidActive) {
		googletag.cmd.push(function () {
        googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad();
		});

		pbjs.que.push(function () {
        pbjs.addAdUnits(adUnitsPrebid);
        pbjs.enableSendAllBids();
        pbjs.setPriceGranularity({
            "buckets": [{
                    "precision": 2,
                    "min": 0,
                    "max": 201,
                    "increment": 0.67
                },
                {
                    "precision": 2,
                    "min": 201,
                    "max": 536,
                    "increment": 3.35
                },
                {
                    "precision": 2,
                    "min": 536,
                    "max": 1340,
                    "increment": 33.5
                }]
        });
        pbjs.setBidderSequence('random');
        pbjs.bidderSettings = {
            rubicon: {
                bidCpmAdjustment: function (bidCpm, bid) {
                    var currencyRate = 67;
                    return bidCpm * currencyRate;
                }},
            appnexus: {
                bidCpmAdjustment: function (bidCpm, bid) {
                    var currencyRate = 67;
                    return bidCpm * currencyRate;
                }},
            pubmatic: {
                bidCpmAdjustment: function (bidCpm, bid) {
                    var currencyRate = 67;
                    return bidCpm * currencyRate * 0.92;
                }}
        };

        pbjs.requestBids({
            bidsBackHandler: sendAdserverRequest
        });
		});

		function sendAdserverRequest() {
			if (pbjs.adserverRequestSent) {
            return;
        }
        pbjs.adserverRequestSent = true;
        googletag.cmd.push(function () {
            pbjs.que.push(function () {
                pbjs.setTargetingForGPTAsync();
                googletag.pubads().refresh();
            });
        });
    }

    setTimeout(function () {
        sendAdserverRequest();
    }, PREBID_TIMEOUT);
}
googletag.cmd.push(function () {
	
						googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_ISP_728x90_ATF', [[970, 90], [728, 90],[970,250]], 'adslot728x90ATF').addService(googletag.pubads());    
			googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_ISP_300x250_ATF', [[300, 250], [300, 600]], 'adslot300x250ATF').addService(googletag.pubads());    				
			googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_News_Ros_728x90_BTF', [[970, 90], [728, 90], [970, 250]], 'adslot728x90BTF').addService(googletag.pubads()); 
			googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_News_ROS_300x250_BTF',[300,250],'adslot300x250BTF').addService(googletag.pubads());
			googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_ISP_300x100_ATF', [300, 100], 'adslot300x100ATF').addService(googletag.pubads());	 
		
			
	 	
			googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_News_ISP_Articlepages728x90_ACS', [[728,90],[468,60]], 'adslot728x90ACS').addService(googletag.pubads());
			googletag.defineSlot('/1068322/NDTV_News_ROS_Native_Outstream', ['fluid'],  'adslotNativeVideo').addService(googletag.pubads());
	 				
     googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();     
     googletag.enableServices();   
});                
</script><script type="text/javascript">var canRunAds = false;</script><script type="text/javascript">document.domain="ndtv.com"; var base_url = 'https://www.ndtv.com/';var ndtv_thumb_src = 'https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_240x180_71503918812.jpg';var ndtv_story_src = 'https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_650x400_41503918826.jpg';var ndtv_story_medium_src = 'https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_190x253_81503918820.jpg';var N = 0x29 + 0x921 + 0x3712;</script><script>$(document).ready(function(){if (canRunAds) { $('.taboola_rhs').css('margin-top', '0px');} else { $('.nbadd300_250').css('height', 'auto');}   $('.sticky_close a').click(function(){$(".sticky_footer").slideToggle();usernotstoped = 0;return false;});});</script><script>
        window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];    
        window.dataLayer.push({"SiteName":"www.ndtv.com","PageType":"story","Platform":"desktop","author":"Edited by Anindita Sanyal","articlecategory":"indians-abroad","articletitle":"200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj","publicationyear":"2017","publicationmonth":"08","publicationdate":"28","articlelength":4805,"langueage":"English","articletags":"Hurricane Harvey|Indian Students|Sushma Swaraj|Houston|Houston floods|Indians in Houston","articleage":"170 days"});        
        (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
        new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
        j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
        'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
        })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-N2R2KQQ');
        </script><!-- Google Analytics Starts --><script>
(function (i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {i['GoogleAnalyticsObject'] = r;i[r] = i[r] || function () {(i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)}, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();a = s.createElement(o),m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async = 1;a.src = g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)})(window, document, 'script', '//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js', 'ga');
    
ga('create', 'UA-2598638-50', 'auto', {'name': 'site'});ga('site.send', 'pageview');
 ga('create', 'UA-46263859-30', 'auto', {'name': 'combined'});ga('combined.send', 'pageview');    ga('create', 'UA-11243047-47', 'auto', {'name': 'story'});ga('story.send', 'pageview');
        (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = 'https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
</script><!-- Google Analytics Ends --><script type="text/javascript">var _comscore = _comscore || [];_comscore.push({ c1: "2", c2: "9548033" });(function() {var s = document.createElement("script"), el = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.async = true;s.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js";el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el);})();</script><noscript><img src="https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=9548033&cv=2.0&cj=1" /></noscript><script> var usr_clicked = true; var flag=false;$(function() {$(document).on('click', function(e) {if (e.target.id == 'topnav_section') {$('#topnav').show();} else if (e.target.id == 'share_on_top_tops' || e.target.id == 'share_on_top_topss') {$('#share_on_top').show();} else {$('#topnav').hide(175);$('#share_on_top').hide(175);}});var sticky_navigation_offset_top = ($('#sticky_navigation').length?$('#sticky_navigation').offset().top:-1);var topOfOthDiv = -1;var sticky_navigation = function() {$('#topnav').is(':visible') ? $("#topnav").hide(175) : '';$('#share_on_top').is(':visible') ? $("#share_on_top").hide(175) : '';var scroll_top = $(window).scrollTop();topOfOthDiv = ($("#super_top_nav_expand").length) ? $("#super_top_nav_expand").offset().top-($(window).height() -50): -1;if (scroll_top > sticky_navigation_offset_top) {$('#sticky_navigation_wrapper').css({'position': 'fixed','top': 0,'left': 0});$(".topnav_sticky_logo1").show();$(".display_cont").show();$('#share_on_top_top').show();$('.oskicky').show();$('#sticky_navigation_wrapper .topnav2014').css({'border-bottom': 'none'});if (scroll_top > topOfOthDiv && topOfOthDiv != -1 && typeof loadRelatedContent === "function") {loadRelatedContent();} else {$("#most_related_content").slideUp();$("#open").show();$("#close").hide();$(".new_prevarrow,.new_nextarrow").show();}} else {$('#sticky_navigation_wrapper').css({'position': 'static'});$(".topnav_sticky_logo1").hide();$(".display_cont").hide();$('#share_on_top_top').hide();$('#sticky_navigation_wrapper .topnav2014').css({'border-bottom': '1px solid #e0e0e0'});$('.oskicky').hide();$("#most_related_content").slideUp();$("#open").show();$("#close").hide();}};sticky_navigation();$(window).scroll(function() {  if ($(window).scrollTop() > $('body').height() / 7.5) {if (!flag){$('#checked').show();$('#adslotNativeVideo').show();setTimeout(function(){$('#adslotNativeVideo').animate({height: "0"}, 1000, function() {$('#adslotNativeVideo').hide();});}, 45000);flag=true;}}else{$('#adslotNativeVideo').hide();}  sticky_navigation();$('.ntv_vigall_mid').each(function(){if (($(this).offset().top <$(window).scrollTop() + 10) && ($(this).offset().top + $(this).height() > $(window).scrollTop() + 10) && (window.location.hash != '#'+$(this).attr('data-id'))) {window.location.hash =  $(this).attr('data-id');return false;}});});});</script><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">(function(w, d) { var s = d.createElement('script'); s.src = '//delivery.adrecover.com/27265/adRecover.js'; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; (d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || d.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(s); })(window, document);</script><script>!function(q,e,v,n,t,s){if(q.qp) return; n=q.qp=function(){n.qp?n.qp.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);}; n.queue=[];t=document.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v; s=document.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s);}(window, 'script', 'https://a.quora.com/qevents.js');qp('init', '4a0aabca7ac74ff8876269c0168ad649');qp('track', 'ViewContent');</script><noscript><img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://q.quora.com/_/ad/4a0aabca7ac74ff8876269c0168ad649/pixel?tag=ViewContent&noscript=1"/></noscript></head><body><!-- Google Tag Manager (noscript) --><noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-N2R2KQQ" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript><!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --><!--budget co branded strip--><iframe src="https://drop.ndtv.com/ndtv/budget/budget-2018/cobranded.html" style="width:100%;height: 44px;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;border: none;text-align: center;overflow: hidden;"></iframe><div class="nhm_main gnavigation_bg"><div class="nhm_maincont "><div class="nhm_maincontwrap_global"><div class="gnavigation_wrap"><div class="gnavigation"><ul><li><span><a style="cursor: default; text-decoration: none; color:#FFFFFF;" href="https://www.ndtv.com/" alt="NDTV">NDTV</a></span></li><li><a title="Business" href="http://profit.ndtv.com/">Business</a></li><li><a title="Hindi" href="https://khabar.ndtv.com/">Hindi</a></li><li><a title="Movies" href="http://movies.ndtv.com/">Movies</a></li><li><a title="Cricket" href="https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket">Cricket</a></li><li><a title="Lifestyle" href="https://swirlster.ndtv.com">Lifestyle</a></li><li><a title="Health" href="http://doctor.ndtv.com/">Health</a></li><li><a title="Food" href="http://food.ndtv.com/">Food</a></li><li><a title="Tech" href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/">Tech</a></li><li><a title="Auto" href="http://auto.ndtv.com">Auto</a></li><li><a title="Apps" href="https://www.ndtv.com/page/apps/">Apps</a></li><li><a title="Trains" href="https://www.railbeeps.com">Trains</a></li><li><a title="Art" href="https://www.mojarto.com">Art</a></li><li><a title="Weddings" href="http://www.bandbaajaa.com">Weddings</a></li></ul></div><div class="gsocialbar"><div class="gsocial_icons"><div class="divtwitter"><iframe frameborder="0" style="width: 189px; height: 20px;" data-twttr-rendered="true" title="Twitter Follow Button" class="twitter-follow-button twitter-follow-button" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.html?screen_name=ndtv" allowtransparency="true" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no"></iframe><script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="divfacebook"><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=266717333353449&amp;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fndtv&amp;send=false&amp;layout=button_count&amp;width=100&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=21" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:21px;" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><div class="google_plus_results" id="google_plus_results"><a href="https://plus.google.com/102278458637341773682?prsrc=3" rel="publisher" style="text-decoration: none;"><img width="20" height="20" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-64.png" style="border: 0;"></a></div></div><div class="gsocial_pin"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/rss"><span class="icon_rss"></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="newcont"><div class="newcont1 "><div class="newcont2"><div class="masthead_2014"><div class="ndtvlogo"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/"><img src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/ndtvlogo_blk.png" alt="Latest News Today" title="News" /></a></div><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" content="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/ndtvlogo_blk.png" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/ndtvlogo_blk.png"></meta><meta itemprop="width" content="100"></meta><meta itemprop="height" content="30"></meta></div><meta itemprop="name" content="NDTV"></meta></div><div class="ad728x90"><div style="float: left; position: relative; z-index: 9980;" id="header_leaderboard_adbox"><div id="adslot728x90ATF"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("adslot728x90ATF"); });</script></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="sticky_navigation_wrapper" class="sticky_navigation_wrapper_img"><div class="newcont"><div class="newcont1 "><div class="newcont2"><div id="sticky_navigation" class=""><div class="topnav2014" ><div class="topmenu"><div class="topmenu_collapse" id="topnav_section">Sections</div><div class="breadcrums" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"><span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Home</span></a><meta itemprop="position" content="1" /></span><span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> | <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad "  title="Indians Abroad" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Indians Abroad</span></a><meta itemprop="position" content="2" /></span></div></div><div class="topnav_sticky_logo1" style="display:none!important;"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/"><img alt="Ndtv" src="https://www.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/sticky_nav_ndtvlogo.png"></a></div><div class="comments"><div class="search_collapse"><form id="topic_search_form" action="https://www.ndtv.com/topic/" name="searchform" method="get" onsubmit="return submit_topic_form();"><input id="s" class="searchfld autoload_list" type="text" value="" placeholder="Search here..." name="q" autocomplete="off" style=""><a href="#" onclick="return submit_topic_form();"></a></form></div><div class="commentsno"><a href="#Comments"><span class="ndtv-detailp-comments-count">COMMENTS</span><b></b></a></div><!---<div class="oskicky topnav_share" id="share_on_top_top" ><a href="javascript:void(0);"><span id="share_on_top_tops">Share</span><b  id="share_on_top_topss"></b></a></div><div class="lhs_share" id="share_on_top"></div>--><span id="___ndtvspldiv"></span></div><div class="topnav_expand" id="topnav" style="display:none;"><p class="head">Sections</p><ul><li class="n_livetv"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/video/live/channel/ndtv24x7">Live TV</a></li><li class="n_videos"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/video">Videos</a></li><li class="n_latest"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/latest">Latest</a></li><li class="n_india"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india">India</a></li></ul><ul><li class="n_opinion"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/opinion">Opinion</a></li><li class="n_cities"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/cities">Cities</a></li><li class="n_world"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news">World</a></li></ul><ul><li class="n_offbeat"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat">OffBeat</a></li><li class="n_world_cup"><a href="https://sports.ndtv.com">Sports</a></li><li class="n_trends"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/trends">Trends</a></li><li class="n_schedule"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/tv-schedule">Schedule</a></li></ul><ul><li class="n_photos"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/photos">Photos</a></li><li class="n_people"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/people">People</a></li><li class="n_health"><a href="https://doctor.ndtv.com">Health</a></li><li class="n_diaspora"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/diaspora">Indians&nbsp;Abroad</a></li></ul><ul class="noborder"><li class="n_south"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/south">South</a></li><li class="n_cheatsheet"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet">Cheat&nbsp;Sheet</a></li><li class="n_voice"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/who-said-what">Voices</a></li><li class="n_forum"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/forums">Forums</a></li></ul><ul class="noborder"><li class="n_weather"><a href="http://social.ndtv.com/static/Weather/report/">Weather</a></li><li class="n_alert"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/NDTVNewsAlert.aspx">News Alerts</a></li></ul></div><div class="more_st_sticky_wrap" id="most_related_content"></div><div class="display_cont"><a id="open" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="usr_clicked=true;loadRelatedContent();"></a></div><div class="hide_cont"><a id="close" href="javascript:void(0)"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> searchAutoComplete(); </script><script>var called_already = false;function loadRelatedContent() {if (!usr_clicked){ return;}$("#open").hide();$("#close").css('display', "block");$("#most_related_content").slideDown();$(".new_prevarrow,.new_nextarrow").hide();if (called_already){ return;}called_already = true;var ref = document.referrer;var ref_domain = (ref) ? ref.match(/:\/\/(.[^/]+)/)[1] : '';var section = ((ref_domain.indexOf('google') != -1 && ref_domain.indexOf('plus.url.google') === -1)|| ref_domain.indexOf('yahoo') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('bing') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('ask') != -1) ? 'related' : ((ref_domain.indexOf('t.co') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('twitter') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('facebook') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('plus.url.google.com') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('reddit') != -1 || ref_domain.indexOf('linkedin') != -1) ? 'social' : ((ref.indexOf('ndtv.com/trends') != -1) ? 'trending' : ((ref == 'https://www.ndtv.com/' || ref == 'https://www.ndtv.com') ? 'top_stories' : 'top_stories'))); var base_url = 'https://www.ndtv.com/';var default_image_url_500 = 'https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/ndtv_default_image_500x500.jpg';var divcontent = $('#most_related_content');var type = section;var entry_id = '1743025';if(section == 'related'){divcontent.html('<div class=\"more_st_sticky_cont\"><div class=\"headcont\">You may also be interested in...</div><div class=\"more_st_cont\"><div class=\"more_st_listing\"><div class=\"imagecontainer\"><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/status-quo-in-doklam-sushma-swaraj-1810419?story_interestedin_related\"><img style=\"width:220px;height:165px\" onerror=this.src=\"https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/ndtv_default_image_500x500.jpg\" src=\"https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-01/sushma-swaraj-pti_240x180_81515164621.jpg\" title=\"Status Quo In Doklam: Sushma Swaraj\" alt=\"Status Quo In Doklam: Sushma Swaraj\"></a></div><h5><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/status-quo-in-doklam-sushma-swaraj-1810419?story_interestedin_related\" title=\"Status Quo In Doklam: Sushma Swaraj\">Status Quo In Doklam: Sushma Swaraj</a></h5></div><div class=\"more_st_listing\"><div class=\"imagecontainer\"><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-thanks-saudi-arabia-for-increasing-countrys-haj-quota-1810009?story_interestedin_related\"><img style=\"width:220px;height:165px\" onerror=this.src=\"https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/ndtv_default_image_500x500.jpg\" src=\"https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/sushma-swaraj-adel-al-jubeir_240x180_61518021257.jpg\" title=\"India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country\'s Haj Quota\" alt=\"India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country\'s Haj Quota\"></a></div><h5><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-thanks-saudi-arabia-for-increasing-countrys-haj-quota-1810009?story_interestedin_related\" title=\"India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country\'s Haj Quota\">India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country\'s Haj Quota</a></h5></div><div class=\"more_st_listing\"><div class=\"imagecontainer\"><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sushma-swaraj-meets-saudi-king-discuss-steps-to-boost-strategic-ties-1809951?story_interestedin_related\"><img style=\"width:220px;height:165px\" onerror=this.src=\"https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/ndtv_default_image_500x500.jpg\" src=\"https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/sushma-swaraj-saudi-king-salman-abdulaziz-twitter_240x180_81518026601.jpg\" title=\"Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi King, Discuss Steps To Boost Strategic Ties\" alt=\"Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi King, Discuss Steps To Boost Strategic Ties\"></a></div><h5><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sushma-swaraj-meets-saudi-king-discuss-steps-to-boost-strategic-ties-1809951?story_interestedin_related\" title=\"Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi King, Discuss Steps To Boost Strategic Ties\">Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi King, Discuss Steps To Boost Strategic Ties</a></h5></div><div class=\"more_st_listing\"><div class=\"imagecontainer\"><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/external-affairs-minister-sushma-swaraj-meets-saudi-counterpart-adel-al-jubeir-1809925?story_interestedin_related\"><img style=\"width:220px;height:165px\" onerror=this.src=\"https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/ndtv_default_image_500x500.jpg\" src=\"https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/sushma-swaraj-adel-al-jubeir_240x180_61518021257.jpg\" title=\"External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi Counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir\" alt=\"External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi Counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir\"></a></div><h5><a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/external-affairs-minister-sushma-swaraj-meets-saudi-counterpart-adel-al-jubeir-1809925?story_interestedin_related\" title=\"External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi Counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir\">External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi Counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir</a></h5></div></div></div>');divcontent.slideDown();return;}$.ajax({url: base_url + 'news/widget/type/' + type,cache: true,dataType: 'json',beforeSend: function() {divcontent.html('<div style="width:100px;margin:0 auto;"><img src="' + base_url + 'static/images/loading.gif" alt="Loading..."></div>');divcontent.show();},success: function(data) {var innerhtml = '<div class="more_st_sticky_cont"><div class="headcont">You may also be interested in</div><div class="more_st_cont">';if (data) {var tot = 0, links ='', short_title='',searchString = '';$.each(data, function(key, item) {if(entry_id == item['id'] || tot>3) return true;tot++;links = item['link'];searchString = ((links.indexOf('?') == -1) ? '?story_interestedin_' + section : '&story_interestedin_' + section);item['short_title'] = item['short_title'] != undefined && item['short_title'] != '' ? item['short_title'] : item['title'];short_title = item['short_title'].replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');item['thumb_image'] = item['thumb_image'] != undefined && item['thumb_image'] != '' ? item['thumb_image'] : item['story_image'];innerhtml += '<div class="more_st_listing"><div class="imagecontainer">';innerhtml += '<a href="' + item['link'] + searchString + '">';innerhtml += '<img style="width:220px;height:165px" onerror="this.src=\'' + default_image_url_500 + '\'" src="' + item['thumb_image'] + '" title="' + short_title + '" alt="' + short_title + '">';innerhtml += '</a></div>';innerhtml += '<h5><a href="' + item['link'] + searchString + '" title="' + short_title + '">' + item['short_title'] + '</a></h5>';innerhtml += '</div>';});}innerhtml += '</div></div>';divcontent.html(innerhtml);divcontent.slideDown();}});if(usr_clicked){}}$('#close').click(function() {usr_clicked = false;$("#most_related_content").slideUp();$("#open").show();$("#close").hide();$(".new_prevarrow,.new_nextarrow").show();});$('#open').click(function() {});</script><div class="newcont"><div style="width:1260px;height:auto;margin:0;" id="adspanel"></div><div class="newcont1 "><div class="newcont2"><div id="pagepusher_adbox"></div><div class="ins_wid990"><div class="ins_lftcont640 clr" id="newsDescriptionContainer"><div class="ins_headline"><h1 itemprop="headline">200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj</h1><h2 class="ins_descp"> Hurricane Harvey has been one of the worst storms to hit the US in recent years. </h2></div><div class="ins_dateline"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad" >Indians Abroad</a> | Edited by <a  href="https://www.ndtv.com/topic/anindita-sanyal"><span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Anindita Sanyal</span></span></a> | <span itemprop="dateModified" content="2017-08-28T18:07:11+05:30">Updated: August 28, 2017 18:07 IST</span></div><div class="googletextad marginb20 clr"><div id="googlead" class="googlead"></div></div><div class="ins_left_rhs"><div class="st_story_topshare"><div class="st_sharebar_new"><div class="st_sharebar_left"><div class="total_count"> 516 <span>Shares</span></div><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="n_tw" onclick="shareOpen('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025&text=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj&via=ndtv', 650, 420);"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="n_fb" onclick="shareOpen('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025&t=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj', 900, 500);"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="n_gp" onclick="shareOpen('https://plus.google.com/share?hl=en&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025', 900, 600);"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="n_rd" onclick="shareOpen('http://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025&title=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj', 900, 600);"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="n_li" onclick="shareOpen('https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025&token=&isFramed=true',550,550);"></a></div><div class="st_sharebar_right"><!--<div class="n_email"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="shareOpen('https://www.ndtv.com/page/send-email/id/1743025/category/ndtv/type/story/', 640, 550);"></a><b>EMAIL</b></div>--><div class="n_email"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:?subject=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj&amp;body=Check out this link https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025" title="Share by Email" class="email-icon3"></a><b>EMAIL</b></div><div class="n_print"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="JavaScript:window.print();"></a><b>PRINT</b></div><div class="n_comments showFilePanel"><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="ndtv-detailp-comments-number"></a><b>COMMENTS</b></div></div></div></div><script>function shareOpen(url, width, height) {window.open(url, "", "toolbar=0, status=0, width=" + width + ", height=" + height + "");}</script><div class="ins_mainimage_big story_pic"><img title="200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj" alt="200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj" id="story_image_main" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_650x400_41503918826.jpg"><div itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-08/texas-houston-harvey-hurricane-storm-reuters_650x400_41503918826.jpg"></meta><meta itemprop="width" content="640"></meta><meta itemprop="height" content="480"></meta></div><p class="ins_mainimg_caption">Residents wade through flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas. (Reuters)</p></div><div itemprop="articleBody" class="ins_storybody" id="ins_storybody"><b class='place_cont'>New Delhi:&nbsp;</b>                            Union minister Sushma Swaraj today tweeted that 200 Indian students have been trapped in <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/topic/houston">Houston</a> -- one of the biggest cities in the US -- which is witnessing devastating floods after Hurricane Harvey, one of the <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/houston-devastated-by-harvey-as-residents-prepare-for-days-of-rain-1742778">worst storms in decades</a>, hit the area last week.<br/><br/>In a series of tweets the foreign minister, who is known for her prompt interventions, said every effort is being made to rescue the students. She said she is in touch with the Consul General of India in Houston, Anupam Ray, who is in charge of the rescue operations.<br/><br/>The students, the minister said, are at the campus of the University of Houston, an area under neck-deep water. The US Coast Guard did not allow India to send them food and other relief material, as boats are needed to reach the affected areas, she said.<br />&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">@CGHoust has informed me that 200 Indian students at University of Houston are marooned. They are surrounded by neck deep water. /1</p>- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/902115420609511425">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We made efforts for delivery of food but US Coast Guard did not allow as boats were required for rescue operations. /2</p>- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/902116638320771072">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote><br />Currently, the local police, along with the US national and state guards, are carrying out the <a href="http://profit.ndtv.com/news/international-business/article-texas-flood-damage-from-hurricane-harvey-may-match-hurricane-katrina-insurance-group-1742774">relief work</a>. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pushed in 4,000 troops for rescue and recovery missions in the floods, which he described as "epic and catastrophic".<br />&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mr. Anupam Ray our CG Houston &nbsp;is organising the rescue operations. /3</p>- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/902117112533082112">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote><br />Two of the students, she tweeted, are unwell and have been hospitalised. The ministry is ensuring that their relatives reach them as soon as possible.<br />&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Indian students Shalini and Nikhil Bhatia are in ICU. We are ensuring that their relatives reach there at the earliest. /4</p>- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/902118122383015936">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote><br />Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall on Friday, has been the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years. The authorities say the region has witnessed a year's worth of rain in just one week. Two persons have died in the resulting floods. The local media reported that the authorities expect the toll to rise as the storm triggers tidal surges and tornadoes.<br/><br/><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="showFilePanel"><div class="comment_story"><span><em class="ndtv-detailp-comments-number"></em> Comments</span></div></a><div class="comments_slide dismiss"><div class="comments_close"><a href="javascript:void(0);" id="closeFilePanel">Close [X]</a></div><iframe name="ndtvSocialCommentForm" id="ndtvSocialCommentFormRhs" src="https://social.ndtv.com/static/Comment/Widget/?&key=68a2a311a51a713dad2e777d65ec4db4&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025&title=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj&ctype=story-news&identifier=story-news-1743025&enableCommentsSubscription=1&ver=1&reply=1&sorted_by=newest&template=rhs&layout=rhs" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" width="320px" height="98%" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>The locals in Houston and other areas of Texas have been asked not to leave their flooded homes as the roads are deep under water and completely impassable.<br/><div id="checked" style="display: none" ><div id="adslotNativeVideo" style="margin-bottom:11px;"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("adslotNativeVideo"); });</script></div></div><br />The local media reported that over the weekend, there have been 1000 calls for rescues. Most people have been forced to take refuge in rooftops or higher grounds. Around 30,000 people will shelter, the state authorities have said.<br/><br/></div></div><div class="ins_left_lhs"><div class="newins_widget marginb50"><div class="newins_widhead lhshead"><h2>Trending</h2></div><div class="newins_widmid"><div class="trending_insidelist1"><ul><li><div class="thumbnail"><a href="https://sports.ndtv.com/south-africa-vs-india-2018/india-vs-south-africa-live-cricket-score-5th-odi-1812113"><img border="0" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/indian-cricket-team_240x180_71518538619.jpg"></a></div><div class="description"><a href="https://sports.ndtv.com/south-africa-vs-india-2018/india-vs-south-africa-live-cricket-score-5th-odi-1812113">India Win 5th Match To Claim Maiden ODI Series Victory In South Africa</a></div></li><li><div class="thumbnail"><a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/jio-effect-airtel-93-recharge-cheapest-unlimited-calling-pack-validity-28-days-1-gb-data-free-sms-1811577"><img border="0" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.gadgets360cdn.com/large/Airtel_1518414932734.jpg"></a></div><div class="description"><a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/jio-effect-airtel-93-recharge-cheapest-unlimited-calling-pack-validity-28-days-1-gb-data-free-sms-1811577">Airtel's Rs. 93 Recharge Now Offers 28-Day Validity to Beat Jio's 98 Pack</a></div></li><li><div class="thumbnail"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-priya-prakash-varrier-effect-katrina-kaif-is-also-accidentally-viral-1812125"><img border="0" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/priya-katrina-instagram_240x180_41518516166.jpg"></a></div><div class="description"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-priya-prakash-varrier-effect-katrina-kaif-is-also-accidentally-viral-1812125">The Priya Prakash Varrier Effect: Katrina Kaif Is Also, Accidentally, Viral</a></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="newins_bottom"></div></div><div class="newins_widget marginb50"><div class="newins_widmid"><div class="lhs_share" id="top_share"></div></div><div class="newins_bottom"></div></div><div id="relateddivcontainer" class="newins_widget lhsrelated_wrap" style="display:none;margin:0px"><div class="newins_widhead"><h2>Related</h2></div><div class="newins_widmid"><div class="lhs_relatednews"><ul><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/status-quo-in-doklam-sushma-swaraj-1810419?ndtv_related">Status Quo In Doklam: Sushma Swaraj</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-thanks-saudi-arabia-for-increasing-countrys-haj-quota-1810009?ndtv_related">India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country's Haj Quota</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sushma-swaraj-meets-saudi-king-discuss-steps-to-boost-strategic-ties-1809951?ndtv_related">Sushma Swaraj Meets Saudi King, Discuss Steps To Boost Strategic Ties</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="newins_bottom"></div><img width="41" height="14" alt="" class="relatedshadow" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/related_shadow.png" /></div></div><div class="new_nextarrow" onmouseover="$('#categnxtstry').show();" onmouseout="$('#categnxtstry').hide();"><div class="arrow"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-origin-man-on-death-row-for-drug-charges-wins-acquittal-in-singapore-1812226?ndtv_nextstory"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/next_blog_arrow_big_new.png"></a></div><div class="arrowstory" id="categnxtstry" style="display:none;"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-origin-man-on-death-row-for-drug-charges-wins-acquittal-in-singapore-1812226?ndtv_nextstory">Indian-Origin Man On Death Row For Drug Charges Wins Acquittal In Singapore</a></div></div><div class="new_prevarrow" onmouseover="$('#categprvstry').show();" onmouseout="$('#categprvstry').hide();"><div class="arrow"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-origin-man-on-death-row-for-drug-charges-wins-acquittal-in-singapore-1812226?ndtv_prevstory"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/prev_blog_arrow_big_new.png"></a></div><div class="arrowstory" id="categprvstry" style="display:none;"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-origin-man-on-death-row-for-drug-charges-wins-acquittal-in-singapore-1812226?ndtv_prevstory">Indian-Origin Man On Death Row For Drug Charges Wins Acquittal In Singapore</a></div></div><div style='width:100%;float:left;'><div id="taboola-below-main-column-sc-new-taboola1"></div><div id="taboola-below-main-column-organic-mix"></div><div id="taboola-below-article-thumbnails"></div><script type="text/javascript">
        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
        _taboola.push({
            mode: 'thumbnails-c',
            container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails',
            placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails - NDTV',
            target_type: 'video'
        });
    </script><div id="taboola-below-article-thumbnails-2nd"></div><script type="text/javascript">
        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
        _taboola.push({
            mode: 'organic-thumbnails-c',
            container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails-2nd',
            placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails 2nd - NDTV',
            target_type: 'mix'
        });
    </script></div><div class="ins_keyword"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/topic/hurricane-harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/topic/indian-students">Indian Students</a><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/topic/sushma-swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></div><div id="adslot728x90ACS"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("adslot728x90ACS"); });</script></div><div class="new_commentwrap"><div class="comments_cnt" id="Comments"><iframe name="ndtvSocialCommentForm" id="ndtvSocialCommentForm" src="https://social.ndtv.com/static/Comment/Widget/?&key=68a2a311a51a713dad2e777d65ec4db4&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025&title=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj&ctype=story-news&identifier=story-news-1743025&enableCommentsSubscription=1&ver=1&reply=1&sorted_by=newest&template=new" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:840px; height:260px"></iframe></div><div class="comments_cnt"></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript">$('.showFilePanel').click(function(event) {if ($('.comments_slide').hasClass('dismiss')) {$('.comments_slide').removeClass('dismiss').addClass('selected').show();} $(this).hide();event.preventDefault();});$('#closeFilePanel').click(function(event) {if ($('.comments_slide').hasClass('selected')) {$('.comments_slide').removeClass('selected').addClass('dismiss');}$('.showFilePanel').show();event.preventDefault();});</script><div class="ins_rhscont300"><!-- AD 300x250 --><div class="ins_adwrap marginb10 nbadd300_250" style="margin-bottom: 20px;"><p>................................ Advertisement ................................</p><div class="ins_adcont"><div id="medium_rec_adbox" class="medium_rec_adbox" style="height:auto;"><div id="adslot300x250ATF"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("adslot300x250ATF"); });</script></div></div></div></div><div class="ins_adwrap marginb20"><div class="ins_adcont"><div id="small_rec_adbox" class="small_rec_adbox"><div id="adslot300x100ATF" style="height:100px; width:300px;margin:0 auto;"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("adslot300x100ATF"); });</script></div></div></div></div><div class="ins_adwrap marginb20"><div class="ins_adcont"><div id="taboola-right-rail-ad-spot"></div><script type="text/javascript">
                  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
                  _taboola.push({
                    mode: 'thumbnails-d',
                    container: 'taboola-right-rail-ad-spot',
                    placement: 'Right Rail Ad Spot',
                    target_type: 'video'
                  });
                </script></div></div><div style="float: left;margin: 20px 0;width: 100%;"><div id="taboola-right-rail"></div><div id="taboola-rr-mix"></div><div id="taboola-right-rail-thumbnails"></div><script type="text/javascript">
        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
        _taboola.push({
            mode: 'thumbnails-b',
            container: 'taboola-right-rail-thumbnails',
            placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails - NDTV',
            target_type: 'video'
        });
    </script><div id="taboola-right-rail-thumbnails-2nd"></div><script type="text/javascript">
        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
        _taboola.push({
            mode: 'organic-thumbnails-b',
            container: 'taboola-right-rail-thumbnails-2nd',
            placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails 2nd - NDTV',
            target_type: 'mix'
        });
    </script></div><div class="newins_widget"><!-- Don't Miss RHS --><!-- TABOOLA DON't MISS WIDGET START --><div id="taboola-right-rail-thumbnails-3rd"></div><script type="text/javascript">
        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
        _taboola.push({
            mode: 'vertical-a',
            container: 'taboola-right-rail-thumbnails-3rd',
            placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails 3rd - NDTV',
            target_type: 'mix'
        });
    </script><!-- TABOOLA DON't MISS WIDGET END --><!--<div class="facebbok_rhs"><script type="text/javascript"> window.fbAsyncInit = function () { FB.init({ appId: '213741912058651', cookie: true, xfbml: true, oauth: true }); if (typeof facebookInit == 'function') { facebookInit(); } }; (function(d){ var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"; d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js); }(document)); function facebookInit () { FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) { var show_face = 'false'; $('#frame-with-faces').css('height', '62px'); if (response.status === 'not_authorized' || response.status === 'connected') { show_face = 'true'; $('#frame-with-faces').css('height', '258px'); } var url = 'http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fndtv&width=300&height=300&colorscheme=light&show_faces=' + show_face + '&header=false&stream=false&show_border=false&appId=156016684467023'; $('#frame-with-faces').attr('src', url); });}</script><iframe id="frame-with-faces" src="" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:300px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div>--><!-- AD 300x250 --><div style="padding-top:20px;"></div><div class="ins_adwrap marginb20"><p>................................ Advertisement ................................</p><div class="ins_adcont" style="height:250px;"><div id="adslot300x250BTF" style="height:250px;"><script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("adslot300x250BTF"); }); </script></div></div></div><div class="ins_keyword_rhs"><div class="newins_widhead"><span>Quick Links</span></div><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/business/budget/tax-calculator" title="">Tax Calculator</a><a href="https://sports.ndtv.com/south-africa-vs-india-2018" title="">South Africa vs India</a><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/video/live/channel/ndtv24x7" title="">LIVE TV</a><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/live-train-status" title="">Train Status</a></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;float: left;margin: 20px 0;width: 100%;"><div style=" margin:0 auto; width:auto; height:auto; text-align:center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 5px;">................................ Advertisement ................................</p><div id="adslot728x90BTF"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("adslot728x90BTF"); });</script></div></div><style>.hide{display:none;}.show{display:block;}</style><div class="sticky_footer" id="showhide" style="display:none;"><div class="sticky_close"><a href="javascript:void(0);"><span>X</span></a></div><div class="olcontainer"><ol class="stickyslide_footer"><li><div class="sticky_thumb"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-message-to-india-maldives-says-no-invasion-threat-talks-sovereignty-1812362" data-tb-shadow-region-link="1"><img alt="In Message to India, Maldives Says No Invasion Threat, Talks Sovereignty" title="In Message to India, Maldives Says No Invasion Threat, Talks Sovereignty" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/maldives-afp-240_240x180_71518164642.jpg" border="0" data-tb-shadow-region-image="0"></a></div><div class="sticky_link"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-message-to-india-maldives-says-no-invasion-threat-talks-sovereignty-1812362?stky" class="item-title" data-tb-shadow-region-link="0" data-tb-shadow-region-title="0">In Message to India, Maldives Says No Invasion Threat, Talks Sovereignty</a></div></li><li><div class="sticky_thumb"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israeli-police-recommend-indictment-of-benjamin-netanyahu-on-corruption-charges-1812397" data-tb-shadow-region-link="1"><img alt="Israeli Police Recommend Indictment Of PM Netanyahu On Corruption Charges" title="Israeli Police Recommend Indictment Of PM Netanyahu On Corruption Charges" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-12/benjamin-netanyahu-afp_240x180_61513639637.jpg" border="0" data-tb-shadow-region-image="0"></a></div><div class="sticky_link"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israeli-police-recommend-indictment-of-benjamin-netanyahu-on-corruption-charges-1812397?stky" class="item-title" data-tb-shadow-region-link="0" data-tb-shadow-region-title="0">Israeli Police Recommend Indictment Of PM Netanyahu On Corruption Charges</a></div></li><li><div class="sticky_thumb"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pak-developing-new-types-of-nuclear-weapons-us-1812390" data-tb-shadow-region-link="1"><img alt="Pak Developing New Types Of Nuclear Weapons: US" title="Pak Developing New Types Of Nuclear Weapons: US" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-01/missile-generic-missile_240x180_41517334170.jpg" border="0" data-tb-shadow-region-image="0"></a></div><div class="sticky_link"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pak-developing-new-types-of-nuclear-weapons-us-1812390?stky" class="item-title" data-tb-shadow-region-link="0" data-tb-shadow-region-title="0">Pak Developing New Types Of Nuclear Weapons: US</a></div></li><li><div class="sticky_thumb"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/what-bill-and-melinda-gates-said-about-donald-trump-and-his-tweets-1812337" data-tb-shadow-region-link="1"><img alt="What Gates Couple Said About Donald Trump And His Tweets" title="What Gates Couple Said About Donald Trump And His Tweets" class="imgbrd" src="https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-02/bill-gates-melinda-gates-afp_240x180_61518538216.jpg" border="0" data-tb-shadow-region-image="0"></a></div><div class="sticky_link"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/what-bill-and-melinda-gates-said-about-donald-trump-and-his-tweets-1812337?stky" class="item-title" data-tb-shadow-region-link="0" data-tb-shadow-region-title="0">What Gates Couple Said About Donald Trump And His Tweets</a></div></li></ol></div></div><script type="text/javascript">
var showcalled = 0;
var hidecalled = 0;
var firstcall = 0;
var usernotstoped = 1;
$(window).scroll(function() {
    if ($(this).scrollTop()<200 && !showcalled && usernotstoped){
         $("#showhide").slideUp("slow");
         showcalled = 1;
         hidecalled = 0;
         firstcall = 1;
    }

    if ($(this).scrollTop()>200 && !hidecalled && firstcall && usernotstoped){
        $("#showhide").slideDown("slow");
        hidecalled = 1;
        showcalled = 0;
        firstcall = 1;
    }
    
 }); 
</script><div class="footer2014"><ul class="iconli"><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/rss" class="rss"><span>RSS</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/NDTVNewsAlert.aspx" class="news"><span>News Alerts</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/page/mobile-web" class="mobile"><span>Mobile</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/page/apps" class="apps"><span>Apps</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/page/ios" class="apple"><span>Apple</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/page/android-web" class="droid"><span>Android</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/campaign/landing.php?campaign_id=237467320636" class="fb"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/ndtv" class="twt"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li><a href="https://plus.google.com/102278458637341773682/posts" class="gp"><span>Google +</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/ndtv" class="lnkdin"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></li></ul><ul class="footer_link"><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/corporatepage/index.aspx">About Us</a></li><li><a href="http://archives.ndtv.com/index.html">Archives</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/advertise/ndtv_leaderboard.aspx">Advertise</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/feedback.aspx">Feedback</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/disclaimer.aspx">Disclaimer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/corporatepage/investors.aspx">Investor</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/Complaint.aspx">Complaint Redressal</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/soli">Ombudsman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/careers/">Careers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/termsofusage.aspx">Service Terms</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/new/dth.aspx">Channel Distribution</a></li></ul><div class="copyright" id="super_top_nav_expand">&copy; Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2018. All rights reserved.</div></div><div style="display:none;" id="story_share_bar" class =""><ul><!-- tweet start --><li><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findians-abroad%2F200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025" data-text="200 Indian Students Trapped In Flood-Hit Houston, Rescue Efforts On, Tweets Sushma Swaraj" data-via="ndtv" data-related="CricketNDTV : NDTV Cricket,moviesndtv : NDTV Movies,NDTVGadgets : NDTV Gadgets,NDTVProfit : NDTV Profit,NDTVCooks : NDTV Cooks,ndtvfeed : NDTV News Feed,ndtvvideos : NDTV Videos">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script></li><!-- tweet Ends --><li><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=213741912058651";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-share-button" data-layout="button" data-href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/200-students-trapped-in-flood-hit-houston-rescue-efforts-on-tweets-sushma-swaraj-1743025"></div></li><!-- g1 start --><li><g:plusone size="medium"></g:plusone><script type="text/javascript">(function() {var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);})();</script></li><!-- g1 Ends --><li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit" onclick="window.open('http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&title=200+Indian+Students+Trapped+In+Flood-Hit+Houston%2C+Rescue+Efforts+On%2C+Tweets+Sushma+Swaraj', '_blank'); return false;" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/reddit-btn.png" alt="submit to reddit" border="0" /></a></li><li><a style="width:53px !important;" data-flip-widget="flipit" href="https://flipboard.com">Add to Flipboard Magazine.</a><script src="https://cdn.flipboard.com/web/buttons/js/flbuttons.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script></li><!-- comment start --><!-- comment Ends --><li><a  style="cursor: pointer;" class="fn fl" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="JavaScript:window.print();"><img class="marr5 float_l" src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/printstory.png" border="0"/></a></li></ul></div><div style="display:none;" id="google_ads_bar"><div id="taboola-above-article-text-links"></div><script type="text/javascript">
  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
  _taboola.push({
    mode: 'text-links-b',
    container: 'taboola-above-article-text-links',
    placement: 'Above Article Text Links - NDTV',
    target_type: 'mix'
  });
</script></div><div style="display:none;" id="zedo_page_pusher_ad"></div><script type="text/javascript">var ad_div6 = document.getElementById('google_ads_bar');if (document.getElementById('googlead') && ad_div6) {document.getElementById('googlead').appendChild(ad_div6);ad_div6.style.display = 'block';$('.adcont').show();}var story_div1 = document.getElementById('story_share_bar');if (document.getElementById('top_share') && story_div1) {document.getElementById('top_share').appendChild(story_div1);story_div1.style.display = 'block';}if (document.getElementById('top_share') && document.getElementById('bottom_share') && story_div1) {var htmlStr = $('#top_share').html();$('#bottom_share').html(htmlStr);}if($('#ndtvrelcontent').length && $('#relateddivcontainer').length){$('#relateddivcontainer').show();}if($('#share_on_top_disabled').length){$("#share_on_top").html($("#top_share").html());}var ad_div10 = document.getElementById('zedo_page_pusher_ad');if (document.getElementById('pagepusher_adbox') && ad_div10) {document.getElementById('pagepusher_adbox').appendChild(ad_div10);ad_div10.style.display = 'block';ad_div10.style.paddingTop = '5px';}</script></div></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
            _taboola.push({article: 'auto'});
            _taboola.push({flush: true});</script><script type='text/javascript'>
    var _sf_async_config = _sf_async_config || {};
    _sf_async_config.uid = '2494';
    _sf_async_config.domain = 'ndtv.com';
    (function() {
        function loadChartbeat() {
            var e = document.createElement('script');
            e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript');
            e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
            e.setAttribute('src', '//static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js');
            document.body.appendChild(e);
        }
        var oldonload = window.onload;
        window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ?
            loadChartbeat : function() {
                oldonload();
                loadChartbeat();
            };
    })();
</script><script type="text/javascript">var google_conversion_id = 968076326;var google_custom_params = window.google_tag_params;var google_remarketing_only = true;</script><script type="text/javascript" src="//www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion.js"></script><noscript><div style="display:inline;"><img height="1" width="1" style="border-style:none;" alt="" src="//googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/968076326/?guid=ON&amp;script=0"/></div></noscript><div id="__cube" data-site="ndtv" data-size="120"></div><script asyc src="//electionsdata.ndtv.com/cube/cube.js"></script><div id="ndtvnotify" style="display:none;"><div style="width: 100%;height: 100%;position: fixed;left: 0;top: 0;z-index: 189787356;background: rgba(0,0,0,.8);opacity: 2;filter: alpha(opacity=2);"></div><img style="position: fixed;left: 318px;z-index: 189787357;top: 126px;" src="https://alerts.ndtv.com/images/web.png" height="60" width="211" alt="Please Click on allow"/></div><div id="___ndtvpushdiv"></div><script async src="https://cdn.ndtv.com/static/js/main.js?ver-20180208.2"></script></body></html>
