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                                                               <p>The worst storm to hit Texas in more than a generation is leaving epic flooding in its wake that also has left many of the citizens of Houston huddled atop their roofs for safety, with officials speculating that rising waters could be a problem for weeks or months.</p> <p>Areas of Houston, the fourth-largest city in the U.S. with a population of about 7 million residents, were seeing rising waters reach the second floor of buildings, in some cases. The tweet below is an overhead shot of downtown Houston. </p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                      <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Downtown Houston is a lake.  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuffaloBayou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BuffaloBayou</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houstonflood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#houstonflood</a> <a href="https://t.co/M6h5yh4Qxq">pic.twitter.com/M6h5yh4Qxq</a></p>&mdash; Joey Banes (@joey_banes) <a href="https://twitter.com/joey_banes/status/901848126050488321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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                                   <p>By some gauges, the flood had exceeded by around 2 feet any previous flooding in the Houston area. Those estimates are likely to change as rains from what is now Tropical Storm Harvey continues to pound the area:</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                      <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ground zero for flooding in Houston: Clear Creek at Friendswood. Water 2 feet above any historical flood stage. <a href="https://t.co/SZul7LcxNm">pic.twitter.com/SZul7LcxNm</a></p>&mdash; Eric Berger (@SpaceCityWX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceCityWX/status/901835033379516418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>


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                                   <p>President Donald Trump said “major rescue operations” were under way in the city:</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                      <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Major rescue operations underway!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901816453736919040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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                                   <p>In some images of the floodwaters appeared to be all but submerging homes and street signs. Houston is known for its relatively flat terrain.</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                      <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can we all just take a moment to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/prayforhouston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#prayforhouston</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houstonflood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#houstonflood</a> ! 🙏🏼🙌🏽 <a href="https://t.co/IBcXqbPs34">https://t.co/IBcXqbPs34</a></p>&mdash; LWproductions (@weezyphresh14) <a href="https://twitter.com/weezyphresh14/status/901848066847858688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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                                   <p>Residents of a nursing home in Texas on Sunday, who were eventually evacuated according to some reports:</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                                   <p> <a href="/story/houston-flooded-by-tropical-storm-harvey-as-five-reported-dead-2017-08-27" class="icon none" >Thee Wall Street Journal reported</a> that some rescuers were responding to more than 1,000 rescue calls through the night, adding that by Sunday morning, “officials warned that 911 services were at capacity and urged people to take whatever steps they could to find safety,”</p> <p> <a href="https://alerts.weather.gov/" target="_new" class="icon " >The National Weather Service</a> has deemed the flooding in the area “life-threatening,” and residents have been warned not to leave their homes. </p> <p>It would seem that not everyone is heeding that warning.</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                                   <p>The National Weather Service also said the impact to the coastal Texas region are “unknown” and “beyond anything experienced.”</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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                                   <p>William “Brock” Long, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fema-director-says-harvey-is-probably-the-worst-disaster-in-texas-history/2017/08/27/ef01600a-8b3f-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?utm_term=.406715ed4de0" target="_new" class="icon " >Washington Post</a> on Sunday that Hurricane Harvey will be a “devastating disaster” and “probably the worst disaster the state’s seen.” He said the recovery will take “years.”</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
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