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<p>Hurricane Harvey, which has already <a href="https://qz.com/1063637/texas-floods-these-before-and-after-photos-from-tropical-storm-harvey-show-the-scale-of-houstons-flooding/">devastated much of Houston</a>, Texas, made a second landfall early this morning (Aug. 30), hitting the state&rsquo;s southeast coast as well as western Louisiana, inundating homes and businesses with rapidly rising floodwaters.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Catastrophic flooding now in the Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange region of E Texas &mdash; a population equal to city of New Orleans.<br>&gt;20" overnight <a href="https://t.co/i9a6gA0nVQ">pic.twitter.com/i9a6gA0nVQ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/902889446042779649">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&ldquo;Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding continues in southeastern Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana,&rdquo; the <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/301447.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Hurricane Center said</a>.</p>
<div class="inline-ad" id="inline-1065967-1"></div><p>Journalist Juan Rodriguez, a reporter for local station <a href="http://www.12newsnow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12NewsNow</a>, was in Orange, Texas, covering the storm when he heard the floodwaters were quickly rising in Port Arthur, where he lives.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I was in contact with my family back in Port Arthur, asking them, is everything OK?&rdquo; Rodriguez told Quartz in a phone interview. &ldquo;At midnight the water was about two inches away, and that&rsquo;s when my family evacuated. By six a.m. the water was about waist deep in the house.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Relief operations were underway but the Jefferson County Sheriff&rsquo;s office posted on Facebook that officials are &ldquo;inundated with calls for rescue.&rdquo; &ldquo;Emergency responders are working along with citizen rescue crews to pull people out of homes and get them to safety,&rdquo; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jcso.beaumont/posts/1803878799626844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the post said</a>. &ldquo;They have hundreds of calls stacked up.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, residents across the region posted frantic pleas for help on social media. Port Arthur mayor Derrick Freeman wrote in an overnight post on Facebook that rescue would come soon, and advised people to seek higher ground if possible. &ldquo;Our whole city is underwater right now but we are coming! If you called, we are coming,&rdquo; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/derrickfordfreeman/posts/1868352863180505" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said</a>. &ldquo;Please get to higher ground if you can, but please try stay out of attics.&rdquo;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#128680;Update: My family STILL needs to be rescued. 4318 Kylewood Ct., Port Arthur, TX 77642. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricaneharvey?src=hash">#hurricaneharvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/TfJ4qtgFLo">pic.twitter.com/TfJ4qtgFLo</a></p>
<p>&mdash; FarranWeezy (@FarranWeezy) <a href="https://twitter.com/FarranWeezy/status/902899995455754240">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In a sign that the storm had touched most corners of the city of 50,000, Freeman himself posted a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/derrickfordfreeman/videos/1868911436457981/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook live</a> video wading through several feet of water in his home the next morning. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a lake in here,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<div class="inline-ad" id="inline-1065967-2"></div><p>In neighboring Beaumont, the situation was also dire. Police have confirmed at least two storm-related deaths, including one woman, 41-year-old Collette Sulcer, who was <a href="http://beaumonttexas.gov/identity-storm-related-fatality-victim-released/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swept into a canal</a> with her young daughter after exiting a vehicle stuck in high water. Officers found the toddler alive but &ldquo;suffering from hypothermia,&rdquo; and clinging to her drowned mother. The child is now reportedly in stable condition.</p>
<p>Mayor Becky Ames told NBC&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/flash-floods-hit-beaumont-port-arthur-texas-harvey-makes-landfall-n797336?icid=today_hp_NBCtopheadlines"><em>Today</em> show</a> that officials are likely to encounter &ldquo;some more horrible situations,&rdquo; when the waters recede, &ldquo;because we do know it&rsquo;s pretty bad out there.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nothing I&rsquo;ve ever seen before and I&rsquo;ve lived here my entire life, she said. &ldquo;Every single body of water around us is at capacity and overflowing and the rain is still coming down.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re hoping that ray of sunshine hits Southeast Texas soon because we definitely need it,&rdquo; he said.</p>
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By six a.m. the water was about waist deep in the house.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Relief operations were underway but the Jefferson County Sheriff&rsquo;s office posted on Facebook that officials are &ldquo;inundated with calls for rescue.&rdquo; &ldquo;Emergency responders are working along with citizen rescue crews to pull people out of homes and get them to safety,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jcso.beaumont\/posts\/1803878799626844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the post said<\/a>. &ldquo;They have hundreds of calls stacked up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, residents across the region posted frantic pleas for help on social media. Port Arthur mayor Derrick Freeman wrote in an overnight post on Facebook that rescue would come soon, and advised people to seek higher ground if possible. &ldquo;Our whole city is underwater right now but we are coming! If you called, we are coming,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derrickfordfreeman\/posts\/1868352863180505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a>. &ldquo;Please get to higher ground if you can, but please try stay out of attics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;Update: My family STILL needs to be rescued. 4318 Kylewood Ct., Port Arthur, TX 77642. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hurricaneharvey?src=hash\">#hurricaneharvey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TfJ4qtgFLo\">pic.twitter.com\/TfJ4qtgFLo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FarranWeezy (@FarranWeezy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FarranWeezy\/status\/902899995455754240\">August 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a sign that the storm had touched most corners of the city of 50,000, Freeman himself posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derrickfordfreeman\/videos\/1868911436457981\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook live<\/a> video wading through several feet of water in his home the next morning. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a lake in here,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-ad\" id=\"inline-1065967-2\"><\/div><p>In neighboring Beaumont, the situation was also dire. Police have confirmed at least two storm-related deaths, including one woman, 41-year-old Collette Sulcer, who was <a href=\"http:\/\/beaumonttexas.gov\/identity-storm-related-fatality-victim-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swept into a canal<\/a> with her young daughter after exiting a vehicle stuck in high water. Officers found the toddler alive but &ldquo;suffering from hypothermia,&rdquo; and clinging to her drowned mother. The child is now reportedly in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Becky Ames told NBC&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/hurricane-harvey\/flash-floods-hit-beaumont-port-arthur-texas-harvey-makes-landfall-n797336?icid=today_hp_NBCtopheadlines\"><em>Today<\/em> show<\/a> that officials are likely to encounter &ldquo;some more horrible situations,&rdquo; when the waters recede, &ldquo;because we do know it&rsquo;s pretty bad out there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nothing I&rsquo;ve ever seen before and I&rsquo;ve lived here my entire life, she said. &ldquo;Every single body of water around us is at capacity and overflowing and the rain is still coming down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"image-1066185\" class=\"progressive-image inline-image  aligncenter zoomable size-medium\"><picture style=\"padding-bottom: 66.673751328374%; background-image: url(https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=50\" class=\"progressive-image-thumbnail\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=320 320w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=940 940w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=3200 3200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/qzprod.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/rtx3e1nj.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;w=4705\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 320px, 640px\" class=\"progressive-image-large\" alt=\"Residents wait to be rescued from their home flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey in Orange, Texas, U.S., August 30, 2017. 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