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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>As the nation's fourth-largest city braced for more rain and rescues Monday, officials started releasing even more water from reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey even though the move aimed at protecting downtown Houston could make already devastating flooding worse around thousands of homes.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>The strategic engineering move that officials said was planned for 2 a.m. CDT came about 90 minutes early in one instance and a day early in another. <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41070237">Harvey</a>, which <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/27/546469418/at-least-one-killed-as-floods-inundate-houston">made landfall late Friday</a> as a Category 4 hurricane and has lingered dropping heavy rain as a tropical storm, sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
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						<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drone footage shows extensive flooding near Texas Medical Center in Houston <a href="https://t.co/AhbMUmFg14">https://t.co/AhbMUmFg14</a> <a href="https://t.co/qC6g8WCb8p">pic.twitter.com/qC6g8WCb8p</a></p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/902121952873209857">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Harris and Fort Bend county officials initially said residents should be prepared for the influx of water that was scheduled to happen at Addicks around 2 a.m. Monday and a day later at Barker. Officials warned residents they should pack their cars Sunday night and wait for daylight Monday to leave.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>&quot;The idea is to prepare... pack up what you need and put it in your vehicle and when the sun comes up, get out,&quot; said Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District. &quot;And you don't have to go far, you just need to get out of this area.&quot;
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Residents living near the Addicks and Barker reservoirs designed to help prevent flooding in downtown Houston, were warned Sunday that a controlled release from both reservoirs would cause additional street flooding and could spill into homes. Rising water levels and continuing rain was putting pressure on the dams that could cause a failure without the release.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>On Sunday, incessant rain covered much of Houston in turbid, gray-green water and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat. In a rescue effort that recalled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, helicopters landed near flooded freeways, airboats buzzed across submerged neighborhoods and high-water vehicles plowed through water-logged intersections. Some people managed with kayaks or canoes or swam.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Volunteers joined emergency teams to pull people from their homes or from the water was so widespread that authorities had trouble pinpointing the worst areas. They urged people to get on top of their houses to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Judging from federal disaster declarations, the storm has so far affected about a quarter of the Texas population, or 6.8 million people in 18 counties. It was blamed for at least two deaths.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>As the water rose, the National Weather Service issued another ominous forecast: Before the storm that arrived Friday as a Category 4 hurricane is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches (1.3 meters) of rain. That would be the highest amount ever recorded in Texas.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Some areas have already received about half that amount. Since Thursday, South Houston recorded nearly 25 inches (63 centimeters), and the suburbs of Santa Fe and Dayton got 27 inches (69 centimeters).
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>&quot;The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before,&quot; the National Weather Service said in a statement.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Average rainfall totals will end up around 40 inches (1 meter) for Houston, weather service meteorologist Patrick Burke said.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, predicted that the aftermath of the storm would require FEMA's involvement for years.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>&quot;This disaster's going to be a landmark event,&quot; Long said.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Rescuers had to give top priority to life-and-death situations, leaving many affected families to fend for themselves. And several hospitals in the Houston area were evacuated due to the rising waters.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>It was not clear how many people were plucked from the floodwaters. Up to 1,200 people had to be rescued in Galveston County alone, said Mark Henry, the county judge, the county's top administrative post.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center was quickly opened as a shelter. It was also used as a shelter for Katrina refugees in 2005.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Gillis Leho arrived there soaking wet. She said she awoke Sunday to find her downstairs flooded. She tried to move some belongings upstairs, then grabbed her grandchildren.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>&quot;When they told us the current was getting high, we had to bust a window to get out,&quot; Leho said.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>Some people used inflatable beach toys, rubber rafts and even air mattresses to get through the water to safety. Others waded while carrying trash bags stuffed with their belongings and small animals in picnic coolers.
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                                                <p class='t-body-text'>&quot;I don't need to tell anyone this is a very, very serious and unprecedented storm,&quot; Turner told a news conference. &quot;We have several hundred structural flooding reports. We expect that number to rise pretty dramatically.&quot;
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