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    <p>Texas plaintiffs firms have begun filing lawsuits on behalf of clients who live in Houston neighborhoods that flooded when the <a title="U.S. Army Corps of Engineers" href="http://www.usace.army.mil/" target="_blank">Army Corps of Engineers</a> authorized controlled water releases from two reservoirs in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.</p>
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