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      <h1>PHOTOS: Houston Flood Caused By Harvey Sends Residents Scrambling For Safety</h1>
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   <p>The remnants of now-Tropical Storm Harvey have all but parked over south Texas and the storm is inundating the region around Houston with "unprecedented" rain, according to the National Weather Service.</p>   <p>Houstonians have been stranded in their homes, and some of those who were on the roads were in need of rescue as areas of Houston received as much as two feet of rain with no immediate end in sight.</p>   <div id="res546560883" class="bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col ">
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