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    <p>Jenny Swarers and Dustin Morgan can't seem to stay ahead of high water and make it down the aisle. The south Texas sweethearts canceled their Saturday wedding for a third time as Hurricane Harvey churns inland with the potential for up several feet of rain and catastrophic flooding.<br /></p> <p>Previous nuptial plans were washed away in when the Sabine River flooded their venue with six feet of water in April 2016. They planned to marry at the same place this past April, but repairs were still being made to the facility.</p> <p>The guest list of about 150 dwindled to 15 as Houstonians began hunkering down for the storm. Harvey may be weakening as it sits over Texas, but the <a href="https://patch.com/texas/houstonheights/hurricane-harvey-continues-destruction-texas">biggest risk to Texans</a> is massive flooding that's expected, with some projections of more than 35 inches of rain in some places. (For more hurricane news or local news from Houston, click here to sign up for <a href="https://patch.com/texas/houston/subscribe">real-time news alerts </a>and newsletters from Houston Patch, and click here to find your <a href="https://patch.com/texas">local Texas Patch</a>. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/patch-local-news-community/id430049632?mt=8" rel="nofollow">Patch iPhone app</a>.)</p> <p>Like Houston Patch on Facebook; story continues below.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/page.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHouston-Patch-1213570431988909%2F%3Fref%3Dbr_rs&amp;tabs&amp;width=340&amp;height=214&amp;small_header=false&amp;adapt_container_width=true&amp;hide_cover=true&amp;show_facepile=true&amp;appId" width="340" height="214" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></p> <p>"After the preacher canceled, we thought maybe we'll just Skype him in," Swarers told CNN, "but <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/us/texas-couple-cancels-wedding-hurricane-harvey/index.html?sr=twCNN082517texas-couple-cancels-wedding-hurricane-harvey1129PMStory" rel="nofollow">we knew we had to cancel</a>."</p> <p><span id="in-article-recirc"></span>The couple, who live in Orange, Texas, located about 115 miles east of Houston near the Louisiana border, still plan to marry, but they're not chancing another Texas flood.</p> <ul><li><strong>See Also:</strong> <a href="https://patch.com/texas/houstonheights/hurricane-harvey-continues-destruction-texas">Hurricane Harvey: 'Long And Deadly Inland Event' As Surge Threatens Coast</a> </li></ul><p>Instead, they plan to go to Las Vegas to marry, "where there is no threat of water," Swarers said.</p> <hr /><p><em>Photo: Motorists pass a warning sign as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Gulf Coast area Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The slow-moving hurricane could be the fiercest such storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk" as millions of people braced for a prolonged battering. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)</em></p><div id="in-article-boxed-recirc"><div class="text-center air-md"><a href="/" category="subscribe" trigger="article_button_click" class="btn btn-lg btn-cta-alt pill sans in-article-subscribe l-bold">Subscribe<span class="fal fa-angle-right fa-lg air-xs-l" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></div></div>  </div>

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