Rescue workers in Houston renewed search efforts Sunday morning for residents trapped in their homes by Tropical Storm Harvey’s rising floodwaters.
More than 1,000 people were rescued overnight from record flooding in the area, authorities said. The storm so far has killed two people in Texas, said authorities, who added they expect the death toll to rise.
More information about South Texas flooding can be found here.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>TS <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash”>#Harvey</a> is producing catastrophic flooding in SE Texas. Nearly 20 in of rain has already been reported in the Houston area. <a href=”https://t.co/BoLM2eiTKZ”>pic.twitter.com/BoLM2eiTKZ</a></p>— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href=”https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/901737505950752769″>August 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
