03 September, 2017
He and first lady Melania Trump met with Harvey evacuees taking shelter at the NRG Center in Houston. Its capacity is supposed to be 5,000.
Firefighters and other emergency personnel are going door-to-door "to make sure we have not missed anyone. especially seniors or people who are disabled", the mayor said. Central Time to ensure public safety.
The National Weather Service tweeted Harvey appears to have broken a U.S. record for most rain from a single tropical cyclone, with almost 52 inches (132 centimeters) recorded in the town of Cedar Bayou. Thousands of people have been displaced by torrential rains and catastrophic flooding since Harvey slammed into Southeast Texas last Friday.
With significant amounts of rain expected on top of the 30-plus inches in some places, authorities anxious the worst might be yet to come.
Duke added, "Right now we are focused on rescue operations and will move into recovery operations later in the week".
Turner put the number by police at more than 3,000.
More than 72,000 people have been rescued.
The total confirmed fatalities now stands at eight, following a storm-related fatality in Beaumont/Jefferson County, Texas, CBS News confirms. A police officer says the woman's actions likely saved her daughter's life.
Houston Police recovered Perez's vehicle at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.
A girl carries toys she collected from a trash pile of Harvey flood damage in southwestern Houston
Brittney Hughley chose to take her chances on the road. Seven children were rescued by a neighbor's boat.
Four days after the storm ravaged the Texas coastline as a hurricane, authorities and family members have reported more than a dozen deaths from Harvey.
Turner, 62, is a Houston native and the city's second black mayor. "The more hard time will come in the months ahead, when feuds begin to emerge over the timing of payments and the pace of the recovery effort". The Houston metro area covers about 10,000 square miles (25,900 square kilometers), an area slightly bigger than New Jersey.
"This is going to go on a lot longer than most people think", Mayfield said.
Two 70-year-old dams in central Houston and another in a suburb began flooding on Tuesday, causing water levels to rise due to Harvey, paralyzed after five consecutive days of tropical rain.
Turner said after a visit to the George R. Brown Convention Center, where at least 4,800 people are expected to bunk tonight, he was astounded people were able to cope.
"I think people did the best they could with the information they had", Hughley said.
"Be very, very careful when people are knocking on your doors and impersonating law enforcement", said Turner.
"This is all the information that's coming into the mayor, and he's got to go, 'Oh my God, what am I going to do?'" said Susan Cutter, the director of the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute at the University of SC.
