Tuesday, August 29, 2017

10 feet of water outside and people shooting at boats that don't pick them up in Houston: "Get Out now Levee broke!"

Thinking about all this is pretty crazy which is why the National Guard in Texas (all 12,000 of them) have been called out and this likely will result in "Martial Law" being declared to calm things down at this point. It also means people are having bad to fatal experiences in Houston and in surrounding Municipalities now.

 

    Reunion: Son lost everything, but finding dad made it all OK

    'Get out now!' Levee breaches south of Houston as flooding intensifies

    By Madison Park, Holly Yan and Rosa Flores, CNN
    Updated 1:46 PM ET, Tue August 29, 2017
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    Story highlights

    • President Donald Trump lands in Corpus Christi, Texas
    • More than 17,000 evacuees are at Texas shelters, Red Cross says
    Houston (CNN)The catastrophic flooding that has already swallowed thousands of homes in Texas could get worse after a levee breached south of Houston.
    "Get out now!" Brazoria County officials tweeted Tuesday.
    The levee breached after inland waterways rapidly swelled to major flood stage, county spokeswoman Sharon Trower said.
    "The Brazos River is being pounded, and all of that water is coming down from the tributaries and creeks into the river," she said. "All the roads around us are flooded. We don't have any evacuation routes to tell people to take."
    Volunteers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church prepare cots for evacuees in Elgin, Texas, on August 27.
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    Volunteers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church prepare cots for evacuees in Elgin, Texas, on August 27.
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    Damage to a home is seen in the Key Allegro neighborhood of Rockport on August 27.
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    Damage to a home is seen in the Key Allegro neighborhood of Rockport on August 27.
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    Melani Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas on August 27.
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    Melani Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas on August 27.
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    Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Assisting him here is Richard Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
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    Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Assisting him here is Richard Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
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    A car is submerged by floodwaters on a freeway near downtown Houston on August 27.
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    A car is submerged by floodwaters on a freeway near downtown Houston on August 27.
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    A resident of the Bayou on the Bend apartment complex watches its first floor flood in Houston on August 27.
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    A resident of the Bayou on the Bend apartment complex watches its first floor flood in Houston on August 27.
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    A city flag, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station in Rockport on August 27.
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    A city flag, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station in Rockport on August 27.
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    Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they evacuate the Orchard Lakes subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, on August 27.
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    Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they evacuate the Orchard Lakes subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, on August 27.
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    Damage is seen at a boat storage building in Rockport on August 27.
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    Damage is seen at a boat storage building in Rockport on August 27.
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    Water rushes from a large sinkhole along a highway in Rosenberg, Texas, on August 27.
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    Water rushes from a large sinkhole along a highway in Rosenberg, Texas, on August 27.
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    Evacuees wade through a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27.
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    Evacuees wade through a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27.
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    Evacuees are loaded onto a truck on an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston on August 27.
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    Evacuees are loaded onto a truck on an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston on August 27.
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    A graveyard is flooded in Pearland, Texas, on August 27.
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    A graveyard is flooded in Pearland, Texas, on August 27.
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    A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles in Taft, Texas, on Saturday, August 26.
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    A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles in Taft, Texas, on Saturday, August 26.
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    Steve Culver comforts his dog Otis on August 26 as he talks about what he said was the "most terrifying event in his life." Hurricane Harvey destroyed most of his home in Rockport while he and his wife were there.
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    Steve Culver comforts his dog Otis on August 26 as he talks about what he said was the "most terrifying event in his life." Hurricane Harvey destroyed most of his home in Rockport while he and his wife were there.
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    People walk through flooded streets in Galveston on August 26.
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    People walk through flooded streets in Galveston on August 26.
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    Aaron Tobias stands in what is left of his Rockport home on August 26. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived, but he stayed there and rode it out.
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    Aaron Tobias stands in what is left of his Rockport home on August 26. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived, but he stayed there and rode it out.
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    Brad Matheney offers help to a man in a wheelchair in Galveston on August 26.
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    Brad Matheney offers help to a man in a wheelchair in Galveston on August 26.
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    Jessica Campbell hugs Jonathan Fitzgerald after riding out Hurricane Harvey in an apartment in Rockport.
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    Jessica Campbell hugs Jonathan Fitzgerald after riding out Hurricane Harvey in an apartment in Rockport.
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    Boats are damaged in Rockport on August 26.
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    Boats are damaged in Rockport on August 26.
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    A damaged home in Rockport on August 26.
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    A damaged home in Rockport on August 26.
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    Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham assists her in Rockport on August 26. Raney was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in.
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    Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham assists her in Rockport on August 26. Raney was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in.
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    A laundromat's machines are exposed to the elements in Rockport on August 26.
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    A laundromat's machines are exposed to the elements in Rockport on August 26.
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    A semi-truck is overturned on a highway south of Houston on August 26.
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    A semi-truck is overturned on a highway south of Houston on August 26.
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    An American flag flies in front of a damaged mobile-home park in Rockport on August 26.
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    An American flag flies in front of a damaged mobile-home park in Rockport on August 26.
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    NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on Friday, August 25.
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    NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on Friday, August 25.
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    Waves pound the shore as Harvey approaches Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 25.
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    Waves pound the shore as Harvey approaches Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 25.
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    Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods in Houston as floodwaters rise on Tuesday, August 29, four days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The Category 4 storm came ashore shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, just north of Port Aransas, and has caused historic flooding. <em>Correction: Previous versions of this gallery incorrectly reported that Hurricane Harvey is the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey is actually the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Charley in 2004.</em>
    Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas
    Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods in Houston as floodwaters rise on Tuesday, August 29, four days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The Category 4 storm came ashore shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, just north of Port Aransas, and has caused historic flooding. Correction: Previous versions of this gallery incorrectly reported that Hurricane Harvey is the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey is actually the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Charley in 2004.
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    President Donald Trump, flanked by first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, speaks during a Harvey briefing in Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 29. While talking about recovery and relief efforts, Trump said, "We want to do it better than ever before."
    Photos: Hurricane Harvey slams Texas
    President Donald Trump, flanked by first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, speaks during a Harvey briefing in Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 29. While talking about recovery and relief efforts, Trump said, "We want to do it better than ever before."
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    Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai, as Dean Mize, right, and Jason Legnon use an airboat to rescue them from their home in Houston on Monday, August 28.
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    Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai, as Dean Mize, right, and Jason Legnon use an airboat to rescue them from their home in Houston on Monday, August 28.
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    Thousands take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 28.
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    Thousands take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 28.
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    Rescue boats fill Tidwell Road in Houston as they help flood victims evacuate the area on August 28.
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    Rescue boats fill Tidwell Road in Houston as they help flood victims evacuate the area on August 28.
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    People wait to be rescued from their flooded home in Houston on August 28.
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    People wait to be rescued from their flooded home in Houston on August 28.
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    A firefighter helps Sara Golden and her daughters Paisley, Poppy and Piper board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, on August 28.
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    A firefighter helps Sara Golden and her daughters Paisley, Poppy and Piper board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, on August 28.
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    People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood in Houston on August 28.
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    People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood in Houston on August 28.
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    Sam Speights removes possessions from his damaged home in Rockport, Texas, on August 28.
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    Sam Speights removes possessions from his damaged home in Rockport, Texas, on August 28.
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    Flood victims wait to unload from the back of a heavy-duty truck after being evacuated from their homes in Houston on August 28.
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    Flood victims wait to unload from the back of a heavy-duty truck after being evacuated from their homes in Houston on August 28.
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    People leave a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    People leave a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    People are rescued in Houston on August 28.
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    People are rescued in Houston on August 28.
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    Bridget Brundrett presents an American flag to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while he was in Rockport on August 28. The flag had been recovered from city hall after flying during the hurricane.
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    Bridget Brundrett presents an American flag to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while he was in Rockport on August 28. The flag had been recovered from city hall after flying during the hurricane.
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    A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheelchair on board after lifting a person to safety from a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheelchair on board after lifting a person to safety from a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    Houston flood victims eat and rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center on August 28.
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    Houston flood victims eat and rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center on August 28.
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    Belinda Penn holds her dogs Winston and Baxter after being rescued from their home in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    Belinda Penn holds her dogs Winston and Baxter after being rescued from their home in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    A firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office-building fire in downtown Houston on August 28.
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    A firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office-building fire in downtown Houston on August 28.
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    People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston on August 28.
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    People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston on August 28.
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    Julie Martinez, right, hugs her daughter, Gabrielle Jackson, in front of a relative's damaged apartment in Rockport on August 28.
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    Julie Martinez, right, hugs her daughter, Gabrielle Jackson, in front of a relative's damaged apartment in Rockport on August 28.
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    Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture in La Grange, Texas, on August 28.
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    Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture in La Grange, Texas, on August 28.
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    Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters on Sunday, August 27.
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    Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters on Sunday, August 27.
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    People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston on August 27.
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    People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston on August 27.
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    Residents of Rockport return to their destroyed home on August 27.
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    Residents of Rockport return to their destroyed home on August 27.
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    The Buffalo Bayou floods parts of Houston on August 27.
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    The Buffalo Bayou floods parts of Houston on August 27.
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    Two men try to beat the current that was pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou in Houston on August 27.
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    Two men try to beat the current that was pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou in Houston on August 27.
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    Jane Rhodes is rescued by neighbors in Friendswood, Texas, on August 27.
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    Jane Rhodes is rescued by neighbors in Friendswood, Texas, on August 27.
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    Volunteers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church prepare cots for evacuees in Elgin, Texas, on August 27.
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    Volunteers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church prepare cots for evacuees in Elgin, Texas, on August 27.
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    Damage to a home is seen in the Key Allegro neighborhood of Rockport on August 27.
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    Damage to a home is seen in the Key Allegro neighborhood of Rockport on August 27.
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    Melani Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas on August 27.
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    Melani Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas on August 27.
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    Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Assisting him here is Richard Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
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    Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27. Assisting him here is Richard Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
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    A car is submerged by floodwaters on a freeway near downtown Houston on August 27.
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    A car is submerged by floodwaters on a freeway near downtown Houston on August 27.
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    A resident of the Bayou on the Bend apartment complex watches its first floor flood in Houston on August 27.
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    A resident of the Bayou on the Bend apartment complex watches its first floor flood in Houston on August 27.
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    A city flag, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station in Rockport on August 27.
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    A city flag, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station in Rockport on August 27.
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    Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they evacuate the Orchard Lakes subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, on August 27.
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    Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they evacuate the Orchard Lakes subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, on August 27.
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    Damage is seen at a boat storage building in Rockport on August 27.
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    Damage is seen at a boat storage building in Rockport on August 27.
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    Water rushes from a large sinkhole along a highway in Rosenberg, Texas, on August 27.
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    Water rushes from a large sinkhole along a highway in Rosenberg, Texas, on August 27.
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    Evacuees wade through a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27.
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    Evacuees wade through a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston on August 27.
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    Evacuees are loaded onto a truck on an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston on August 27.
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    Evacuees are loaded onto a truck on an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston on August 27.
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    A graveyard is flooded in Pearland, Texas, on August 27.
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    A graveyard is flooded in Pearland, Texas, on August 27.
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    A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles in Taft, Texas, on Saturday, August 26.
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    A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles in Taft, Texas, on Saturday, August 26.
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    Steve Culver comforts his dog Otis on August 26 as he talks about what he said was the "most terrifying event in his life." Hurricane Harvey destroyed most of his home in Rockport while he and his wife were there.
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    Steve Culver comforts his dog Otis on August 26 as he talks about what he said was the "most terrifying event in his life." Hurricane Harvey destroyed most of his home in Rockport while he and his wife were there.
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    People walk through flooded streets in Galveston on August 26.
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    People walk through flooded streets in Galveston on August 26.
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    Aaron Tobias stands in what is left of his Rockport home on August 26. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived, but he stayed there and rode it out.
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    Aaron Tobias stands in what is left of his Rockport home on August 26. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived, but he stayed there and rode it out.
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    Brad Matheney offers help to a man in a wheelchair in Galveston on August 26.
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    Brad Matheney offers help to a man in a wheelchair in Galveston on August 26.
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    Jessica Campbell hugs Jonathan Fitzgerald after riding out Hurricane Harvey in an apartment in Rockport.
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    Jessica Campbell hugs Jonathan Fitzgerald after riding out Hurricane Harvey in an apartment in Rockport.
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    Boats are damaged in Rockport on August 26.
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    Boats are damaged in Rockport on August 26.
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    A damaged home in Rockport on August 26.
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    A damaged home in Rockport on August 26.
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    Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham assists her in Rockport on August 26. Raney was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in.
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    Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham assists her in Rockport on August 26. Raney was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in.
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    A laundromat's machines are exposed to the elements in Rockport on August 26.
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    A laundromat's machines are exposed to the elements in Rockport on August 26.
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    A semi-truck is overturned on a highway south of Houston on August 26.
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    A semi-truck is overturned on a highway south of Houston on August 26.
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    An American flag flies in front of a damaged mobile-home park in Rockport on August 26.
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    An American flag flies in front of a damaged mobile-home park in Rockport on August 26.
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    NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on Friday, August 25.
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    NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on Friday, August 25.
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    Waves pound the shore as Harvey approaches Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 25.
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    Waves pound the shore as Harvey approaches Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 25.
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    Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods in Houston as floodwaters rise on Tuesday, August 29, four days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The Category 4 storm came ashore shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, just north of Port Aransas, and has caused historic flooding. <em>Correction: Previous versions of this gallery incorrectly reported that Hurricane Harvey is the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey is actually the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Charley in 2004.</em>
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    Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods in Houston as floodwaters rise on Tuesday, August 29, four days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The Category 4 storm came ashore shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, just north of Port Aransas, and has caused historic flooding. Correction: Previous versions of this gallery incorrectly reported that Hurricane Harvey is the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey is actually the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States since Charley in 2004.
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    President Donald Trump, flanked by first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, speaks during a Harvey briefing in Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 29. While talking about recovery and relief efforts, Trump said, "We want to do it better than ever before."
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    President Donald Trump, flanked by first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, speaks during a Harvey briefing in Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 29. While talking about recovery and relief efforts, Trump said, "We want to do it better than ever before."
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    Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai, as Dean Mize, right, and Jason Legnon use an airboat to rescue them from their home in Houston on Monday, August 28.
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    Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai, as Dean Mize, right, and Jason Legnon use an airboat to rescue them from their home in Houston on Monday, August 28.
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    Thousands take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 28.
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    Thousands take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 28.
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    Rescue boats fill Tidwell Road in Houston as they help flood victims evacuate the area on August 28.
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    Rescue boats fill Tidwell Road in Houston as they help flood victims evacuate the area on August 28.
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    People wait to be rescued from their flooded home in Houston on August 28.
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    People wait to be rescued from their flooded home in Houston on August 28.
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    A firefighter helps Sara Golden and her daughters Paisley, Poppy and Piper board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, on August 28.
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    A firefighter helps Sara Golden and her daughters Paisley, Poppy and Piper board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, on August 28.
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    People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood in Houston on August 28.
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    People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood in Houston on August 28.
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    Sam Speights removes possessions from his damaged home in Rockport, Texas, on August 28.
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    Sam Speights removes possessions from his damaged home in Rockport, Texas, on August 28.
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    Flood victims wait to unload from the back of a heavy-duty truck after being evacuated from their homes in Houston on August 28.
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    Flood victims wait to unload from the back of a heavy-duty truck after being evacuated from their homes in Houston on August 28.
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    People leave a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    People leave a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    People are rescued in Houston on August 28.
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    People are rescued in Houston on August 28.
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    Bridget Brundrett presents an American flag to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while he was in Rockport on August 28. The flag had been recovered from city hall after flying during the hurricane.
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    Bridget Brundrett presents an American flag to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while he was in Rockport on August 28. The flag had been recovered from city hall after flying during the hurricane.
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    A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheelchair on board after lifting a person to safety from a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheelchair on board after lifting a person to safety from a flooded area of Houston on August 28.
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    Houston flood victims eat and rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center on August 28.
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    Houston flood victims eat and rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center on August 28.
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    Belinda Penn holds her dogs Winston and Baxter after being rescued from their home in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    Belinda Penn holds her dogs Winston and Baxter after being rescued from their home in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    A firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office-building fire in downtown Houston on August 28.
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    A firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office-building fire in downtown Houston on August 28.
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    People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston on August 28.
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    People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston on August 28.
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    Julie Martinez, right, hugs her daughter, Gabrielle Jackson, in front of a relative's damaged apartment in Rockport on August 28.
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    Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture in La Grange, Texas, on August 28.
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    Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture in La Grange, Texas, on August 28.
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    Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision in Spring, Texas, on August 28.
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    Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters on Sunday, August 27.
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    Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters on Sunday, August 27.
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    People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston on August 27.
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    Residents of Rockport return to their destroyed home on August 27.
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    The Buffalo Bayou floods parts of Houston on August 27.
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    Two men try to beat the current that was pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou in Houston on August 27.
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    Jane Rhodes is rescued by neighbors in Friendswood, Texas, on August 27.
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    Brazoria County sits between the Gulf of Mexico and Houston, which remains the site of Harvey's most appalling devastation. Houston police have rescued more than 3,500 people from the floodwaters, Police Chief Art Acevedo said.
    That number is almost certain to keep rising, as countless residents remain trapped in their deluged homes three days after Hurricane Harvey struck.
    "Every passing hour, more boats are getting into the water," Acevedo said Tuesday. "This is a catastrophic event."
    Four people have died from the calamitous storm, and with another landfall expected, the devastation could intensify.

    Latest developments

    -- President Donald Trump landed in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday to meet with local officials and relief organizations. He will also visit Austin but will not visit the most hard-hit parts of Texas because "the President wants to be very cautious about making sure that any activity doesn't disrupt the recovery efforts that are still ongoing," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
    Trump on Harvey funding: 'You're going to see very rapid action'
    Trump on Harvey funding: 'You're going to see very rapid action'
    -- Several rain gauges southeast of downtown Houston report more than 48 inches of rain from the storm known as Harvey. That marks the most rain ever recorded in the contiguous United States from a tropical storm that made landfall. The previous record was held by Tropical Storm Amelia, which hit Texas in 1978.
    -- Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center is hosting nearly 10,000 evacuees, about double the number of cots available. Those who couldn't get a cot were given pillows and blankets to sleep on the floor, Red Cross spokeswoman Betsy Robertson said. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said city officials were looking for more shelter space.
    -- Houston officials will not ask for immigration status or documentation from anyone at any shelter, according to tweets in English and Spanish from the city's verified account.
    -- Dallas opened a mega-shelter at its downtown convention center.

    More wrath to come

    As Tropical Storm Harvey hovered over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, it threatened to dump an additional 15 inches of rain on southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas, including the inundated Houston area.
    Louisiana braces for Harvey's rain
    And the water won't stop rising anytime soon. Harvey could bring more "catastrophic and life-threatening" flooding before making landfall again Wednesday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border, according to the CNN Weather Center.
    Floodwater engulfs a home in Spring, Texas.
    Floodwater engulfs a home in Spring, Texas.
    Swollen rivers in east Texas aren't expected to crest until later this week. Federal officials are already predicting the deadly storm will drive 30,000 people into shelters and spur 450,000 people to seek some sort of disaster assistance.
    Keep track of Harvey

    Stuck in a wheelchair as the water rose

    People have turned to the walkie-talkie app Zello to report their dire circumstances. Among them were an elderly couple trapped on a roof and a family caught in the maelstrom with three children, including one in the throes of a seizure and another with autism.
    Confined to a wheelchair as the water rose, Karen Preston watched as Harvey's flood took over her home.
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    Harvey evacuee Karen Preston cries as she is given a pillow at Houston's convention center.
    Coast Guard rescuers on water scooters plucked her from the flood and to safety -- but without her wheelchair.
    "I can't walk. I just had surgery on my knee," Preston said. "Right now, I'm in so much pain."
    Stuck in the flood? Here's what to do
    She found herself Tuesday taking shelter at Houston's convention center. Many have no idea whether their homes have been destroyed.
    "How do you go from here?" Preston said, choking back tears. "Where do you start? Where?"

    Entire Texas National Guard activated

    Thousands of calls for help have gone out across Houston, and state, local and military rescue units have plucked thousands of stranded residents from the water and deluged homes.
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    "None of us (is) going to give up," Acevedo said.
    The Pentagon is identifying resources, including trucks, aircraft and troops, that can be dispatched for hurricane relief if the request comes, defense officials said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activated the entire Texas National Guard, roughly 12,000 Guardsmen, he said Monday.
    In Harris County, home to Houston, authorities asked stranded people to hang sheets or towels from their homes so rescuers could spot them more easily.
    The scope of how many people are trapped in flooded homes remains unclear.
    Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she believes the number of trapped residents across Houston could be "tens of thousands."

    Strangers come to help

    Volunteers with boats jumped in to help authorities in search-and-rescue efforts.
    FEMA Administrator Brock Long encouraged more citizens to volunteer, saying recovery efforts would require community involvement. The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster website can direct people to religious and nongovernmental agencies that are helping people in at least 30 counties, he said.
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    But as water levels have risen, so has the desperation.
    In one instance, people started to panic, rushing rescue boats and even shooting at them if they didn't stop, one volunteer rescuer said.
    Clyde Cain of the Cajun Navy, a Louisiana-based rescue force that gained fame during Hurricane Katrina, said that after one of his team's boats broke down, people tried to steal the inoperable watercraft while the crew sought shelter in a delivery truck,
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    "They're making it difficult for us to rescue them," he said. "You have people rushing the boat. Everyone wants to get in at the same time. They're panicking. Water is rising."
    Jim McIngvale, who owns furniture stores in Houston and Richmond, also pitched in. He opened his doors to evacuees Sunday and gave 600 people a place to sleep.
    "We have tons of mattresses in our warehouse, and we can provide them with a blanket," he told CNN. "We have a restaurant inside the stores, and we are feeding them for free."
    CNN's Rosa Flores, Kevin Conlon and Brian Todd contributed to this report from Houston. CNN's Amanda Watts, AnneClaire Stapleton, Tina Burnside, Sheena Jones, Taylor Ward, Monica Garrett, Chuck Johnston and Nick Valencia contributed to this report.

     

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