Confirmed Death Toll From Harvey Reaches 44
HOUSTON (AP) — The medical examiner in Harris County, Texas, has confirmed another Harvey-related fatality. The man found floating in Cypress Creek floodwaters brings the confirmed toll to 44 from Harvey, eight days after the storm made landfall as a hurricane. Harris County is home to Houston. The addition to a list kept by the Harris…
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President Trump To Survey Houston And Louisiana
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump brought plenty of optimism and swagger to Texas on his first visit to survey Harvey's wreckage. He's getting a chance to return with empathy. At stops in Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Saturday, the president planned to survey storm damage, talk with residents and meet with volunteers. Those…
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Remnants Of Harvey Still Powerful Enough To Threaten Floods
HOUSTON (AP) — A week after it slammed into Texas, Harvey retained enough rain-making power Friday to raise the risk of flooding as far north as Indiana. In Houston, officials tried to safeguard parts of their devastated city by intentionally flooding others. The mayor announced plans to release water from two reservoirs that could keep…
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Rescuers Seek Anyone Alive Or Dead Left In Floodwaters
HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers began a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes Thursday, pounding on doors and shouting as they looked for anyone — alive or dead — who might have been left behind in Harvey's fetid floodwaters, which have now damaged more than 87,000 homes and destroyed nearly 7,000 statewide. Elsewhere,…
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ABC News: As natural disasters increase firefighters and emergency workers struggle to keep up
ABC News: As natural disasters increase firefighters and emergency workers struggle to keep up
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