UNITED STATES: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES AS TORRENTIAL RAINS FLOOD HOUSTON

Record ID: 337993

  • Title: UNITED STATES: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES AS TORRENTIAL RAINS FLOOD HOUSTON
  • Date: 10th June 2001
  • Summary: (U7)HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES (JUNE 10, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS: FLOODED AREA; PEOPLE IN BOATS GOING ALONG FLOODED STREET; BUILDING UNDER WATER (4 SHOTS) 0.49 2. MV: TRUCK GOING THROUGH FLOODED HIGHWAY 0.54 3. PAN: CARS BACKED UP ON FLOODED HIGHWAY 1.07 4. MV: CAR LODGED ON MEDIAN OF HIGHWAY 1.14 5. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) WENDY KOKES SAYING: "Trying to get home from work, pulled up into the traffic, and was edging my way up, and we just got stopped, and we had to stand, sit and wait. I put it in park, sat and waited and the water came up. It came up so fast, we had to just get out and walk." 1.33 6. SLV: TRUCK TURNED OVER OTHER CARS ON ROAD 1.37 7. SLV: TRUCK UNDER WATER 1.43 8. MV: BUILDING UNDER WATER 1.45 9. MV: MAN ON BICYCLE IN FLOODED STREET 1.51 10. MV: TRUCK PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOOD 1.57 11. WS: FLOODED APARTMENT COMPLEX, CARS SUBMERGED IN CAR PARK 2.02 12. SLV: PEOPLE WADING THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, ZOOMS OUT TO WIDESHOT OF FLOODED CAR PARK 2.21 13. VARIOUS CARS UNDER WATER (2 SHOTS) 2.31 14. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) SHERYL MELTON, SAYING: "The water is to here, and everything is floating around in the apartment, and it's been that way since yesterday about 11 o'clock." 2.41 15. PULL OUT: WATER BEING PUMPED OUT OF STREET 2.56 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th June 2001 13:00
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  • Location: HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA7RJEFW1VENB9GG66G9P2PARPN
  • Story Text: Massive rains have inundated Houston and the
    southeastern United States thoughout the weekend, forcing
    thousands of people from their flooded homes and bringing the
    nation's fourth-largest city to a virtual standstill.


    Parts of the city received 26 inches (66 cm) of rain
    in a downpour that began on Friday (June 8) afternoon and
    continued for most of the night, officials said. Since Allison
    struck on Tuesday
    (June 5), 35 inches (89 cm) of rain have fallen, they said.

    Two deaths were blamed on the storm, and police were
    investigating six others thought to be linked to it, said
    Houston Police Department spokesman Robert Hurst.

    Officials said at least 5,000 homes had been damaged and
    17,000 families displaced. The Red Cross opened shelters
    throughout the city to accommodate victims.

    President George W. Bush, who was at his ranch in central
    Texas, declared 28 counties in southeastern Texas a disaster
    area, giving residents of the rain-stricken region access to
    various forms of federal emergency aid.

    Vast sections of the city were under water that, in some
    cases, reached the rooftops of homes, or filled road
    underpasses to the brim. Stalled cars and trucks could be seen
    floating in streets that looked like rivers.

    For a time, every freeway in the city was closed by high
    water, but the situation eased later in the day, when expected
    rains did not materialise and the flooding began to recede.


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