Thousands driven from homes as Harvey hammers Houston

Record ID: 908132

  • Title: Thousands driven from homes as Harvey hammers Houston
  • Date: 28th August 2017
  • Summary: HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 28, 2017) (REUTERS) PAN OF PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED ON THE WATER
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2017 00:53
  • Keywords: Houston Texas disaster Harvey flood weather
  • Location: HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
  • City: HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016W2OI87
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey, which has already killed at least seven people in Texas and was expected to drive 30,000 others from their homes, will likely rise in the coming days, officials warned on Monday as heavy rain continued to pound the U.S. Gulf Coast.
    National Guard troops, police officers, rescue workers and civilians raced in helicopters, boats and special high-water trucks to rescue the hundreds of people still stranded in and around Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city.
    The storm was the most powerful hurricane to strike Texas in more than 50 years when it came ashore on Friday near Corpus Christi, 220 miles (354 km.) south of Houston.
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