Harvey's staggering impact: Up to 30 percent of Harris County is under water, flood official says

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Harvey’s staggering impact: Up to 30 percent of Harris County is under water, flood official says

By Kevin Sullivan and Mark Berman August 29 at 4:35 PM

HOUSTON — The remnants of deadly Hurricane Harvey menaced Texas and Louisiana alike on Tuesday, while a reservoir west of downtown Houston spilled over for the first time in its history due to record-shattering rainfall.

Even as officials struggled to determine the storm’s true impact, its scope appears to be staggering.

A flood official in sprawling Harris County — home to Houston, the country’s fourth-largest city — said that as much as 30 percent of the county’s 1,777 square miles was underwater Tuesday.

President Trump arrived in Texas on Tuesday to survey this ongoing devastation, while storm clouds continued a drenching onslaught that has already dropped more than three feet of rain in some areas. Trump’s visit, following his pledge of swift action by the federal government to provide relief to states affected by Harvey, comes on the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/29/harvey-takes-aim-at-louisiana-as-trump-plans-to-survey-stricken-texas/

[johnsonsnap]

1. And still Trump does nothing

Why has he refused to do anything? This is treason to just abandon people to death.

[Lucinda]

2. KNR