Houston Texas is under heavy rain and water. People seeks help

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Houston Texas is under heavy rain and water. People seeks help,
Houston Texas is under heavy rain and water. People seeks help, Photo: a twitter user

(CNN) Around 13 million people are under flood watches and warnings stretching from Corpus Christi to New Orleans as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey menace the already drenched Texas and Louisiana.

“Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” continues in southeastern Texas, where bands of storm have been repeatedly pummeling the same areas.
Over the next few days, Tropical Storm Harvey is forecast to head back into the Gulf of Mexico, where it will pick up moisture before moving back over Galveston and into Houston again, CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis says, meaning at least four more days of rain.

The National Weather Service (NWS) warns that flash flood emergencies are in effect for some areas and the rain — which can be measured by feet rather than inches — is not letting up.
Up to 25 inches of rain could fall through Friday over the upper Texas coast, while “isolated storm totals may reach 50 inches over the upper Texas coast, including the Houston Galveston metropolitan area,” according to the weather service.

At other hand, Texas public offices and local welfare and voluntary associations are working to save lifes that are at more risk of death or injury.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner warned that some 911 calls are going unanswered as operators “give preference to life-threatening calls.”
The 911 dispatchers in the nation’s fourth-most populous city have received 2,000 requests for rescue, Turner said. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said his department had responded to 2,500 calls and have about 1,000 more waiting to be serviced.

People are also using social media to update about themselves, their location and situations.

At twitter hash tag #HarveyRelief is in top trends.
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Those who are looking for shelter, can take help from following tweet

https://twitter.com/FionaAdorno/status/902116714099351552

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