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| Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls helps people in the Fort Bend County neighbourhood. |
The epic flooding Tropical Storm Harvey has unleashed on Houston will likely worsen as federal engineers release water from overflowing reservoirs to keep it from jumping dams and surging uncontrollably into the homes they protect, officials have warned.
About 30,000 residents of the nation's fourth-largest city were expected to be left temporarily homeless by Harvey, which became the most powerful hurricane to strike Texas in more than 50 years when it came ashore on Friday near Corpus Christi, about 354 kilometres south of Houston.
Death estimates vary, but at least two people have been confirmed killed by the storm.
In scenes evoking the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, police and Coast Guard teams have rescued about 2,000 people so far, plucking many from rooftops by helicopter.
Read the ABC News story - “Tropical Storm Harvey: Houston braces for even more flooding, officials forced to open dam.”
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