Residents Warned About Attics Harvey

Tropical storm harvey unleashed catastrophic flooding in houston sunday turning streets in texas largest city into raging rivers as trapped residents climbed to higher floors and the death toll.

Residents warned about attics harvey.

22 2020 5 20 p m. Overwhelmed emergency services warned residents to head for high ground or climb onto rooftops not into attics so they could be seen by rescue helicopters. It s crazy to see the roads you re driving on every day just completely under water houston resident john travis told afp. While harvey could become a tropical depression by sunday night residents are warned to remain vigilant.

They also warned residents to not enter their attics. On saturday morning as hurricane harvey s powerful winds and rain caused severe damage to coastal communities the houston mayor warned people there would be heavy rain and flooding in the city. Greg abbott urged texans to stay away from floodwater that could be deeper and more dangerous. 1 of 1 2 of 1.

Clear creek flooding reminds friendswood residents of harvey nick powell sep. Texas residents warned not to hide in attics to avoid flooding from tropical storm harvey. In a press conference on saturday texas gov. More than 1 000 high water rescues were conducted in the area.

More than 2 000 rescues had been made so far. By charlie smith on august 27th 2017 at 9 39 am. Overwhelmed emergency services warned residents to head for high ground or climb onto rooftops not into attics so they could be seen by rescue helicopters. Emergency officials in one east texas county issued a stark warning to residents as the remnants of hurricane harvey doubled back toward land and dumped more rain on communities near the texas.

The weather service said maximum sustained winds sunday would be near 45 mph. Facebook twitter email linkedin reddit pinterest. The slow moving storm is expected to drop 15 to 25 inches of rain over the texas coast through thursday.