Officials defend Harvey response as floods ravage Houston
Residents of nation's 4th-largest city, gripped by catastrophic rain event, were advised to stay in place rather than flee oncoming hurricane
Residents of nation's 4th-largest city, gripped by catastrophic rain event, were advised to stay in place rather than flee oncoming hurricane
Jamie Yuccas rode along with a sheriff on an airboat in Sugar Land, Texas, where houses are under water after Hurricane Harvey. The sheriff, who said the neighborhood will see much more water, said they are asking residents to leave.
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Storm has taken at least 11 lives, is expected to be big rainmaker in Louisiana before moving on
First responders have rescued thousands of people in the Houston area from the dangerous flooding. Southwest of Houston, our crews found a family who says help never came even though they called 911 several times. David Begnaud reports from Meyerland.
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Heavy rain is still falling in Houston, making the flooding catastrophe even worse. The remains of Hurricane Harvey, still a tropical storm, have dumped at least two feet of rain across the region. The Army Corps of Engineers started releasing water overnight from two flood control reservoirs outside the city. That water is spilling into Buffalo Bayou and will head toward downtown Houston.
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CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann joins CBSN amid a lull in Tropical Storm Harvey. But officials say flooding is expected to get worse before it gets better.
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Harvey is expected to dump an additional 6 inches of rain overnight in Houston and some places may get 2 more feet by Friday. David Begnaud is in a southwest Houston neighborhood where water rescues are underway.
San Antonio, which was on the western edge of the storm, is providing thousands of beds to those escaping Harvey. Mireya Villarreal reports.
The water in Bellaire, Texas, about 10 miles southwest of Houston, is getting deeper and deeper. Jamie Yuccas is there with an update.
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A reporter with CBS Houston affiliate KHOU may have saved a truck driver's life. Reporter Brandi Smith spotted a trapped driver as his tractor-trailer was being swallowed by floodwaters. She waved down a Harris county sheriff towing an airboat to effect the rescue.
American Red Cross volunteers from across the country are traveling to Texas to help provide food and shelter for storm victims. Omar Villafranca reports.
The coast guard is making helicopter and boat rescues in Texas following catastrophic flooding in the state. DeMarco Morgan is with a family that was rescued in Dickinson, Texas.
Intensity of rainfall in Texas "beyond anything experienced before"; Harvey not done dumping rain on Houston.
"We are coordinating logistics with state and local officials," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said
"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before," the National Weather Service said in a statement
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