The Latest: Evacuation ordered for Southeast Texas city
A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for a Southeast Texas city of about 20,000 that's been inundated by
The police statement cited the fragile infrastructure in the city amid flooding, limited working utilities and concern for the forecast track of
The
In a message to
A television station is reporting that six family members are believed to have drowned in
The
According to the station, four children — the youngest, a 6-year-old girl — and their grandparents are feared dead after the van hit high floods Sunday afternoon when crossing a bridge in
The driver of the vehicle, the children's great-uncle, reportedly escaped before the van was submerged and grabbed onto a tree limb as the van sunk. He told the children inside to try to escape through the back door, but they were unable to get out.
Former President
Bush, who lives in
The spill occurred at
In a second incident, a fiberglass storage tank operated by
An advisory Monday afternoon from the center says life-threatening flooding continues for
An additional 25 inches (64 centimeters) of rainfall is forecast through Friday and the center says other threats include tornadoes and a coastal storm surge of 1 to 3 feet (0.3 meter to 0.91 meter) moving inland from the coast.
Concerns include the way the two structures were built in the 1940s, and the threat to the people and property of the nation's 4th-biggest city if they were to fail.
The Corps said Monday it was starting to release water from the two dams, called Addicks and Barker. The move would worsen flooding in some neighborhoods, but was necessary to prevent bigger, uncontrolled flows later, the Corps said in a statement.
The
The Corps '"was confident that the structures continue to perform as they were designed to do," it said in Monday's statement.
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Officials say
That includes nearly 20,000 calls just since
He says that on average, the system usually get 8,000 or 9,000 calls per day.
Laud says officials have also initiated a voice activated system that lets callers know that the 911 system has received their call and that they should stay on the phone until someone comes on the line. Laud says some people were apparently hanging up because they didn't think their call would be answered.
The federal government has enough disaster aid money to deal with the immediate aftermath of
But a multibillion dollar aid package is a sure bet to be added to an already packed agenda facing lawmakers when they return to Washington next week.
Top
An infusion of more
The
Cruz said that the government "will do what is necessary to rebuild," though he didn't commit to voting for potential legislation to provide funding for the recovery.
Cruz wouldn't comment on criticism from
Cruz said, "This is not a time for politics."
The release of water is expected to flood some neighborhoods near the reservoirs. And officials are worried that other homes in areas near
Officials in
Turner said most of the
Officials say because the plant is under water, it is difficult for workers to get equipment to the site and to do any adjustments and maintenance.
Water in a
People can be heard yelling for help from inside homes in the
One man,
The current is swift and the waters have continued to rise Monday.
Gov.
Abbott says
Fire Chief
Mayor
Police Chief
Acevedo said four people had been arrested for looting as of Monday morning.
Former President
The Bushes live in
In a statement issued Monday, they say they're praying for people in
The statement concludes, "This we know:
Acevedo says the city has 185 critical rescue requests still pending as of Monday morning. He says the goal is to rescue those people by the end of the day.
The comments came at a news conference where officials provided updates on
The shelter set up inside the
Sandy says the shelter is currently out of cots and waiting for more to arrive.
With Tropical Storm Harvey still pouring rain on the
The
First lady
The first lady's spokeswoman
The
A major
A city statement said
Two other major airports in the region,
A
Emmett says the focus now is on getting those people to shelters.
Meanwhile,
Vice President
In an interview with
Pence noted that given the "magnitude of the flooding" that "it will be years coming back."
The vice president stressed that President
President
Trump's emergency declaration on Monday initially covers five parishes in southwest
A
Emergency vehicles made up most of the traffic in downtown
Due to
The water had receded from parts of downtown
About half of downtown
Gov.
Edwards said life-saving efforts such as search and rescue and shelters will be needed, especially in southwest
The director of the
Director
He says some of the heaviest rainfall today, at a pace of 6 inches (15 centimeters) an hour, will fall east of
He adds that while
The
In an interview Monday on
He says he's "not sure where the water is going because it's just so much that we can't really absorb more in the ground at this point. ... We have way too much water and not enough places for it to drain."
He says officers have voiced frustration that they don't have enough high-water vehicles to quickly help everyone who is stranded.
He also warned any criminals who might try to take advantage of the disaster that his force has already arrested half a dozen people for looting.
The
Long urges individuals and organizations to check the website www.nvoad.org or call 1-800-621-
A
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