The Latest: Houston shelter reaches half of its capacity
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
That means it remains virtually stalled near the coast and continues to drop heavy rain on the
The hurricane center says
Public Information Officer
Smith says the city's 911 emergency response system has been challenged by sharply increased call volumes since the tropical storm made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane. He says during a typical 24-hour period, the emergency response system receives about 8,000 calls. But during a 17-hour period following
As the nation's fourth-largest city braced for more rain and rescues, officials started releasing even more water from reservoirs overwhelmed by
The strategic engineering move began early Monday.
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