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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017
Officials act to protect downtown Houston from Harvey floods
Region braces
for more rain
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Officials released
more water from Houston-area reser-
voirs overwhelmed by Harvey early
Monday in a move aimed at protect-
ing the city’s downtown from devas-
tating floods but that could still endan-
ger thousands of homes, even as the
nation’s fourth-largest city anticipated
more rain.
Harvey, which made landfall late
Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and
has lingered just off the coast drop-
ping heavy rain as a tropical storm,
sent devastating floods pouring into
Houston on Sunday. The rising water
chased thousands of people to roof-
tops or higher ground and over-
whelmed rescuers who could not keep
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston after
Tropical Storm Harvey dumped heavy rains Sunday.
up with the constant calls for help.
Federal Emergency Management
Agency Director Brock Long said
during a news conference Monday
that as many as 50 counties in Texas
are affected by the flooding and that
a tremendous amount of rainfall is in
the cards for southwest Louisiana too.
The rain and floods have been blamed
in at least two deaths.
Even as the water rose Sunday,
the National Weather Service issued
an ominous forecast: Before the
storm is gone, some parts of Hous-
ton and its suburbs could get as much
as 50 inches of rain. That would be
the highest amount ever recorded in
Texas.
On Monday morning, emergency
vehicles made up most of the traffic
in an otherwise deserted downtown
Houston — normally a bustling busi-
ness area. Many traffic signals did
not work and most businesses were
closed.
Residents living near the Addicks
and Barker reservoirs — that were
created to prevent flooding in down-
town Houston — were warned Sun-
day that a controlled release from
both reservoirs would cause addi-
tional street flooding that could spill
into homes. Rising water levels and
continuing rain was putting pres-
sure on the dams that could fail with-
out the release. Harris and Fort Bend
county officials advised residents
to pack their cars Sunday night and
leave in the morning.
“When the sun comes up, get out,”
said Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist for
the Harris County Flood Control Dis-
trict. “And you don’t have to go far,
you just need to get out of this area.”
The Red Cross quickly set up
Houston’s George R. Brown Conven-
tion Center and other venues as shel-
ters. The convention center was also
used as a shelter for Katrina refugees
in 2005. By Monday morning, it had
already reached half its capacity.
Ken Sandy, a shelter manager for
the Red Cross, said more than 2,600
people had taken shelter there. Orga-
nizers with the Red Cross estimate
the convention center can accommo-
date roughly 5,000 people, although
Sandy cautioned that the shelter had
run out of cots and waiting for more
to arrive.
With the reservoir releases and
Harvey still pouring rain on the Hous-
ton area, thousands more people are
expected to abandon their homes.
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