Trump to visit Texas as soon as feasible Loading. The storm ripped off roofs, snapped trees, triggered tornadoes and flash floods and cut off power to nearly 230,000 people, mostly in the Houston area, on Saturday night. Water rescues were going on and emergency services were severely impacted, the National Weather Service Houston said on Twitter.
Houston Police chief Art Acevedo warned residents who were reportedly trying to get into their attics to escape the floodwater not to 'do so unless you have an axe or means to break through onto your roof'. Fourteen people have been injured.Ī 'catastrophic life-threatening flooding' warning has been issued for areas south-east of Houston and areas on the Texas coastline. The second fatality was an elderly woman who was killed as she drove through flooded streets on Houston's west side. One person died in a house fire in the town of Rockport, which took a direct hit from Hurricane Harvey and had streets flooded and strewn with power lines and debris. Harvey slammed into Texas late on Friday as a category four hurricane with winds of 209 kilometres per hour, making it the strongest storm to hit the state since 1961.
