‘Catastrophic Flooding’ Hit Houston Tx, Hundreds saved...

HOUSTON — Rescuers were answering thousands of calls from people
trapped in Houston early Sunday,

 officials said, as torrential rain from deadly Hurricane Harvey caused “catastrophic flooding” in the city and across southeast Texas.

"This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced," the National Weather Service (NWS) said Sunday morning.

Heavy rain continued to pour over Houston early Sunday afternoon, with some downtown areas knee-deep in water, and shut down portions of highways flooded with as much as 10 feet of water.

People were still evacuating their homes and the NWS warned that flooding victims should go to their rooftops and not their attics to avoid being trapped by the rushing waters.

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Hurricane Harvey, currently a tropical storm, has caused "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" in southeast Texas, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)

Harvey is expected to bring 15 to 25 inches of additional rainfall to the middle and upper Texas coast through Friday, according to the NWS.

At least two deaths have been blamed on the storm (Sad)

• Houston officials said rescuers have fielded more than 2,000 calls for help

“This is a life-threatening situation,” said Michael Palmer, lead meteorologist at the Weather Channel.

In parts of south Houston, there were multiple abandoned cars and manhole covers spewed rushing water. As the rain slowed Sunday afternoon, one car blocked a roadway where it had stalled when the flood waters were high.

A few tornadoes were possible Sunday near the middle and upper Texas coast spanning into southwest Louisiana, the NWS said.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said they confirmed a tornado touchdown in Needville that was witnessed by a deputy.

Some parts of Houston and just west of the city could receive a Texas record of 50 inches of rain as the tropical storm continues to stall over the area, NWS meteorologist Patrick Burke told the Associated Press.

The NWS said local rainfall of 50 inches "would exceed any previous Texas ranfall record."

"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before," the agency's Weather Prediction Center said in a tweet.

Earlier Sunday, the NWS said that the Houston and Galveston area had received 24.10 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.

The average rain fall within the Harris County emergency management network had already exceeded that of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 in almost half the time, the Weather Prediction Center said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday afternoon that 3,000 National Guard service members have been activated in the state.

"One thing that we are dealing with here is basically a triangle of ongoing rain that stretches one tip of which would be the Corpus Christi area, up to Travis county, over to Chamber's county and then back to Corpus Christi," he said during a news conference. "Parts of those regions will continue to receive incredibly heavy rain that will lead to even more flooding and more danger for Texans."

Abbott stressed "the importance of staying off the road" during the heavy rains and urged people to avoid going outside if possible.

"If you drive in the water, you're taking your life in your own hands," he said.

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