Residents Warned About Attics Harvey

The weather service said maximum sustained winds sunday would be near 45 mph.

Residents warned about attics harvey.

Tropical storm harvey unleashed catastrophic flooding in houston sunday turning streets in texas largest city into raging rivers as trapped residents climbed to higher floors and the death toll. 1 of 1 2 of 1. More than 2 000 rescues had been made so far. Clear creek flooding reminds friendswood residents of harvey nick powell sep.

By charlie smith on august 27th 2017 at 9 39 am. They also warned residents to not enter their attics. It was later downgraded to category 2 and category 1 as it slowed overland. Residents were warned to get on their roofs if they were threatened by rising flood waters.

Harvey began a powerful category 4 in the gulf of mexico on friday. Overwhelmed emergency services warned residents to head for high ground or climb onto rooftops not into attics so they could be seen by rescue helicopters. Overwhelmed emergency services warned residents to head for high ground or climb onto rooftops not into attics so they could be seen by rescue helicopters. The slow moving storm is expected to drop 15 to 25 inches of rain over the texas coast through thursday.

Greg abbott urged texans to stay away from floodwater that could be deeper and more dangerous. Texas residents warned not to hide in attics to avoid flooding from tropical storm harvey. On saturday morning as hurricane harvey s powerful winds and rain caused severe damage to coastal communities the houston mayor warned people there would be heavy rain and flooding in the city. 22 2020 5 20 p m.

It s crazy to see the roads you re driving on every day just completely under water houston resident john travis told afp. Facebook twitter email linkedin reddit pinterest. More than 1 000 high water rescues were conducted in the area.