Residents Warned About Attics Harvey

Harvey began a powerful category 4 in the gulf of mexico on friday.

Residents warned about attics harvey.

Clear creek flooding reminds friendswood residents of harvey nick powell sep. Texas residents warned not to hide in attics to avoid flooding from tropical storm harvey. The slow moving storm is expected to drop 15 to 25 inches of rain over the texas coast through thursday. They also warned residents to not enter their attics.

Emergency officials in one east texas county issued a stark warning to residents as the remnants of hurricane harvey doubled back toward land and dumped more rain on communities near the texas. 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. More than 1 000 high water rescues were conducted in the area. More than 2 000 rescues had been made so far.

By charlie smith on august 27th 2017 at 9 39 am. The weather service said maximum sustained winds sunday would be near 45 mph. 22 2020 5 20 p m. Facebook twitter email linkedin reddit pinterest.

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. 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. 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.

1 of 1 2 of 1. Greg abbott urged texans to stay away from floodwater that could be deeper and more dangerous. 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.