In Houston, Hurricane Harvey Aid Has Been First Responders, ‘Texans Helping Texans’

Residents of southeast Texas are taking stock and trying to absorb record flooding brought by Hurricane Harvey. Here, evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston as floodwaters continued to rise Sunday.
Residents of southeast Texas are taking stock and trying to absorb record flooding brought by Hurricane Harvey. Here, evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston as floodwaters continued to rise Sunday.
Residents of southeast Texas are taking stock and trying to absorb record flooding brought by Hurricane Harvey. Here, evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston as floodwaters continued to rise Sunday.
Residents of southeast Texas are taking stock and trying to absorb record flooding brought by Hurricane Harvey. Here, evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in Houston as floodwaters continued to rise Sunday.

In Houston, Hurricane Harvey Aid Has Been First Responders, ‘Texans Helping Texans’

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Michael Walter of the city of Houston’s Office of Emergency Management provides an update on the city’s efforts to cope with Tropical Storm Harvey.

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