Residents Warned About Attics Harvey

More than 2 000 rescues had been made so far.

Residents warned about attics harvey.

1 of 1 2 of 1. It s crazy to see the roads you re driving on every day just completely under water houston resident john travis told afp. While harvey could become a tropical depression by sunday night residents are warned to remain vigilant. They also warned residents to not enter their attics.

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. 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. Residents were warned to get on their roofs if they were threatened by rising flood waters. It was later downgraded to category 2 and category 1 as it slowed overland.

Harvey began a powerful category 4 in the gulf of mexico on friday. The weather service said maximum sustained winds sunday would be near 45 mph. 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. By charlie smith on august 27th 2017 at 9 39 am.

Facebook twitter email linkedin reddit pinterest. More than 1 000 high water rescues were conducted in the area. 22 2020 5 20 p m. 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.

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. In a press conference on saturday texas gov. Texas residents warned not to hide in attics to avoid flooding from tropical storm harvey.