It was reported that there are over 450,000 potential registered disaster victims. That is a huge number. And they have already processed nearly 15,000 calls over the last 24 hours.
At least 18 people, including 15 residents, were rescued from a nursing home in Dickinson, after a photograph of the residents sitting in flooded lounge went viral
In terms of basic infrastructure, more than 220,000 customers in the Houston area are without power, the city’s George Bush intercontinental airport (one of the nation’s busiest) and William P Hobby airport are closed to all commercial flights and all the schools in the area have been closed for the week.
More than 2,500 people are taking shelter in Houston’s George Brown Convention Center, according to CNN.
The centre tweeted that evacuees and their pets are welcome, but they urged people not to take guns into the makeshift shelter
The Federal Emergency Management Authority has deployed 1,800 staff and 3,000 national and state guard member have been activated in Texas. See more pics below
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