At least 25 inches of rain have fallen in parts of Southeast Texas since Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport on Friday evening, shattering several previous rainfall records. Officials said that by the storm ends, Harvey could dump up to 50 inches of water on some parts of the region. Upstream and west of Houston, two giant reservoirs, built in the 1940s to protect the city from flooding, are already nearing capacity. #harvey — Houston OEM (@HoustonOEM) August 27, 2017Officials said the city’s public hospital, Ben Taub, was evacuated Sunday due to flooding and power outages. Later in the day, Bayshore Medical Center, another Houston metropolitan area hospital, decided to suspend operations and evacuate its 196 patients.

Source: Huffington Post August 28, 2017 04:26 UTC