Officials said Houston, a major center for the nation’s energy industry, had suffered billions of dollars in damage and would take years to fully recover. Harvey’s sheer size also became apparent Sunday as heavy rains and flooding were reported as far away as Austin and even Dallas. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)In Austin, the Wilhelmina Delco Center, one of two Red Cross shelters in the city, had about 200 evacuees. By morning, a city that had been largely spared by Harvey’s initial pounding of coastal communities was flooded to devastating levels. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)By 7 a.m. Central time, the National Weather Service had recorded close to 25 inches of rain around Houston.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 23:24 UTC