ADVERTISEMENTThe citizens of Houston and nearby towns are showing amazing resilience in the face of catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Responders were at capacity, urging people to call only if they were in “imminent danger.” So locals have banded together help their neighbors. “With this flooding event, we were using words like ‘catastrophic’ and ‘life- threatening,’” Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the National Hurricane Center, told HuffPost. On social media, residents are sharing stories of people volunteering their boats to help authorities with rescue attempts. #HoustonFlood pic.twitter.com/mofHwfdvaH — Aaron Franco (@AFrancoTX) August 27, 2017As #Houston first responders work to rescue people trapped in floods, volunteers are bringing boats to help https://t.co/tDSsheL3VZ pic.twitter.com/0ZEtNehbgl — WSYX ABC 6 (@wsyx6) August 27, 2017Good Samaritans in Houston, Texas, rescue an elderly woman today from rising floodwaters.

Source: Huffington Post August 28, 2017 00:17 UTC