(Reuters)Through Sunday morning, Harvey continued to unleash record levels of rain on Houston, causing “catastrophic” flooding in the city and in surrounding Harris County. Police helped evacuate residents from a flooded apartment complex early Sunday, Aug. 27 in the Greenspoint neighborhood of Houston, where tropical storm Harvey has dropped a recorded 20 inches of rain. There were no evacuation orders in Houston, and only ones in a few communities in Harris County, Sanchez stressed. “For Houston, Harris County, the county judge and I both agreed that for us this was a major rainfall event and so there was no need to evacuate. Rescuers answered hundreds of calls for help as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey began to fill second-story homes.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 15:39 UTC