Houston officials will open two or three more mega-shelters to accommodate people who continue to arrive at the overflowing George R. Brown Convention Center seeking refuge from Harvey's record-breaking flooding, Mayor Sylvester Turner said Tuesday. The center already held more than 9,000 people, almost twice the number officials originally planned to house there, Turner said. Edwards said at a news conference Tuesday in Baton Rouge that he expects Texas officials to decide within 48 hours whether to accept the offer and transport flood victims to Louisiana shelters. A weather station southeast of Houston reported 49.32 inches of rain as of Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters expect the storm to linger over the Gulf before heading back inland east of Houston sometime Wednesday.

Source: ABC News August 29, 2017 07:07 UTC