In Houston, pleas for help go out over social media: 'Please send help. 911 is not responding' »Across Texas, there were reports of citizens mobilizing with boats and boots to help pull people from the rising waters. The thoroughfare was nearly empty of traffic except for trucks large enough to ford through the rising water and the carcasses of unlucky vehicles that died trying to. The man they helped rescue was Frank Andrews, 74, who has difficulty walking after four back operations in recent years. As the flood invaded his home, he shifted from room to room to avoid the rising water, to no avail.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 28, 2017 00:21 UTC