Houston's mayor kept facing questions Tuesday about his decision not to order an evacuation of the notoriously flood-prone city ahead of Harvey's arrival, even as overflowing reservoirs led several suburbs to move people out. Instead, Mayor Sylvester Turner remained resolute in his advice to residents since the storm made landfall on Friday: hunker down at home. At the time, Harvey was a powerful hurricane hours from landfall about 175 miles to the south near Corpus Christi. Once Harvey's rains turned torrential in Houston over the weekend and made conditions too dangerous for leaving, some residents began doubting Turner's decision. Even so, Turner said he characterized a mass evacuation as a greater danger, especially the city wasn't in Harvey's direct path.

Source: ABC News August 29, 2017 23:48 UTC