Officials now blame at least 60 deaths on Harvey, the storm that dumped about 130 centimetres of rain (4.2 feet) on southeast Texas in a matter of days. Many of those deaths confirmed in 11 Texas counties happened when people were caught in quickly rising floodwaters or lost control on water-logged roads, emergency management officials said. But county emergency management departments told The Associated Press they are including people in their storm-related death totals who died from indirect complications of Harvey. Some Houston officials stressed that the recovery from Harvey was beginning, and Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed America's fourth-largest city "open for business." 560,000 familes seek housing assistanceThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Monday it has about 560,000 families registered for its housing assistance program.

Source: CBC News September 05, 2017 00:11 UTC