The biggest rainstorm in the history of the U.S. mainland made a second landfall Wednesday on the Gulf Coast, slowly moving away from Houston and dousing southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. The Texas National Guard has made more than 8,500 rescues and 26,000 evacuations, Texas Gov. After activating 14,000 members of the Texas National Guard, Abbott announced he was seeking an additional 10,000 National Guard members from other states. “The worst is not yet over for southeast Texas,” he said. Early Wednesday, Harris County officials warned that a levee protecting the Inverness Forest subdivision in the north part of the county could fail after a portion of its base eroded.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 30, 2017 10:26 UTC