Floodwaters in Texas continue to rise, creating conditions so severe that people trapped in their homes had no chance of being rescued overnight. Authorities said 911 lines in Port Arthur ― about 91 miles east of Houston ― were still overloaded as of early Wednesday, and that rescues had to be stopped overnight due to the conditions. “There’s nothing we can do,” Jefferson County Sheriff Zena Stephens told local news channel KDFM. The water is rising and it’s coming there and [there’s] no way to get to them.”People began begging on social media to be rescued. One woman made her first plea on Twitter at 1 a.m. local time:

Source: Huffington Post August 30, 2017 13:14 UTC