Photos: Hurricane Harvey brings historic flooding to Texas
Hurricane Harvey came ashore in Texas as a Category 4 storm on Aug. 25, 2017. It was downgraded to a tropical storm, but has parked itself over the Houston area and dumped record amounts of rainfall resulting in historic flooding.
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Rescue personnel carry Avelia Lopez, left, and his brother Daniel to dry ground as people evacuate a neighborhood that was inundated after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center that has been set up as a shelter in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Businesses and neighborhoods near Addicks Reservoir is flooded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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The National Guard pulled into Townsen Road and 1960, but diverted when they realized that they could not cross into the flooded neighborhood, as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Harvey continued filling the the San Jacinto River, just north of 1960, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. ( Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Grant Braswell, from front, Shayne Hofstetter and John Hall have a good time tubing in flood water at the intersection of Moody Avenue and Postofdice Street on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Galveston, Texas. Some parts of the downtown section had flood water more than waist-deep. ( Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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People are evacuated by boat as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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A young deer swims in floodwaters after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters after a release from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Downtown Houston bar owner William Bedner pours a round of whiskeys by flashlight in this photo taken on Aug. 28, 2017. Bedner's bar lost power as Tropical Storm Harvey flooded the streets just blocks from his bar Lilly & Bloom. Bedner has kept pouring drinks for friends, but expects to lose a lot of business and money due to the devastation wrought by the storm. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
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The Reznor family is helped into a boat as they evacuate among floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Volunteers and first responders work together to rescue residents from rising flood waters from Harvey in Houston on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Forecasters expect the storm to linger over the Gulf before heading back inland east of Houston sometime Wednesday. The system will then head north and lose its tropical strength. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
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People push a boat off its trailer, in the efforts to evacuate residents as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Downtown Houston is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Don and Peg Sauter kiss as they take refuge from Tropical Storm Harvey at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 in Houston. The couple celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on August 22 and moved from their assisted living home. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Shane Johnson removes items from a family home destroyed in the wake of Harvey, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Residents evacuate their homes near the Addicks Reservoir as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Airplanes sit at a flooded airport near the Addicks Reservoir as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Residents wade through floodwaters as they evacuate their homes near the Addicks Reservoir as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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People line up for food as others rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center that has been set up as a shelter for evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Lupe Tijerina, left, and Andy Guerra, center, and Felix Tijerina, right, work to salvage items from their family home that was destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Rescue boats fill a flooded street at flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Rhonda Worthington talks on her cell phone with a 911 dispatcher after her car become stuck in rising floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Vinh Nguyen rests his daughter Kailie, 18 months, as he hops over a highway divider after being rescued in boats by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, during flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey, which hit Texas last week as a Category 4 hurricane in Houston, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Conception Casa, center, and his friend Jose Martinez, right, check on Rhonda Worthington after her car become stuck in rising floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. The two men were evacuating their home that had become flooded when they encountered Worthington's car floating off the road. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Jose Beltran, left, makes his was out of the neighborhood with his nephew Jonathan Beltran, center, and Abram Gutierrez as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey continue to rise in Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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A Coast Guard rescue team evacuates people from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Volunteers evacuate a child in a neighborhood nundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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An overhead view of the flooding in Houston, from Buffalo Bayou on Memorial Drive and Allen Parkway, as heavy rains continue falling from Tropical Storm Harvey, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. Houston was still largely paralyzed Monday, and there was no relief in sight from the storm that spun into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane, then parked itself over the Gulf Coast. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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People evacuate a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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A FEMA rescue team evacuates people from a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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People evacuate a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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People look at submerged cars on a freeway flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, near downtown Houston, Texas. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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People walk through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Residents are evacuated from their homes surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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People watch heavy rain from the relative safety of a flooded gas station caused by Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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CORRECTS FROM CONNIE TO CATHERINE - Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A man talks on his phone as he wades along a flooded Meyerland street, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Rescuers transfer Claude Young on a back board from a boat to a pickup point along Edgebrook Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The elderly man had many medical issues from a stroke in May. Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground Sunday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help. ( Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Residents are rescued from their homes surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Cattle are stranded in a flooded pasture on Highway 71 in La Grange, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Neal Bhakta, 40, tosses a bag of personal belongings to his cousin, Vishal Bhakta, 36, in Rockport, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Hurricane Harvey destroyed the Surfside Inn Suites owned by Neal Bhakta. (The Victoria Advocate via AP)
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A woman kayaks down a flooded section of FM 518 near the intersection with Interstate 45 in League City, Texas, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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This photo shows David Spencer's flooded backyard in Smithville, Texas after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday night as the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. By Saturday afternoon it had been downgraded into a tropical storm, but it had dumped over a dozen inches of rain on some areas and forecasters were warning that it could cause catastrophic flooding in the coming days. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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A boat sits on a dock after Hurricane Harvey passed through Port Aransas, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday night as the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. By Saturday afternoon it had been downgraded into a tropical storm, but it had dumped over a dozen inches of rain on some areas and forecasters were warning that it could cause catastrophic flooding in the coming days. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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A boat lays on it's side almost completely underwater after Hurricane Harvey hit a harbor in Port Lavaca, Texas, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Ana Ramirez/The Victoria Advocate via AP)
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Roger Braugh Jr. searches for his boat is this boat storage facility in Cove Harbor in Rockport, Texas, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
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People wade through waist deep water on FM 517 in Dickinson, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Floodwater from Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the area stranding residents in flooded home, some in their attics or on roofs. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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Keith Corder helps evacuate Dickinson, Texas, residents on his boat Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the area. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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Dickinson, Texas, residents wait for help on the second floor of their apartment complex Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, after remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the city. The U.S. Coast Guard, emergency responders and volunteers with boats were helping people evacuate their homes. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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People push a stalled pickup to through a flooded street in Houston, after Tropical Storm Harvey dumped heavy rains Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Deleon Gambel, 14, fights the current from the overflow of Buffalo Bayou as he makes his way through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey while checking on neighbors in his apartment complex in Houston, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this Saturday Aug. 26, 2017 photo, lines of people wait outside of the Cracker Barrel convenience store in Victoria, Texas. The store was open after the initial storms of Hurricane Harvey. (Nicolas Galindo/The Victoria Advocate via AP)
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Julio Ostio sits in an inflatable swan as he floats down 16th Street near Strand Street in Galveston, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, as he texts friends during a break in the rain from Hurricane Harvey. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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Michael Scott uses his smartphone to livestream the rain and storm surge of Hurricane Harvey from the 59th Street rock groin in Galveston, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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A power generator tips in in front of Texas' CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline as Hurricane Harvey hits Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Courtney Sacco /Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
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Jesus De La Cruz fills sandbags in Pinewood Estates before Hurricane Harvey makes landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in Sour Lake, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. (Ryan Pelham/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
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TxDOT crews install the final portion of a surge wall on TX-361 leading to the Port Aransas ferry in Aransas Pass, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion." (Nick Wagner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Ramon Lopez boards up windows of a business in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A woman is helped to a bus as she and other are evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Keedan Garcia, 8, holds his kitten as he waits with his family to be evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A family is helped to a bus as they are evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas A&M University at Galveston students wait to board a bus Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, as they evacuate the Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas ahead of Hurricane Harvey. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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Stephanie Locke stocks up on water at H-E-B on Riverside Drive in Austin, Texas, in preparation for severe weather expected to hit central Texas connected to Hurricane Harvey. (James Gregg/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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A man rests while waiting to board a bus headed for San Antonio at an evacuation center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Hundreds of residents of the Corpus Christi area boarded buses Friday to be transported to a shelter in San Antonio as Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall on the Texas coast Friday night or early Saturday morning. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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A man boards up his property in preparation for Hurricane Harvey's landfall in Aransas Pass, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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David Burkhardt drinks coffee while watching Hurricane Harvey roll in from his garage in Portland, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall on the Texas coast Friday night or early Saturday morning. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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The USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier turned museum, rests in Corpus Christi Bay as waters begin to turn rough around Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall on the Texas coast Friday night or early Saturday morning. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Mark Metzger carries his surfboard through the water in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Mark Metzger wears a suit as he climbs over rocks as he carries his surfboard in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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This enhanced satellite image made available by the NOAA GOES Project shows Hurricane Harvey, middle left, approaching the coast of Texas on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at 4:37 p.m. Aside from the wind and storm surges, the system was expected to drop prodigious amounts of rain. (NASA/NOAA via AP)
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A sign above Interstate 10 in Beaumont, Texas, warns travelers to stay away from the coast as Hurricane Harvey bears down on the state on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Ryan Pelham/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
