From Forecast to Disaster: A Timeline at the National Hurricane Center - The New York Times
MIAMI — The turning point came early Thursday morning.
Stories Emerge of Harvey’s Victims as Death Toll Rises - The New York Times
As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to deluge homes and sweep vehicles off roads in Texas and Louisiana, at least 38 deaths have been reported. Officials in affected counties are starting to learn the victims’ identities and piece together the circumstances around their deaths.
Here are details on some of those who died.
Clinging to Her Drowning ‘Mama,’ a Little Girl Survives the Raging Flood - The New York Times
HOUSTON — Shivering from hypothermia, little Jordyn Grace was clutching her mother’s unresponsive body as the floodwaters rose around her. A rescue team in a Zodiac boat, on the lookout for those in distress in Beaumont, Tex., spotted the small pink backpack the girl was wearing and pulled her and her mother aboard.
“Mama was saying her prayers,” the 3-year-old, recovering on Wednesday in a Beaumont hospital, told a relative, Antionette Logan, 38.
“Jordyn told me they were in the yucky water for quite a while,” Ms. Logan said.
Harvey Live Updates: The Storm Shifts and the Rain Keeps Falling - The New York Times
As water began to recede Wednesday in some parts of flood-ravaged Houston, Harvey, now a tropical depression, shifted its wrath to the Beaumont-Port Arthur area of Texas, hitting the region with record-breaking rainfall and devastating floods.
“Our whole city is underwater right now but we are coming!” Port Arthur’s mayor, Derrick Freeman, said in a Facebook message overnight, as desperate residents sent out calls for help on social media.
Water filled homes and submerged roads, evacuees crowded shelters, local of
Hurricane Harvey: What Happened and What’s Next - The New York Times
Overwhelmed by the news from Texas and Louisiana since Hurricane Harvey made landfall?
The Sun Came Out in Houston. Here’s What Residents Saw. - The New York Times
HOUSTON — The water has receded in some parts of the city, leaving cakes of mud, branches and garbage baking in the heat wherever the current dropped them. Abandoned cars, too, appear every so often, left where they were in the moment the storm overtook them.
The downtown streets are dry now, but the gleaming office towers are mostly empty and the wide sidewalks oddly quiet. Some streetlights flash red.
As Houston Looks to Recover, Small Towns Now Bear the Brunt - The New York Times
NEWTON, Tex. — For the streets of Newton, a small town on the Texas side of the Louisiana state line, to become impassable, “the flood would have to be biblical,” Kristen Rogers was told when she peeked into the sheriff’s office looking for guidance.
“That’s what they said about Houston,” replied Ms.
As Harvey rages, Texas senators defend votes against Sandy funding - ABC News
As the federal government considers how best to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey, Rep.
Freedom Caucus chair: Border funding can wait to avoid shutdown - ABC News
The chair of the influential House Freedom Caucus said that he and many of his group's members want to avert a government shutdown this fall, even if no money is included for a proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall -- a position seemingly at odds with that of President Donald Trump.
"In talking to a number of my members, if there was a vote for a continuing resolution next week that did not include border wall funding, the majority of those members would be supportive of that," Rep.