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Article snippet: Overwhelmed by the news from Texas since Hurricane Harvey made landfall? Here is an overview of coverage by The New York Times that will be updated as events continue. The latest news can be found in our live storm briefing. At least 10 people have been killed and many more injured. Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States, has been inundated: Parts of Harris County have received more than 30 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service, and that will only increase. The rain is expected to continue through Wednesday. Unlike many other cities in the hurricane’s path, Houston did not order evacuations before the storm, and countless residents were trapped in flooding homes. People fled to higher floors, and then to roofs; the Coast Guard rescued dozens. Chief Art Acevedo of the Houston Police Department warned residents on Sunday not to take shelter in their attics “unless you have an ax or means to break through onto your roof.” Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, calling the storm “one of the largest disasters America has ever faced,” said the region would not recover anytime soon. Emergency dispatchers were overwhelmed, and some residents began pleading for help on social media. Many people shared an image of nursing home residents sitting in waist-high waters before they were rescued. Clifford Krauss, a Times reporter who lives in Houston, filed a dispatch from his own flooded home. Homeless Houstonians endured a night of terror as Harvey pound... Link to the full article to read more