Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday and ravaged the southeast coast before moving back off shore where it has thundered on for days.


It returned to land on Wednesday, arriving on the state lines of Texas and Louisiana at 5am and bringing 10 inches of rain to Louisiana where preparations have been underway for days in anticipation of the deadly storm.


There are 30,000 people in shelters across the state with another 10,000 expected to become displaced.


The NRG stadium which hosted this year's Superbowl has opened its doors to the needy


30 people are confirmed dead but the official death toll is feared to be significantly higher.


Dams in Houston have failed and water plants are swamped, making drinking water across some counties unsafe.


A midnight to 5am curfew is in place to stop looters and other opportunistic criminals


There are mandatory evacuation orders in places across five different counties.


The cost of the damage by the time the storm has passed is likely to reach $160billion.






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4836656/At-30-dead-20-000-homeless-Houston.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4827474/Five-feared-dead-Hurricane-Harvey-floods-sweep-Texas.html
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A shocking before and after comparison illustrates the flooding on I-10 west of Beaumont in Texas.

An aerial view of homes in Spring, Texas, show the drastic flooding across the district on Tuesday.



Interstate 69 was almost entirely underwater on Tuesday in Humble, Texas, as a result of the floods

People wade through neck deep water in Pine Cliff Drive near the Addicks Reservoir in Houston on Tuesday.



People used boats, jet skis and high water trucks to help each other get to safety on Tuesday as the floods continued to rise

Following....

May something like this never happen in Nigeria, otherwise half of the population will go with it

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Then and now.

Before and after.

Helicopter rescues took place throughout Houston over the weekend after Hurricane Harvey dumped enough rain to cause catastrophic flooding.

This is really saddening, This is the biggest I have seen in recent time.
However, I'm grateful this didn't happen In Africa, the damage would go beyond material losses, lives would go along with it.

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Volunteers separate donated clothing from a huge pile at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

'I'm so proud how everyone is coming together,' said one woman in her second day of volunteering

This is worse compared to Lekki

National Guardsmen loading a plane at Portland Air National Guard Base in Oregon to fly supplies to Texas.

Evacuating the old

Cars at a dealership in Houston float are almost entirely submerged in wateras the flood levels continue to rise on Tuesday.

So disheartening


They slept hoping to wake up to a brand new day
Only for them to wake up to a brand new world

I can't imagine how my life would right now if i were in their shoes
I trust US government will do something about it asap
May God help us too here in Naija

This goes to show how advanced the US is; God forbid this happened in Africa, death toll by now would be amounting to thousands and counting.

Sierra leone's mudslide is a base mark of Africa's ineptitude!

Six members of a family drowned in Houston after their van was swept away by currents in the Hurricane Harvey floodwaters while fleeing their home.

God keep them safe

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Let Us Embrace Peace in Nigeria....We Still Have Some Humanity Too...

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An eighteen wheel tractor trailer is stranded on Interstate Highway 45 which is submerged from the effects of Harvey.



In residential areas of Houston, cars floated in the flood water as yet more rain pounded the city

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This is pitiable, May God protect and provide for them,

Nigeria need to learn from this...

But we'd rather use the situation to get money than help people

One volunteer checking submerged vehicles for trapped people.

Flooded cemetery

Damaged street

Rescuing

Washed up ashore