- LEVEE BREACHED SOUTH OF HOUSTON, EVACUATIONS ORDERED!
- Hurricane Harvey, accompanied by flash floods and severe storms, barrels along the coast of Texas, causing damage almost comparable to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. Authorities urge Texans to evacuate the coastal areas.
29 August 201714:55 GMT
Brazoria County officials are urging everyone near the Columbia Lakes – south of Houston, Texas – to evacuate immediately, after the levees broke.
- 13:34 GMT
Almost 6,000 prisoners have also been displaced by Hurricane Harvey. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is evacuating 1,400 inmates from two prisons in Richmond, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of Houston, due to the rising floodwaters. Some 4,500 inmates from the Terrell, Stringfellow, and Ramsey prisons south of Houston have already been relocated to east Texas, AP reports..... [READ MORE]
