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Tropical Storm Kills Two In Houston, Halts Flights, Floods Roads
Authorities reported the first death linked to Tropical Storm Imelda, which dumped torrential rains over the Houston-area, while rescuers in boats pulled hundreds of people from flooded cars, the city's airport temporarily halted flights and tens of thousands of people lost power on Thursday.
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Houston Based Indian NGO, Raises Over $10,000 For Kerala Flood Victims
Sewa International, an Indian non-profit organisation in America, has raised over $10,000 for the flood relief operations in the deluge-hit Kerala. Nearly 200 people have lost their lives in Kerala since August 8 due to floods caused by rains and landslides, while over 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps.
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In Harvey's Aftermath, A Flood Of Emotions As Rebuilding Begins
For Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey, life in the storm's aftermath involves juggling insurance claims, home repairs and work. But coping with loss is stirring very different feelings.
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Houston Man Comes Back To Flood-Hit Home, Finds 9-Foot Alligator Inside
On Friday, Texas resident Brian Foster returned to his home in Harris County to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. As he walked around the house with a clean-up crew, a giant alligator greeted him in the dining room.
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How The Chaos Of Hurricane Katrina Helped Save Pets From Flooding In Texas
As Hurricane Harvey pelted Houston with heavy rains over the weekend, a local television news station broadcast footage of flood evacuees sitting outside the George R. Brown Convention Center. The people weren't waiting for space inside what would become a massive emergency shelter. They were choosing to remain outdoors because their pets were not ...
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Indian-Americans In Texas Help Thousands With Food, Medical Aid
Indian-Americans in Texas, especially the youth, are helping hundreds of people affected by catastrophic floods caused due to Hurricane Harvey by giving food, shelter and medical assistance.
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'Snakes In Water, Spiders Crawling Up Walls': Texas Battles Harvey; 44 Dead
A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed 44 people and displaced more than a million on the Gulf Coast.
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2 Explosions Reported At Chemical Plant In Hurricane Harvey-Hit Texas
Local emergency officials on Thursday reported two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in the Texas town of Crosby, its operators Arkema Inc said.
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Watch: A Human Chain To Save Man Trapped In SUV
Incredible footage shows residents of storm-hit Houston, Texas forming a human chain to rescue a man trapped in his SUV. The elderly man, who was successfully pulled from the sinking vehicle, ended up getting trapped after his SUV was swept away by rising flood waters.
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A Toddler Clung To Mother In Harvey Floods. Only One Of Them Survived.
Similar scenes have played out across Houston as high winds, heavy rains and floods brought by Harvey sweep across the southeastern part of the state: a moment of terror and a desperate attempt to try to reach safety.
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Indian-Americans Help In Rescue Operations During Hurricane Harvey
Many Indian-Americans living in safer Texas neighbourhoods are helping Houstonians still stuck by Hurricane Harvey by opening their homes and distributing fresh food, medical and essential items. The entire neighbourhoods of the fourth-largest city in the US and the most populous in Texas have been flooded, leaving residents homeless and hapless
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22 Confirmed Dead From Hurricane Harvey, Houston Mayor Imposes Nightly Curfew
The biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States finally began to move away from Houston on Tuesday, as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and its endless, merciless rain bands spun east to menace Louisiana instead.
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'He Could Hear Kids Screaming': Couple, Great-Grandchildren Feared Dead In Houston Floods
Ric Saldivar, 53, has a big family - lots of brothers, spread over east Houston and beyond. After floods stranded them in their respective homes, a chain of phone calls between the brothers and their wives informed Saldivar that, suddenly, his family may be much smaller.
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Texas Flood Disaster By The Numbers
Monster storm Harvey hit the south Texas coast late Friday and then stalled, gushing torrents of rain over Houston, the country's fourth largest city with six million people in the greater metropolitan area.
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Hurricane Harvey Hits Insurance Stocks As Loss Estimates Surge
Damage caused by flooding is not included in standard homeowners insurance policies and is covered by the US government.
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Tropical Storm Kills Two In Houston, Halts Flights, Floods Roads
Authorities reported the first death linked to Tropical Storm Imelda, which dumped torrential rains over the Houston-area, while rescuers in boats pulled hundreds of people from flooded cars, the city's airport temporarily halted flights and tens of thousands of people lost power on Thursday.
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Houston Based Indian NGO, Raises Over $10,000 For Kerala Flood Victims
Sewa International, an Indian non-profit organisation in America, has raised over $10,000 for the flood relief operations in the deluge-hit Kerala. Nearly 200 people have lost their lives in Kerala since August 8 due to floods caused by rains and landslides, while over 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps.
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In Harvey's Aftermath, A Flood Of Emotions As Rebuilding Begins
For Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey, life in the storm's aftermath involves juggling insurance claims, home repairs and work. But coping with loss is stirring very different feelings.
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Houston Man Comes Back To Flood-Hit Home, Finds 9-Foot Alligator Inside
On Friday, Texas resident Brian Foster returned to his home in Harris County to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. As he walked around the house with a clean-up crew, a giant alligator greeted him in the dining room.
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How The Chaos Of Hurricane Katrina Helped Save Pets From Flooding In Texas
As Hurricane Harvey pelted Houston with heavy rains over the weekend, a local television news station broadcast footage of flood evacuees sitting outside the George R. Brown Convention Center. The people weren't waiting for space inside what would become a massive emergency shelter. They were choosing to remain outdoors because their pets were not ...
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Indian-Americans In Texas Help Thousands With Food, Medical Aid
Indian-Americans in Texas, especially the youth, are helping hundreds of people affected by catastrophic floods caused due to Hurricane Harvey by giving food, shelter and medical assistance.
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'Snakes In Water, Spiders Crawling Up Walls': Texas Battles Harvey; 44 Dead
A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed 44 people and displaced more than a million on the Gulf Coast.
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2 Explosions Reported At Chemical Plant In Hurricane Harvey-Hit Texas
Local emergency officials on Thursday reported two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in the Texas town of Crosby, its operators Arkema Inc said.
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Watch: A Human Chain To Save Man Trapped In SUV
Incredible footage shows residents of storm-hit Houston, Texas forming a human chain to rescue a man trapped in his SUV. The elderly man, who was successfully pulled from the sinking vehicle, ended up getting trapped after his SUV was swept away by rising flood waters.
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A Toddler Clung To Mother In Harvey Floods. Only One Of Them Survived.
Similar scenes have played out across Houston as high winds, heavy rains and floods brought by Harvey sweep across the southeastern part of the state: a moment of terror and a desperate attempt to try to reach safety.
-
Indian-Americans Help In Rescue Operations During Hurricane Harvey
Many Indian-Americans living in safer Texas neighbourhoods are helping Houstonians still stuck by Hurricane Harvey by opening their homes and distributing fresh food, medical and essential items. The entire neighbourhoods of the fourth-largest city in the US and the most populous in Texas have been flooded, leaving residents homeless and hapless
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22 Confirmed Dead From Hurricane Harvey, Houston Mayor Imposes Nightly Curfew
The biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States finally began to move away from Houston on Tuesday, as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and its endless, merciless rain bands spun east to menace Louisiana instead.
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'He Could Hear Kids Screaming': Couple, Great-Grandchildren Feared Dead In Houston Floods
Ric Saldivar, 53, has a big family - lots of brothers, spread over east Houston and beyond. After floods stranded them in their respective homes, a chain of phone calls between the brothers and their wives informed Saldivar that, suddenly, his family may be much smaller.
-
Texas Flood Disaster By The Numbers
Monster storm Harvey hit the south Texas coast late Friday and then stalled, gushing torrents of rain over Houston, the country's fourth largest city with six million people in the greater metropolitan area.
-
Hurricane Harvey Hits Insurance Stocks As Loss Estimates Surge
Damage caused by flooding is not included in standard homeowners insurance policies and is covered by the US government.
