HOUSTON –
Due to the continuing rainfall have more and more parts of Houston suffer from floods. Almost 1000 people have already been rescued from their homes, reports CNN. The rescue services in Houston have forty boats used to take people from rooftops and cars. Sunday more than 2,000 people asked for help.
Mayor Sylvester Turner says that his town in many places is flooded. Two apartment buildings have been evacuated, Houston has two new locations opened.
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The extreme rainfall is a side effect of hurricane Harvey, which is now a tropical storm. The rivers are due to the abundant rainfall, burst their banks came into being. In the coming days there will be another 500 millimeters of rain fall, and will be even more parts of the Texas city flood. The weather services have the residents of Houston advised not in the cellar to go.
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